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V-Nova Study with Intel, Meta Lauds LCEVC Video Tool

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Video compression solutions company V-Nova recently conducted a study with Silicon Valley tech giants Intel and Meta Platforms. LCEVC greatly boosted AV1 decoding capabilities as well as battery life for mobile devices, the study found, citing improvements in several key metrics. 265 capabilities, leading to minimum video latencies.

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The Benefits of Microsoft Mesh and What is Still Limiting the Mixed Reality Industry

ARVR

Microsoft announced their new platform Mesh last week to enable better mixed reality experiences across not only AR and VR headsets, but also mobile and desktop. Mesh is built on Microsoft Azure which enables developers to build immersive, multiuser, cross-platform mixed reality applications through an SDK. Spatial Maps?—?Spatial

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Nreal Air Smart Glasses Debut in UK

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Before entering the UK consumer market, Nreal and Microsoft collaborated on a study, spearheaded by University of Bristol researchers, for a healthcare product based on Nreal technology. The product is also available in European, Asian, and North American markets, following a brief legal battle with Epic Games.

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The State of XR in Education and Training in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Studies show VR can be up to 10% more effective at generating successful knowledge recall than traditional educational methods. Medical students are using tools like the Microsoft HoloLens system to learn about human anatomy without cadavers. One study found using VR for training students instead of traditional methods led to 27.4%

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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

The Ghost Howls

The demo that Varjo people made us try was alternating VR and MR modes and was studied to give a great impression of the device. Unrelated to my demos with the XR-4, I have also tried a demo with a previous Varjo headset and a plane simulation machine together with Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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HTC announces full 6 DOF standalone headset Vive Focus Plus (+ thorough review on its 6 DOF controllers)

The Ghost Howls

If this gets fixed, I can say that the tracking will become as the one by Microsoft. They have been studied to track the hands, so they don’t work if you want to become the Ronaldo of VR. The last thing to talk about is latency : the tracking is smooth and fast, but there is anyway a slight delay in tracking.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.21): Oculus has sold more than 10M units and wants PSVR games, SparkAR shows its marketing potential and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Further studies will tell us how to mix all the senses in a believable way. More info (Latency in haptic gloves) More info (Tasbi). Microsoft has showcased a great holographic translating technology. I have to say that it is an impressive demo , that shows a lot of expertises that Microsoft actually owns.

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