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Microsoft is Adding Pass-through Video to Windows VR Headsets

Road to VR

A beta version of Windows 10 now includes support for a pass-through video mode for Windows VR headsets, allowing users to look out at the world around them through the headset’s on-board cameras. This week Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 to users who are part of the Windows Insider Program.

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

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Video compression solutions company V-Nova recently conducted a study with Silicon Valley tech giants Intel and Meta Platforms. V-Nova notes that immersive videos depend on such high-performing codecs to deliver optimal experiences while people are using virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) headsets.

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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. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

For the launch of the device, Tim Cook shared a promotional video where you can see part of the manufacturing process of the Vision Pro, and it is pretty cool. So at launch, there will be 150 3D videos on Apple TV. There is even Microsoft Word!

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How to Save Money on Business Travel with Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Companies are already replacing regular travel costs with alternative face-to-face communication, like video conferencing and online chat. The world of extended reality (XR) offers a new opportunity to go beyond video and share digital space with co-workers, wherever they might be. . There is an alternative.

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See the Microsoft Windows 10 Holographic Concept Video

VRWorld

Microsoft decided to take a calculated risk and leave the Virtual Reality market to Facebook (through Oculus and Samsung) and HTC with their dedicated headsets Gear VR, Rift and Vive. All future users of HoloLens should need is a collaborative suite (perhaps Microsoft’s own HoloOffice?).

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NVIDIA CloudXR 3.0 Update Brings Bidirectional Audio Support for Remote Collaboration

Road to VR

Rendering immersive XR experiences in the cloud, compressing the video and audio streams, and serving that up to VR and AR devices for interactive experiences over 5G and WiFi networks—all at a low enough latency to make it feel like you’re tethered to powerful PC—is no small feat. That’s XR cloud streaming in a nutshell.

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