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HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US

Road to VR

Microsoft initially began selling HoloLens 2 to enterprise customers back in late 2019, but a broader rollout has taken quite some time. HoloLens 2 is Microsoft’s enterprise-focused AR headset which the company initially launched late last year with limited availability to select partners. ” Image courtesy Microsoft.

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NVIDIA, Siemens Demo Freyr Virtual Plant at Hannover Messe 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The deal will provide the Lysaker, Norway-based battery firm with enhanced production and efficiency scaling tools for its operations. ” FREYR can host meetings with potential investors, customers, and clients while allowing them to tour the digitally-twinned plant in Norway.

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Is XR ‘Taking Off’ for the Commercial Aviation Industry?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Extended reality (XR) tools will allow manufacturers, airlines, and customers to leverage immersive tools capable of empowering the commercial aviation market. The enterprise-first device offers some of the most advanced simulation tools to train pilots with minimal setup. Airport Customer Experiences.

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Will The Metaverse Need Policing?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Backed by technology giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, this environment has the potential to change many aspects of people’s everyday lives. For instance, Norway has its “ Nettpatruljie ” Internet patrols, which focuses on protecting various social media, streaming, and gaming platforms.

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What’s Behind NVIDIA’s Q2 2023 Earnings Losses?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The report echoed market sentiments amid waves of redundancies at Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants from August to November last year. Siemens recently partnered with NVIDIA at a FREYR Battery factory in Norway to showcase their industrial metaverse technologies.

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The Virtual Arena: Educators Learn Their VR

Peter Graham

Likewise, the VR presentation on the Microsoft booth at the education show was muted – rather than the bewildering array of Windows MR headsets seen two years ago, the company promoted the virtual learning systems on only one provider, with the Samsung Odyssey on display giving an example of the education content. Image credit: KWP.

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Bungee Jumping with Untethered VR, featuring Happy Finish’s Daniel Cheetham

XR for Business Podcast

And we work across the whole gamut of immersive tech, from 360 video -- which is less the flavor of the month now -- through to real time based experiences across Microsoft Hololens 2, and in AR. I mean, there's VR collaboration tools and stuff, but 99.9 Daniel: [laughs] One of my crazy ideas. Daniel: I think you may well. Alan: Yeah.