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Microsoft is suspending new sales in Russia

Mashable VR

Microsoft is suspending all new sales of its products and services in Russia amidst the invasion of Ukraine by Putin's forces. In a blog post , Microsoft's president & vice chair Brad Smith also said the company's stopping "many aspects" of its business in Russia "in compliance with governmental sanctions decisions."

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Windows 10 and 11 Downloads Mysteriously Halted in Russia

GizModo VR

Downloads of the most recent versions of Windows have stopped in Russia, according to a new report from Bleeping Computer. Microsoft hasn’t publicly clarified why this is happening, though we’ve reached out to the company for comment and will update our story if they respond. Read more.

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Microsoft Sinks Attempted Hacks on Ukraine By Russian Spies

GizModo VR

Microsoft said that it had intercepted yet another string of Russian hacking attempts , this one coming from military spies targeting a wide range of think tanks, media orgs, and government institutions across Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Read more.

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How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry

ARVR

© Poly by Google Augmented reality (AR ) technology is a unique tool empowering restaurants, delivery services, and other vendors in the food service industry. Bareburger , the successful east-coast burger chain, has introduced AR menus that allow customers to view menu items like burgers and onion rings by using Snapchat’s AR technology.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.11): Pico Neo 3 launched, HTC may announce Focus 3 and Pro 2, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And I would find it an understandable choice: Vive has always been incredibly successful among companies and it would have a sense for it to thrive in the B2B niche until it becomes strong enough to exit and try to compete with much bigger companies like Facebook, Microsoft, or Valve. They [Microsoft] did this same s**t with HoloLens.”.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service. Russia-based company Antilatency has raised a $2.1M AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS. Apparently the $1.4B seed round from Moscow-based fund IIDF.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

HARDWARE: Oculus Touch controllers are FINALLY coming, and they sure feel smooth and intuitive (you won’t have to break your immersion with that silly bundled Microsoft Xbox controller anymore). Daydream is Google’s entire-pipeline solution, from hardware to software to content, and the first Daydream-ready hardware is here.

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