XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the immersive industry is coming closer to a potential paradigm shift in 2024, as big technology brands plan to make a mark on the emerging sector. Parkinson also noted other major trends would involve the “expansion of display technology” as well as further AI integrations.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. cities, starting with San Francisco. How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Revolutionizing Healthcare Geospatially Sound 3D mapping’s evolutionary path was recently accelerated with a developer tool from Here Technologies.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JUNE 20, 2022

Users of the new system can manage their minted content and trade blockchain-based assets across the San Francisco-based firm’s Customer 360 service, which will also include fraud protection, carbon offset monitoring, and sustainable blockchain technologies. ” Zoom, Microsoft Team up for VR Video Conferencing.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This week, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco —the flagship hub for the tech giant’s efforts in mixed reality (MR). “We are at the threshold of the next revolution in computing,” Liz Hamren, corporate vice president of Microsoft Devices Marketing, wrote in a blog post.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Edward Miller and team have built a highly specialized technology in a technically-advanced area (see video below) that would take Facebook much more time to build. has strong technology that’s aligned with Apple’s ongoing spatial efforts. We also like the alignment between AR team-productivity startup Spatial and Microsoft.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone . — Apple is investing in augmented reality, a technology its CEO has called “big and profound.”. — AR uses cameras and machine learning technology to place digital graphics in the real world. Key Points.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet. And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Announced during the main press briefing at Microsoft’s event held in San Francisco, Intel will be bringing a ‘Windows Mixed Reality experience’ for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. This forms part of a multi-year technology partnership between Intel and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The free to attend showcase features women-led businesses in immersive technology (XR) and is hosted by the WXR Fund, a venture fund dedicated to amplifying female founders and XR startups committed to gender equality. The founders received a Microsoft mixed reality headset and are currently enrolled in the WXR Mentorship Program beta.

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JULY 5, 2017

While I am an enthusiast for VR and all associated technologies, one major issue that’s really breaking my immersion into different VR environments is – resolution. This is further combined with video-see-through (VST) technology for unparalleled AR/MR capabilities. ” – quote from the Press Release.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

MWC 2023 February 27th to March 2nd, 2023, Barcelona MWC is one of the biggest events in the world for companies interested in connectivity and technology. The conference this year will feature speeches and insights from some market-leading brands, including Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Accenture. and how XR and AI can work together.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? Technology improves over time. For instance, Arno Hartholt, Director of Research and Development, USC Institute for Creative Technologies believes that “anything we can do to lower the barrier of entry for end-users is huge.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

Two patents in particular indicate Lyft’s exploration of AR and VR technology as part of their potential business model. Lyft is a San Francisco, CA based company offering ridesharing services in the United States and Canada. You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The smartphone was a seismic shift for the technology industry, creating entirely new business models — apps became $100 billion companies — while replacing everything from digital cameras to in-car GPS systems. The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Epic Games, Unity Technologies and Microsoft’s Game Stack team have all issued statements announcing their withdrawals from March’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020. . It’s a day of tech company cancellations following on from Facebook just confirming F8 2020 will no longer be taking place.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Microsoft is trying to nudge laptop and deskbound computers to interact with the three-dimensional world. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, speaking last week at a conference hosted by technology news site GeekWire, said the company simply couldn’t compete effectively with its small market share in the global smartphone market.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. David Edwards, cofounder of Onotes , is making digital scent technology that is like a speaker for your sense of smell. It’s a bit unfortunate.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

In the XR landscape, conferences and expos offer a hands-on opportunity for business buyers to test out the latest technology, and gather some useful insights from innovators in MR, AR, and VR. This year, leading names like Deborah Oyeyinka from Unity Technologies , and Kristofor Mellroth of Xbox are set to attend.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap. What’s it like to see in 20/20 in VR?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial Hits Big at GDC 2023 In March, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 in San Francisco, Spatial announced the platform’s new Unity Creator Toolkit is entering its beta stages. Steinerman noted that Spaital started as a platform solely available on XR headsets such as Microsoft’s HoloLens and the Magic Leap.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Don’t expect this to be the last SteamVR device; last week Valve dropped requirements to attend a $3,000 class for its platform and 500 companies having signed up to work with its Lighthouse tracking technology, be they new headsets, controllers or otherwise. SteamVR isn’t alone in licensing VR technology, however.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 24, 2023

The week saw major technology events like NVIDIA GTC and GDC 2023 introduce a wealth of new XR solutions and products. Major cooperations are building upon 2022’s technology innovations to provide reliable XR SAAS platforms, giving developers space to leverage immersive solutions across the workplace.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 19, 2017

Microsoft didn’t even mention VR at all during the reveal of the Xbox One X even though executives have suggested the system will still support it. At E3, however, the company embedded the lights into inexpensive foam flooring and covered a much larger space with the tracking technology than we’ve seen attempted previously.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I also found features in Microsoft’s gear I instantly wished were included in my Rift and Vive back at home. I’ll get straight to the point.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2023

Empirical data from Vuzix’s collaborations and ventures has led to a series of reports evidencing respective use cases for its technologies. Following a decades-long career with the photography giant, he developed the world’s first VR head-mounted display (HMD) firm, Forte Technologies.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The devices will use positional tracking (which will not require any external sensors) developed from expertise learned through creating Google’s Tango mapping technology and optimized for virtual reality. San Francisco-based Vivid Vision has raised a $2.2M MICROSOFT’S UPCOMING MOTION CONTROLLERS. WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

A local Austinite, Lemke sees Austin as having “a rich culture of music and technology. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. It’s like a unique place in that way where it has this kind of psychedelic, hippie pedigree because of Willie Nelson.”.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Acer hasn’t announced the reason why it has taken this decision, but it has commented the news reassuring everyone that Acer is not abandoning XR, and it will continue exploring the technology. This expertise is also paid very well , with high salaries in cities like London or San Francisco. Image by Microsoft).

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

The new system will combine BMW’s sensor data with Meta’s tracking systems and technologies to create a “car-locked” immersive entertainment console. The partnership is part of BMW’s ongoing efforts to explore new ways to use immersive vehicle technologies.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service. Based in San Francisco, Unity Technologies has raised a new $400M round of private equity from Silver Lake Partners– bringing their total funding to almost $690M.

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Peter Graham

JULY 25, 2019

Yesterday saw the launch of the first Virtual Beings Summit in San Francisco, a conference aimed at those interested in the idea of digital humans. As the technology develops VRFocus will keep you updated.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Virtual and augmented reality technology is being used to help people who are blessed with perfect vision – and lots of interesting solutions are out there. Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. HOW DO YOU HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH VR/AR?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

So I was a little confused upon entering the second door to find a brightly lit, carpeted, and perfectly kept living room that looked like something out of a swanky San Francisco apartment. Up to this point I hadn’t even been told what I was about to see.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community. Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. HoloLens 2 could be put on sale on September. In any case, we will see.

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