XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. The entire division faces an uncertain future following Microsoft laying off 11,000 workers this month.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2022

How can virtual reality (VR) improve travel for business? 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. . The Benefits of Virtual Reality for Replacing Business Travel . The company has seen a record of 2.7

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are set to increase in popularity despite ongoing turbulent times for the Metaverse. Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. The entire division faces an uncertain future following Microsoft laying off 11,000 workers this month.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It’s easy to see the growth in demand for the virtual reality (VR) market. Even before the pandemic of 2020, people looked at extended reality (XR) technology as an opportunity to improve digital collaboration, training, and communication. VR has reached a tipping point for extensive adoption around the world.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A Microsoft patent application for a ‘virtual reality floor mat’ describes a special mat which defines a virtual playspace and can be used for tracking. Microsoft’s virtual reality mat patent application is a curious one. Image courtesy Microsoft. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta today announced it’s opening its operating system to third-parties , and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft’s Xbox. Microsoft subsequently shut down the Windows Mixed Reality platform in late 2023.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2021

Last week Microsoft became the first major tech company to host a keynote presentation fully in virtual reality. Last week, Microsoft took the next step toward one possible future of the tech keynote when it delivered the opening presentation to its Ignite 2021 developer conference fully in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). The software market will have a slight growth, but it will be driven anyway by the Quest, that is a standalone headset, which makes up 60% of all the SteamVR users.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2016

Microsoft unveiled their vision of a mixed reality world today at Computex in Taipei. . When Microsoft first announced their HoloLens augmented reality headset, they also showed off their Windows Holographic platform, which let developers build Windows 10 apps and experiences for the device.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Firms like Microsoft, Meta, AWS, NVIDIA, and countless others are elevating workplace XR in all its forms, and the list is long. While the world is far from ubiquity, this will take many years; the XR space may truly take its foundational steps as new hardware and software lurk around the corner.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. billion per year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2021

Microsoft says however that the error message was inaccurate, and that VR for Xbox is still not a happening. Some prognosticated that Microsoft has mistakenly leaked VR support for Xbox, something it has repeatedly rebuked in the past. This tracks with Microsoft’s long-term stance on VR for Xbox consoles going back to Xbox One.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

use cases for Immersive Technologies, and companies like Microsoft have partnered with various developers to launch collaborative and remote assistance applications. Both ends are absolutely critical,” says Spike Huang, VP of Virtual Reality and Gaming at HP. There is a growing plethora of Industry 4.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With virtual reality, companies can build models of projects in a digital landscape, and make it easier to interact with specialists from all over the world. What’s more, Meta’s flexibility makes it easy to combine Oculus headsets with state-of-the-art technology and software for building prototypes and designs.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While Microsoft has been full steam ahead on the augmented reality side of Windows Mixed Reality via HoloLens, the company has had very little to say in the last year about the VR side of its platform. While it may look like Microsoft has largely given up on the effort, the company tells us that it remains committed.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In a new Virtual Reality Industry Report, Greenlight Insights forecasts modest VR industry growth in the short term, growing into a major global content marketplace by 2021. In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 , Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2

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ARVR

JUNE 14, 2021

continuing here with Microsoft. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Owning Enterprise AR Among tech giants investing in AR, Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. The biggest news of the week has been the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for $68.7B. With it, Microsoft acquires many popular games like Overwatch, Starcraft, Call of Duty, and even Candy Crush. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With the right technology, business leaders can enhance everything from virtual reality events and webinars to collaboration sessions. One of the first solutions to focus heavily on the potential of spatial audio for improving extended reality experiences, the Rebuff VR Ears bring a greater quality of sound into virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Today a (positive) earthquake hit the virtual reality ecosystem: Meta has just opened up its walled garden, as a strategic move to expand its business in the virtual reality market. But the reality is that Meta has always sold headsets under cost or at cost, so it’s not really earning money from hardware.

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ARVR

MARCH 22, 2021

Among tech giants investing in AR , Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. That not only includes its best-of-breed hardware in the Hololens 2, but an expanding suite of software (it is Microsoft after all) for enterprise AR. usually to future-proof core businesses.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. And if they have these features from Microsoft, they won’t need to get them from Meta.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 2, 2021

Today, at a special AR/VR focused event held inside its virtual reality community platform Altspace, Microsoft showcased a new product aiming to provide their AR HoloLens platform and VR Windows Mixed Reality platform with a shared platform for meetings. The company announced that AltspaceVR will now be Mesh-enabled.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 25, 2018

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. The new HoloLens subscription service could prove a catalyst for SMEs to embrace immersive technology.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Immersive technology has been around for longer than most people realise, and the recent market growth has led to new opportunities to work in virtual reality (VR). Grandview Research believes that the VR market will grow at a rate of 2.16% until 2027, and the extended reality (XR) market could soon be worth billions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and many others started to reestablish the Metaverse and XR as serious business tools following a lacklustre adoption rate from consumer markets. This trend encompasses the integration between the hardware and software. What drivers are leading enterprise interest in spatial computing hardware and software?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Over the last five to ten years, virtual reality (VR) technologies have experienced rapid transformation via meeting support and funding opportunities. Although VR hardware is growing at such a scale, immersive firms are doubling down on scaling extended reality (XR) developer talent pools to match the demand for VR software.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. Microsoft sees the “intelligent cloud” as the backbone of this revolution. Microsoft want to enable developers to reach customers in a multi-sense, multi-device way Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Meta’s headsets are ergonomically friendly and flexible, offering users the opportunity to tap into a variety of software solutions and apps through the Quest store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Meta Platforms has launched a strategic partnership to integrate Microsoft Teams on the company’s latest device, the Meta Quest Pro, it was revealed at the Meta Connect 2022 event on Tuesday. Nadella said in his speech, “We’re taking an approach to ensure that our software can benefit users on all their favourite devices.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Meta’s headsets are ergonomically friendly and flexible, offering users the opportunity to tap into a variety of software solutions and apps through the Quest store.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

PanguVR works with two amazing technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence , so I was really interested in talking with him. We agreed that we would have met virtually so that I could discover more about his company anyway. I’ve seen many companies working on interior design and virtual reality.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The brand offers one of the most affordable and straightforward hardware solutions for users interested in virtual reality on the market. At the same time, Meta’s flexible software landscape ensures teams can access a wide range of educational apps, or make and implement their own learning tools from scratch.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 11, 2017

In a keynote today Microsoft is revealing a long-awaited missing piece of its Windows mixed reality platform – motion controllers. According to Microsoft, the controllers would be shown on stage at its keynote but wouldn’t be available for hands-on demos at its Build developer conference this week.

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