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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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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

The COVID-19 crisis has made many companies realize how AR and VR can be a fundamental tool for smart working (e.g. And this adoption requires enterprise-oriented tools and devices. Tools to scale your VR practice. Worldwide spending on commercial VR is expected to grow to $7.1B, up from $4.5

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First look at HTC Vive Sync

Hypergrid Business

Introducing VIVE Sync Open Beta, a VR collaboration tool that allows businesses to hold virtual meetings/presentations in real-time from the comfort of home. The Vive Sync platform has an avatar creator tool that comes in the form of a smartphone app. You can even personalize an avatar (sorry, we don't have sweatpants yet).

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Rumor: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Consumer AR Headset

Road to VR

A DigiTimes Taiwan report (via MacRumors ) now suggests that Apple has disbanded the team behind it, effectively putting its consumer AR device on hold. At three successive WWDC dev conferences, the company has also showcased iterative versions of ARKit, the iOS-based augmented reality developer tool.

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How to be a good VR startupper – Part 1

The Ghost Howls

And when I was in Taiwan, someone told me this very crude sentence: (Almost) no one is making money in VR at this moment. More or less one year ago, we thought about developing a tool to let people prototype in VR, like the Adobe XD of VR. Maquette by Microsoft). The market is not there yet.

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IAAPA Update from Location-Based VR Expert, Bob Cooney

XR for Business Podcast

One of the surprise hits from the IAAPA show — to go back to that — was a company called UNIS out of Taiwan, I think they’re based, they had a two player motorcycle VR simulator and it was a track racing motorcycle game. And I think that it’s a really powerful tool. It was a very expensive installation.

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IAAPA Update from Location-Based VR Expert, Bob Cooney

XR for Business Podcast

One of the surprise hits from the IAAPA show — to go back to that — was a company called UNIS out of Taiwan, I think they’re based, they had a two player motorcycle VR simulator and it was a track racing motorcycle game. And I think that it’s a really powerful tool. It was a very expensive installation.