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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.09): New Half-Life: Alyx videos and details, coronavirus makes events go virtual and much more!

The Ghost Howls

We all know that Microsoft has won a contract with the US Army for the deployment of special HoloLens 2 devices to the troops , but now finally we have the opportunity to see some photos of them in action. Anyway, a private beta now probably means a launch in 1–2 months , that is the exact period when the F8 would have taken place.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

If this fact isn’t enough to convince you of the terrifying speed at which ideas and technology move, here’s another: A hundred years ago, the first supermarket was opened in Memphis, Tennessee. HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS: These sales are intriguing because virtual reality never saw the concerted, unified effort that the DVD player saw.

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Attorney generals from eight states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia—have joined the litigation. Other firms such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft have ordered redundancies across their workforces at 18,000, 11,000, and 12,000, respectively. Not Too Big to Fail?

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Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

We’re now in the immersive world, which involves things like augmented reality (AR), the more immersive virtual reality (VR), and all these different ways of explaining what you’re looking at. For software, they were working with startup companies like Microsoft and Adobe. It was like the light bulb went off.

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