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Microsoft Expands HoloLens Availability, Hard Hat Option Coming Soon

Road to VR

Despite HoloLens being now almost two years old, Microsoft isn’t showing any signs of slowing down its plans for the AR headset. Today the company has announced that they’re adding Singapore and the United Arab Emirates to the list of regions from which the device can be purchased, now totaling 41 countries.

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Microsoft Opens HoloLens 2 Sales in UAE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft is set to allow clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to purchase HoloLens 2 mixed reality (MR) headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. Ihsan Anabtawi, COO and CMO for Microsoft UAE , said that the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant had demonstrated its commitment to the UAE.

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Emirates NBD, Microsoft Partner for Metaverse Accelerator

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Partnering with the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive and US tech giant Microsoft , the programme aims to back Dubai’s Metaverse Strategy, which includes reaching the top ten metaverse hubs worldwide and support for roughly 40,000 virtual and tech jobs by 2030. .”

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What is INTERPOL’s Metaverse Law Enforcement Strategy?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

It added that criminals would exploit the Metaverse and recently, in a major partnership with the World Economic Forum, Meta, Microsoft, and many others, warned of potential cybercrime, including “social engineering scams, violent extremism, and misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/y8mk7HkJsY. INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) October 19, 2022.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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EON Reality Joins Axelrod for UAE Knowledge Metaverse

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Extended reality education firm EON Reality Inc announced on Sunday its partnership with Axelrod Holdings to launch its EON Metaverse Builder platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific.

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CraneMorley and SoCalGas Win Summit Award!

CraneMorley

The SoCalGas instructor and field technician work together to engage the class in hands on learning by giving them a bird’s eye view of a natural gas meter set assembly procedure through the Microsoft HoloLens and its “head up – hands free” capability, streamed live to the class using the Microsoft Remote Assist and Teams applications.