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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Quest 2 users will soon be able to play Xbox games thanks to a growing partnership between Meta and Microsoft announced at Connect that will not only bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the platform, but also a host of Windows productivity tools.

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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. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

AltspaceVR is shutting down in March as Microsoft decimated its teams working in VR & AR this week as part of a major workforce reduction across the entire company. As an independent startup Altspace ran out of money, but in 2017 Microsoft acquired it and continued the effort.

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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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MAY 10, 2017

Microsoft’s developer conference — Microsoft Build — starts today in Seattle, Washington and runs through Friday, May 12. We’re carrying both Microsoft keynotes live on UploadVR, so be sure to check back at the following times to view the stream: Wednesday, May 10 – Opening Keynote.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We’re keeping an eye out for the best Windows VR headset deals during Black Friday 2017 through Cyber Monday as they come in. All the headsets but one, Samsung’s Odyssey headset, are based on the same reference design provided by Microsoft, so they’re more or less the same outside of the obvious styling differences.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Microsoft is killing its Windows Mixed Reality PC VR platform. Despite the name, all Windows MR headsets were actually VR-only, and are compatible with most SteamVR content via Microsoft's SteamVR driver. HP's Reverb G2 added two extra side cameras, but by the time it launched in 2020 it was already too late for Microsoft's platform.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft is updating its popular Teams work communications application to include real-time 3D (RT3D) digital human avatars this May. However, following the closure of its Metaverse service AltSpace VR Microsoft is doubling down on immersive content for its leading workplace application.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Looking at the wider industry, E3 2017 hasn’t been the most memorable show. It was Microsoft that dropped the ball the hardest. This time last year Microsoft was telling us that the console, then codenamed Project Scorpio, would be capable of high-fidelity VR. Sadly, companies failed to really communicate that this week.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

As usual, Microsoft is firing first with its press conference this E3, but it’s doing so even earlier than anticipated. Xbox (@Xbox) February 15, 2017. This E3 is shaping up to be the biggest batle between Sony and Microsoft since 2013, the year where each had to convince gamers to buy a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One respectively.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Could Microsoft’s high-tech floormat be the future of at-home 4D entertainment? According to a patent filed by Microsoft to the United States Patent & Trademark Office earlier this week, the company has been experimenting with the idea of a unique VR floor mat device designed to enhance users immersion.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We’re keeping tabs on the best Samsung Odyssey deals during Black Friday 2017 through Cyber Monday as they come in. Only on the market for a few months, the headset + controller bundle normally costs $500 , a deal you can find from retailers including Samsung, Microsoft Store, and Best Buy. Samsung HMD Odyssey Deal Baseline.

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MAY 31, 2017

Today at Computex 2017, the annual IT expo held in Taipei, Taiwan, Microsoft revealed more from their line-up of affordable Windows ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets, including Asus’ headset and an updated design from Dell. Microsoft says that a staggering 20,000 UWP apps are already available for Mixed Reality headsets.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Microsoft has patented wand controllers for use with HoloLens. 2017 has been a big year for Microsoft in Mixed Reality. Microsoft Patent: Augmented reality input device [link] pic.twitter.com/TIz7KeTBbt. WalkingCat (@h0x0d) August 23, 2017. Let us know!

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JUNE 22, 2023

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017. If Microsoft goes in half-cocked, maybe.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

The Garage Reality Room is a place where Microsoft employees and volunteers can learn, experiment, and hack on XR (Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality). 2017 was a busy year for Microsoft and Mixed Reality. When it came to the look and feel of the Reality Room, it needed to be futuristic, and it needed to inspire innovation.

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MAY 4, 2017

Virtual Reality continues to evolve, Constrained Reality is a Renowned Biologist’s take on the mind’s VR “software,” Mixed Reality is bringing it all together—and Vision Summit 2017 is where the industry’s ideas and the innovators came together. Jesse Damiani (@JesseDamiani) May 1, 2017. Mixed Reality Goes Big League.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We’re tracking the best HTC Vive deals for Black Friday 2017 and Cyber Monday as they spring up. The Best HTC Vive Black Friday 2017 Deal. Save on VR Games at Steam’s 2017 Autumn Sale. The post The Best HTC Vive Deal for Black Friday 2017 appeared first on Road to VR. HTC Vive Deal Baseline.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Despite some reports last year suggesting that Microsoft may have discontinued HoloLens, the company has affirmed its work on a new version of the AR headset. Image courtesy Microsoft. The post Microsoft Affirms New HoloLens Headset is in Development appeared first on Road to VR.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Nevertheless, this is part of what Microsoft is promising with its planned launch of Windows Holographic Shell which it’s promised will arrive in every Windows 10 installation via an update some time in 2017. In Microsoft’s Windows Holographic lexicon, it seems to mean different forms of disparate virtual content. .”

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MARCH 28, 2018

After more than a year and a half of silence, the rumors have morphed into reality: Microsoft has finally released an update for the HoloLens. For most HoloLens-focused developers, Microsoft's silence throughout 2017, in terms of updates, was deafening.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

After announcing that it would close up shop in 2017 , Microsoft intervened and the company came under the tech giant’s wing. Now, Microsoft is sunsetting AltspaceVR’s virtual reality platform, a web of immersive social spaces that invited people to hang out with friends or colleagues as 3D avatars.

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MAY 1, 2017

Brandon Bray, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, took the stage at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 to show a little more of what Microsoft has planned for the VR side of things when the first Windows Holographic headsets come later this year. image courtesy Unity Technologies. .”

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Microsoft today revealed HoloLens 2 at MWC 2019 in Barcelona. Image courtesy Microsoft. Image courtesy Microsoft. Microsoft says that HoloLens 2 will be available for $3,500 (putting it squarely in the non-consumer category), and pre-orders are available starting today. The headset is also equipped with eye-tracking.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The 2017 edition of the event officially takes place from June 13th – 15th, with three days of press conferences preceding it. It’s here that titans like Sony, Microsoft and others do their best to wow us with new announcements on both the software and hardware front. It would be a huge missed opportunity for Microsoft.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

While pre-orders for the transmitter aren’t available in the US anymore (Microsoft’s pre-order page has since disappeared), the European market is expecting pre-order delivery later this week from its various distributors.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 13, 2016

At the Microsoft XBOX E3 event Project Scorpio was announced for 2017. This will be the next version of XBOX and it is their plan to bring 4k and hi-fidelity VR to consoles. I also believe Bethesda just announced Fallout 4 VR will be coming to Project Scorpio as well. Cats And VR.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Microsoft is set to make its move on the VR market later this year when it launches a range of headsets made in partnerships with other companies for its Windows Holographic operating system. Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow at the company, confirmed as much to UploadVR in an interview at the 2017 Game Developers Conference this week.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Following months of steep discounts, most of the Windows VR headsets have vanished from Microsoft’s online store and are showing limited or no stock at other retailers. Microsoft has yet to offer an explanation, but signs are pointing toward discontinuation of some headsets.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

billion in 2017, up 142% year-over-year. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M However, the report did lump together Pokémon GO, which earned 96% of all AR software revenue in 2016, and MR devices like the Microsoft HoloLens proving not yet ready for consumers. billion in 2017, rising to $9.1

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APRIL 10, 2024

The news of Glue’s potential closure comes following the decrease in virtual meeting spaces from major XR firms, such as Microsoft, Mozilla, and Meta. In March last year, Microsoft shut down its AltSpace platform. Microsoft bought the service in 2017, following its debut in May 2015.

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JUNE 15, 2017

The latest addition to Microsoft’s console brand, Xbox One X , was finally revealed in full, but the promised VR support was not detailed. Previously, Microsoft stated that it would bring mixed reality — it’s term to cover all things from VR to HoloLens — to the device in 2018.

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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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MARCH 29, 2023

This Monday, Microsoft yet again updated its Avatar system for Teams. The move officially debuts the service for public previewing, allowing Microsoft to showcase an immersive alternative to remote/hybrid remote work communications. Moreover, Microsoft is improving avatar customisation.

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APRIL 13, 2017

In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 , Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2 billion globally by the end of 2017, of which, head-mounted displays (HMDs) will account for $4.7 What’s Inside the Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The studio behind first-person VR dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale (2017) , inXile Entertainment , has been acquired by Microsoft Studios. ” SEE ALSO Microsoft Acquires 'The Mage's Tale' Studio inXile Entertainment community””].

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JUNE 22, 2018

Back at E3 2016, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced on stage that the Xbox One X (then ‘Project Scorpio’) would become the industry’s next VR-compatible console, positioning the platform to compete with Sony’s PSVR with what Spencer called “high fidelity VR.” Image courtesy Microsoft.

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