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The Top XR Vendors Majoring in Construction in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Let’s take a look at some of the top vendors paving the way for construction innovation in the XR world. The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. Microsoft HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

AR Insider

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). Another technology that could support immersive 3D maps is, again, the construction of the AR Cloud.

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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

Road to VR

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. The Santa Cruz prototype is a modified Oculus Rift which has on-board compute, display, and tracking.

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Big XR News from Meta, Salesforce, Timberland, Epic Games, Zoom, and Microsoft

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The company’s Parent Dashboard will allow people supervising children and young adults to approve app purchases and downloads, block inappropriate apps, and monitor activities on devices, among others, using the Oculus mobile app. ” Zoom, Microsoft Team up for VR Video Conferencing. .” ”

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Most Innovative XR Collaboration Vendors to Watch in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In the construction industry, professionals can work together on digital twins of schematics, blueprints, and products in a shared VR world. Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market. The company could even be the organization behind the new era of “Metawork”.

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The Wild’s Latest Collaboration Tools Focus on Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Efficiency

Peter Graham

One of which is The Wild, a platform specifically designed to help architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms coordinate more effectively. Not solely for business – but marketed for that sector, Spatial offers 3D avatars and Microsoft Meetings support.