Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

Today Microsoft announced that developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets from the Microsoft Store. If these specs are all that’s required to run Windows Holographic, even many lower-end laptops should work, compared to what would be required for an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I joined BISim in 2009 after seven years of working in engineering positions in video games companies. When Microsoft signed an agreement with the US Army for the use of the HoloLens 2 in the IVAS project, many employees signed a letter to ask to terminate it, because they foresaw the use of their technology to kill people.

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2018

HTC’s official Wireless Adapter for the Vive was first announced earlier this year, and made an appearance at the DisplayLink booth at E3 2018. An HTC spokesperson confirmed that the device was on track for a late summer launch. The game is one of many PSVR titles shown at Sony’s E3 booth. Photo by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In a compatibility test application from recent Windows 10 test builds, Microsoft has revealed some minimum specs for Windows Holographic, the Windows 10 interface and platform for VR and AR devices which will include inexpensive headsets from big manufacturers. SEE ALSO Microsoft Says New Surface Studio is VR Ready(ish).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Pico’s rival headset also competes with HTC VIVE’s XR Elite mixed reality (MR) headset, which dropped at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January. For the first time, open negotiations could allow Meta products to operate in the Mainland since their ban in 2009 due to the Urumqi riots.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Room 2009, West Hall. : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am. Room 2011, West Hall.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 29, 2017

is an independent boutique studio founded in 2009 by Raúl Rubio Munárriz (founding member of MercurySteam Entertainment, developers of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) and Luz M. Tequila Works' first title, the BAFTA-nominated Deadlight, was published in 2012 by Microsoft Studios. Tequila Works, S.L.

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