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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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

VR investments have broken into the billions of dollars with reports showing as high as $4-5 billion since 2010 and $2 billion in the last 12 months alone. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming). Microsoft – NASDAQ: MSFT – VR operating system, VR platform, VR headset. Unconfirmed.

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XROM

JULY 26, 2023

Singapore VR/AR conference announces speakers from Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, 3M, IMDA, HTC, among others. Global technology giants on the agenda include Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Lenovo, and Qualcomm. Begun in 2010, Augmented World Expo has become the top global conference for everything XR.

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XROM

MAY 15, 2023

Begun in 2010, Augmented World Expo has become the top global conference for everything XR. Previous AWE Asia conferences have featured sessions from senior leadership at organizations such as #Intel, #Qualcomm, #Microsoft, #HTC, #Lenovo, #IEEE, #Sony, #Niantic, #Walmart, #Oppo, #Unity, #Baidu, and #PTC.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. It was also in 2010 that 18-year-old Palmer Luckey created the first prototype of Oculus Rift, the famous VR headset. In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin: The exploration stuff internally started already in 2010, when we made some things that was running in a browser, and then we sent off a small little file that's told how that scene was set up and then rendered with an offline rendering and sending it back again in 10 seconds. What's kind of on the roadmap there? It's still out there.

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