XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

One such platform, the Microsoft Reactor meetup, has united many thought leaders, tech giants, and organisations as a guiding compass for the growing community of technology enthusiasts, developers, journalists, and even senior executives. Excellent @Microsoft Reactor #meetup in #London with @VR2AR , Alexander Karim, and @seanmtracey.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In this post series from 2012 , NVIDIA already talked about BVH and its implementations). RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. Application with realtime raytracing developed using DXR APIs (Image by Microsoft).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company’s very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts.

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VRScout

MARCH 4, 2020

A scan of Sir David Attenborough in a VR app (Image Credit: Microsoft ). Tupac hologram performing at Coachella 2012 (Image Credit: SnoopDoggTV). This allows us to programmatically create rich, non-predictable virtual beings that are trained to respond with specific mannerisms, but with their own “voice”.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. He first got the attention of Microsoft when blogging about the detriments of 3D immersive universes like Second Life. Secretly working on something similar, Microsoft brought him in to help.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2017

Microsoft has invested aggressively in the technology: it unveiled its HoloLens AR headset two years ago. In 2012, the company created the App Center, a hub on its social network for consumers to discover apps created by third parties and play them directly on the Facebook desktop website.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Matt Bell founded Matterport after the release of Microsoft Kinect and seeing it’s potential to create 3D environments to give someone that immersive feeling in a space. It sounds like you guys had a pivot somewhere around 2011–2012 when you had that realization. tl;dr — VR wasn’t even around when Matterport was founded.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Microsoft Stays Mum on Xbox VR. Image courtesy Microsoft. During Microsoft’s main E3 2018 presentation, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talked briefly on stage about the future of the brand, mentioning ‘future “consoles”‘ in development, but there was once again no sign of VR support for Xbox One.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2016

Originally filed back in June 2012, months before the Oculus was to make waves with its Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign , this “continuation”, published by the US Patent and Trademark Office , extends an even older application, originally filed back in 2006.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Palmer Luckey’s intuition in 2012 was realizing that with the launch of the iPhone, finally VR could have its iPhone moment (many of them, actually) and that’s how the Oculus Rift was born. Probably this is the reason why VR never succeded before… it couldn’t have its iPhone moment because there was no iPhone yet.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Founded in 2012, the company’s mission empowers developers to build enormous and detailed environments utilizing machine learning and distributed via cloud computing infrastructure. MICROSOFT’S UPCOMING MOTION CONTROLLERS. MICROSOFT SHOWS OFF A NEW AR GLASSES DESIGN. San Francisco-based Vivid Vision has raised a $2.2M

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JANUARY 1, 2017

And while big companies such as Microsoft, maker of the HoloLens AR smartglasses, could be rivals, Akonia hopes instead to be a component supplier, providing the designs and initial prototypes for holographic displays in AR smartglasses, said Ken Anderson, CEO of Akonia, in an interview with VentureBeat.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

This figure has been growing steadily since 2012 and does not plan to significantly stop its growth soon. Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The growth in the volume of investments in VR is more than $2.5

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MAY 21, 2017

Assisting Intel’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, from Microsoft to HTC and Oculus, Pallister works closely with the underlying solutions making VR possible. His game credits include Ultima Underworld 2, System Shock, Trespasser, Deus Ex, Epic Mickey, and Dishonored, which received the 2012 BAFTA award for Best Game.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 29, 2017

Tequila Works' first title, the BAFTA-nominated Deadlight, was published in 2012 by Microsoft Studios. Tequila Works, S.L. 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.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. The first was in Irvine, California in 2012 trying a prototype of the Oculus Rift. This is happening.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing the HTC Vive’s roomscale virtual experience, you should check the Microsoft, Game Stop, or Micro Center location closest to you! Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos. You can now upload a 360 degree photo to the Book of Face just like you would with a normal photo.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

I worked at Microsoft from 2008-2012. Avi Bar-Zeev is a design and technology leader with a spatial rap sheet that includes Microsoft, Apple, Google Earth, Second Life, and Disney. Cambridge Analyica wasn’t surprising to me either. I noticed that some nearby employees in Bing had access to Facebook’s (i.e.,

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MARCH 28, 2017

In the middle of August 2012 I wrote my first article about Oculus. Those experts helped break down the basics of VR, pointing out much of the technology needed to make it possible was already in millions of homes with accessories like Microsoft’s Kinect sensor. A few months later, I got my first demo.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

The VR industry today is likely not exactly what Brendan Iribe envisioned it would be back in 2012. Of course, we shouldn’t ignore Microsoft’s role in the mixed reality industry. At the same time, Microsoft is already shipping a standalone mixed reality computer — the HoloLens. Pressure Mounting.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

in 2012, and 3.0 By the summer of 2018, we were ready to unveil our work to the general public through the stores of Apple, Microsoft, Oculus, and Vive. So the apps can be purchased in the stores of Apple and Microsoft. Much of what survives of the ancient city dates to the period around A.D. Version 1.0 in 2008, 2.1

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JANUARY 13, 2017

In addition, there was tremendous opposition on the horizon from incumbents in the computing space, many of whom —  including Microsoft , Intel, and NVIDIA— are looking to cut as big a piece of the VR pie as they can. Envelop reportedly had trouble finding enterprise buyers, and struggled to communicate clear use cases for their product.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. It released a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking, and geolocation technologies in 2012. It has applications for creating digital advertisements, visualization etc. Mixed Reality (MR)  — It is a combination of both AR and VR.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

JUNE 29, 2021

Using the old Microsoft Kinect c ontroller then the newer version 2 ( 2012 and 2014 even longer ago than I thought ). The aim being that if you capture 3D data points of a movement you can recreate that move digitally from any angle and at any speed.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 12, 2020

While some focus their efforts on virtual reality, others add social layers to video chat or build 3D environments on top of existing platforms like Second Life or Microsoft’s AltspaceVR. ” Image Credits: Burning Man 2012 Hawaii Savvy (opens in a new window) / Flickr (opens in a new window) under a CC BY 2.0

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Edx.org is an online learning destination founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012. The course equips you with the needed skills to deploy AR to web browsers using PlayCanvas, create AR apps using iOS ARKit, creating VR experiences and visualize in google cardboard or DayDream, and skills in Mixed Reality with Microsoft hololens.

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AIXR

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Meta SEO With Meta (formerly Facebook) committing to the Metaverse, all eyes are on fellow digital juggernauts such as Google, Bing, and Microsoft to see which – if any – becomes the next to buy into the Metaverse in a big way. Players could also collect and purchase 30 NFTs as they play.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Since you founded Sketchfab in 2012, there has been a very big shift in 3D modeling and graphics regarding the emergence of VR. Microsoft Hololens. Apart from being a 3D model evangelist — making it available to all — Alban is quite the savvy founder. How has your mission changed over time? by Virtual Studio. on Sketchfab.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. So it took like from 2007 to 2012.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. So it took like from 2007 to 2012.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 29, 2024

Project Gutenberg – the oldest digital library of ebooks, established in 1971 – collaborated with Microsoft to turn 5,000 books into free audiobooks, all narrated by AI-generated (but human-sounding) voices using text-to-speech technology. The books are all public domain, and include classic works by William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, and T.S.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The first Oculus Rift prototype reignited the conversation when it arrived in 2012. In 2016, Microsoft began shipping a developer edition of its mixed reality HoloLens system, priced at $3,000. Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc.,

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. So it took like from 2007 to 2012.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. This is made increasingly more likely by the fact that Microsoft is releasing its own VR solutions later in the year.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

2012 was also a big year for Palmer Luckey, he launched a Kickstarter campaign for Oculus Rift that raised $2.4 2017 is also the year that Microsoft entered the VR industry. . This reinvigorated interest in the VR space. . million USD in funding. 2014 was an exciting year for the VR community.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

In 2012, I saw the Palmer Luckey Kickstarter video, and I was like, “it has finally arrived!” The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. In 2012, I saw the Palmer Luckey Kickstarter video, and I was like, “it has finally arrived!”

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