XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Additionally, the Shenzhen-based firm debuted the VR Glass headset in November 2021. The firm used an artificial intelligence (AI) network and Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit to enable outward tracking and navigation during advertisements. Huawei plans to distribute the device next month, along with a pre-order period.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

In December, Ammaar Reshi created and sold a children’s book that he wrote using Chat GPT and physically published via Amazon Kindle Publishing in an exceedingly short time period. Where does Microsoft Fit into the Mix? On the broader picture, Microsoft officially announced that it integrated Chat GPT in its Azure OpenAI Service.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meta’s earnings report for 2021 has both lights and shadows. We were all waiting for it, and then it finally arrived: Meta has finally released its earning reports for 2021, and for the first time it treated its Reality Labs division as a separate entity, so we know how well it is performing. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft is reportedly reducing the size of its HoloLens group. Microsoft is far from the only big tech company to make this move – this week Amazon started laying off 18000 people, Meta laid off more than 11000 in November, and Snap laid off 20% of its staff in September. The contract is theoretically worth up to $21.88

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. 2021 will be a building year , where after the virus the world is rebuilding its economy, and consumers will start seeing and experimenting with these new XR technologies. There will be much more excitement than now. PS5 + PSVR2.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Right now, you can get a 12-month subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal for $59 and save $30 on Microsoft Office Home and Business 2021.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

That expansion will start in 2021 with the addition of action and adventure games. While other companies like Amazon, Google, NVIDIA, and Microsoft are building out their own cloud game streaming services, none of them have both a standalone VR headset and a major VR ecosystem for a complete end-to-end solution.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This is the topic of ARtillery’s recent report, Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. If Google is the spatial web’s knowledge layer, Facebook could be its social layer , Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer , and Amazon the commerce layer.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Companies like Ikea, Target, and Amazon have already used ARKit, mostly for placing virtual furniture in a room to see if it fits. 2021 Predictions: AR Glasses Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary. These don’t even have a display.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 20, 2023

Amazon will reduce its workforce by 9,000 staff over the next few weeks across numerous products, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Chief Executive Andy Jassy announced in a staff memo on Monday. million by late 2021, an increase of 798,000 from the previous two years for the same period.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A full subscription to Microsoft Office tends to be quite pricey, so we needed to tell you about one of the best Microsoft Office deals we've seen in a while.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Roblox and NIKE Digital famously debuted NIKELAND in November 2021, reaching approximately seven million members from roughly 223 countries at the time. The firm is distributing an ever-evolving portfolio of AR headsets which provide remote guidance tools for enterprise and industrial workers, including the recent Navigator Z1 product.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. Looking back at augmented reality in 2021. The most bullish of them is, of course, Meta.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 11, 2021

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While the first version was an all-in-one with diffractive waveguides like Microsoft HoloLens, the new one is an all-in-two light device that connects to your smartphone and uses birdbath optics. If you want to buy it, it is already backordered, and new purchases will be shipped in 2021. What a weird decision…). Other relevant news.

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ARVR

MARCH 22, 2022

Entitled Spatial Computing: 2021 Lessons; 2022 Outlook , it joins our report excerpt series. Google could be the knowledge layer, Facebook could be the social layer, Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer, and Amazon the commerce layer. So where is spatial computing now, and where is it headed?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). So, I envision the main companies in the field, like Microsoft and Magic Leap, to put their efforts into improving their platform to offer better services to their enterprise customers. Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Microsoft Surface Go is light, portable, and reliable; attach a Type Cover and this nifty tablet becomes a powerful 2-in-1 laptop.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. The headset is going to launch in December 2021 in three Asian markets for an undisclosed price, which is said to be anyway much lower than the one of Nreal Light. Some news on content.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

If you want to buy a foldable smartphone, Amazon is offering discounts for the Microsoft Surface Duo, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5G.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

You can save tons of money by picking up this Microsoft Office Black Friday deal for a lifetime subscription.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 21, 2021

There's no need to decide between a tablet and a laptop with Prime Day Microsoft Surface deals, which includes a $XXX discount on the Microsoft Surface Pro 7.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Microsoft Surface devices are on sale today, with the Surface Go 2, Surface Pro 7, and Surface Laptop 3 receiving price reductions from Amazon and Best Buy.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Amazon is selling the 13.5-inch inch version of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 at $400 off, bringing its price down to $1,199 from its original price of $1,599.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 11, 2021

Save a ton of cash on these great Dell XPS 13 and Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 deals available right now.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the topic of ARtillery’s recent report, Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Warming Up Picking up where we left off in the last installment in this series, mobile AR is warming people up to spatial experiences, which could provide a softer landing for eventual AR glasses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. The company was arguably the first to mass adopt Meta’s Quest 2 headsets after purchasing 60,000 units to onboard new hires in 2021.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2023

Following the latest updates from Meta, Disney, Accenture Amazon, Google, and others, Apple could potentially delay the device again due largely to adverse market conditions. Numerous tech innovators have shifted to generative AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, leading to Google’s BardAI, Microsoft’s Bing AI, and others.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Amazon Black Friday deals are in full swing and we've picked out some highlights including 65-inch QLED 4K TVs and MacBook Airs.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 17, 2023

This means that a business might have service agreements in place with, for example, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This objective is set out in a paper published in 2021 by the University of California, Berkley professors Ion Stoica and Scott Shenker, titled From Cloud Computing to Sky Computing.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Of course, platform-building tech giants don’t have a great track record in gaming, with Google’s Stadia effort shutting down, Apple disappointing gamers for decades, and forgettable efforts from Amazon. Meta also renewed partnerships with some key platforms this week.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 1, 2022

TRIPP/EvolVR’s group meditations can be experienced live on several platforms, such as Microsoft’s AltspaceVR and Meta’s Horizon Worlds. Other participants include Qualcomm, Amazon Alexa Fund, HTC and Pokémon GO maker Niantic, as well as existing investor Mayfield, which has been backing TRIPP for a while.

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

This is the topic of ARtillery’s recent report, Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021 The Plurality One implication from Google’s many data sources is that there won’t just be one AR cloud. Key questions include, what did we learn in the past year? and its many subsegments?—?sit

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

2021 was a bad PR year for Big Tech. Lawmakers , advocates, and scholars filled pages of books and held hours of hearing exalting what they viewed as an industry being strangled by a handful of players using anti-competitive practices to solidify their position as kings. Ironically, those exact same tactics were… Read more.

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