XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

That is a wrap for November 2024. Moreover, December will soon come along, as will the year’s final events, such as AWS re:Invent, giving XR vendors one more time to shine in 2024. If 2024 was any example, some major news is around the corner. It was another busy month in the XR market.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This month could just prove that immersive business solutions will start seeing greater media hype in the next few months leading into 2024, CES, and beyond. As 2024 continues to build up as perhaps another foundational year for XR, November is seeing major organisations unveil the last major updates of the year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 8, 2024

As a result, countless innovators, from Microsoft to Lenovo, are introducing solutions to help companies embrace the power of immersion. Here’s why you should consider investing in immersive spaces in 2024 and beyond. Companies can embed immersive tech into various tasks to make workplaces safer, more productive, and more efficient.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

Apple has said significant companies like Microsoft and Disney will be producing apps for the system, but there isn’t much information about these apps on Apple’s site so far. Apple also works with Microsoft on solutions like Teams for the Apple Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The industrial Metaverse is looking to be the XR buzzword of 2024. Since mid-2023, firms like Microsoft and Meta moved towards the wordage following the decline of faith towards the initial Metaverse wave towards the start of the year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More recently, Jenny Stanley, the Managing Director of Appetite Creative , a firm that works with major international clients such as Amazon, Lego, and Addias, discussed the presence of AR as a tool to engage with customers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

2024 promises to bring a new breed of life to the growing industry based on the successes in Q4 of 2023. Microsoft, Siemens Industrial Copilot Debuts This week, a partnership between Microsoft and Siemens led to the debut of Siemens Industrial Copilot , an AI assistant that aims to improve human-machine collaboration in manufacturing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Waiting until now would mean that next VR game by Valve would come out in 2024–2025… do you really think they don’t want to make the ecosystem to grow now? The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Worldwide, spending by businesses on cloud computing infrastructure is forecast to top $1 trillion for the first time in 2024. This is because, in 2024, businesses are looking beyond the time-and-money-saving opportunities of cloud migration. Here’s my overview of what will be the most significant trends in this field.

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MAY 2, 2024

So much so that SK hynix this week is very publicly announcing that the company's high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity has already sold out for the rest of 2024, and even most of 2025 has already sold out as well.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

So here are some of the ways we can expect the $350 billion video game industry to evolve in 2024, bringing us greater immersion, more realistic experiences, and, most of all, fun! Generative AI In Gaming In 2024, we will start to see the impact of the latest generation of generative AI tools really take off in the gaming space.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 18, 2023

To replace the device in current markets, Apple aims to release a mixed reality (MR) headset at a cheaper price from 2024 to 2025. Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Snap, Amazon, Twitter, and other major tech giants have not been immune to mass layoffs and budget cutbacks. Its cheaper iteration will cost users $1,500, the report added.

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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. billion USD to provide severance packages up to 2024. News of the job cuts boosted share prices for the firm 6.4 percent at the same time.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2024

Now, Nvidia is anticipating an equally impressive 2024, with a possible 231% revenue growth for 2024. But why is Nvidia stock going up so aggressively, and will it grow in 2024, or has the chip maker finally reached its peak? Additionally, another 300,000 GPUs will likely be deployed by the end of 2024.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Auidences are watching, developers are already working on realityOS applications, and XR device vendors are making a move towards the spatial computing trend of 2024. It is early 2024, and the year could flip. However, as the years progress, it appears that the space is expanding.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 17, 2023

The report echoed market sentiments amid waves of redundancies at Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants from August to November last year. Further competition from rival firm Advanced Micro Systems (AMD) also reflected concerns in NVIDIA’s Q2 2022 earnings reports and current 2023 Annual Review.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2025

According to an analysis by Omdia and Sensor Tower, the downloads of the Meta Horizon app fell by 27% on Christmas Day 2024 when compared to 2023. The same negative trends regard the Black Friday sales on Amazon. This means that the peak of VR holiday purchases this year has been smaller than the past one.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 27, 2023

Following the restructuring, Li added that the company would “resume hiring and we would expect headcount growth in excess of one to two percent in 2024.” Companies such as Alphabet, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, Apple, and Tesla also reported a rise in earnings following their respective layoffs.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 18, 2024

The press release announcing Blackwell includes endorsements from Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Dell CEO Michael Dell, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison, and Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

ounces (based on headband) Apple Vision Pro Pricing and Availability The Apple Vision Pro started rolling out for US customers on the 2 nd of February, 2024. Alongside Apple’s apps, you’ll also be able to experiment with a range of entertainment options (like Amazon Prime Video). hours of video Connectivity Bluetooth 5.3

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In its latest post, he stated that Meta plans to make the Quest 3 live as a medium-tier headset while releasing a new cheaper version of it in 2024 as the affordable option for the mass market. Because of these problems and the delays, a cheaper version of the Vision Pro, which was expected for 2025, may have been canceled.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 8, 2024

We witnessed AI's seamless integration into various business processes, significantly in retail, where giants like Amazon and Walmart exemplified this trend. While significant investments flowed in from major players like Meta and Microsoft, user adoption didn't soar as high as anticipated.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

More info (Logitech MX Ink now available) More info (My hands-on with the device) The end of HoloLens 2 Microsoft has officially announced the end-of-life of the Microsoft HoloLens 2: the company is now selling the last stock and will slowly discontinue the headset. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The headset is already selling well, and it is currently the most-sold gaming console on Amazon. Let’s see if this launch is actually happening… More info Microsoft and its troubles with HoloLens According to an article on Business Insider, Microsoft has lost a total of more than $5 billion dollars with the HoloLens project.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update. I think this speaks a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An Amazon ad appearing on the streaming platform Peacock shows the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S and the caption: “Meta Quest, starting at $299.99”. Regarding the actual release date, we have also a rumor: someone spotted on the Australian Amazon page an entry about the Quest 3S and the availability date being October, 16.

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Upload VR

MAY 7, 2025

If you're unfamiliar with the two versions of Minecraft, Bedrock Edition is the C++ version that runs across Windows, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, ChromeOS, and Amazon Fire, while Java Edition is the original version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Tell any friends you have at Microsoft!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

Road To VR published some statistics comparing the sales of Quest and PSVR 2 on Amazon US over the holiday season, and the proportion of sold Quests to sold PSVR 2 is 30 to 1! And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

A report this week shows how these changes have been quite important: The first version of the “Project Nazare” glasses will be still released in 2024 as originally planned, but it will be targeted only at developers (a bit like today’s Snap Spectacles). Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. In a few weeks, there will be a free alpha test open on SteamVR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

He has tweeted “I’m very excited about our upcoming announcements next week, and all that we have planned for 2020–2024”. Thanks to a flash sale, that put it at the ridiculous price of $150, the Go has sold more than all other devices, and has even been #3 most sold device on all Amazon videogames category.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. Meta is reported to launch a devkit of AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2024.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five. Moreover, Stettmeier noted that Lenovo is taking an enterprise-first approach to developing XR solutions, meaning you cannot purchase the device via conventional means such as Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. Some months ago, some important magazines leaked that Microsoft might have abandoned the HoloLens project. According to a new leak, Microsoft scrapped the plans for a HoloLens 3, and also the collaboration with Samsung has been brought to an end. Other relevant news.

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