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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2024

From digital twins to AR smart glasses, 2025 may very well be a big boom for XR across the market. Major Vendors to Dismantle Meta, Apple Market Dominance This week, a major piece of the 2025 XR puzzle came to light. The Microsoft Mixed Reality Link employs unique QR codes to link headsets to PCs.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Development is taking its time, and no glass based on Micro XR is expected to hit the market before 2025. 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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The creators of the ‘world’s first’ AR laptop, Sightful, is putting the next-generation computers on hold because Microsoft’s focus on system-wide AI in Windows could mean that AI laptop chipsets with neural processing units will be more effective on connected AR glasses than Windows PCs. Yet, my answer changes today.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

million in 2025. For one, market-leading Microsoft (HoloLens 2) has experienced headwinds, including turbulence in its massive U.S. Meanwhile, the previously-beleaguered Magic Leap has quite a turnaround underway. Magic Leap’s second act is perhaps the most notable phenomenon in the AR glasses landscape.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! It is not clear what this device will be, but a previous rumor talked about a collaboration between Meta and LG for the release of the Meta Quest Pro 2, which the same rumor set for 2025. I guess we will have to wait until 2025 to discover what LG has in the works.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And if it launches anything, it won’t be until 2025. But if Apple does indeed keep its plans for AR glasses in the long term, it will likely be a lighter form of AR than what we see in devices like Microsoft HoloLens. For example, Microsoft is down and Magic Leap is up, which flips their previous positioning.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Stake in Magic Leap Riyadh also acquired a majority stake in Magic Leap, allowing the firm a seat on the board of directors.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

But this had been pushed back to 2025 – and now postponed “indefinitely” as the technology simply won’t be ready any time soon. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Magic Leap have opted for a bulkier goggles form factor targeted at businesses and government entities, hoping to eventually miniaturize the tech for consumers.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Though mixed reality is evolving at a slightly slower rate than augmented and virtual reality, market leaders like Microsoft are beginning to introduce the world to what the future of MR could really look like. Microsoft is perhaps one of the companies most effective at defining MR today. million – a CAGR of 41.8%. MR Definition.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. Literally everyone in the industry other than Magic Leap and Apple uses Qualcomm’s spatial computing tech stack). focused on “utility.”

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

Arrives in 2022, with glasses to follow sometime before 2025). When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). If you haven’t seen a Microsoft Hololens or a Magic Leap you probably have no clue about how amazing this will be.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That’s where I think like Microsoft went right.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That’s where I think like Microsoft went right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples -- and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup -- in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we're going to start seeing the real uplift of this." That's where I think like Microsoft went right. That really did blow my mind.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. 2025 we’re going to start seeing the real uplift of this.” That’s where I think like Microsoft went right.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I finally -- finally, after a year and a half -- I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it. Alan: What do you try it?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. Alan: I think this whole technology stack of XR is moving.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. Alan: I think this whole technology stack of XR is moving.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

I was looking at 2025 for ubiquitous AR glasses. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. Alan: I think this whole technology stack of XR is moving.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is confirmed by companies such as Magic Leap who have raised a further 2 billion recently for the development of their second mixed reality device, although the first one hardly made much of an impact in the market regardless of how much money was initially invested.

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