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Windows Mixed Reality Headsets No Longer Function With Latest Windows 11 Update

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Microsoft has removed Windows Mixed Reality from Windows 11. With Windows 11 24H2, the latest major version of Microsoft's PC operating system, you can no longer use a Windows MR headset in any way - not even on Steam. Screenshot taken by UploadVR. UploadVR tested Windows 11 24H2 with a Reverb G2 and found the above notice.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.08): Windows 11 update bricks WMR headsets, PSVR 2 becomes the 9th most used HMD on Steam, and more!

The Ghost Howls

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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Meta, Tencent in Talks to Sell Quest Headsets in China

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

A source speaking to Reuters at the time stated Tencent’s XR projects would not reach profitability until roughly 2027, citing internal forecasts. Pico’s rival headset also competes with HTC VIVE’s XR Elite mixed reality (MR) headset, which dropped at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January.

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Industrial XR Market to top $60bn by 2030, ABI Research Reveals

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Analysts predict that more than 16 million industrial XR devices will ship in 2027 at current adoption rates. HTC VIVE unveiled enterprise-grade hardware and platforms on Thursday via its XR Elite Business Edition and Business+ solutions.

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XR Predictions for 2023: Enterprise XR will Boom ?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

According to Mordor Intelligence , the XR market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 57.91% by 2027. Going forward, I think we’ll see more examples of MR gaining rapid adoption in the enterprise space, particularly as Varjo, HTC Vive, Magic Leap, Microsoft, and other leaders continue to innovate. 2. New Treadmill Technology.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

This would be pretty disruptive, because up to now every standalone headset has been a walled garden with its own store and hardware, with the only exception being HTC trying to distribute its Viveport store to some other Chinese devices. Meta may have a prototype to show this year, but the first release of a product is rumored for 2027.

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A 2020 XR Year-In-Review, with MetaVRse' Alan & Julie Smithson, and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. And so if you follow the money and you follow the technology, what it leads to is-- I would have said that we were going to go completely phone-to-face in, say, 2025 to 2027. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets.