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At Ignite 2024 , Microsoft announced new support for Windows on Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S devices, designed to boost immersive collaboration and productive experiences for teams. For instance, you could load up a Microsoft Teams meeting and a spreadsheet at the same time. Youre in luck. What Will the New Experience Offer?
Microsoft revealed last year it had plans to pull the plug on support for its entire WMR platform on Windows. “Windows Mixed Reality is deprecated and will be removed in Windows 11, version 24H2,” Microsoft said back in December 2023. Up until now, that is.
You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.
Here's what Microsoft told us about when support will end, and what that means for you. If you missed the news, Microsoft announced that Windows Mixed Reality is now officially deprecated, and will be "removed in a future release of Windows". UploadVR reached out to Microsoft officially for answers.
In an official press statement, Microsoft added : On behalf of the entire HoloLens team, we thank our dedicated customers, partners, MVPs and developer community for helping to push the boundaries of the world of augmented reality for the past 8+ years. Military’s IVAS contract, valued at approximately $22 billion.
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