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Create Your Own Holograms at Home with the Volu iPhone App

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But what about volumetric video, which currently requires multi-camera rigs like those at Microsoft's Mixed Reality Capture studios? with 3D Body Mesh & More, Upgrades Scan as Fashion Assistant On Wednesday, 3D capture startup Volograms released the public beta of its Volu app for iOS.

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Arcturus Announces Microsoft MRCS Partnership at SIGGRAPH 2023

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Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Arcturus’ solution includes over 100 cameras working simultaneously to capture a still or moving object.

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Q&A With Matt Bell: How Matterport Started Capturing The Real Estate Market In VR

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Matt Bell founded Matterport after the release of Microsoft Kinect and seeing it’s potential to create 3D environments to give someone that immersive feeling in a space. In the same way that photography became an instant automated process to capture moments, we wanted to do the same thing for entire 3D spaces.

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Alcatel’s New IDOL Smartphone Comes With ‘Windows 10 VR’

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Microsoft revealed a new line of PC-based virtual reality headsets from partner companies that will support its upcoming Windows 10 upgrade, the Creator’s Update. Another Windows Phone, HP’s Windows Phone X3, being used for 3D capture. We’ve reached out to both Alcatel and Microsoft for clarification.

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GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset

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I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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Q&A: How Sketchfab Is Making 3D Models Accessible

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The two big things that have changed is how we can create and consume 3D. Now with solutions like 3D capture, photogrammetry, and depth sensors, anyone can create a 3D file. Microsoft Hololens. Apple is going to release something around that — Windows just released a phone with native 3D capture.

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Avatar Technology From USC Captures Your Body In 20 Minutes

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The research group started testing with Microsoft’s Kinect four years ago, doing some body scanning and facial scanning. . “What other elements of us need to be embedded? Our personality, our style, our posture, and that sort of thing,” he adds.