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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

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We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. As cloud based applications scale and power AI experiences, we have come to a place where you need data at planet scale and performance Click To Tweet. Ethical AI.

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Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part II: Microsoft

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After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. In addition to standard audio fare like music and phone calls, they’ll integrate natively with Microsoft products like Office. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. Microsoft had a similar fate in smartphone era.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.22): Quest 3S has been launched, Ray-Ban Meta shows consumer appeal, and more!

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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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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market.

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What the EU Digital Markets Act may mean for XR

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The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Data privacy.

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What Will AR Do for Brand Marketing in 2021?

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There continues to be competition for consumer mindshare from search, social, Amazon, or a brand’s own apps and properties. MM : The future of work will be dictated by Microsoft, while Google silently upends higher education, and IoT steps in to help us navigate these physical, communal spaces. How do you see this playing out?

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.25): Facebook plans “a big shift” in privacy, Apple VR headset rumored, and more!

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Only a minimum of the data should be shared with the online servers and most of them should be handled locally; the applications and the communications should be secure; the user must have all the control among what data of his/hers gets shared and what not. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon acquires Umbra.

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