The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1 More info Microsoft adds Mesh features to Teams At the annual Build event, Microsoft has not announced any stellar XR- or metaverse-related news. But still, there have been some interesting announcements about Microsoft Mesh.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Between Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 , The Thrill Of The Fight 2 in early access, By Grit Alone and Wall Town Wonders , there was something for everyone. It's time for the latest edition of XR News Round-Up, bringing you quick updates on the biggest news stories we initially missed.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

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. This may explain why it has been shut down. It works incredibly well and has also amazing hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

More info Quest 3 will pair with Windows 11 PCs next month Meta and Microsoft announced that the automatic pairing of Quest 3 headsets with Windows 11 PCs is coming in preview access in December. Microsoft and Asobo have launched the new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator and it is a blast.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Microsoft Store. Bundle 2 : Arizona Sunshine, Star Trek: Bridge Crew, Gun Club VR, Chronos, Project CARS, Wilson’s Heart, and Ultrawings TOTAL SAVINGS: $155. We’ll be keeping our eyes out and updating through Cyber Monday. Favorite online store out of stock? You can find the deal here: Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

There have been anyway many other games announced like I Expect You To Die 3 and Arizona Sunshine 2 , so I really invite you to dig into all the links I’m sharing here below. I’m just wondering how Microsoft is still supporting the project and if there will be a MRTK 4.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Vertigo Games brought stick-based movement to Arizona Sunshine [ Review: 8.5/10 . “Our plan is to ship with as many as we can, because it’s different for everybody,” he said. It’s a move we’ve seen lots of developers employing as a response to their communities of late.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Microsoft HoloLens 2 Receives Final Major Update This week, Microsoft announced the final opportunity to purchase HoloLens 2 before its discontinuation in December. The first is WinGet integration, which enables users to download Microsoft Store apps after the storefront’s retirement.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Sure, there have been some great experiences in VR, with solid games like The Gallery , Damaged Core , Arizona Sunshine , The Unspoken , and several others, but nothing on the scale of something like the big AAA franchises that made headlines every holiday season.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. This would be great for having a more natural interaction on Quest 3.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As for the suggestion engine, it is always been a problem since the Gear VR times, when people started receiving nonsense notifications like “Since you liked Arizona Sunshine, go playing Hello Kitty Word 2000” and published them on Reddit so that we all could have a laugh. Wouldn’t this feel strange?

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JUNE 7, 2017

A port of Arizona Sunshine is on the way later this month, Theseus is coming to consoles as is Smash Box Arena , ROM: Extraction , Bloody Zombies , and Tiny Trax. Now that we know Microsoft isn’t showing VR on Project Scorpio this year , Sony has an open goal on the PSVR side. What We Expect At E3.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Playing games like Arizona Sunshine with the tracked gun was certainly fun, something I experienced several times at a local VR arcade here in the UK. Island 359 Tornuffalo Arizona Sunshine Final Soccer VR VRChat Virtual Sport Boneworks Monster Awakens Fit It Beat Saber Full Body RhythmVR Mystical Mayhem Hubris VR Blade and Sorcery.

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JULY 6, 2024

Discounted highlights include Assetto Corsa (90%), Half-Life: Alyx (66%), Ghosts of Tabor (30%), Elite Dangerous (70%), Arizona Sunshine 2 (40%), Microsoft Flight Simulator (50%), F1 24 (40%), Riven (26%), Escape Simulator VR (40%) and Demeo (50%).

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 27, 2020

billion, with investors such as BMW, Microsoft, the CEO of DeepMind, and a number of VC firms. TSMC To Build 5nm Fab In Arizona, Set To Come Online In 2024. Graphcore in Q1 2020 went through an extended Series D funding round earlier this year, and has raised $450 million, valuating the company at $1.95 Related Reading.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This is for sure great for giving people awareness of what AR is good at, and Microsoft can be happy about it. But at Redmond, people have not been able to smile completely since display expert Karl Guttag has spread the world about some possible problems with the displays of HoloLens 2. Some XR fun. New one-handed mod for Beat Saber.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Microsoft is trying to nudge laptop and deskbound computers to interact with the three-dimensional world. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, speaking last week at a conference hosted by technology news site GeekWire, said the company simply couldn’t compete effectively with its small market share in the global smartphone market.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to Metro Awakening, November's another busy month for new VR games. Store links - Quest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - November 19 (PC VR) 0:00 / 2:18 1× Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is the next entry in the long-running series and much like the previous entry, this includes PC VR support.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

More recently, in a University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences speaker session, Meta representative and Director of Display System Research at Reality Labs Douglas Lanman claimed that his firm has worked on a prototype device called Mirror Lake that improves immersion levels.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year has been busy for the XR industry, with groups like OEP, Microsoft, and Meta working tirelessly to revive the sector via significant workplace XR solutions. This approach could promote XR education, allow potential buyers to adopt the hardware, and assist customers in showing the productivity benefits of MR headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies. And we would like to have some big corporate sponsors, be it Microsoft or Aeon or Discover come in and sponsor us providing augmented reality to every high school in Chicago.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies. And we would like to have some big corporate sponsors, be it Microsoft or Aeon or Discover come in and sponsor us providing augmented reality to every high school in Chicago.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. To power Athena AI, ENGAGE XR is leveraging OpenAI’s Chat GPT service – now partially operated by Microsoft – the firm is also leveraging Dall.e

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies. And we would like to have some big corporate sponsors, be it Microsoft or Aeon or Discover come in and sponsor us providing augmented reality to every high school in Chicago.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying — and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox — that we were developing the Kinect camera. It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying — and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox — that we were developing the Kinect camera. It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. I am always saying -- and I learned this really well at Microsoft, and worked at XBox -- that we were developing the Kinect camera. It's my absolute pleasure to welcome Jenna to the show. Welcome, Jenna. Welcome, Jenna.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

That’s why we rejoiced when Apple launched its headset: while Google and Microsoft can discard new technologies pretty easily, Apple is slower at deciding to take a step, but when it makes it, it commits to it. This is a huge sign of commitment towards mixed reality.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Anyway, the door is not closed completely: he added to the interview “ I think we might get there [eventually], But yeah, that’s not where our focus is.” Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida has just burnt completely Microsoft tweeting “we oftentimes work hard to make things that no customers are asking for them ”. I love him. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

Vertigo Games has made a gift to us as well and has told that even Arizona Sunshine is coming to Oculus Quest! More info (Arizona Sunshine on Quest). Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud. In my opinion, they are a perfect fit…. More info (Echo Arena on Quest).

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