GizModo VR

JANUARY 10, 2022

Panasonic has announced plans to offer a four-day workweek to employees in Japan in an effort to improve productivity and attract better workers, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia. The move comes after the Japanese government made official recommendations to private employers in 2021 that included a shorter… Read more.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. We’re on the cusp of another life-changing piece of technology and the race is on. PICO 4 ByteDance was another early offering in the hardware market.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What was expected but still not announced is that the FTC is also trying to prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard. This acquisition could give too much power to Microsoft and it could damage the customers by making all Blizzard games exclusive to Microsoft platforms, so the FTC is trying to prevent it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Extended reality education firm EON Reality Inc announced on Sunday its partnership with Axelrod Holdings to launch its EON Metaverse Builder platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Morgan Asset Management and is said to accelerate “global expansion, particularly in Asia,” as the company opens an office in Shanghai, China. The round was led by J.P.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Applications like Zoom and Microsoft Teams grew massively following the demand for video conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe, the USA, and Asia are making significant strides in VR and democratising the marketplace. As with many new technologies, VR and AR solutions are growing faster in certain regions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Citing five anonymous sources familiar with the situation, the Nikkei Asia report revealed that the former Pegatron facility would host Luxshare’s AR manufacturing facility. Numerous firms, including Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Google shuttered their AR ambitions to focus on developing current extended reality (XR) technologies.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Apple’s working on solving this problem, too, according to a report in Nikkei Asia. Microsoft announced its augmented reality headset, Hololens, in 2015, and released the first version in 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info Microsoft is still committed to HoloLens 2 All this bad press about Microsoft leaving Mixed Reality has made the company release a press statement in which it states its commitment to HoloLens 2, IVAS, and mixed reality in general.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2022

The IMDA has selected numerous projects for its 5G Innovation Programme worth $30 million USD, which will support the following projects: Asia-Pacific’s first 5G mobile edge computing platform for healthcare-based MR and Holomedicine. Southeast Asia’s first-ever maritime 5G XR smart glasses solution.

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Upload VR

JUNE 15, 2024

Apple Vision Pro will soon launch outside the US , pre-orders are live across Asia , while enterprise companies can soon access Vision Pro's cameras. The visionOS 2 beta improves hand tracking and scene understanding ; it now supports room-scale VR and WebXR by default , and delivers other key improvements.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2017

Students from Georgia Tech are working with Microsoft and Walmart to increase efficiency in warehouses using Mixed Reality. Much has been made of the use of robots to increase efficiency in warehouses —with web retailers such as Amazon announcing significant investment in that area.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 9, 2017

Dreamworld Vision has 10 employees say raised only $2 million in funding — a pittance when compared to the cash that the big name AR companies like Magic Leap, Microsoft and Meta have. Both headsets seemed smaller and lighter than either the Meta 2 or Microsoft HoloLens. What can it do?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2023

Numerous tech innovators have shifted to generative AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, leading to Google’s BardAI, Microsoft’s Bing AI, and others. Like Google and Microsoft, who have not developed XR devices for consumer markets, there will be less hardware to integrate into a future metaverse.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) is a non-profit, independent industry association formed with the mission of advancing the tech ecosystem of Mumbai.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. supports VR. 3D artists rejoice!

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The US, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) are projected to account for three-quarters of revenue for VR and AR. The social conversation listening report shows a decrease in online mentions from Q1 2016 to Q2 2016 for Microsoft Hololens, Playstation VR and Oculus Rift — but a 115% increase in people talking about the Vive.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“I can’t imagine any Chinese corporations willing to invest in AR and VR as heavily as Microsoft, Apple or Facebook today,” said the founder, whose company sells headsets both in and outside China. “On the contrary, China is good at playing catch-up by spending money on a race with a clear finish line. .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Kress also explained: We announced two new Omniverse Cloud services for automotive digitalization available on Microsoft Azure, a virtual factory simulation engine and autonomous vehicle simulation engine. This event is the third in AWE’s annual trilogy, including editions in the US and Asia, held earlier this year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Are they as revolutionary as RayNeo says, or will they quickly fade into the background as companies like Meta, Microsoft , and Apple continue to invest in the XR landscape? Just 6 hours after they were released on Amazon, they claimed the number one “bestseller” spot for the global marketplace’s Smart Glasses category. Let’s find out.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces. Microsoft is going to release soon FaceSynthetics, a big database of 100,000 synthetic faces, free to use for academic and research purposes. AWE, one of the best worldwide organizations about VR, is organizing AWE Asia both as a physical and an online version.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 13, 2021

The partnership could help TiMi build a name globally by converting its mobile titles into console plays for Microsoft’s Xbox. In all, TiMi pocketed $10 billion in revenue last year, according to a report from Reuters citing people with knowledge.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 29, 2021

Big tech corporations, ranging from Facebook, Intel to Microsoft, are targeting to move in the area. Apple also waded into the area of virtual reality, working on developing a high-end VR headset.

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VRWorld

MAY 10, 2017

Coursework is being delivered online using NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud through AWS and Google’s Qwiklabs and through instructor-led seminars, workshops and classes to reach developers across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Currently, NVIDIA partners with Udacity to offer Deep Learning Institute content for developing self-driving cars.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. Microsoft has always been a company for which usability has been a challenge… UX is not what they’re really good at. and many other interesting stuff!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Over time we think AR and VR converge into a world that the Microsoft folks call “mixed reality.” But, I think when you look at Asia, you see some amazing innovation from companies. Tethered and mobile will go across the time dimension and AR and VR will go across a sophistication dimension.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Then again, the question persists – is blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies really a hype, given recent moves by IBM and Microsoft to unveil their own blockchain technologies, with Microsoft using Ethereum smart contracts? It’s estimated that coin offerings have raised $1.6

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. And I actually had the opportunity to DJ at the Microsoft Build conference in — I want to say 2015 or 2016 — in the Wave, which was incredible. Alan: That makes total sense.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. And I actually had the opportunity to DJ at the Microsoft Build conference in — I want to say 2015 or 2016 — in the Wave, which was incredible. Alan: That makes total sense.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

That year, SITA worked with Helsinki Airport to explore visualizing airport operations with the Microsoft HoloLens. Changi Airport , one of the busiest in Asia, announced plans to pilot 600 pairs of smart glasses among its staff to improve the accuracy, efficiency and safety of cargo and luggage handling. Most recent.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. And I actually had the opportunity to DJ at the Microsoft Build conference in — I want to say 2015 or 2016 — in the Wave, which was incredible. Alan: That makes total sense.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

They’re based out of Asia. And when the Windows Mixed Reality system came out — or before it came out from Microsoft — they were the earliest adopter of that. But the technology’s moving so fast and so rapidly that Microsoft, for example, they have their Metastage is a million bucks plus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. Microsoft and Facebook have talked about inside out tracking. and Asia, live streaming is already a huge business, and we want to provide streamers with better technology in the AR and VR space. What else seems to be missing?

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 10, 2020

So we’re consulting with firms and we have relationships with the Microsoft team in regards to Hololens 2, the HP team and their scenario. Microsoft has really focused on enterprise. So the back-of-the-house for us is very much focused on VR and augmented reality training. Alan: Well, it’s interesting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 10, 2020

So we’re consulting with firms and we have relationships with the Microsoft team in regards to Hololens 2, the HP team and their scenario. Microsoft has really focused on enterprise. So the back-of-the-house for us is very much focused on VR and augmented reality training. Alan: Well, it’s interesting.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

They’re based out of Asia. And when the Windows Mixed Reality system came out — or before it came out from Microsoft — they were the earliest adopter of that. But the technology’s moving so fast and so rapidly that Microsoft, for example, they have their Metastage is a million bucks plus.

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