The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Tracking has been switched to inside-out , and Varjo now provides a set of controllers, manufactured by Razer, together with the headset. Caveat Eating one of the controllers… still better than pizza with pineapple… Actually, before we start, I have a little boring premise for you.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2018

Whole experiences are built around immersing the eyes in headsets to explore virtual environments. Now it appears that Microsoft is working on a cane controller that could someday allow visually impaired people to explore new worlds. This VR cane is opening new worlds for the visually impaired.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For years, Microsoft Mesh for Teams has promised companies an opportunity to create richer, more immersive collaborative experiences. Since then, however, access to Microsoft Mesh for Teams has remained relatively limited until now. Here’s your guide to using Microsoft Mesh for Teams. What is Microsoft Mesh for Teams?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2017

The headsets will support motion controllers , but it appears these aren’t available for developers just yet. The most notable feature of Microsoft’s design is the ‘inside-out tracking’—which shares some of its technology with Microsoft HoloLens—requiring no external devices or sensors to achieve positional tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Spatial Audio and Immersive Environments When youre evaluating Meta Quest devices, youll notice they all support spatial audio technology allowing them to deliver 3D soundscapes that boost your immersion in virtual environments. However, you can also access apps like Zoom, and Microsoft Teams for immersive meetings.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Microsoft Teams Immersive Spaces is taking collaboration to a new level. Powered by Microsoft Mesh , the new XR experience is now in preview, allowing users to discover the era of “metaverse work.” What is Microsoft Teams Immersive Spaces? Any user can transform a virtual meeting into a fully 3D experience with just one click.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

You will be able to talk to new virtual beings who will know more about your world than any single human does and you will literally talk to and touch the computing that will be all around you, either within complete virtual environments or within new forms of augmented reality.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2019

Users follow an on-screen guide throughout the experience as they attempt to mirror the movements and resting positions of their transparent instructor; the closer you match its actions, the greater the effect you’ll have on your virtual environment. Embody is an inspirational example of this.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Why should we invent another joystick, gamepad or controller, if we already have, thanks to millions of years of evolution, the most perfect controller for interaction with the environment – hands? Let’s build a web-cam in a vanity dresser and add a remote controller to take a snap, and instantly post it on Instagram.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware. Today’s virtual reality solutions don’t just include a headset, display, and motion controllers. However, with these types of VR, you only interact with the virtual environment on a fundamental level.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2024

My favorite options so far are the Zoom app for the Vision Pro , with integrated spatial video, and 3D object sharing, and the Microsoft Teams app. With Teams, you can also access Microsoft’s generative AI assistant (Copilot) during your meetings to create summaries, generate presentations, and draft text without a keyboard.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Retailers also leverage VR to view and test products in virtual environments, even before they are built. OssoVR and also CWRU’s Microsoft HoloLens 2-based HoloAnatomy and HoloAnatomy Neuro suites are bringing such realities to fruition. Siemens and NVIDIA are buildling the industrial metaverse with such technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

Immersive learning is an educational strategy that uses technology to create interactive environments and real-world simulations for skill development. Learners can actively engage, practice, and refine their skills in a controlled, virtual setting. Learners are 3.75

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 26, 2023

The enterprise-optimised platform performs seamlessly on many AR/VR/MR devices from headset vendors such as HTC VIVE, Meta, and Microsoft, allowing firms to leverage XR for a range of use cases, including remote guidance, training, and repair solutions. In the coming years, we may see a pendulum swing back to virtual events.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

The Taiwanese manufacturer made the sales expansion announcement Thursday, adding to the list of retailers like Microsoft and GameStop retailers, as well as online outlets like Micro Center and Newegg. With more than more than 500 VR experiences now available on Steam to get your hands on, there should be plenty of content to select from.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Retailers also leverage VR to view and test products in virtual environments, even before they are built. OssoVR and also CWRU’s Microsoft HoloLens 2-based HoloAnatomy and HoloAnatomy Neuro suites are bringing such realities to fruition. Siemens and NVIDIA are buildling the industrial metaverse with such technologies.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

This price includes Meta’s more advanced “Touch Plus” controllers, eliminating the tracking rings from the Quest 2 versions. Meta Quest Pro Review: The Controllers As noted in other enterprise-grade headset reviews , controllers can make a big difference to the level of immersion you feel in virtual reality.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. Deepak Chopra wants to guide your VR meditation and STRATA uses your biometric data as a control scheme.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. The trainee can then practice conversing in a safe and controlled environment. Generative AI is here to stay.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

For now, Oculus controls when and how you unlock new items, but the company says they’re thinking about how third-party developers could have their games interoperate with Home. On the other hand, Oculus’ virtual windowing tech works with any app on your desktop, UWP or not. Hardly Social For Now. .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 26, 2024

Microsoft Mesh for Teams is now Available on Meta Quest Headsets Microsoft has launched its long-awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform for enterprise end-users. Microsoft states that the platform is ideal for employee onboarding, town halls, brainstorming sessions, team socials, and networking events.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

In aviation, for instance, trainees can practice complex maneuvers in a controlled setting, receiving instant performance assessments. Immersive learning addresses this issue, by allowing companies to create group learning environments in a virtual world. But immersive training isnt just great for hard skill development.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a device they call the “canetroller”, a haptic VR controller that works with the HTC Vive headset and tracker to help people with visual impairments navigate virtual environments. Object location went smoother in the indoor environment.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Announced nearly a year and a half ago, Oculus and Microsoft are finally making good on their promise to stream Xbox One games into a virtual theater on the Rift. SEE ALSO Microsoft Says New Surface Studio is VR Ready(ish). Like the original Xbox One to Windows 10 streaming, it’s a feature that no one really asked for.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Today at the Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, the company announced that VR/AR (mixed reality) headsets from top manufacturers are due to hit the market in 2017. Microsoft’s HoloLens of course will also be in the mix.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 17, 2023

Extended Reality offers teams the ability to create new safe, and immersive training environments for employees, enhance collaboration, and improve collaboration on a global scale. Digital twins and immersive environments built with Holo-Light are accessible through the Microsoft HoloLens 2 headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Increasingly, companies like Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are using mixed reality strategies alongside spatial computing to improve the accessibility of immersive experiences. Mixed reality (MR) is an extended reality technology that blends elements of virtual reality and augmented reality. What is Accessible Mixed Reality? More than 1.3

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 5, 2024

In the past, creating a true “mixed reality” experience was complex, meaning virtual reality devices and smart glasses consumed a larger portion of the XR market. However, countless vendors, from Microsoft to Meta, Varjo, and even Apple, have shown just how valuable mixed reality solutions can be.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Elliott Myers, founder at Roto VR, tells UploadVR they're working on first party motion compensation software that would allow virtual environments to react to the movements of the chair, and vice versa. Comfort Enhancements On The Way While at CES this year I tried comfort and quality of life upgrades on the way from Roto VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

The “TendAR” augmented reality experience creates a virtual fish for players, capable of interacting with the real world through the user’s camera. The creature is controlled by the user’s facial expressions, and “survives” by eating the emotions of other people. RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens. Respawn Entertainment and Unity.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 26, 2024

Microsoft launched its highly-anticipated Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform for business end-users. The service is available now and can be accessed through desktop or Meta Quest headsets, offering users immersive virtual meeting rooms and customizable avatars for several valuable use cases.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

It allows users to create a life-like avatar and hang out with up to three friends in a virtual environment, no matter where they are geographically. The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. Impact on Consumers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

The solution also comes with privacy controls to help businesses maintain their compliance standards in the evolving digital landscape. The metadata shared within the VR environments is also accessible for all Revit files in a space. The platform includes all of the tools companies need to facilitate meetings with teams, and customers.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Episode 28 of the VRScout Report, we got new 360 toys on iOS, Hololens is helping elevator technicians, VR might help you control your dreams, Apple CEO Tim Cook on augmented reality, VR/AR industry funding wrapup, and more… iOS NOW CAN TAKE 360 PHOTOS WITH GOOGLE CARDBOARD CAMERA, TOO.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Microsoft introduced Immersive Spaces for Teams , as well as the Mesh ecosystem. Metaverse as a service solutions give businesses an easy way to design dedicated virtual environments. Even hand and gesture tracking solutions make it easier for users to interact with objects without the need for controllers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2024

These technologies enhance user experiences, by removing the need for controllers and allowing users to interact with content more naturally. In the past, many virtual reality headsets, such as the Meta Quest 2, relied heavily on controllers to allow users to navigate virtual environments.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. The experiences we're allowed to build and use are more tightly controlled than ever. Here we are in 2021 and all our devices are still built around apps, not people.

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