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MAY 11, 2017

In a keynote today Microsoft is revealing a long-awaited missing piece of its Windows mixed reality platform – motion controllers. According to Microsoft, the controllers would be shown on stage at its keynote but wouldn’t be available for hands-on demos at its Build developer conference this week.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Samsung's first standalone headset is coming in 2025, running Google's new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. I went hands-on with an early headset developer kit showcasing Google's software and Samsung's hardware. Beyond this, Samsung isn't yet sharing specifications.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s had pop-up events and in-store demos as far back as 2016 to prepare for the launch of the original Oculus Rift. Opening physical stores though would be much larger step for Meta, putting it in the same retail class as Microsoft, Apple and Google; the latter just opening its first retail store this summer.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This includes shutdown of Hubs ‘ demo server, managed subscription, and community resources. The team responsible for Hubs recently announced its shutdown in a blog post , stating that its last day under Mozilla will be on May 31st, 2024.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. The post Batman “Mixed Reality” Demo Shows VR Cloud Gaming Still Has a Long Way to Go appeared first on Road to VR.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2016

Microsoft unveiled their vision of a mixed reality world today at Computex in Taipei. . When Microsoft first announced their HoloLens augmented reality headset, they also showed off their Windows Holographic platform, which let developers build Windows 10 apps and experiences for the device.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Although it’s been two years since the company first publicly demoed the technology , Nvidia appears to be making good headway. It has an SDK for the service and has also brought CloudXR to the three leading cloud computing platforms : AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. That’s XR cloud streaming in a nutshell.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2023

After working on other major projects, such as Google Glass, and noticing the growing need for on-the-go mobile gaming experiences, he connected with progressive inventors in 2021 to start working on the VITURE One XR glasses. The VITURE One, together with its Mobile Dock, was available for demos at CES 2023. What’s next for VITURE?

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MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. The demo, according to Google, would reset after each journalist so the hardware would see the room fresh each time after each person donned the headset. WorldSense.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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MAY 17, 2017

We’ve just confirmed with Google’s Clay Bavor that its upcoming standalone headsets from HTC and Lenovo will use the Daydream controller with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and upcoming headsets from Microsoft have controllers offering full six degrees of freedom (6DOF).

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MAY 24, 2022

Then in mid 2020, company founder and CEO Rony Abovitz stepped down, giving way to former Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson to take the reigns, who has thus far positioned the company to solely target enterprise with its latest Magic Leap 2 headset. Here’s the full spec sheet below: CPU & GPU.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Among the biggest technology brands in the world, and a major name for any company interested in advertising within the digital world, Google has plenty to offer in XR promotion. Most companies investing in concepts like SEO and content marketing will already have a strong knowledge of Google and the company’s wide range of tech resources.

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Next Reality AR

JULY 19, 2019

Don't Miss: Microsoft's Live HoloLens 2 Apollo 11 Demo Didn't Take Flight, but You Can See It Thanks to Unreal Engine's Video The John. Luckily for us, augmented reality presents the opportunity to experience the Apollo 11 launch and landing, as well as the moonwalk, within our own, Earth-bound terrestrial boundaries.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR. Protocol’s journalist Janko Roettgers has spotted that now Google is hiring many figures in the waveguide field.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Today the showroom was closed, so it was mostly about networking and random demos of devices. One of the first video demos shown on stage was about using Google Maps on the phone, and have augmentations showing you the 3D reconstruction of the places you are looking at in AR.

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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. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many ways they’re your typical tech company – my demos are delivered in the familiar blueprint of a trendy open-plan office with exposed brick walls, which sits above a sushi restaurant – but it’s got a different vibe from a lot of similar start-ups.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Gabe Follower also maintains Valve is also set to ship games or demos that are already done specifically for Deckard. Tyler McVicker (Valve News Network) says that there could be a demo application also from the Half-Life universe. As for the operating system of the device, it should be SteamOS, the same as Steam Deck.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

“At first, we were just building for the phone and porting to the glasses,” Lens Creator Alex Bradt told me when I got to demo Snap’s Spectacles at AWE. For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now. Parents and Partners. Not all XR companies offer their own cloud services. Your Forecast: Cloudy.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

There are plenty of players like Microsoft HoloLens and DAQRI which consistently deliver not only cool demos, but real use-cases for holographic Mixed Reality Click To Tweet. Considering how much flack Microsoft gets for its FOV, it seems unfair to cut Magic Leap any slack on that.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users. North America will be the fastest growing market as it reach $403M this year.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). So, I envision the main companies in the field, like Microsoft and Magic Leap, to put their efforts into improving their platform to offer better services to their enterprise customers. Google Maps has now AR features. have made AR available also on the web.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

Key features of HoloPatient Remote according to GIGXR: Remote and/or socially distanced student groups connect with their instructor, who is wearing a Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset, using their iOS or Android device. Instead of a HoloLens, however, students view the content through a mobile device or tablet. . nanga o Awanui?rangi

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ARPost

MAY 12, 2022

Also, Athena Demos of Big Rock Creative (the group that brings Burning Man to AltspaceVR ) presents “Principles in the Metaverse (Multiverse).”. Early on day two, Khronos Group ’s Neil Trevett is joined by Microsoft ’s Aysegul Yonet and Epic Game ’s David Morin. Niantic (and 8th Wall ). Autodesk Inc. Magic Leap. Big Rock Creative.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

In October, Igloo Vision , a major provider of immersive collaborative spaces, refurbished its demo centre in London to provide five novel immersive spaces for its Hoxton-based showroom. What a FANTASTIC day yesterday opening our newly refurbed London demo centre Missed out & want to see if for yourself?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company’s very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts. SEE ALSO Report: Apple Developing AR/VR Headset with 8K Resolution Per-eye Slated for 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This is what video game giant Wargaming are hoping to prove when they start demoing their latest offering at Gamescom in Germany this week. Their first MR project used Google Tango and the Microsoft HoloLens to bring a rare digital tank from their game to a real-life exhibit at the Tank Museum at Bovington , UK. billion by 2022.

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JULY 15, 2016

A team of developers with a Hololens dev kit were able to create a demo showcasing Pokemon GO as a Hololens App. A more challenging thing is how to access the Google Maps API and enabling it within a running app. Looks like Pokemon GO is really going to push acceptance of AR. Cats And VR .

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MARCH 21, 2021

Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. More info (FRL Official blog post) More info (Road To VR reporting and commenting the news) More info (Ctrl+Labs’s Dino Game Early Demo) More info (ETH’s experimental wristband). Image by Microsoft).

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Project Alloy from Intel is a prototype VR headset with important new features from one of the world’s most influential tech companies, and we’ve just tried the first hands-on demo of the hardware at CES. Instead, the Project Alloy demo I experienced “drifted” considerably.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tilt Brush, from Google. There’s a complete lack of creativity apps on PS VR, though, save for some of the modes in Harmonix Music VR, and adding Google’s fantastic experience to its library would be a welcome addition. PS VR already has one short Star Wars experience on the way , so why can’t it have another?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This year alone, we’ve seen major announcements from Google and Firefox , as well as the continued growth of independent WebVR communities, such as JanusVR: This is just the beginning; there will be much, much more from here. Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. .

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