ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. billion per year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 6, 2022

The UK-based firm provides schools with a Metaverse learning solution that enables students and teachers to interact in virtual reality (VR) classrooms. The base Eduverse product is free for teachers, who can quickly log in using an active Microsoft or Google account, enabling teachers and students to access Eduverse teaching tools.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. Why is Virtual Reality so relevant for military training? Hello Otakar, can you please introduce yourself to my readers?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Palmer Luckey's Anduril is taking over the US Army's IVAS HMD program, replacing Microsoft's customized HoloLens solution. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program was first announced back in 2018 , and in 2021 the contract was awarded to Microsoft , with a stated value of up to $21.88

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2017

The Australian Air Force and Saab Australia are trialing the Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality headset as the Australian military evolves into a “fifth-generation fighting force.” Saab’s mixed reality applications program lead, Inger Lawes, praised AR’s potential to improve military training exercises.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

And exploring a few of those possibilities is what I had the chance to do when I collaborated with Microsoft Education to write the Immersive Experiences in Education white paper we’ve published at the ISTE 2019 conference a few weeks ago. Mixed Reality technology is amazing but is it really useful to educators? Methodology.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

” Stauffer was prepared mentally to diet and exercise, but he didn’t relish the idea of joining a gym or starting every day with a run. “People always want to tell you ‘just exercise’ but it’s not that simple,” Stauffer said. – Have you ever tried to use VR as a form of exercise?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Virtual Reality headsets, Augmented Reality glasses and everything in between — if you’re new to these concepts, hop over to this article real quick, because they’ll be a big deal moving forward. Image courtesy Microsoft. What do I mean by Immersive Technologies? Image courtesy Northway Games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

Today, immersive learning experiences can include a range of technologies, from virtual, augmented, and mixed reality solutions, to 360-degree videos. For instance: VR Immersive Learning Virtual reality (VR) creates fully immersive environments that replace the physical world entirely.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

After purchasing my first HTC Vive virtual reality system in 2016, rumours soon surfaced of a SteamVR “tracking puck” that HTC had in development. This first part is a bit more theoretical on the technology, while the second one, which will come in the upcoming times, will be more practical, with a deep hands-on with the experiments.

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ARVR

APRIL 16, 2021

Army’s renewed contract with Microsoft. It follows the 2018 contract with Microsoft for $480 million over 2 years. Because the deal’s accounting and amortization details aren’t public, let’s assume for the sake of this exercise that it’s distributed evenly. Army’s previous contract with Microsoft. AR is working.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

One such exercise recently zeroed in on headworn AR revenues. For one, market-leading Microsoft (HoloLens 2) has experienced headwinds, including turbulence in its massive U.S. Like many analyst firms, market sizing is one of the ongoing practices of AR Insider’s research arm, ARtillery Intelligence.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. (Image courtesy RAEng Publications via Pixabay.).

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

” After investing billions of dollars into the future of virtual reality, the rebranded Meta came back this year for its next big announcement: legs. But in between its new hardware and … legs, Meta unveiled a number of updates in its plan to dominate virtual reality. Avatars in Microsoft Teams.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Mixed Reality (MR)  — It is a combination of both AR and VR. It enables users to interact with virtual objects in the real-world environment. It can run on AR/VR hardwares.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Beyond the much-anticipated and highly-leaked cousin of the Quest 2, orbiting news from Meta Connect included Microsoft gaming and productivity integrations, as well as highly-demanded avatar legs. To get there, we can first do a thought exercise to square the above revenue ranges with Meta’s more precise disclosure that it has reached $1.5

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ARVR

MAY 26, 2022

This invokes our “ follow the money “ exercise that triangulates tech giants’ AR moves based on their core businesses. Expect similar from Meta ( social layer ), Amazon ( commerce layer ), and Microsoft ( productivity layer ) to name a few. Not only is Google motivated to future-proof its massive search business?—?and

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Plus, through Workplace, users can share information in a range of different formats. → Latest Meta News Arthur Focusing on enterprise collaboration experiences in virtual reality, Arthur enables organizations to build environments where teams can get together, share work, and connect with custom avatars.

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XROM

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Exercising their minds with brain training apps. Bring everyday files into VR, from Microsoft PowerPoint presentations through to 3D formats. Designed with comfort and portability in mind, VIVE Flow lets people find moments of calm and well-being for themselves throughout the day, including: Meditation 2.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

With extended reality and the metaverse, organizations have an opportunity to recreate the sense of “presence” distributed teams need. Immersive applications, from Zoom on the Apple Vision Pro to Microsoft Teams’ Mesh-powered workspaces , can reconnect distributed staff in a shared virtual space.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 1, 2022

” TRIPP’s vision for a mindful metaverse is already a (virtual) reality: Its wellness-centered experience can be accessed through multiple platforms and devices. This includes AR smartglasses and VR headsets, but also smartphone apps — collectively referred to as XR , or extended reality. .”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Arthur Focusing on enterprise collaboration experiences in virtual reality, Arthur enables organizations to build environments where teams can get together, share work, and connect with custom avatars. Users can either get involved with a virtual reality headset, or through their computer or smartphone.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft has officially stated that Minecraft Earth , that has been in beta for Android and iOS in carefully selected worldwide locations in the past months, is now ready for its launch. The software also provides statistics to the user, that can so see how much he/she is exercising well in VR. Minecraft Earth is close to its release.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

And with the Augmented and Virtual Reality market projected to reach $162 billion by 2020 , some would call that a fair price. million times on YouTube, and showed employees of the company blasting aliens in an augmented reality first person shooter. The Florida start-up was valued at $4.5 billion and attracted nearly $1.4

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2022, the Immerse Global Summit featured speakers from some of the world’s best-known brands, including Amazon, Meta, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Unity, and demonstrations of some of the most exciting metaverse technologies. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

is currently working in a deep partnership with HP’s xRServices sector to provide the famed computing firm with an XR application stack, allowing HP to design bespoke immersive services and deliver those services to its list of enterprise end-users via the Microsoft Hololens 2. We were already working on virtual reality for training.

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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 Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 4, 2023

One of the big players was Microsoft and the HoloLens, which I was personally very interested in. By the end of that year, we got approval to purchase a lot of equipment, everything we could get our hands on for augmented and virtual reality. Gamification has to be used appropriately, but it’s it’s difficult.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Curran also thinks augmented reality and virtual reality will be hot, and that companies that wrap everything up in effective services will win consumers’ hearts. You’re going to see health and fitness devices incorporate AI, helping people come up with better exercise regimens, reminding them to take their medicine.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jinha had worked at Microsoft Research and he had offers to go back to Microsoft Research and Google and all these other companies and do serious hefty work for them on AR. Why would I want that?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jinha had worked at Microsoft Research and he had offers to go back to Microsoft Research and Google and all these other companies and do serious hefty work for them on AR. Why would I want that?

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 28, 2020

Investment in touch technologies had been on the rise before COVID-19, with virtual reality fueling fresh interest in haptic gloves and full-body suits, and haptics for mobile devices like wearables and smartwatches infusing the field with new resources. Enter haptics. billion in 2020, projected to grow to US$40.9 billion by 2027.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We’ve had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Jinha had worked at Microsoft Research and he had offers to go back to Microsoft Research and Google and all these other companies and do serious hefty work for them on AR. Why would I want that?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

So we were very early adopters of virtual reality already in that period. We've had quite a few ups and downs in virtual reality. '99 And virtual reality/augmented reality proves to be very efficient there. And by '99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. We work with regions.

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