Road to VR

MAY 6, 2021

“With the backing of BITKRAFT Ventures, true leaders in games and XR investments, we are confident Arcturus will serve as a catalyst to enable widespread accessibility to volumetric video creation, enabling millions of users to create a new form of interactive content.”.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2022

First spotted by Futurism , the video showcases an AR overlay capable of providing an estimated win percentage in a game of Texas Hold Em’ in real-time just by looking at the cards in the player’s hand. The video was shared by Dev Khanna, founder of a digital storytelling agency called DGsaga.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How much do you know about Microsoft XR for enterprises? While Microsoft might not have the same selection of proprietary hardware solutions as companies like Meta, the company is still deeply invested in extended reality. Want to learn more about Microsofts XR Vision?

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2017

Microsoft is showing some commitment to the idea of Windows Mixed Reality (formally known as Windows Holographic) with not just a single headset, but with five headsets. Back in February, Sony announced that they sold 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets since it launched in mid-October, while Microsoft focused on their HoloLens MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The total revenues on the Quest Store alone had been $1B since its foundation in 2019, and this shows that many people are enjoying Quest games. This is good news also for the developers: 120 titles on Quest store have made more than $1M , and 8 even more than $20M, proving once more that some studios can make a living out of VR games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2022

Unity Technologies has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to add the former’s Create Solutions to the Cloud, allowing users to distribute games across Windows and Microsoft Xbox systems. Really excited with this even deeper partnership with @Microsoft and @Azure. Fun to announce this today with @BondSarah_Bond [link].

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2019

In effort to bring some of those machine learning functions into a VR environment, Twitter user ‘Phasedragon’ recently showed off a new workaround that lets him use Google Lens in VR. ” In the implementation Phasedragon used Sparkocam to capture the desktop and export as a virtual webcam.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Danny Lange as VP of AI and Machine Learning. He joins from Uber, where he was head of machine learning. At Uber, Lange led the efforts to build the world’s most versatile Machine Learning platform to support Uber’s hyper growth.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! So, Microsoft has made whatever it could to make the limited FOV more acceptable and we have to appreciate that. The headset is very light and balanced (Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. Probably the communication machine of the company is not as strong as before, so the old message still hangs around.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. Not HTC, which has very little money compared to Facebook/Meta; not Valve, who is focused mostly on PC gaming; not HP which seems interested only in the pro/business market. No one can compete now.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

James also added: I’m a self-taught coder and I thought that there would maybe be an interesting way to look at architecture through the guise of machine vision. And what we started playing around with at Atlas was if there was a way to connect machine vision learning information from 2D imagery, and bringing that into the 3D world.

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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 28, 2018

use cases for immersive technologies, and companies like Microsoft have partnered with various developers to launch collaborative and remote assistance applications. Tech like virtual, augmented and mixed reality, leverage cognitive embodiment to reinforce learning. There is a growing plethora of Industry 4.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Virtual Reality is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming. Vox Machine has been released with Single Campaign mode. It’s still a good multiplayer game, though.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The main trigger can give adaptive force-feedback, applying a different force on the index finger depending on what is happening in the game. Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. Vivek Sharma, head of Facebook Gaming, will lead Facebook Horizon, while Jason Rubin, who has been head of AR/VR content, will lead the group’s content team. VR is not the ultimate empathy machine. “VR

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Of course, it is not the best VR experience, and of course, it is terrible for gaming, but in the enterprise, it has still value and will probably have for at least one-two years. All the resources from Valve were devoted to Alyx, and the other two games were abandoned. The other games were A.R.T.I, Play Contractors for free!

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

.” Much like HTML forms a sort of description of a webpage—being hostable anywhere on the Internet and retrievable/renderable locally by a web browser—USD can be used to describe complex virtual scenes, allowing it to be similarly retrieved and rendered on a local machine.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

XRDC interviewed 5 innovators in art, science, game development and design, education, and R&D. Consequently, AI is improving as well, which makes it easier for developers and studios to make games and applications that benefit different fields. The conference will have topics on games, entertainment, healthcare, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

This (our solution) gives people the opportunity to see it, to have a visual image to it, and it also gives them the opportunity to monitor and to view it in real time and see patterns in the output of the machine learning model… patterns that were not possible to see, if you were just looking at it on a two-dimensional screen.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 11, 2020

If these tools were directly integrated into the game engines, that would be even better. Valve has made a great job in providing all these options to make also disabled people play this game. There is also the need of working with big corporates to make them hire more women in the gaming and tech industry in general.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Ever since the grand success of Pokemon Go, everyone is now looking forward to creating an AR-based game. You can create games that help customers win discount coupons of the nearby restaurants or theme parks. Moreover, that was also the time when people started embracing immersive technologies in their day-to-day business.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Microsoft is having a hell of a week. billion deal to acquire Zenimax and all of its big video game properties. Today, Microsoft announced another deal that could also have a huge long-term impact in the… Read more. On Monday, the company announced a $7.5 In one move, the Xbox platform’s future suddenly looked a lot brighter.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Because most VR developers know well Unity or Unreal, and WebVR languages like A-frame are based on Javascript, that is very different from the usual programming flow of the game engines. Microsoft has released the news that it is increasing the availability of HoloLens 2 and that tens of thousands of units have been shipped to date.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2023

This can disrupt immersion in games and social applications but in automotive, engineering, and construction (AEC) , understanding how a space sounds can be crucial to the design process. Machine Learning, R&D, and Beyond As strange as it may sound, this approach also works essentially backwards.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

You may not be aware of this but for years now Microsoft has been steadily working to build the world’s smartest computer brain. Today, Microsoft is announcing Custom Speech Service, the latest program to join the ranks of Microsoft Cognitive Services. Now, that brain is getting a whole lot smarter. Meet CRIS and LUIS.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The price is incredibly low: $299; Announced that in 2021 it will release a pair of smartglasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban; Teased the work it is doing in AR; Revealed that is working with Ubisoft for two AAA VR games developed around the IPs of Splinter Cell and Assassin’s Creed; Discontinued the Rift. Learn more. Learn more.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. But Pokémon Go, an augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic, changed the way we used to play Pokémon games. Source: CBINSIGHTS. Mobile Augmented Reality.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is one of the most advanced MR headsets on the market. While there’s an affordable leasing option, Microsoft prioritizes working with companies and serious developers. One of the big claims to game behind the HoloLens 2 is the design. HoloLens 2. Wires might hold you back in some instances.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Visually Stunning Paper Beast game for PSVR is going to launch on March, 24th.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Because it is true to say that, to date, it is the gaming consumer that has driven the success and growth of VR. Johannes Stettmeier, Business Development Manager for AR/VR Technologies at Lenovo , also took the stage to explain how some of the most fruitful use cases for XR exist in the enterprise, not in consumer or gaming.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Last year, Microsoft also shut down its long-standing Metaverse platform Altspace VR, transferring some of its development team to its Mesh platform.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most of us are already familiar with haptics from playing video games, where rumble and vibration are creatively used to create a connection between the action on the screen and the gamer. Experiences feel more “real” when they engage several – if not all – of our senses. Immersive Journalism. Training and Education.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

For example, Microsoft Hololens 2 can provide information to the surgeon while allowing them to use both of their hands during the procedure. Combining with machine learning algorithms, AR technology can become an efficient option for disease detection. It is expected to grow to $12.97 billion by 2028.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Mark Christian’s job title is rather unique for his industry –Global Director of Immersive Learning – but when I met him at Pearson’s central London office he seemed somewhat bewildered by that: “I’ve actually challenged my competitors to show me where my peer is in their companies, but I don’t see them yet,” he tells me.

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