XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. The entire division faces an uncertain future following Microsoft laying off 11,000 workers this month.

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Digital Trends

JULY 13, 2021

Microsoft is currently working on a few features that will be added to Edge in the near future. Highlights include tab groups and Video Picture in Picture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The VR Owl Group has officially acquired MeetinVR, with the Group replacing the company’s CEO with Incoming Chief Executive, Wisse Jelgersma , it announced on Thursday. Formed in Utrecht, The Netherlands, the VR Owl Group employs dozens of people across the country and Germany.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2021

Last week Microsoft became the first major tech company to host a keynote presentation fully in virtual reality. Last week, Microsoft took the next step toward one possible future of the tech keynote when it delivered the opening presentation to its Ignite 2021 developer conference fully in virtual reality. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 4, 2024

This week, Microsoft announced significant layoffs accounting for roughly 1,000 positions in its HoloLens and Azure Cloud divisions. In an official statement , Microsoft spokesperson Craig Cincotta added: Earlier today, we announced a restructuring of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality organization. The update integrates the version 1.1

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

It’s backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by Khronos Group. The group today announced the ratification of OpenXR 0.9, Image courtesy Khronos Group. Today the group announced the ratification and release of OpenXR 0.9,

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 21, 2024

Over the past few years, the US Army has worked with Microsoft and its HoloLens division to create a bespoke headset purpose-built to boost military tactics and awareness. For Microsoft, the US Army IVAS contract reached an estimated $22 billion, a substantial figure for any headset vendor. The firm debuted version 1.2 pounds to 2.85

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

HoloLens enters spotlight with new updates from Microsoft and a new ad featuring actor/rapper Common. Despite having released a developer edition all the way back in 2016, the Microsoft HoloLens has remained a relatively niche device. The post Microsoft Confirms Follow-Up To HoloLens Mixed Reality Headset appeared first on VRScout.

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Slashgear

MARCH 23, 2022

A hacker group known as LAPSUSS infiltrated Microsoft and posted a slew of code online. Here's what we know about the hack so far, and what is being done.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies have been actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. Among its count of members, the OpenXR working group consisted of nearly every major player in the industry except Microsoft until now.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

You could be on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, on a PC, Mac, smartphone, or even a Nintendo Wii and you’re still gonna see the same website. Today, Brandon Jones from Google (who is one of the chairs in the official WebVR Community Group ,) noticed that developers from Apple have officially joined the group.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 23, 2024

On the other hand, Microsoft might lose out on its most significant partner. Qualcomm Joins AR Alliance The AR Alliance, a group that brings together leaders in the XR industry to drive innovation and success, has announced that Qualcomm Technologies will join as the final founding member of its board of directors.

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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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Next Reality AR

MAY 6, 2019

Months ago, we showed you some of the powers of Spatial, the HoloLens app that allows groups of workers to collaborate in augmented reality using 3D avatars.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

rth began building its new strategy with the assistance of the Microsoft HoloLens headset, and the Microsoft partner network. rth group, has a significant presence across the construction, craft, and automotive sectors. With Microsoft, Wu?rth Here’s what happened when Wu?rth Preparing for a New Age of Digital Disruption.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What is Microsoft Mesh , and what can it do to transform the future of immersive collaboration? For some time now, Microsoft Mesh has promised companies an opportunity to build unique mixed and extended reality experiences for the future of work. So, what is Microsoft Mesh exactly, and what can it do? What is Microsoft Mesh?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In 2023, Stockholm, Sweden-based gaming group Aonic acquired nDreams for $110 million. Layoffs spanning 2023 and 2024 included a number of top publishers and studios, such as Embracer Group, Unity, Microsoft, EA, Sony, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive and Riot Games.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 21, 2022

Microsoft may be the latest victim of a hacking group that has infiltrated some of the world’s largest tech companies in recent months. Read more.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

With Apple’s newly public interest in VR , developers from the company have join the W3C WebVR Community Group to have a say in the development of the WebVR standard. To achieve that, W3C hosts online groups to get developers talking to one another and deciding what a standard should look like and how it should work.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 23, 2023

Microsoft unveiled fresh, immersive features for its Microsoft Mesh-powered Team platform, it announced at its Build 2023 event on Tuesday. Meeting attendees can now walk over to groups, wave to others, and similar activities. Teams users can now connect in immersive spaces with realistic interactivity.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 11, 2017

Microsoft owns the enterprise computing space. During the keynote address of its annual Build conference, Microsoft invited members of the Cirque du Soleil team up on stage. During the keynote address of its annual Build conference, Microsoft invited members of the Cirque du Soleil team up on stage.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2022

The Dublin, Ireland-based company established the Accenture Metaverse Continuum business group to assist companies in grabbing this opportunity. What is Accenture’s Metaverse Continuum Group? Four Key Capabilities of the Metaverse Continuum Group. Moves Towards Accenture’s Metaverse Continuum Group.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 23, 2022

For Edge to steal market share from Chrome, Microsoft will need to find ways to differentiate the relative newcomer from Google’s ubiquitous option. Features like Collections (which acts like bookmarks, but for groups of webpages) are a good start, and now Microsoft is giving gamers a reason to stick with the default… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 23, 2021

Microsoft is warning that a cybercrime group named BazarCall is using call centers to trick users into installing powerful malware, ZDNet reported on Wednesday. Read more.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Microsoft just used their HoloLens for the first mixed reality Mannequin Challenge. Microsoft is jumping on board 2016’s biggest meme that first appeared on Twitter in the form of #MannequinChallenge, where groups of users created short video clips of themselves pretending to be mannequins as a camera moves through the frozen scene.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

Microsoft Mesh to Gain Mac Support, AI Integrations, and Content Sharing Features Microsoft announced new avatar integrations and usability enhancements this week for its recently launched Microsoft Mesh platform at AWE 2024. Finally, Microsoft revealed that the new and improved Mesh platform will debut for Mac in late June.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2022

Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR standard, is helping to assemble other XR industry players in service of cooperatively building interoperability standards for what it hopes will be an “open and inclusive metaverse.” ” Image courtesy Metaverse Standards Forum.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Police in London have arrested seven young people between the ages of 16 and 21 for allegedly hacking Microsoft and Okta under the hacker group name LAPSUS$. All seven people have been released and none have been formally charged with a crime. At least not yet. Read more.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

Microsoft Teams is already a popular chat application for companies, but with its new personal accounts, Teams is moving out of the office.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In the late ‘90s, a group of Microsoft engineers started tinkering with old Dell laptops in the hopes of creating a console based on Microsoft’s DirectX technology. The idea was to create a gaming box that showcased what the software company was best at but without the need for a big honking PC running Windows.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 21, 2022

Microsoft is set to allow clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to purchase HoloLens 2 mixed reality (MR) headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. Ihsan Anabtawi, COO and CMO for Microsoft UAE , said that the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant had demonstrated its commitment to the UAE.

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ARPost

JANUARY 31, 2023

Much of the post waxes nostalgic about the platform, which launched in 2015 and was purchased by Microsoft in 2017. Why, Microsoft? The team writes that they are closing AltspaceVR to “shift our focus to support immersive experiences powered by Microsoft Mesh.” It has been a privilege to help unlock passions among users.”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. DreamWalker: created by Microsoft researchers Jackie Yang, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Andrew D. Wilson, Image courtesy Microsoft Research.

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Digital Trends

JULY 24, 2021

Snap Groups is one of the newest Windows 11 features to help boost productivity. Here's how to use Snap droups in Windows 11 to improve yours.

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VRScout

MAY 9, 2022

Microsoft has partnered with German automotive manufacturer Volkswagon to develop an AR (augmented reality) GPS navigation system powered by Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset. In 2018, Microsoft and Volkswagon partnered once again to solve this long-running conundrum. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This comes amid the backdrop of a number of top publishers and studios reducing headcounts, such as Embracer Group, Unity, Microsoft, EA, Sony, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive and Riot Games. VR veteran studio nDreams announced in mid-September it was laying off around 17 percent of the studio.

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