XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A quick look at some of the top Microsoft XR enterprise success stories is all it takes to see how innovative, immersive solutions are transforming everything from training to customer service. Ready to discover how Microsofts tech is supporting companies across industries?

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 12, 2018

Learning to play the piano is getting an immersive upgrade with a new augmented reality (AR) piano training software called Music Everywhere. The app was the first Augmented Reality music learning platform to take first prize in Microsoft’s HoloLens Developer Contest , beating more than one-thousand submissions.

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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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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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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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VRScout

MAY 18, 2020

. “Thanks to modern developments in machine learning, it is now possible to precisely detect people and objects around you, remove the background automatically, and transfer the result to virtually any software on your computer,” stated Diagne during an interview with Dezeen.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 14, 2016

Microsoft have just launched a new HoloLens ‘Commercial Suite’ which packages the augmented reality visor as ready for business with numerous new features and benefits for business buyers. Your IT department can manage multiple HoloLens devices simultaneously using solutions like Microsoft InTune. Carrying case.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2020

Oculus today announced that developers can submit OpenXR apps for sale on the Quest and Rift storefronts which, will run on those headsets as of the v19 version of the Oculus software. OpenXR creates a unified structure between VR engines, apps, and headsets | Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

The device can provide simultaneous two-way translation in multiple languages and offer several modes—face-to-face translation, group translation, and broadcast translation. Finally, text-to-speech (TTS) software produces translated speech. Embedded Software. Headphones With AI-Based Noise Cancellation. Back-end Infrastructure.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2020

It’s no doubt been a massive undertaking creating a platform agnostic standard for VR and AR, as The Khronos Group consortium has included in its ranks the important hardware and software creators in the industry, including AMD, ARM, Epic Games, Facebook, Google, HTC, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Unity, and Valve.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2022

NVIDIA joined Meta , Epic Games, Khronos Group, Avataar , Microsoft, Unity, XR Association , and many other founding members to lead the development of interoperability standards to drive the growth of the metaverse. As a 3D environment, you can expect some advanced software and hardware behind its development.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2018

Volkswagen Group became one of the first major multinationals to announce they would train more than 10,000 employees in VR this year, including at Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and VW. ” But Microsoft remains the biggest name in the development of VR and AR, or “mixed reality,” software and hardware for training.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Looking for the top Microsoft XR implementation tips to help you get the most value out of solutions like Microsoft Mesh, Azure Mixed Reality services, and immersive applications? So, how do you make sure youre getting the best return on your investment in Microsoft XR solutions? Heres your guide to implementation success.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Image courtesy Khronos Group. Facebook, Microsoft, Valve, Unreal Engine, and others have been making progress toward supporting OpenXR in their platforms and now Unity says it’s moving to do the same. Earlier this year the standard took a huge step forward by announcing the start of certifications for compliant implementations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 26, 2023

Today, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which provides the “ building blocks ” for its Metaverse. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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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. “Goodbye, MeetinVR!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 30, 2024

Nowadays, almost every virtual reality headset supports some form of immersive collaboration app, whether it’s Microsoft Teams and Zoom on the Apple Vision Pro or Horizon Workrooms on the Meta Quest. Virbela also includes access to meeting features like breakout groups, whiteboards, and avatar creation tools.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

” Both roles are part of Apple’s CoreMedia team within their Interactive Media Group (IMG). And the CoreMedia team: The CoreMedia engineering team within IMG is responsible for implementing software services around linear audiovisual media.

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ARPost

JUNE 30, 2022

The software used by Moshasha’s character in the play – and in real life to allow the play to be put on in multiple different virtual worlds – had already been used by Moshasha and Julie Smithson to host the second annual Polys in February. What kind of software allows these cross-platform movements? Immers Space.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2020

DigiLens , the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung’s venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company. ” SEE ALSO Microsoft is Expanding HoloLens 2 Availability with "tens of thousands" Shipped to Date.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2018

E-commerce supergiant, Alibaba Group, recently announced Taobao Buy, an AR infused shopping experience that reimagines how you shop online with an interactive experience that looks and feels futuristic, but is also easy to use. Through cooperation with Microsoft, Taobao Buy’s AR content will be accessible through the HoloLens headset.

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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

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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Upload VR

MARCH 6, 2025

According to Facebook, in August of UploadVR Ian Hamilton Software developer Matthieu Bucchianeri has been raising this issue in public for months now. Bucchianeri has worked on the PS4 and original PlayStation VR at Sony, Falcon 9 and Dragon at SpaceX, and HoloLens and Windows MR at Microsoft, where he currently works on Xbox.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Snap has opted instead to distribute hardware to a select group of creators familiar with Lens Studio , the company’s Lens-building software. Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Back in July, many of VR’s biggest players announced the VirtualLink Consortium , a group unified around creating a connection standard for future VR headsets. HTC was seemingly the odd one out back at the initial announcement, but this week the company joined the group in support of the standard.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the same time, Meta’s flexible software landscape ensures teams can access a wide range of educational apps, or make and implement their own learning tools from scratch. Perhaps the biggest company in the mixed reality landscape right now, Microsoft is paving the way to a future of incredible hybrid learning.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Dublin-based IT consultancy has outlined a Metaverse Continuum Group to facilitate digital transformations for businesses. Multinational XR firms like Lenovo, ByteDance’s Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, Varjo, and Microsoft are leading the charge for immersive transformations.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 22, 2022

Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Sony, and other tech giants have formed a group designed to ensure interoperability in the metaverse. Notably absent from this list of heavyweights is Apple, a company heavily rumored to be working on its own mixed reality products. Read more.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 11, 2024

id Software has been in direct contact with modding group Team Beef on the subject of potentially releasing their VR ports on the Quest Store. In response, Carmack wrote , "I got people at id Software playing the VR ports, and they are now in direct contact with @TeamBeefVR, so I am hopeful!" Fingers crossed!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The companies co-developed the mobile Gear VR headset, which would be manufactured and sold by Samsung but run the Oculus platform for VR software distribution. New Foes – Microsoft & Co. image courtesy Microsoft. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. A New Platform for New Foes.

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The Ghost Howls

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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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. The opportunities for partnering were identified in trending markets and technologies, for example in remote assistance , cloud software, and 5G.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Last week, Anduril announced that it is taking over the US Army's IVAS program from Microsoft. Palmer Luckeys Anduril Is Taking Over The US Army IVAS Program, Replacing HoloLens Palmer Luckeys Anduril is taking over the US Armys IVAS HMD program, previously handled by Microsoft. It is a jump that I think cannot be overstated."

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

(Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together.

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