XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

With XR technologies, we can connect remote learners in a virtual environment designed to recreate a physical classroom, or allow them to traverse environments they couldn’t access in-person. Students can work and learn together in virtual environments as though they were there in person.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Roto VR Explorer attempts to change the way you engage with VR experiences by using motorized 360-degrees spinning motion and haptic feedback. In select titles that use the Roto VR SDK, of which only one exists so far, the chair instead rotates to match the position of the virtual vehicle you're in, adding a deeper sense of realism.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2024

My favorite options so far are the Zoom app for the Vision Pro , with integrated spatial video, and 3D object sharing, and the Microsoft Teams app. With Teams, you can also access Microsoft’s generative AI assistant (Copilot) during your meetings to create summaries, generate presentations, and draft text without a keyboard.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

To ensure the experience is immersive and realistic, virtual reality systems leverage a combination of infrared LEDs and motion sensors, cameras, and screens, which allow a headset to gather relevant information and present it to the human eye. True virtual reality doesn’t simply fill your field of view with new information.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

The Taiwanese manufacturer made the sales expansion announcement Thursday, adding to the list of retailers like Microsoft and GameStop retailers, as well as online outlets like Micro Center and Newegg. With more than more than 500 VR experiences now available on Steam to get your hands on, there should be plenty of content to select from.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

With virtual, augmented, and mixed reality solutions, companies can tap into the benefits of experiential learning, unlocking the power of learning by doing. Immersive learning addresses this issue, by allowing companies to create group learning environments in a virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

Immersive learning bridges this gap by creating virtual spaces where employees can interact, collaborate, and learn together, regardless of their physical locations. Through shared virtual environments, teams can engage in group learning activities, simulations, and problem-solving exercises that promote teamwork and communication.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Increasingly, companies like Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are using mixed reality strategies alongside spatial computing to improve the accessibility of immersive experiences. Mixed reality (MR) is an extended reality technology that blends elements of virtual reality and augmented reality. What is Accessible Mixed Reality? More than 1.3

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

They also feature advanced TruTouch Haptics for better feedback when interacting with digital objects. Plus, you can use it to navigate solutions like Microsoft Teams’ Immersive Spaces or Horizon Workrooms. These controllers feel much more ergonomic, similar to the experience with the Meta Quest 3.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Today at the Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, the company announced that VR/AR (mixed reality) headsets from top manufacturers are due to hit the market in 2017. Microsoft’s HoloLens of course will also be in the mix.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

When one finds out that she worked at Microsoft in the early days of Encarta Encyclopedia and World Atlas , it starts to make sense. She created an internal team at Microsoft to manage these complex issues across the entire company. “All Her time working at Microsoft led her to the IGDA. Haptic Gloves for Data Visualization.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a device they call the “canetroller”, a haptic VR controller that works with the HTC Vive headset and tracker to help people with visual impairments navigate virtual environments. Object location went smoother in the indoor environment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

The VIVE Pro headset allows users to see a virtual environment where they can interact with a realistic ice rink, running around a room with full freedom. The solution also includes a VIVE tracker and haptic feedback technology, leading to a 10-15% improvement in cognitive function during learning experiences, and fantastic engagement.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Microsoft introduced Immersive Spaces for Teams , as well as the Mesh ecosystem. Metaverse as a service solutions give businesses an easy way to design dedicated virtual environments. Haptic gloves and body suits might not be commonplace accessories today, but demand for these solutions is growing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Already, innovators like Microsoft and Meta have begun leveraging intelligent tools to help users create photo-realistic avatars they can use in virtual environments with VR headsets. Though XR technology isn’t a necessity in the metaverse, it’s likely to be a core part of how we experience this new virtual world.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

xR technologies come in two major forms: virtual reality (VR) in which the learner is immersed in a completely new virtual environment and augmented reality (AR) in which the learner is in a combined real and virtual environment where digital information is overlaid onto the learner’s field of view.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2022

For instance, in the virtual reality world, hand and eye tracking can embed users deeper into their virtual experience. Eye tracking makes it easier to navigate virtual environments, while hand tracking ensures uses can interact with what they see. Step 4: Consider Your Users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2024

In the past, many virtual reality headsets, such as the Meta Quest 2, relied heavily on controllers to allow users to navigate virtual environments. In collaborative meetings, both in metaverse environments like Microsoft Teams Immersive Spaces , and on channels like Zoom, teams are using avatars to represent themselves.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For the most part, your digital identity on channels like Microsoft Teams and Zoom is likely to consist of a face and a set of shoulders. Without new sensors or haptic feedback tools, tracking things like torsos and legs is complex. A virtual body that moves awkwardly could be more off-putting than an avatar with no legs.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. This new industrial-grade system offers the most realistic haptics experience to date. It marks the first commercial availability of our industry-leading microfluidic haptic technology platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. It allows users to walk around in a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller. Jay noted: They are having a hard time with several restructurings.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

On the enterprise side, many AR headsets, from firms like RealWear and Microsoft, for on-site usage provide eye and hand-tracking features to optimize workplace operations and communications. This will enable more immersive experiences for users, allowing them to interact with virtual objects in a way that feels natural and intuitive.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

AltspaceVR allows people to host and attend live shows, meetups, and classes from anywhere around the world in virtual reality although not the most suitable tool for business and virtual reality collaboration. There’s built-in physical — haptic — feedback in the controllers for a more immersive experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

On the enterprise side, many AR headsets, from firms like RealWear and Microsoft, for on-site usage provide eye and hand-tracking features to optimize workplace operations and communications. This will enable more immersive experiences for users, allowing them to interact with virtual objects in a way that feels natural and intuitive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

They can monitor customers’ paths around virtual environments and adjust their sales and marketing strategies accordingly. Eye and Hand Tracking Improves Virtual Representation Introducing the metaverse and more advanced digital interactions is prompting the creation of more advanced virtual identities.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

And especially, they have much better finger sensing (they can now detect how your index finger is bending with great precision) and have very advanced haptics , which can give high-definition haptic feedback in different portions of the hand. Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I was impressed at how quickly the Quest was able to calibrate my fingers and bring them to life inside the virtual environment. As for actions such as pulling up menus or teleporting around virtual environments, it’s possible that hand gestures such as the ones used with the Microsoft HoloLens or Leap Motion could resolve this.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And I never even thought about neural nets for vehicles using virtual environments to train the neural net. But looking at these different cycles and a big question in the consumer space is when is it gonna become mainstream?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And I never even thought about neural nets for vehicles using virtual environments to train the neural net. But looking at these different cycles and a big question in the consumer space is when is it gonna become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

But we had many other examples, like the Lost Horizon festival on Sansar, and now the TomorrowLand festival, with many top-notch artists playing in a virtual environment and streamed to the users. They could be useful for the haptics devices of the future. News worth a mention. Image by Tweak Town). Some info on content.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

As I go to these different developer conferences, I go to Facebook F8, or Microsoft Build, or Google IO. And I never even thought about neural nets for vehicles using virtual environments to train the neural net. But looking at these different cycles and a big question in the consumer space is when is it gonna become mainstream?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Now they find themselves without a market, and the pivot to enterprise is too little too late considering that Microsoft has enterprise features that are much better than the ones of Magic Leap. All the C-level executives have made huge errors, and IMHO all the board should resign because of this.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The way that VR works, you can both be in the same virtual environment, working on the same virtual engine, and actually doing call-outs and instructing each other. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The way that VR works, you can both be in the same virtual environment, working on the same virtual engine, and actually doing call-outs and instructing each other. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The way that VR works, you can both be in the same virtual environment, working on the same virtual engine, and actually doing call-outs and instructing each other. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The way that VR works, you can both be in the same virtual environment, working on the same virtual engine, and actually doing call-outs and instructing each other. We've been approached by some of the bigger headset manufacturers -- Microsoft, Hololens and Magic Leap -- to build exclusively for them.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It seems that DAQRI hasn’t managed to find new investors; The competition of Microsoft. The fact that Oculus has already almost finished implementing it and that Microsoft has already implemented it, make us confident that in 2020 the most important headsets will all be OpenXR-compliant , and this will be great for the whole XR market.

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