Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. But everyone agrees a dangling cable is not only annoying, it’s an immersion detractor. 264 or similar chip solutions.

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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? Youre not alone, worldwide, enterprise adoption of extended reality solutions is growing rapidly. Heres your guide to implementation success.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. Virtual reality is becoming more and more normalized.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!) Two interesting videos on the Quest 2.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

We are now at the level that we are super happy with the latency and deployments.”. According to NVIDIA , “CloudXR lets you leverage NVIDIA RTX-powered servers with GPU virtualization software to stream stunning augmented and virtual reality experiences from any OpenVR application. Your Forecast: Cloudy.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. A girl zooming an object in mixed reality with the new UX of Hololens 2. Image by Microsoft). Sync pins (Image by Microsoft). HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 1, 2025

This revolutionary spatial computing system delivers some of the markets best visuals, intuitive tracking capabilities, and mixed reality features. It also makes it easy for companies to access enterprise-grade apps with dedicated solutions for design, productivity, and even collaboration tools (like Zoom or Microsoft Teams).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 25, 2017

Virtual reality is all about immersing a person inside a digital world. VR headsets are designed to block out light and envelop our field of view as completely as possible with high quality, low latency visuals. Augmented reality, on the other hand, combines a lot of what makes VR work (positional tracking, stereoscopic 3D, etc.)

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. Sounded good.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Microsoft announced their new platform Mesh last week to enable better mixed reality experiences across not only AR and VR headsets, but also mobile and desktop. Mesh is built on Microsoft Azure which enables developers to build immersive, multiuser, cross-platform mixed reality applications through an SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. This means that cloud rendering could become a reality for always more headsets, and using always more cloud services. Vicarious Surgical is a new VR Unicorn.

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ARPost

APRIL 21, 2021

See Also: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to Enhance US Military Training. They were also named Microsoft Partners of the Year in 2020 and received funding through Magic Leap’s Independent Creator Program in 2019. Most recently, the platform saw a huge update late last year.

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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. Very high bandwidth and single or low double-digit millisecond latency is the goal. Virtual Reality is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

Nintendo is bringing VR to Switch in the form of its latest ‘Labo’ kit which aims to “combine the innovative physical and digital gameplay of Nintendo Labo with basic VR technology to create a simple and shareable virtual reality experience for kids and families.”

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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. In HTC’s own words: “Track movement and bring objects from the real world into the virtual universe.”. Have fun reading this first part! Introduction. What is SteamVR?

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2018

A consortium representing many of VR’s most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft—have backed a new connector standard called VirtualLink which the companies say was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation virtual reality (VR) headsets.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

The HoloLens is the most impressive augmented reality headset on the market today, and their developer kit is already being deployed into industries ranging from architecture, engineering, design, sales, medicine, and education. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

He also reports a very smooth and low-latency tracking ; The tracking of the controllers is good but it could be better. We all wonder who can be the Facebook competitor, and we often talk about Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, but we usually forgot about Huawei. You can move your head fast in all directions, and it keeps tracking you.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 29, 2024

Therefore, these demographics are used to seeing interfaces, latency, and frame rates and are more accepting of the technology benefits. This factor gives companies like Apple and Microsoft a lead in providing enterprise XR due to a trusted history. However, XR champions exist across all demographics.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

VirtuaLink is new connector standard created by a consortium representing many of VR’s most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft. The standard is said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Medical students are using tools like the Microsoft HoloLens system to learn about human anatomy without cadavers. Even business professionals are discovering new ways of interacting with customers through VR and Mixed Reality tools. Already, police academies are using VR to train officers on dealing with difficult situations.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Unrelated to my demos with the XR-4, I have also tried a demo with a previous Varjo headset and a plane simulation machine together with Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. As we’ve examined , 5G enables not just faster speeds and low-latency, but its high-frequency signal enables millimeter-level geo-precision.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

If this gets fixed, I can say that the tracking will become as the one by Microsoft. The last thing to talk about is latency : the tracking is smooth and fast, but there is anyway a slight delay in tracking. The latency is really a lot less perceivable. Regarding reliability, the controllers very rarely lose tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Tokyo Game Show has been the first big gaming event to be held in virtual reality : dubbed TGSVR, the event let you wander around a virtual space full of booths about popular games, and watch videos and posters about them. Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces. News worth a mention. Image by ambr).

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For example, the AR2 achieves sub-2 millisecond latency and low power consumption for advanced functions like reprojection. Meanwhile, Snapdragon AR2 is already being used and tested by AR leaders including Adobe, Microsoft and Niantic. This not only spreads things out but lets each piece of hardware play to its strengths.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. I have to warn you that the quality of the tethered connection is not the same as Quest Link (there is more latency and more blur), but it’s ok enough to work. So here I’m using the Pico 4 whenever possible.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Virtual reality devices are beginning to double as AR headsets thanks to stereo video passthrough. The combination of these ingredients are solving for some of the biggest challenges video passthrough faces such as latency. Source: Varjo. Source: Trimble.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2) Brief history Some important AR facts: 60s : Engineer Ivan Sutherland, created the SketchPad project, a system based on what is now known as computer graphics, and created a see-through to present 3D graphics (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Augmented Reality References Helen Papagiannis. made with??

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It also aims to remain decentralised, offering open-source ownership of the virtual domain similarly to today’s modern-day Web 2.0. Tech firms large and small are building the virtual spaces of tomorrow. Latency issues and connectivity problems will fade as customers at the consumer and business level will enjoy smaller devices.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Such technologies were conceptualised in science fiction, but are now becoming a (virtual) reality. Mixed Reality and Holograms are Already Emerging. Most companies exploring holographic content use them with augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR). Current Use Cases for Holographic Content.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Let’s dive in: Metaverses build engagement A virtual reality is almost impossible to ignore, as it occupies 100% of a user’s attention. Gaming experience has been forcing reality to include interactive communication. There are lots of people expecting virtual reality to respond as immersively as 3D gaming interfaces.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Augmented reality, while growing in buzz, has been around in some form or another for more than two decades. But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers has had one major hurdle that Microsoft may have just solved. If Microsoft’s inside-out tracking success can be replicated, the next step is making it affordable.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). “Cyberspace” was coined by SF author William Gibson.

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