Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A New York Times report maintains that Meta has been planning its own retail stores that aim to eventually span the world. The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 provides players with a virtual reality recreation of Earth that offers a sense of unmatched realism. My father looked at me with a grin and said, "hey, why don't you go boot up the computer and show me that new program you've been talking about". I'll never forget Christmas 1982.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This week thousands of people descended on Barcelona, Spain for Mobile World Congress where Microsoft has already unveiled the HoloLens 2 , the next generation of Microsoft mixed reality. Microsoft HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft. Mattel uses top tech from Spatial and HoloLens to accelerate play innovation.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2020

Spatial , a New York-based startup behind the eponymous real-time AR/VR collaboration platform, has secured $14 million in additional financing, bringing its overall funds to $22 million. Existing Spatial investors also include the likes of Samsung NEXT, Baidu Ventures, and LG Ventures to name a few. Million.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2023

To help quell this growing shortage, Abbot Laboratories, a medical device and healthcare company based out of Illinois, United States, has teamed up with Blood Centers of America to release a new mixed reality experience designed to attract younger donors while providing a fun and relaxing experience while in the chair.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Instant Musician, previously only being available as a Microsoft HoloLens app, has now made its way to iOS, offering users a way to learn proper piano skills using their smart phones. . Learn how to play piano using just your iPhone and a crisp one dollar bill. .

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Digital Trends

MAY 20, 2021

Microsoft ultimately shuttered its physical stores, but the Google Store in New York City could succeed where Microsoft failed.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Top news of the week. Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. Satya Nadella was on the virtual stage to announce the integration of Microsoft Teams with Quest Pro Mark Zuckerberg teased new avatars (with legs) and new upcoming features for Meta Horizon. New info about IVAS glasses.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2018

The Big Apple takes a dip in this location-based augmented experience from Microsoft. Although a foot-long increase doesn’t seem like much, this rise in sea level would not only swamp much of the east coast, including New York City, but flood the entirety of London as well. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Spatial , a team of 3D Design and AR/VR experts based out of New York and San Francisco, today unveiled their cross-reality collaboration platform after two long years in stealth. Cross-reality collaboration arrives as Spatial reveals holographic teleportation through augmented reality.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2017

The intuitive project was announced at this year’s Microsoft Build Developer Conference which officially kicked-off Wednesday in Seattle. Using Microsoft technology we can now create even more immersive worlds for audiences to explore and enjoy. No word on when you can expect a public release as of yet.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Spatial is a real-time AR collaboration platform first developed for the original HoloLens by New York-based startup Spatial.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

There are plenty of players like Microsoft HoloLens and DAQRI which consistently deliver not only cool demos, but real use-cases for holographic Mixed Reality Click To Tweet. Considering how much flack Microsoft gets for its FOV, it seems unfair to cut Magic Leap any slack on that.

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Digital Trends

MAY 4, 2022

New York City is suing Activision Blizzard over the Microsoft deal, alleging that CEO Bobby Kotick rushed the sale to escape accountability.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2019

SEE ALSO Microsoft Significantly Misrepresented HoloLens 2's Field of View at Reveal. Within, the studio behind the eponymous multi-platform VR experience hub, plays host to a number of high-profile pieces from partners such as Apple, The New York Times, NBC, Vice Media, the United Nations, musical acts like U2, Annapurna Pictures, and more.

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

The XR section of the venerated New York film festival introduced its offering on Tuesday: a mix of VR in the Museum of Other Realities, some limited in-person events at the Tribeca Hub downtown, and location-based mobile AR experiences around New York. Pfizer uses VR in its $450M injectables factory.

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HoloLens

JULY 20, 2018

The latest example of this comes in the form of a new AR art installation called "Unmoored,", which transforms New York City's Time Square into an underwater environment.

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APRIL 26, 2017

A pioneer who helped kickstart VR’s renaissance is driving the strategy for Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, spanning both HoloLens and a collection of VR headsets rolling out later this year. ” This is Acer’s kit, the first Windows VR headset to roll out to developers from Microsoft’s partners.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Qualcomm and Microsoft have announced a partnership to push together the next-generation lightweight AR glasses. Further, the announcement reveals plans to integrate Microsoft Mesh—the company’s multi-user XR foundation—with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR development tools. Road To VR.

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MAY 11, 2017

The hardware of the headsets themselves likely won’t change between when these systems start shipping to developers and when they are marketed toward consumers in a push planned for the holidays this year, according to Microsoft. All the headsets are powered by a Windows 10 PC.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Microsoft has added a big HoloLens partnership to their growing list. Thanks to an agreement with Lowe’s, customers are using the Microsoft HoloLens to design their kitchen holographically in mixed reality. Another big piece of news is the Microsoft HoloLen’s integration with the social network Pinterest.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“While this season may look a bit different, we still wanted to create experiences that not only make it fun and festive to shop, but keep health and safety top of mind,” Anthony Sion, New Business Development Senior Vice President at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (owner of Westfield shopping centers in the US), said in a release shared with ARPost.

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VRScout

MARCH 24, 2018

From New York to Paris to all of the incredible cities in between, the world’s best dressed men and women transform city streets into runways every day with their killer street style. VR provides a new avenue for Refinery29 to reach their large vast network base of young women,” said Inception CEO Benny Arbel.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2019

It’s a red-tinted world explained by text and data popping up with each step he takes, providing context to each new thing he sees. Microsoft imitates the technology used here with its mixed reality headset HoloLens. Located in New York City, she enjoys strolling through Central Park with a cappuccino in hand.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. MICROSOFT AND INTEL’S NEW BABY: PROJECT ALLOY. YOU CAN’T BUY LOVE, BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES BOUGHT FAKE LOVE.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

ROSE , a minority-owned New York-based digital agency focused on AR, worked with XR platform 8th Wall to create a digital model of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge and augment every step with historically significant media and information regarding the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Microsoft’s Immersive Museum.

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VRScout

JULY 13, 2018

Rémy Martin, one of the largest French cognac producers in the world, recently unveiled their own unique take on immersive promotional content in the form of an augmented reality art tour through London, New York, Moscow, Shanghai, and other prominent locations.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The epic success of “Sleep No More” in New York represents a tipping point for Immersive Entertainment. A multi-character drama in VR or AR would be like “Sleep No More”, the smash hit environmental theater production in New York now going into the sixth year. Courtesy of The McKittrick Hotel.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 29, 2020

Among tech’s big five — Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook — all but Facebook have crossed the mark. Apple was first, followed by Microsoft and Amazon (which has since dipped below the mark). Image Source: New York Times. Call it the four-comma club — or “quattros comas!” Tentacles Anchored.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Microsoft Build is one of the most important yearly events organized by Microsoft. This is the reason why I think this announcement is so important.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Furthermore, Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, will be connected with Omniverse Project Mellon has been unveiled. It is a lightweight Python package capable of harnessing the heavyweight power of speech AI (NVIDIA Riva) and large language models (LLMs) to simplify user interactions in immersive environments.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Earlier this month, for example, Jaunt Studios premiered Free The Night— its first six degrees of freedom (6DOF) original interactive experience—at The Future of Storytelling Summit (FoST) in New York.

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ARPost

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, Snap lenses can now be used in Microsoft Teams and in the NFL app. Navas also discussed Snap’s ongoing partnership with Live Nation , bringing custom AR lenses to over a dozen concerts this year including Lollapalooza in Paris and The Governor’s Ball in New York. Snap is also partnering with individual artists.

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APRIL 27, 2017

At an event in New York City this morning Acer showed its latest tech offerings. This included a VR headset that is part of Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, simply called the Acer Windows Mixed Reality headset. Here’s what we saw. Tagged with: acer Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2018

The Emmy Awards celebrates its historic 70th anniversary September 17th at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. This was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of accolades, however, as the raunchy VR title has now been nominated for a primetime Emmy award. Image Credit: Adult Swim.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, it was a proprietary system, owned by Microsoft, and didn’t play well with other metaverse platforms. In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. ” And it’s making money.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

One big name that was notably missing from the VR news at E3 was Microsoft—who, contrary to many predictions, did not announce anything VR-related for Xbox. Based in New York, a startup called VRB (pronounced “verb”) has been acquired by Samsung. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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