VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

For reference, the Quest Pro features 10 cameras; five inside and five outside. For instance, earlier this year Microsoft announced a partnership to utilize the AR2 Gen 1 chip for future products beyond the HoloLens 2. Hand-tracking Works with Snapdragon Spaces (Unity/Unreal) 2.5X

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

For larger companies looking to connect their entire team with HoloLens 2 headsets, Microsoft is offering a package that includes Dynamic 365 Remote Assist on each MR headset at the cost of $125 per user – per month. If you’re a developer working on your own, Microsoft offers the HoloLens 2 Development Edition.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Epic Games is a prominent member of the Khronos Group working alongside a host of industry pros including Oculus, HTC, Valve, Microsoft, Google, AMD, NVIDIA, and Unity. Epic Games Store is said to launch soon and begin what Sweeney calls “a long journey to advance the cause of all developers.”

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Generally, “the cloud” refers to remote servers that do work off of a device. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. The bigger your XR needs are, the larger your software needs are. But, what is the cloud anyway? CloudXR From NVIDIA. Your Forecast: Cloudy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Microsoft has developed its mixed reality (MR) solutions with fresh updates on its Dynamics 365 Guides platform, the company announced in early April. The new tools will support deskless and frontline workers worldwide and follow numerous steps Microsoft has taken to promote its Mesh platform for MR experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

Microsoft is using the term “Mixed Reality” as an umbrella to encapsulate VR, AR, and all other related devices. For reference, I am currently using the HP headset on an HP Omen machine, which has a GTX 1060 GPU and Intel i5-7400 CPU with 8GB of RAM. Right off the bat let’s clarify that verbiage. Final Thoughts.

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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. Spatial Maps?—?Spatial

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but…. Microsoft Flight Simulator is launching on August, 18th, without support for virtual reality.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

Recently Microsoft noted how MR represents the “ eyes and ears ” of AI. Following a mainstream steer away from the Metaverse by some towards genAI – the latter may be gaining the most focus currently – but roadmaps are already in place by firms such as Microsoft to develop the industrial Metaverse by 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

It seems that in the Oculus SDK there are now some lines that refer to the Oculus Quest colocation APIs , that would let you play in local multiplayer with other people in your home. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Basically, projects that give value to the device and to Microsoft in general. Why does this matter?

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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. Whenever I’ll mention VPNs in the remainder of the article, I’m always referring to these ones. Verify the most that you can before leaving, so that you can find solution in advance. Absolutely not.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Qualcomm releases XR2 5G reference design. Qualcomm has finally released the reference design for AR/VR headsets based on the XR2 chipset (a special version of the Snapdragon 865 for XR headsets), and it will pave the way for the standalone headsets of the future. Image by Microsoft). (Image by Qualcomm). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2020

This was not much clear; We didn’t always know who should we refer to if we had problems with something; There were not clear times on when having calls to perform a status update, stand-up meetings, etc. And all of this using Unity, the tool that I already use every day. What were the milestones of the project? For what day?

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. These virtual recordings were then used as references for the final CGI scenes. LOTS OF BIG UNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT GDC.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). 1” is not the new name of a son of Elon Musk, but it is the (questionable) name of a new opensource AR headset by Combine Reality, based on Leap Motion’s North Star reference design. Unity launches MARS tools.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. But that’s just how Unity works, and this post isn’t about Unity, so let’s move on. You may be saying “Come on!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2022

Extended Reality, the umbrella term used to refer to all forms of immersive technology, from AR to VR, presents a host of valuable opportunities for consumers and brands. Like Meta, Microsoft has quickly emerged as one of the leading innovators in the XR space.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The camera uses the patterns on the actual book as a reference to display the AR content, a technology that is often used today on Snapchat and Instagram. Unity AR Foundation is a helpful framework for cross-platform augmented reality app development. The book rotates and moves when they pick up the device and move it around.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It’s an umbrella term referring to various technologies influencing how we interact with computer systems. Tools like the Apple Vision Pro, combined with a collaboration tool like Microsoft Teams, link the real world to digital content. Spatial computing isn’t just another word for an XR headset or experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Technologies such as noise suppression are commonly used on platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and others. These include web browsers, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, Electron, Flutter React Native, and Unity. How Does AI Noise Suppression Work?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Moreover, the cloud-based PAAS is only internationally available via cloud service provider Microsoft Azure. NVIDIA integrates Siemens Teamcenter, Siemens NX, Siemens Process Simulate, Blender, Cesium, Emulate3D by Rockwell Automation, Unity, and Vectorworks into the Omniverse platform as of its most recent update.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2017

We’ve seen very impressive inside-out positional tracking before on Microsoft’s HoloLens —a $3,000 full-blown Windows PC on your head—which houses a bevy of sensors. AR in particular requires such accurate and low latency tracking that virtual objects can appear fixed to the real world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

a term popularized about a decade ago, refers to deploying technologies with the potential to enhance industries. At Microsoft Inspire 2023, Microsoft announced it would enhance its industrial metaverse initiative. Many industry experts view the industrial metaverse as the “next phase” of Industry 4.0.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

For reference, my head is 59cm meaning I take a medium-sized bicycle helmet, albeit at the upper end for medium. Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly. Apple will use Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

The Microsoft-owned company is now compatible with Vive, Oculus headsets, and Gear VR, and users can also access it without a VR headset via a desktop app. However, the advanced tools require knowledge of the Unity development and design platform. Pricing: AltspaceVR is free to use. See more details on premium pricing here.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Smart glasses give remote experts a see-what-I-see view of the work, providing step by step oversight through Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom, or some other common application. The ability to stay focused, call in an expert, and refer to data while keeping both hands free is a huge efficiency driver across industries.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The reference to the tether is a clear statement about the fact that Sony aims at offering quality, and it is not interested in the casual gamers that are the target of the Quest (for now). This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

But this opens another debate: if it uses 4 cameras, does it mean that it won’t be based on WMR reference design anymore ? Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins. Unluckily, we have not the answers to all these questions….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. HoloLens has not shipped any new version of the device, as expected. Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. Microsoft has already released an SDK for ray-tracing, supporting NVIDIA algorithms. You can refer to this Microsoft blog post , with a final link to the SDK and tutorials on Github to have more info about it. What about Unity, instead?

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