Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is arguably the best folding phone on the market. How does it fare against Microsoft's new Surface Duo 2?

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Samsung will reportedly challenge Microsoft's Surface Duo with the Galaxy Z Fold S, a foldable phone with a 360-degree hinge and a single flexible OLED screen.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

XR Today recently marked this period with an XR Trends series, which brought together some of the best minds in the industry to share AR/VR/MR insights. During the XR Trends conversation, Dr Chris Parkinson also stated that XR devices would “get smaller, lighter, [and] faster.

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Digital Trends

MAY 25, 2021

Microsoft is detailing new ways for developers to port their apps to ARM-based PCs like the Surface Pro X or the Samsung Galaxy Book S.

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AR Insider

MAY 4, 2021

That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others. The situation is similar with Microsoft. More recently, Microsoft exhibited this hardware-forward approach with its Surface Earbuds which have native integration with MS Office productivity functions like advancing presentation slides. Samsung has its own wearables play.

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GizModo VR

JULY 2, 2021

Ever since Carl Pei left OnePlus to form Nothing , his new company has been promising a radical new approach to modern tech design and based on some new tidbits, it appears Nothing is going to lean heavily on a tech trend from the 90s: see-through gadgets. Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

If you're looking at the differences between the Surface Pro 8 & Galaxy Tab S8, we have you covered — from price, design, portability, and more.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Former Friends – Samsung. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. 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. Image courtesy Oculus. The Beginning.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Get the Blink XT2 security camera, Apple Watch Series 3, AirPods Pro, iPad Mini, Microsoft Surface Pro 7, 70-inch LG UN7070 4K TV, Dell XPS 13, and Samsung Galaxy S20 on sale.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. Amazon and Microsoft launched wearables lines in the past quarter and smaller players like Bose and Snap are planting seeds for a wearables-heavy future. The situation is similar with Microsoft.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

You don’t realize how cyclical life is until you return to a gadget trend after a decade. When I shut my Verizon-provided Samsung flip-phone, I figured that was the last time I would be flirting with that form factor, as candy bar-style smartphones were now taking over the general gadget zeitgeist. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Mutalk at CES (Digital Trends). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Qualcomm and Microsoft have announced a partnership to push together the next-generation lightweight AR glasses. Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership (Road To VR). I’m not so sure if I want to look like this. Futher references. XTAL 3 launch trailer.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024. These pieces of news are important because they show that both Meta and Microsoft are going to support immersive realities. A far future, but an exciting future.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 3, 2021

A code teardown suggests that Google may be replicating Microsoft's Your Phone app and Samsung's DeX for PC for Android phone owners who use Chromebooks.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

Recently unveiled updates to Microsoft’s social VR platform will allow anyone to build customizable VR spaces. The two new world-building kits are based on Altspace’s most popular environments: Campfire and Alien World / Origin but Microsoft says they’re aiming to release more kits soon, as well as allowing for more customization options.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Microsoft keeps pushing a different kind of foldable than the mainstream -- it just might be on to something.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to Google Trends, Quest dominated search interest in the US over Black Friday weekend which marks the start of the holiday shopping season. times Oculus Rift, 5 times HTC Vive, and many times greater than other headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Go, Pimax, and Samsung Odyssey. Peak search volume for Quest in the US was 1.6

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

If you want to buy a foldable smartphone, Amazon is offering discounts for the Microsoft Surface Duo, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5G.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. Some VR Gaming Market Trends Which Determine Its Consistent Growth. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 10, 2021

Samsung recently unveiled two new models: The Galaxy Book Go and Galaxy Book Go 5G. The cost just $350.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We've smoked out all the best foldable phone deals up for grabs from top brands like Samsung and Microsoft.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Microsoft and Samsung introduced a new brand partnership, adding to the Your Phone feature in Windows 11.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ platform has finally landed and the first batch of supported VR headsets are hitting the streets. From that foundation, Microsoft’s partners, including Acer, have built the external look and feel of the headsets. Acer Windows VR Headset Review Summary. Photo by Road to VR.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

20 for 2020: Augmented Reality Trends and How They May Play Out This Year. These are the 20 AR trends I will be watching and how they may play out this year. Read my “ Reality Check ” post which looks back at the 19 trends I highlighted for 2019 and how they actually played out last year. Source: Samsung. by Tom Emrich.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on. Why and how has it started?

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD. One of the perennial features of CES is the unveiling of the latest and greatest in television technology from all of the big manufacturers, and 2023 is set to continue this trend.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Augmented reality’s use and development have trended up over the past several years. Although mobile AR may not be the most powerful or immersive, it certainly has the potential to be very profitable and is one of the most important augmented reality trends to keep track of.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

Meanwhile, competitors such as Meta and Microsoft are working to get XR devices into employees’ hands today. Moreover, with Apple’s dive into XR, it seems other giants like Samsung, LG, and Google are placing sights on the market, perhaps watching Apple closely to see if their XR gamble pays off.

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

Microsoft recently announced that it will be launching its own enterprise Metaverse in 2022, and users will be able to access business tools like MS Excel and PowerPoint on it (yeey, great news ha!). Samsung , Coca-Cola , Gucci , Nike and many more. This new shopping in the metaverse trend will hit fast before you know it!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

But it’s good that Sweeney remains a believer in the metaverse even if now it is not the trend of the moment anymore. The reason is that the newest Microsoft laptops feature a neural processing unit (NPU) that improves processing power and battery efficiency when running AR experiences. Some days it’s good, some days it’s bad.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Auidences are watching, developers are already working on realityOS applications, and XR device vendors are making a move towards the spatial computing trend of 2024. On the other hand, firms like Magic Leap and XREAL are receiving millions in funding to potentially leapfrog the forecasted success of Apple’s Vision Pro.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s the fruits of lots of rigor, and the design principles of Spatial’s founding team including Jinha Lee (MIT, Microsoft, Samsung) and Anand Agarawala. This is by design says VP of BD and Strategy, Jacob Lowenstein. Its head of design also helped develop Material Design at Google. Faster Horses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook and Microsoft publish two interesting research projects for VR. This week, Facebook and Microsoft have released two interesting works from their R&D department. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display. The trend of virtual concerts is not stopping. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Microsoft has released this week a new video showing how the game will work.

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