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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

“We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. These advancements create incredible developer opportunity and also come with a responsibility to ensure the technology we build is trusted and benefits all.”.

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Microsoft Wants to Make HoloLens the Future of Education

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In a video released Tuesday, Microsoft arguably began to position the HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality as the future of education. an effort to take back the classroom from Apple and Google, the Redmond, Washington-based company took the HoloLens around the world to test its capabilities in a number of different learning environments.

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Microsoft’s ‘DreamWalker’ Turns Everyday Commutes Into VR Walking Experiences

VRScout

Earlier this week during the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology in New Orleans, Microsoft unveiled a prototype system that uses a combination of VR, GPS-based inside-out tracking, and pre-authored digital worlds to create dynamic VR experiences layered over actual walking routes located throughout the real-world. “To

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Spatial Beats: Metaverse, Metaverse, Metaverse

AR Insider

Meanwhile, Microsoft is focused on its “enterprise metaverse ,” said CEO Satya Nadella in the company’s earnings call on Tuesday. “At From the Washington Post. Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology. What Exactly Is Facebook’s ‘Metaverse’ Group Building ? Mark Zuckerberg wants a metaverse. Does that mean we do too

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Microsoft Introduces HoloLens Mixed Reality To The Job Site

VRScout

Microsoft teases practical MR worker tools for Hololens at 2018 Build Developer Conference. Call me strange, but of all the mixed reality demos I tried at this year’s Microsoft Build Developer Conference in Seattle, Washington, the one I actually found the most fun had me repairing an electric panel.

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Microsoft Updates Mesh Avatars at Ignite 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft has unveiled its Mesh avatar solution for Teams, where people conduct meetings and conversations with real-time 3D (RT3D) avatars, it was announced in a blog post amid the Microsoft Ignite event on Wednesday. Major Updates for Microsoft’s MR Ambitions. Plugging into Teams Avatars.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In recent years, we’ve discovered just how powerful technology can be in delivering information to those who need it most. XR has the potential to be one of the most disruptive new technologies in the educational space. Already, various leading companies have begun implementing HTC VIVE technology into their educational environments.

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