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XR Announcements and Themes Fresh From Microsoft Ignite

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The second edition of Ignite, Microsoft’s annual software event, took place this week (November 2-4) virtually once again – hosted in Teams, naturally. Insights From Microsoft’s CEO Himself. If there is one takeaway from the event, it’s exactly what you might have guessed: Microsoft is going long on the metaverse.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Soars To New Heights After Bumpy Launch

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 provides players with a virtual reality recreation of Earth that offers a sense of unmatched realism. Flash forward 42 years, and on launch day for Flight Simulator 2024 I waited about eight hours at what might as well have been a virtual airport waiting to connect to Microsoft's servers.

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Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $69B to Play “key role” in Metaverse Development

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Microsoft announced it’s planning to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the studio will play a key role in the development of its future metaverse platforms. Xbox doesn’t feature any form of official VR compatibility, not even with its range of Microsoft Mixed Reality headsets.

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Spatial Beats: Microsoft Mesh, Niantic & VR Training

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This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. Psychic VR Lab raises $8.5M

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Microsoft Mesh for Teams is now Available on Meta Quest Headsets

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Today, Microsoft is making its long—awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform available for enterprise end users. The service is now available for clients, allowing them to access Microsoft’s dynamic virtual remote meeting solution via desktop or Meta Quest headsets. Mesh is helping us achieve that.

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Kim Nevelsteen wants to bridge different virtual worlds to create the Metaverse

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We all dream of the Metaverse , a fantastic online virtual world where we can all hang out with other people and do whatever we want. And even worse, these virtual worlds are like silos: they don’t talk to each other, they are separate the one from the others, they are not connected in any way. What is your job?

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Microsoft XR Enterprise Success Stories: How Enterprises are Scaling with Microsoft XR

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A quick look at some of the top Microsoft XR enterprise success stories is all it takes to see how innovative, immersive solutions are transforming everything from training to customer service. Ready to discover how Microsofts tech is supporting companies across industries?