ARPost

MARCH 9, 2021

Microsoft Ignite was a three-day conference that took place virtually on YouTube, Microsoft.com, and in Altspace from March 2-4. Surprisingly, there was little at the conference directly related to HoloLens , Microsoft’s mixed reality headset. It’s pretty mind-boggling, but that’s the world that we’re building.”.

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ARPost

JANUARY 18, 2022

The future of the metaverse continues to be a hot topic of conversation amongst tech developers, virtual reality users, and an increasingly digital native population. As we move further towards engaging with a completely virtual online world, tech giants such as Meta and Microsoft continue to lead the way.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Along with its partner, Microsoft AltspaceVR, BRCvr is able to deliver fully immersive Burning Man experiences through a social VR platform. Build-A-Burn offers browser-based virtual worlds, which Burners can explore and create for other community members. BRCvr expands the Burning Man Project to yet another VR experience.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

The following year it launched on Steam and the year after that, it was purchased by Microsoft in a bid to expand their mixed reality portfolio which has always been a kind of awkward collection. Initially, the purchase by Microsoft didn’t mark many major changes. You can’t customize it at all, and most of it isn’t very interactive.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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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ARPost

MARCH 9, 2021

Microsoft Ignite was a three-day conference that took place virtually on YouTube, Microsoft.com, and in Altspace from March 2-4. Surprisingly, there was little at the conference directly related to HoloLens , Microsoft’s mixed reality headset. It’s pretty mind-boggling, but that’s the world that we’re building.”.

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VRScout

MAY 28, 2020

HP worked closely with Valve and Microsoft to ensure that the headset would deliver a stellar VR experience using cutting-edge optics, inside-out tracking, spatial 3D audio, natural hand gestures, superb comfort for longer sessions, and plug and play support for Windows Mixed Reality and SteamVR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. DreamWalker: created by Microsoft researchers Jackie Yang, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Andrew D. Wilson, Image courtesy Microsoft Research.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

As usual, Microsoft is firing first with its press conference this E3, but it’s doing so even earlier than anticipated. This E3 is shaping up to be the biggest batle between Sony and Microsoft since 2013, the year where each had to convince gamers to buy a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One respectively. pic.twitter.com/EWilMOb47s.

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MARCH 3, 2018

Allowing users to interact with the virtual world using their own two hands is a key component in truly selling an experience and immersing participants. That’s why Microsoft is currently in development on a solution that would actually link two standard VR motion controllers together to simulate realistic tension and pressure.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The company is scheduled to host a Microsoft pop-up later this month. There’s a new studio in town and it’s here to capture the world in 3D. volumetriccapture can connect virtual worlds with live performance. Calling Brooklyn’s Industry City home, The Lightframe Co. million last year to $2.78 billion in the next four.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world. Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3—what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset—and infighting within the mixed reality division has fueled… Read more.

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ARPost

MARCH 28, 2022

ARPost has covered events in the Virbela virtual world before. FRAME also announced some amazing updates including an app for Microsoft Teams, a progressive mobile web app to make the experience more accessible on different devices, a developer API and artist community, and a partnership with Ready Player Me. “We

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Combined, it enriches the shopping experience of visitors by blending digital technologies with real-world applications, providing useful contextual information with seamless delivery. However smaller startups like Dent Reality are still finding inroads that appeal to investors. Feature Image Credit: Dent Reality.

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MARCH 20, 2023

More info (First hardware leak about Apple headset) More info (New software leak about RealityOS) News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft Teams to integrate 3D avatars Microsoft is finally integrating Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Mesh , as it was promised some time ago.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft’s social VR platform, AltspaceVR , has been updated with a renewed emphasis on event hosting. While it’s always been possible to hop into AltspaceVR just to hang out and chat, the platform is honing in on a use-case where users come to the virtual world to see specific live events hosted by creators.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You could theoretically even make an experience whose play area is as big as the one of a city (Microsoft once talked about “city-scale VR”). I would like to say that I personally made this discovery, but actually, it was told me by the great Microsoft MVP Lance Larsen. they are playable in a sports court or a warehouse).

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named “Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers” back in May, but until now we haven’t had a chance to actually try them out. During a recent meeting with Microsoft in San Francisco, I got to try the VR controllers for the first time paired with the Acer Windows VR headset.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2022

NVIDIA joined Meta , Epic Games, Khronos Group, Avataar , Microsoft, Unity, XR Association , and many other founding members to lead the development of interoperability standards to drive the growth of the metaverse. As big tech is racing toward the development and adoption of extended reality, the debut of the metaverse is nigh.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Among others, Wong will be joined on the panel by Zilliqa Head of Metaverse and NFTs Sandra Helou representing the Metapolis virtual world. Microsoft, Google, the XRA – and That’s Just One Talk. On day two, Pico’s Elaine Wong will also sit on a panel discussion, “This is How We Play: The Role of Gaming in the Metaverse.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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JULY 26, 2022

Second life, one of the world’s first metaverses, was created in 2003 by Linden Lab and received widespread attention. Second Life (SL) is a 3D virtual world that allows individuals to create avatars to explore virtual landscapes, build their own mansions, forests, spaceships.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

“Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. It’s a great hybrid between the real world and the virtual world.”. “It’s not as bulky. He said to “stay tuned” for upcoming AR products and features.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Mozilla Hubs has been available to its community for over five years, allowing them to create virtual worlds, upload assets, and organize meetups. Microsoft Shuts Down AltspaceVR Last year, Microsoft shut down AltspaceVR in favour of its Teams-integrated Mesh virtual collaboration service.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Next week, Microsoft Ignite 2023 will kick off, where the leading computing firm will showcase its latest innovations over a two-day schedule, which covers the firm’s comprehensive product portfolio. Hightens Hololens Use Cases In late October, Microsoft highlighted new features in its Dynamics 365 Guides Version 9.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update. I think this speaks a lot.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Engagement.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Strider VR uses a novel approach to omnidirectional treadmill design, using a rotatable ball array positioned above a traditional linear treadmill, combined with a Microsoft Kinect 2 sensor. They claim this results in a “near perfect illusion of walking in a virtual world”.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP is about using voice commands for people to explore and interact with virtual worlds. Screenshots taken on the official EQ3 website 4. It can boost satisfaction and sales.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

And exploring a few of those possibilities is what I had the chance to do when I collaborated with Microsoft Education to write the Immersive Experiences in Education white paper we’ve published at the ISTE 2019 conference a few weeks ago. Methodology. Now, I’m very much a technology enthusiast. Click To Tweet. Paul Turnbull ?President

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The Venice VR virtual world, designed by VRrOOm within VRChat, will be the Venice VR Expanded hub—a virtual version of Venice. Users on Quest can visit these worlds, too. Jensen Huang interview: The physical world and the metaverse can be connected. It’s available to anyone with a VRChat account.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

Set in a dystopian 2044, Ready Player One follows Wade Watts as he leads an army of VR users in a battle to save the OASIS, a virtual world that allows them to escape their dreary reality. Some of these virtual locations are absolutely jaw-dropping and include features that more often than not bend the laws of physics.

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APRIL 11, 2023

This week, Microsoft Teams will debut AR filters from social media platform Snap giving its massive enterprise user-base access to fun virtual environments to dial in from. Microsoft Teams is leveraging Snap’s Camera Kit to secure platform users with the filters. Users must select this option. .’

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. After Fortnite started the trend of virtual concerts in virtual worlds, always more platforms started implementing them.

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MARCH 5, 2018

This VR cane is opening new worlds for the visually impaired. Whole experiences are built around immersing the eyes in headsets to explore virtual environments. Now it appears that Microsoft is working on a cane controller that could someday allow visually impaired people to explore new worlds.

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