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Microsoft May Have Just Quietly Dipped Out of the VR Market!
If you’ve been paying attention to the recent news then I daresay that you’ve probably heard about all the major layoffs currently being made at various tech companies. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, pretty much everyone is looking to tighten their metaphorical belts moving into 2022 with staff, unfortunately, being the…
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Microsoft Agrees $22BN HoloLens Headset Deal With US Army
While Microsoft’s ‘HoloLens’ augmented reality headset is certainly a very impressive piece of technology, it does come with one pretty major caveat for the general consumer. Namely, that it’s really expensive! – It was, in fact, so expensive that when the original model was released, Microsoft was seemingly more interested…
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Microsoft Confirm HoloLens 2 Release Date
While the Microsoft HoloLens hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire since its initial release, it has been known for some time that the company was working on a new updated version that would include a significant number of improvements. One of the main key questions, however, has been…
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Microsoft CEO Defends Army HoloLens Contract
Microsoft CEO Defends Army Contract While the Microsoft AR headset, the HoloLens, hasn’t really had much to talk about in the last few months, it’s been all go in the last few days. On the more positive side of things (at least from Microsoft perspective) they have just announced that…
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Microsoft Reveal HoloLens 2 With a Hefty Price Tag
Microsoft Reveal HoloLens 2 Microsoft is currently one of the biggest companies investing in AR (augmented reality) technology. With the release of their HoloLens, we got to see the potential of what it had to offer combining the ‘real world’ with artificially inserted aspects via the headset display. While it’s development…
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Microsoft Workers Demand Army HoloLens Contract Is Dropped
Microsoft Workers Unhappy Over Army Contract Various military forces around the world have expressed a very strong interest in VR or AR technology. This is largely for implementation either in training or actually on the battlefield. This is, however, ethically a rather difficult situation as the technology companies that create…
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Microsoft Lands $480m Hololens Contract From US Army
Microsoft Lands Hololens Contract From US Army Over the last year, we’ve seen rather a lot of news surrounding augmented reality headsets. Of these, perhaps the two most notable examples are the Magic Leap and Microsoft’s Hololens. While it might anger some people though, it’s very nieve to think that…
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Lenovo Announces Explorer Mixed Reality Headset
Aside from ASUS and DELL announcing their own mixed reality headsets, Lenovo is also joining the fray with their Explorer Windows mixed reality headset. Lenovo is actually first ahead of the other two, unveiling this headset as early as CES 2017 but it is finally almost ready. All three share…
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DELL Introduces Their Own Visor Mixed Reality Headset
ASUS is not the only company throwing their hat in the virtual reality headset ring since DELL also made a similar announcement during IFA 2017. The DELL Visor is a mixed reality headset using the same Microsoft HoloLens technology. The headset comes in white and has inside-out cameras built-in. This…
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Windows Mixed Reality Headsets Run SteamVR
Two years after Microsoft unveiled the HoloLens, the company is finally launching its augmented reality headsets. Dubbed Windows Mixed Reality, the technology is made to run on Windows 10. Now, though, Microsoft announced a major coup for platform compatibility: SteamVR. Indeed, SteamVR opens up Microsoft’s new headsets to a plethora…
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New HoloLens Includes AI Coprocessor
Microsoft is including an AI coprocessor in the second iteration of its HoloLens AR headset. While still awaiting a consumer release, the HoloLens failed to land. Understandably so, when faced with competition from the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets. However, Microsoft hopes the next HoloLens will elicit more…
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Super Mario Bros. Level Recreated in NYC Central Park via Hololens AR
Like most adults who grew up playing classic video games, developer Abhishek Singh has a fondness for Nintendo‘s Super Mario Bros. So when it came to choosing what augmented reality project to work on, he chose to adapt the iconic original game. Singh lovingly re-created the first level using Unity3D…
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Ubisoft Developing AR HoloLens Games
HoloLens – Microsoft’s augmented reality (AR) headset – has been bubbling under for some time. Microsoft unveiled HoloLens in 2015 – the same year as HTC Vive – but the technology is still awaiting release. For context, the Vive released in February 2016. While the hardware awaits its consumer debut,…
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NetFlix Building App for Microsoft HoloLens Augmented Reality Headset
Online movie streaming giant NetFlix has always been cautious in regards to emphasising their efforts in supporting augmented reality and virtual reality technology. However, a recently posted job listing for a Windows Senior Software engineer hints at their plans as uncovered by Variety. NetFlix is the leading video streaming service…
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Hololems Brings Lemmings to Your Living Room
Globacore this week have revealed footage of “Hololems” – their VR version of Lemmings to bring the classic game, quite literally, into your living room. Utilising Microsofts ‘Hololens’ technology, Globacore has released screenshots, as well as a 3-minute video. It shows how they successfully navigated their Lemmings from one side…
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