Mixed Reality (MR) merges real and virtual worlds into a more complex form of augmented reality. It’s the convergence of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and the Internet of Things (IoT), creating a complex environment where digital objects intersect with the real world. Mixed Reality is often used to describe the experience found in Microsoft’s HoloLens and Magic Leap’s Magic Leap One HMD. While Mixed Reality devices are used in STEM and Medical education environments, the recent transition to enterprise applications has changed the focus of the technology. However, there remain highly creative uses of Mixed Reality, from artists at film festivals to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory using HoloLens 2 to help with navigation of the Mars Rover.
Alex Kipman has a unique talent for placing himself in remarkable digital stage sets, and the opening of Ignite conference was no different. Kipman used his virtual presentation to introduce Microsoft …
There hasn’t been much news on the Mixed Reality front, so it’s good to hear that Magic Leap’s new headset will arrive by the end of this year. After years of …
It’s always been hard to know what to make of the highly funded and innovative Florida startup. But recent news suggests that Magic Leap’s future looks bleak. A last-minute funding round …
Despite billions in funding and years of development that finally gave us a Mixed Reality headset, Magic Leap is cutting staff and shifting its focus to the enterprise market. The Florida …
We haven’t been the only ones to question Magic Leap’s future over the years. The well-funded Florida company took forever to release their Mixed Reality headset and, until the last moment, …
Varjo continues to develop innovative Mixed Reality experiences with their human-eye resolution headsets. We’ve demoed their headsets before – at the AWE last spring – and were blown away by the …
News broke a few weeks ago on the funding woes and staff exits for Magic Leap Glasses. A new article in The Information (by subscription) adds to the tale of Magic …
Ready for some alien animal husbandry? That’s the promise of a new AR game for Magic Leap. The Mixed Reality experience, Strangelets, is the last release from Insomniac Games, which was …
This is not turning out to be a good month for the Magic Leap glasses. Funding challenges and a couple of big-name departures have hit the company hard. The glasses were …
After close to a year, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 second-gen mixed reality headset is finally out. It was introduced back in February 2019 art Mobile World Congress, and the intervening delay has …
No surprise that we’re huge fans of The Matrix around here. And we’re waiting impatiently for the next version (which goes into production next year). In the meantime, we’ll focus on …