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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 HMD Finally Shipping

November 7, 2019
Microsoft's HoloLens 2 on Alex Kipman

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 brought …

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Categories Mixed Reality

Can The New Lenovo AR Headset Shake Microsoft’s Grip on Mixed Reality?

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Can the Lenovo AR headset take on Microsoft's HoloLens in the enterprise market?

Can the Lenovo AR headset beat Microsoft at its own game – Mixed Reality in the enterprise market? Microsoft’s HoloLens is already on version 2 with significant improvements. They have a laser …

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Categories Future, Mixed Reality

Microsoft HoloLens Demo Fail at Build 2019

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
HoloLens Demo Fail at the Microsoft Build 2019 Conference

Microsoft’s Build 2019 conference got underway today with announcements, surprises and one major HoloLens demo fail. There are lessons here for all of us working in VR and Mixed Reality, and you …

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Categories Mixed Reality

Is HoloLens 2 Really a Breakthrough Device?

March 8, 2020February 28, 2019
HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality HMD

Now that the dust has settled with the arrival of the hotly anticipated HoloLens 2 at MWC Barcelona (formerly Mobile World Congress), it’s time to take stock of the new headset. You …

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Categories Future, Mixed Reality

Live-Stream of Microsoft Future of Computing from MWC 2019

February 8, 2020February 24, 2019
Microsoft HoloLens 2 - is it the future of computing?

We’ll be following the live-stream this morning of the Microsoft Future of Computing event from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. HoloLens was introduced four long years ago. Let’s see Microsoft plans in …

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Categories Mixed Reality

The Latest News on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Apps

February 8, 2020February 23, 2019
Microsoft AR HoloLens News

This has been a week of news on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Developments. First, we hear that a HoloLens AR App is coming to iOS and Android devices later this spring. And …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Our prediction: New HoloLens 2 will be Released on Feb 24th

February 8, 2020February 12, 2019
New HoloLens 2 to be released at MWC 2019

After seeing the latest video from Microsoft, it’s clear the new HoloLens 2 will be released on February 24. Expect to see it at the Microsoft event at Mobile World Congress in …

Read more Our prediction: New HoloLens 2 will be Released on Feb 24th

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Categories Mixed Reality

HoloLens 2 may arrive at Mobile World Congress (MWC)

February 8, 2020January 17, 2019
HoloLens 2 may arrive at MWC

We’ve been waiting for a new mixed reality HMD from Microsoft. And it now looks like HoloLens 2 may arrive in late February at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The first version …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Microsoft lands augmented reality military contract

November 12, 2019November 30, 2018
Microsoft augmented reality military contract

Perhaps it wasn’t much of a surprise to hear that Microsoft landed a $480 million augmented reality military contract. The tech industry has always had its ties to the battlefield. But it’s definitely a …

Read more Microsoft lands augmented reality military contract

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Categories AI, Mixed Reality

Did NASA just give us a look at HoloLens 2?

February 2, 2020October 24, 2018
NASA's JPL may have accidentally revealed HoloLens 2

We missed this video a few weeks back but it looks like NASA may have accidentally given us a glimpse of Microsoft’s upcoming HoloLens 2. As Next Reality noted, it’s a version that …

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Categories Mixed Reality

The Oculus Rift creator’s Magic Leap teardown

February 8, 2020August 28, 2018
Magic Leap teardown -

If you’re looking for a strikingly critical review of the Magic Leap One, look no further than Palmer Luckey’s blog. He does a brutal teardown of the innovative HMD, and we don’t …

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Categories Mixed Reality

While you wait for Magic Leap – do a free Hololens demo

July 17, 2018July 16, 2018
Hololens demos in Microsoft Stores

While we wait for Magic Leap (which just passed its FCC certification), you might want to try out a Hololens demo near you. Microsoft is offering them across the country in a growing number …

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Categories Augmented Reality

Star Wars AR Experience Coming from Disney and Lenovo

September 2, 2017
New headset will bring the Star Wars AR Experience

You won’t have to wait much longer before you can step into the Star Wars AR experience. The new $199 Lenovo Mirage AR headset is already available for pre-order and will hit the stores …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Apple’s ARKit Brings Augmented Reality Close to Home

July 15, 2018June 28, 2017

It’s been a busy summer and we’ve been meaning to take a look at Apple’s ARKit. There’s been no shortage of news on the Augmented Reality front. Google has been working on …

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Categories Future, Virtual Reality

AR glasses: Microsoft offers a glimpse into our future

February 8, 2020May 23, 2017
AR Glasses-prototype

AR glasses are still a ways off. There’s the challenge of packing hardware and a battery into the thin frame of our eyewear. Even more, there’s the technical issues in making objects …

Read more AR glasses: Microsoft offers a glimpse into our future

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Categories Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Microsoft HoloLens and Cirque du Soleil Collaborate on New MR Tools

February 7, 2020May 11, 2017
Microsoft HoloLens Cirque du Soleil

Thinking of Microsoft HoloLens and Mixed Reality often brings me back to my childhood. Remembering how the worn-out toys in my hands could be quickly transformed in my imagination into shapes and colors …

Read more Microsoft HoloLens and Cirque du Soleil Collaborate on New MR Tools

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Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

ELI Webinar | Virtual and Augmented Reality: Stepping Into the New Frontier of Learning

February 7, 2020May 1, 2017
ELI Webinar - Virtual and Augmented Reality

Welcome to our ELI Webinar, “Virtual and Augmented Reality: Stepping Into the New Frontier of Learning.” We have included information on the event and the videos we reference in the Webinar. We …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

HoloLens Easter Egg Hunt in Mixed Reality

February 1, 2020April 16, 2017

Are you ready for an Easter in Augmented Reality? Microsoft premiered its HoloLens Easter Egg Hunt at VRLA conference this weekend. As you can see from the image below they created a …

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Categories Mixed Reality

More Magic Leap News: A Leaked Image Spells Trouble

February 6, 2020February 12, 2017
Magic Leap News

If you thought we had finally settled down from the last round of negative news about Magic Leap, a leaked photo released Saturday only adds fuel to the fire. The headlines said …

Read more More Magic Leap News: A Leaked Image Spells Trouble

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Categories Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Hacking HTC Vive VR and HoloLens for a Shared Reality

February 3, 2017
Virtual Reality and HoloLens

We’re fascinated with creative hacks, and this one is too good to pass up. Try combining HTC Vive VR and HoloLens to synchronize both virtual and merged reality. The HTC Vive is one of …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

The Best VR – Our VR and AR Oscars for 2016

April 6, 2020January 26, 2017

It’s time to select the best VR of 2016 – the Digital Bodies’ VR Oscars. Our awards honor the best Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality developments. We’re covering everything from …

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Categories Augmented Reality

ODG Smart Glasses – Augmented Reality for the Masses?

January 5, 2017January 4, 2017
ODG Smartglasses

The ODG Smart Glasses are one of the first Augmented Reality product announcements from CES 2017. Billed as “glasses for the masses” by CEO Ralph Osterhout, they are lightweight, stylish and do …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Was that the Magic Leap VR Headset?

June 19, 2016June 8, 2016
Magic Leap

Did we learn anything about the Magic Leap VR headset? Yesterday began with an article in Quartz that spread throughout the tech media. And with images and a link to a new patent filing, it …

Read more Was that the Magic Leap VR Headset?

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Categories Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Travel to Mars

August 8, 2017June 1, 2016

Who does not want to go to Mars, one of the most  interesting planets in our solar system? With virtual reality travel you can stand on the surface of the red planet …

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Categories Augmented Reality, Wearables

What’s Inside Microsoft HoloLens?

May 8, 2016
What's Inside Microsoft HoloLens? Here's the Specs

Developers have access to Microsoft HoloLens, but up to now, Redmond has not publicly released the specifications. So here they are to satisfy your geeky side. From Geeky Gadgets: – OS : Windows …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Ikea Pilots Virtual Reality Shopping

February 17, 2020April 5, 2016
IKEA Virtual Reality to Remodel your kitchen

Want to use virtual reality to remodel your kitchen? Ikea has jumped on the VR bandwagon with their new game-like app, the appropriately named Gameplay. As TechCrunch notes, you won’t exactly be …

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Categories Virtual Reality

Remodel Your Kitchen with Microsoft HoloLens

February 17, 2020March 19, 2016
Microsoft HoloLens at Lowes

Here’s a way to demo Microsoft HoloLens without being a developer with $3,000 to spare – remodel your kitchen at Lowe’s. From Engadget: Microsoft announced a partnership with Lowe’s, the home improvement chain, …

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  • Maya Georgieva is quoted in The Economist on Using augmented reality in marketing.

  • Join us today at the iLRN Conference where we'll present as co-authors the Executive Summary of the State of XR Report at 1:00pm (EST), June 23rd - immersively in VirBELA.

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  • Emory Craig did a keynote at the GESSDubai Conference in Dubai, UAE, "Reinventing Learning for the Future: A World of Virtual Reality and AI Avatars."

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  • From VR and AR to Our XR Future: Transforming Higher Education
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There are multiple terms covering the broad spectrum of immersive technologies from AR, which superimposes data and images on the user’s space to VR, which is a digitally simulated immersive environment where users can look, move around, or interact with virtual space or objects. Mixed Reality (MR) is a hybrid of the physical and the virtual that feels more immersive than AR since digital entities can be occluded by objects in the real world. And then there is XR (or Extended Reality), which is an umbrella concept covering augmented, mixed, and virtual reality. XR does not refer to specific technologies but the entire category of immersive technologies that extend and enhance human experience. 

 

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