VR, AR, and the Future of Learning
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 boost for the HoloLens …
Read more Microsoft lands augmented reality military contract
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 certainly looks different from the …
There hasn’t been much news out of AltSpaceVR since Microsoft swooped in and saved it at the last second – literally on the final night of the platform. But it’s good to finally see a Social …
Read more AltSpaceVR’s Social VR update – new custom built worlds
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 of participating stores. For …
Read more While you wait for Magic Leap – do a free Hololens demo
For all the potential of virtual reality to place us in new environments, accessibility in VR remains a major challenge. We’ve already looked at Samsung’s Relúmĭno, a rough-around-the-edges product from their in-house technology initiative, C-Labs. But two …
We’ve been fans of AltSpaceVR, the scrappy social VR platform, ever since it appeared. It almost closed this summer (a very sad good-bye) and only a last-second reprieve kept the lights on. It turns out Microsoft …
Read more AltSpaceVR Acquired by its Secret Partner Microsoft
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 in augmented reality appear …
Read more AR glasses: Microsoft offers a glimpse into our future
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 to transport me from …
Read more Microsoft HoloLens and Cirque du Soleil Collaborate on New MR Tools
Microsoft’s new View Mixed Reality feature was announced last week along with new Surface Laptops and its new Windows 10 S operating system. Of course, for us the most interesting part is the news that Microsoft is building augmented …
Read more Microsoft’s View Mixed Reality is Bringing 3D and MR to Education