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 few surprises. There’s the …
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 Microsoft’s DreamWalker project, a fascinating …
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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 focus on the corporate …
Read more Can The New Lenovo AR Headset Shake Microsoft’s Grip on Mixed Reality?
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 have to applaud Microsoft …
A report in Engadget reveals that Microsoft has been working on visual accessibility issues in VR. SeeingVR is an innovative tool kit for Unity developers to help people with low vision. It includes a bifocal lens …
Read more Microsoft Tackles Visual Accessibility Issues in VR
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 have to hand it …
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 spatial and Holographic computing. …
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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 on Sunday, we’ll get …
Read more The Latest News on Microsoft’s HoloLens and AR Apps
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 Barcelona. Usually, we don’t …
Read more Our prediction: New HoloLens 2 will be Released on Feb 24th
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 came out in March …
Read more HoloLens 2 may arrive at Mobile World Congress (MWC)
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 …
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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 latest Windows 10 S operating system. The most interesting part is the news that Microsoft is building augmented reality into Windows 10. …
Read more Microsoft’s View Mixed Reality is Bringing 3D and MR to Education
At $3,000 a piece, HoloLens has a limited market. But Microsoft is now promising to deliver inexpensive VR headsets that also do mixed reality by the end of this year.
Microsoft’s new VR headset announcement was a surprise. Everyone was expecting another HoloLens demo or upgrade, and more about Windows 10. Not a full-blown virtual reality development. So now Microsoft follows on the heels of Google. The only …
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 10.0.11802.1033 32-bit – CPU …
Alex Kipman from Microsoft did an amazing HoloLens demo at TED 2016. As Tech Insider notes, this is the first “real-life holographic teleportation” and it offered startling scenes. Not only was there a virtual forest and …
Microsoft Band 2 There’s a lot to like about the second generation Microsoft Band 2 announced Tuesday morning. It’s a major improvement over the first version and could stake a claim to the fitness segment …
Read more Microsoft Band 2 Review – A Smart and Sleek Wearable
Wearables are a lot like our Smartphones – great at some things but not really all that smart. Our wearables function as recording devices, counting our steps, measuring our physical activity – but fail to capture …
Read more Emotional Wearable Tech – a new development in the wearable market
Microsoft set the tech community abuzz with a demonstration of their new Wearable Technology, HoloLens, at the recent Build event. HoloLens works with Windows 10 to create a holographic augmented reality environment that is highly immersive …