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Accessibility in VR for the visually impaired

February 1, 2020March 26, 2018 by Emory Craig

Accessibility in VR Project by Microsoft

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 …

VR News

AltSpaceVR Acquired by its Secret Partner Microsoft

February 6, 2020October 4, 2017 by Emory Craig

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 …

Future, Virtual Reality

AR glasses: Microsoft offers a glimpse into our future

February 8, 2020May 23, 2017 by Emory Craig

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 …

Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Microsoft HoloLens and Cirque du Soleil Collaborate on New MR Tools

February 7, 2020May 11, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

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 …

Learning, Mixed Reality

Microsoft’s View Mixed Reality is Bringing 3D and MR to Education

February 7, 2020May 8, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

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 …

VR News

Inexpensive Microsoft VR Headsets Coming This Year

February 7, 2020April 8, 2017 by Emory Craig

New Microsoft VR headset to supplement HoloLens

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.

VR News

Another New VR Headset – This Time from Microsoft

February 6, 2020October 28, 2016 by Emory Craig

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. …

Augmented Reality, Wearables

What’s Inside Microsoft HoloLens?

May 8, 2016 by Emory Craig

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 …

Mixed Reality

HoloLens Mixed Reality Demo at TED 2016

February 6, 2020February 19, 2016 by Emory Craig

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 …

Wearables

Microsoft Band 2 Review – A Smart and Sleek Wearable

December 12, 2023October 6, 2015 by Emory Craig

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 …

Wearables

Emotional Wearable Tech – a new development in the wearable market

September 10, 2020July 12, 2015 by Emory Craig

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 …

Learning, Wearables

Microsoft’s HoloLens and Learning

December 11, 2023May 7, 2015 by Emory Craig

HoloLens and Learning - will this be a new way to transform Education?

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 …