Mixed Reality
Magic Leap confirms its AR headset is still coming “this summer”
by Surur
5 days
While augmented reality headsets are mostly about making ghostly apparitions real, in the case of Magic Leap many think the device is about as vaporous and virtual as the digital content they are intended to display. Despite this ...
New Microsoft patent would make Holograms less ghostly
by Surur
1 week
One of the most prominent visible features of the Microsoft HoloLens is the light shade in front of the lenses, designed to reduce the intensity of outside light and thereby make the holograms generated by the light field lenses m...
Windows Mixed Reality turns corner, hits highest market share yet on SteamVR
by Surur
2 weeks
Steam’s Hardware Survey numbers are out for June 2018, which give us a rare look into the market share of the various VR headsets, due to Steam’s cross-platform support and their attractive library of VR games and othe...
Arrival of Windows Mixed Reality Quick Actions buttons lauded by fans
by Surur
3 weeks
Sometimes it is the small things which can have the biggest impact on the morale of fans and users. Yesterday’s Windows 10 Insider Build 17704 introduces Quick Actions with Windows Button to Windows Mixed Reality. The featur...
New Microsoft Limitless Libraries grant offer libraries free Mixed Reality headsets and resources
by Surur
3 weeks
Microsoft is stimulating demand for Mixed Reality headsets in Education by offering libraries in the USA the ability to apply for a free grant for Mixed Reality hardware and content. The Limitless Libraries grant is designed to en...
New patent promises to double Field of View of HoloLens v2
by Surur
3 weeks
Besides the cost, the biggest issue with the Microsoft HoloLens is the Field of View (FoV) which at 35 degrees has been described as looking at the world through a mail slot. Microsoft has not made it a secret that they are workin...
Alex Kipman announce new lobby, game shows, and community leader program at AltSpaceVR
by Surur
4 weeks
In October last year Microsoft purchased AltSpaceVR, a social platform for virtual reality. The service brings people together in virtual reality from over 160 countries to attend meetups, comedy shows, yoga classes, dance partie...
Looks like VR will never come to the Xbox One X, and Microsoft explains why
by Surur
4 weeks
It seems after years of promises, Microsoft has finally admitted that they will not be bringing virtual reality gaming to the Xbox One. “We don’t have any plans specific to Xbox consoles in virtual reality or mixed rea...
Leap Motion shows off how responsive Project Northstar is with cool demo
by Surur
4 weeks
Leap Motion has created and released an open source augmented reality headset which would theoretically compete with Microsoft’s HoloLens and which relies in large part on their very accurate hand-tracking environmental sens...
Microsoft’s improved Windows Mixed Reality Portal now available to Insiders
by Surur
4 weeks
Microsoft’s improved Windows Mixed Reality portal is now available to Windows 10 Insiders on RS5. Previously a component of the OS, the portal is now available via the Store and can, therefore, be more easily and regularly u...
Report: HoloLens 2 to be powered by powerful Qualcomm XR1 processor
by Surur
1 month
After a very long wait, details regarding the next version of the Microsoft HoloLens are slowly starting to solidify. We have already heard the device will be lighter, cheaper and with a larger field of view, and now the processor...