Mixed Reality

Microsoft HoloLens used to assemble spacecraft

11 months

MIT Technology Review reports that the Microsoft HoloLens has found a steady gig in the space industry as Lockheed Martin adopts the Mixed Reality gadget to assist its workers in assembling spacecraft for NASA. The headset is curr...

Upskill brings their Skylight AR software to the Microsoft HoloLens

by Surur

11 months

Upskill, a leader in enterprise augmented reality (AR) software, today announced the availability of Skylight for Microsoft HoloLens for public early access in the U.S. Skylight for HoloLens delivers a mixed reality experience for...

Microsoft and TAG join hands with BBMP to transform schools in Bangalore

by Anmol

11 months

Microsoft and TAG (Tech Avant-Garde) have partnered with BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) to allow better access to the latest technology for schools in Bangalore. Called “BBMP Roshini”, the project aims to h...

A new Wearable Keyboard will make VR typing fun (and practical)

by Anmol

11 months

Companies have been working hard on giving Virtual Reality a future but till now it has been all about fun. However, it looks like one company has finally found a way to make VR useful for people. Called Tap Systems, the company ...

Microsoft aims to Remix Reality with new VR technology (video)

by Surur

11 months

Microsoft Research has shown off a new VR/AR technology which would bring some of the advantages of AR to the VR world while taking advantage of the fully immersive capabilities of a full VR rig. Called Remixed Reality, the techno...

Apple buys Akonia Holographics for Augmented Reality display tech

by Surur

12 months

Apple seems to have gotten a bit more serious about their Augmented Reality headset project with the purchase of Longmont, Colorado-based Akonia Holographics, a company which specializes in making displays for augmented reality...

Palmer Luckey: Magic Leap “does not deliver on almost any of the promises”

by Surur

12 months

Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, is a divisive figure, but when it comes to VR and AR he knows what he is talking about, and he’s not too impressed with Magic Leap’s ML1 headset. H...

For some reason Microsoft is showing off the Hololens 1.0 to mall-goers

by Surur

1 year

Venturebeat reports that Microsoft is doing mall demonstrations of the Hololens at location with Microsoft Stores. The demonstrations are reportedly in fenced-off areas in the corridors rather than inside stores and delivered a te...

Is this HoloLens 2.0?

by Surur

1 year

Microsoft is expected to release a new version of the HoloLens Mixed Reality headset in Q1 2019, but so far it has not been clear what the device will look like. Now a new patent for an “AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM EYE RELIEF A...

Developer compares Magic Leap One to HoloLens

by Surur

1 year

Magic Leap has finally shipped their Mixed Reality headset, allowing developers to measure their hype against real reality, and in this case the existing competition, Microsoft’s HoloLens. Next Reality has posted their first...

Mercedes-Benz is using HoloLens to create engaging training sessions for its employees

by Pradeep

1 year

At the Hannover Messe show in Germany early this year, Mercedes-Benz demonstrated how it uses Microsoft HoloLens to improve the efficiency of brake assembly and engine manufacturing. The Mercedes-Benz training center is now equi...

Magic Leap’s biggest secret, its Field of View, finally revealed

by Surur

1 year

The number 1 issue of the Microsoft HoloLens and most mixed reality devices is the field of view, which is closely tied to immersion level. Having your virtual objects being cut off and disappearing when you turn your head sligh...