Why It Matters That Microsoft Rebranded 'Windows Holographic' To 'Windows Mixed Reality' By Seth Colaner published 7 March 17 What's in a name? A lot.
Tom's Hardware's GDC 2017 Highlights By Tom's Hardware News Team published 4 March 17 In which we recap the highlights from our time at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2017.
Microsoft Debuts Acer-Made Mixed Reality HMD Dev Kit (Updated) By Seth Colaner published 2 March 17 Today at GDC, Microsoft announced that an Acer-made HMD dev kit that bears the ungainly title of Acer Windows 10 Mixed Reality Development Edition is nigh.
Real-Time Cinematic VR Rendering With Epic Games And The Mill By Seth Colaner published 1 March 17 They call it the Blackbird. It looks like a dune buggy with a fancy camera rig on top, and in truth, that’s kind of what it is, but that’s not what it’s for.
Khronos Bolsters VR, AR, MR Markets With OpenXR Working Group, API Updates, More By Nathaniel Mott published 27 February 17 OpenXR, along with the Vulkan API, WebGL, and glTF, are meant to help VR and AR game developers support more hardware platforms with less hassle.
Qualcomm Launches VR HMD Accelerator Program, Offers Dev Kits By Seth Colaner published 23 February 17
HoloLens Heads To The Operating Room By Seth Colaner published 21 February 17 Microsoft announced that it’s partnering with a medical technology company called Stryker to use HoloLens to design better operating rooms.
Magic Leap Acquiring Dacuda's 3D Scanning Assets By Seth Colaner published 19 February 17 Magic Leap, the secretive MR startup with a sky-high valuation, is acquiring 3D scanning software company Dacuda. Or at least, parts of it.
Tackling The High-Res Display Needs Of VR: Kopin's Lightning OLED Microdisplay By Seth Colaner published 17 February 17
Share A Mixed Reality Space Between HoloLens, Vive With HoloViveObserver By Kevin Carbotte published 2 February 17
Hugo Barra To Lead Facebook's VR Efforts By Nathaniel Mott published 26 January 17 Barra, who previously worked at Google and Xiaomi, will lead Facebook's virtual reality (VR) work following Palmer Luckey's PR disaster and Brendan Iribe's resignation.
App Annie: 'Pokémon Go' Made Almost $1B In 2016 By Nathaniel Mott published 17 January 17 Still don't believe 2016 was the year augmented reality (AR) went mainstream? A new report from the App Annie mobile analytics firm says otherwise, thanks to "Pokémon Go."
Inside-Out Position Tracking Software For VR, AR Device OEMs: Eonite Announces Vantage Head Tracker By Kevin Carbotte published 12 January 17
Intel Proves Merged Reality Concept; Project Alloy 2 Will Have All New Hardware By Seth Colaner published 10 January 17
4K Mobile Device Panels, 120Hz Displays For VR, AR Devices From Analogix Semiconductor’s SlimPort Receivers By Kevin Carbotte published 9 January 17
ODG Introduces Consumer AR Device That Looks Like Sunglasses By Kevin Carbotte published 5 January 17 Osterhout Design Group (ODG) revealed its eighth and ninth generation AR glasses during CES 2017. For the first time, ODG has a consumer facing product to show, and it’s kind of a big deal.
