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Microsoft Opens Three Mixed Reality Capture Studios

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has opened three new mixed reality capture studios—two in the United States and one in the UK. The new studios allow content creators to capture detailed human holograms to be used in content …

Surface Book 2 Ups the Ante on Performance

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its Surface range, the Book 2. The new device uses the latest 8th Generation Intel Core processor and the notebooks now include Nvidia eForce GTX 1050 and …

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Will Microsoft Drop out of Surface by 2019?

by Bob Raikes

Steve Brazier of analyst firm, Canalys, said at his firm’s Channels Forum Event in Venice, that Microsoft will drop out of the Surface business by 2019, according to Channelweb. Brazier bases this on two …

Microsoft Gives Up Windows Mobile

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has effectively abandoned the Windows Mobile operating system, with Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft executive responsible for Windows 10, has joined Bill Gates in adopting a phone with an Android operating system, citing the …

Microsoft CEO Champions MR in Keynote Speech

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has gone on record to say that mixed reality “could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork”. Giving a keynote speech at the Ignite Festival in Orlando earlier this week, Nadella used …

Microsoft Appoints Second UK Distributor for Surface Hub

by Andrew Fenn

Westcon-Comstor has become the second UK distributor of Microsoft’s Surface Hub. The company joins Maverick Tech Data, which was the first to begin distributing the product through its specialist AV partners in the UK …

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Samsung and Xbox Partner to Provide a Better 4K Gaming Experience

by Damir Lokas

Samsung Electronics America Inc., the global leader in television for over 11 years, announced an exclusive U.S. marketing and retail partnership with Xbox to utilize Samsung’s flagship premium lineup of QLED TVs as the …

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Samsung and Xbox Partner for XBox One X Console

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has joined with Microsoft to jointly promote the XBox One X in the US with Samsung’s Quantum Dot LCD(‘QLED’) TVs. Samsung said it has reduced the input latency to less than 20ms to …

Windows Mixed Reality Headsets Will Support SteamVR, System Requirements Released

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has announced that Windows Mixed Reality headsets will be compatible with SteamVR content. The company has also revealed the system requirements for Windows Mixed Reality, and revealed that a specific app will also …

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Microsoft Promises UltraHD & HDR Games

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft at Gamescom in Cologne has said that more than 100 games will be available in UltraHD or HDR on the planned XBox One X when it launches in November. Analyst Comment At the …

CR & Microsoft Dispute Reliability of Surface Products

by Bob Raikes

Consumer Reports (CR) in the US said that it was removing its recommendation of four of Microsoft’s notebook products and “cannot recommend any other Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor predicted reliability”. The …

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Maverick Announces New Services to Support Microsoft Surface Hub

by Isaac Oburu

Having successfully deployed over 6000 Surface Hubs across Europe already, Maverick is now launching a bespoke set of physical and virtual services to support the increasing demand for this ‘all in one’ collaboration device. …

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