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Dell Debuts a Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

Dell Inc. presented a Windows 10-based mixed reality headset earlier this month at the IFA conference in Berlin. The company stated that the headset was designed not only to provide the user with an …

Dell Boosts its IFA Presence in Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dell had a number of displays at the show and, overall, had more of a presence than it has previously had at the event with additional marketing and advertising as well as a bigger …

Asus Highlights Mixed Reality & Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Asus had its press event away from the Messe, as usual and called it ‘The Edge of Beyond’. It was introduced by corporate VP, Eric Chen. The company was an innovator in 2in1 systems, …

Magic Leap Assigned a Design Patent – Not Describing What Their Glasses will be Looking Like

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magic Leap, the heavy hitter of attracting investment money, has received its first design patent describing a pair of virtual reality glasses in their US patent D795952 simply named “Virtual Reality Glasses”. A long …

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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Disney Magic Bench Offers a New Kind of AR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

A new mixed reality experience from Disney called Magic Bench is creating waves in the industry this week. Developed by Disney’s Pittsburgh R&D team, Magic Bench offers augmented reality without the need for any …

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Google Expects 11 Daydream Phones This Year

by Milos Pavlovic

In its earnings call, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai said that the company is expecting that there will be 11 Daydream ready devices on the market from manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Motorola and Asus by …

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Microsoft to add Deep Neural Networks

by Bob Raikes

The next version of the Microsoft Hololens headset will have a special Deep Neural Network (DNN) chip according to a Microsoft blog. The current version has a Holographic Processing Unit, or HPU that processes …

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AR Interior Design App to be Launched in November

by Alan Spencer

Planner 5D is to launch an AR interior design app in November this year, that is intended to automatically recognise walls, furniture and create a house model by using image recognition technology. The AR …

Microsoft Thinks True Mixed Reality is Five Years Away

by Bob Raikes

Although Microsoft is developing ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets with PC OEMs based on the Holographic platform that are expected to be here later this year, Microsoft XBox boss, Phil Spencer told Time in an interview …

Varjo Announces High resolution VR Solution

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Finnish start- up company Varjo (meaning shadow in Finnish) emerged from stealth operations by announcing a high resolution head mounted display system that far exceeds, by their measurements, any other AR / VR …

Oculus Gets Update for Mixed Reality Capture

by Bob Raikes

The latest version of software for the Oculus Rift is rolling out with support for Mixed Reality capture and a re-designed interface for future updates and a new Home environment. There is also multi-language …