Meta unveils an Orion prototype, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, a wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors
they could put the iPhone on notice Peter Kafka / Business Insider : I tried out Meta's Orion computer glasses. I'd buy them in a heartbeat — if they were actually for sale. Jon Keegan / Sherwood News...
Microsoft says that Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Copilot features will be available on Apple Vision Pro at launch on February 2
Teams, Word, Excel and more are going virtual, and there's even Copilot Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Microsoft shows off its day one Vision Pro apps, including Copilot AI integration Devesh Beri / MSPowe...
The US Army says Microsoft's improved HoloLens-based goggles passed their first round of intensive testing by soldiers, ahead of a make-or-break 2025 evaluation
- Army places a new order for goggles based on HoloLens device — The new contract paves the way for rigorous testing in 2025
The US Army says Microsoft plans to deliver improved goggles by July 31 for intensive testing ahead of a decision on their deployment or cancelation by 2025
- Delivery by July 31 would start three rounds of soldier tests — Device based on HoloLens may yield a $21.9 billion program
The Apple Vision Pro's biggest potential advantage will be developers being able to easily plug their iOS and iPadOS apps into visionOS using familiar tools
Apple's developers already have the tools they need to create apps for the system. … It has dual 4K displays … Tweets: @drasticactions , @skarredghost , @fgraillot , @firt , and @drasticactions . Foru...
Analyst Ross Young says Apple's upcoming MR headset will have two 1.41" Micro OLED displays targeting 5,000+ nits of brightness and 4,000 pixels per inch
4K for each eye MacDailyNews : Here are the specs for Apple's ‘Reality One’ XR headset displays Ali Salman / Wccftech : Apple's AR Headset Display Specifications Leak Ahead of Launch, Expected to Come...
Sources: Microsoft cuts jobs in its Surface, HoloLens, and Xbox units; heavy cuts to the HoloLens hardware team raise questions about the third goggles version
Dina Bass / Bloomberg :
Sources: Microsoft cuts jobs in its Surface, HoloLens, and Xbox units; heavy cuts to the HoloLens hardware team raise questions about the goggles' third version
Microsoft Corp., implementing the layoff of 10,000 workers announced last month, on Thursday cut jobs in units including Surface devices …
Microsoft has laid off the entire teams behind the virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which will shut down in March, and the Mixed Reality Tool Kit framework
HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft. — What you need to know
Memo: Microsoft plans to lay off 10,000 employees through March 31, reducing its headcount by less than 5%, and take a $1.2B charge tied to severance and more
Yesterday, Microsoft announced it would be the latest tech … Esther Shein / TechRepublic : Microsoft will lay off 10,000 employees Ana Kessler / 80 Level : Microsoft Is Laying Off 10,000 Employees Wad...