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Will Windows 10-on-ARM PCs support Mixed Reality headsets?
A Windows on ARM PC is getting closer. Microsoft showed off a prototype mini-desktop with an ARM processor running Windows 10 at last week's Build conference, with the PC running applications like Office.
Hands-on: How Microsoft's mixed-reality devices could learn a lesson from the HoloLens
While $300 mixed-reality headsets appear to be the future, Microsoft's older cousin, the HoloLens has some unique advantages.
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Microsoft's New Mixed Reality Hardware video
Microsoft introduces its new mixed-reality motion controllers for mixed reality. Here's why they're important.
Google takes a big VR leap with Owlchemy Labs acquisition
Google has announced that it has acquired VR pioneer Owlchemy Labs, maker of popular game titles 'Job Simulator' and 'Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.'
Microsoft's mixed-reality devices undercut the Rift and Vive with lower prices
Microsoft and its partners will debut new mixed-reality controllers to help users navigate through the virtual worlds it's trying to create via Windows 10.
Is the death of the smartphone upon us?
Some people think the smartphone could be dead in the next five years with technologies such as AR poised to take over.
PC makers will ship Windows 10 mixed reality headsets in Q4
Microsoft's hardware partners will flood the market with Windows Mixed Reality headsets by holiday season, bringing a new way to enjoy Windows 10.
Microsoft teases a Surface event to 'show the world what's next.' Is it mixed reality?
Microsoft appears to have more hardware to announce on May 23, possibly the first low-cost mixed reality headsets and maybe even the first Windows on ARM devices.
Why is stigmergy a good platform for swarm intelligence?
We find universal coordination throughout the natural world. Dynamic environments enable indirect interactions for the production of unified objectives. Let’s explore the four principles of stigmergic collaboration and their...
'View Mixed Reality' will turn any Windows PC into an augmented reality screen
View Mixed Reality will bolster Windows 10’s virtual reality chops by letting view augmented reality images through their device screen.
Why swarm intelligence enhances business and Bitcoin
Can intelligence be amplified by thinking together? Ants do it. Birds do it. What about humans? Collective intelligence is the next wave of intelligence. Swarm intelligence connects systems with real-time feedback loops. Individual...
Acer's new Holo 360 is a 360-degree camera in a smartphone
The effort to grow in the virtual reality market has Acer chasing weird, but rather interesting, devices.
How HP reclaimed the title of world's top PC maker from Lenovo
In late 2015, HP was reborn as a PC maker following a split of the parent organization, Hewlett-Packard. At the time, HP was a lost cause, and its double-digit decline in PC shipments was a main reason for the split.
Report: Apple poached augmented reality expert from NASA to work on glasses
Apple is putting some serious minds to work on augmented reality.
This is the closest thing Intel has built to a discrete GPU
Intel doesn't make its own discrete GPU but has built something that specializes in processing 4K graphics. But that product isn't powerful enough to run Crysis, if you were wondering.
Oracle plans ‘startup organization’ focused on cloud computing, AI and VR
Oracle is hiring people for a "new startup organization" inside its North America operation that will focus on key technology trends, including cloud computing, internet of things, artificial Intelligence, and augmented and virtual...
Facebook's plan to own (and destroy) your smartphone with AR
Facebook plans to turn every smartphone into an AR hub allowing it to control the future of the industry.
Facebook launches tool for capturing 360 video inside VR
Facebook is giving VR developers the ability to embed 360-degree photo and video capture in their experiences with a new software development kit made available Wednesday.
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