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Intel and Microsoft will work together on mixed reality specs for Windows 10

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Intel and Microsoft are teaming up on an augmented reality technology based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets.

Next year, Microsoft will release the Windows Holographic Shell as part of an update to all Windows 10 PCs. That will enable Windows users to use Microsoft’s augmented reality headset, Microsoft HoloLens.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.