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Microsoft rescues AltspaceVR, announces Samsung VR headset and SteamVR preview

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft declared today that the era of Windows Mixed Reality has begun as it kicked off an event in San Francisco with several announcements, including the acquisition of AltspaceVR, a new Samsung Windows mixed reality headset, and a SteamVR preview.

Microsoft refers to mixed reality as the headsets that can produce virtual reality (the feeling you are immersed in a virtual world) or augmented reality (which layers digital animations on the real world). The mixed reality headsets require the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is set to arrive on October 17.

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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.