Microsoft expands HoloLens to 29 new European markets
Microsoft announced today that its HoloLens mixed reality headset is coming to 29 new markets across Europe. Last year, the company launched HoloLens, serving up a spellbinding...
For once, Microsoft got the jump on Google and Apple with HoloLens — will it last?
Mixed reality (MR) is a new computing platform that‘s emerging from the current fields of augmented and virtual reality. MR blends the physical and...
3 ways augmented reality will transform UX design
With Apple’s recent launch of AR Kit and Google’s announcement of AR Core, the nascent augmented reality space is set for a major battle. AR...
Ubisoft teases two AR HoloLens game protoypes at Unite Europe
During a talk at Unite Europe 2017 Ubisoft showed off two previously unrevealed HoloLens game prototypes: Toy Soldier and Rabbid Rockets. Whether or not...
Oculus’s head of marketing joins Microsoft’s mixed reality division
Microsoft today revealed it hired Liz Hamren from Oculus to head up marketing for mixed reality as the company begins to build out its efforts...
Magic Leap CEO responds to hype-bursting report that its tech is subpar
Magic Leap, a buzzy augmented reality startup privately valued at $4.5 billion, overhyped its technology, according to a report on Thursday. The article by...
HoloLens comes to Unity game engine in 5.5 update
The Unity game engine is a versatile tool that developers use to build video games. This year alone it provided a slew of games...
Ghost Invasion is a HoloLens game that turns you into a ghostbuster
The HoloLens is still a few years off from becoming a consumer product, but some developers are testing out the device’s gaming capabilities right now....
Microsoft starts taking HoloLens preorders in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, UK
Microsoft is announcing today that it’s starting to take preorders for the HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset from people in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland,...
A look inside Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic headset
Nick Baker doesn’t get out much. The distinguished engineer at Microsoft helped create the hardware and silicon brains behind Web TV, Ultimate TV, the...