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Samsung unveils Windows Mixed Reality headset, AltSpaceVR joins Microsoft, SteamVR catalog coming to Windows Mixed Reality this holiday.

Mixed reality will unleash the creativity of every person and every organization on the planet. Our journey has been filled with key moments in time that have shown us what is possible as we enter this next era of computing, the era of mixed reality. 

From the introduction of Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first fully self-contained holographic computer in January 2015, to the welcoming of enterprise partners like Ford Motor Company, the inspiration and creativity we have seen customers and modern workplaces continues to inspire us and drive us forward.

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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Simplygon, a company that develops 3D-optimization solutions for game developers and other industries that need to visualize 3D data.

Simplygon’s SDK is used by many major game development studios and the company recently expanded into the AR/VR market, too. Given Microsoft’s push into AR with its Hololens project and VR with Windows Holographic, it’s clear where Simplygon’s technology fits into Microsoft’s own roadmap.

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I poked my head inside NASA's latest Mars rover. During a mixed-reality demonstration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena...

The ability to investigate the design of NASA's latest spacecraft, which is being engineered for the next mission to Mars in 2020, makes ProtoSpace a unique use for Microsoft's augmented-reality headset. The project enables JPL designers and engineers to not only visualize their designs as virtual 3-D objects, but also pinpoint potential problems that could affect space missions along the way.

Back in Pasadena, ProtoSpace is engaging engineers in a new kind of interaction with their spacecraft design. The vehicle, which is essentially a Computer Assisted Design (CAD) model in holographic form, appears as a floating, dynamic animation. You can do things like slip your arm through the brightly colored parts and bolts that are projected in front of you. But what the rover lacks in definition it makes up for in presence. Unlike the CAD design on a flat computer screen, mixed-reality technology brings a full-scale replica of the rover to life inside a room.

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Since Microsoft Hololens’ launch more than two years ago, developers, partners and customers have embraced mixed reality, pushing the boundaries of technology while creating incredibly immersive and innovative experiences.

In a push to bring the power of Mixed Reality headsets to the masses, Microsoft has since partnered with the world’s largest PC manufacturers to create a series of more affordable headsets, which will arrive later this year.

Unlike existing high-end VR headsets which require external cameras for tracking, Windows Mixed Reality headsets have built-in cameras and sensors to track your physical position and hand-held controllers.

The end result is a headset which requires less hassle setting up, allowing users to easily make use of them anywhere, without the need to set up an area each time they want to play.

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Researchers in Oslo have been working for years on turning 2D medical imagery into 3D but now they've used Microsoft's HoloLens to give surgeons more precision in operations.

The project by researchers at the Intervention Centre at Oslo University Hospital, working with developers at IT consultancy Sopra Steria, was recently awarded a Microsoft Health Innovation Award.

The data that the 3D models use comes from the hospital's various image-generating scanning CT and MR machines. These scanners provide detailed views of the human body, but present these images in the form of two-dimensional picture 'slices'.

When planning surgical procedures, the surgeons have to flip back and forth through a potentially large number of these slices, when using them directly from the scanning machines.

The Intervention Centre has been working on combining data from such 2D slices into a 3D model for more than a decade. Using a method called picture segmentation, the relevant sections are extracted from the scans and used to form a 3D model of, for instance, a liver with a tumor and its surrounding blood vessels.

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Microsoft HoloLens has been used in airline pilot training, kitchen remodel demos, even space-to-Earth communication. Now, the Ukrainian military is eyeing the mixed-reality headset for the battlefield.

A HoloLens-enabled helmet from LimpidArmor gives tank commanders 360-degree thermal and optical views of their surroundings. The device (pictured), dubbed Circular Review System (CRS), combines Redmond's tech with a combat helmet, so wearers can live stream camera feeds outside the armored vehicle.

As VR Scout reports, the headgear keeps officials informed about their surroundings so they can target the enemy and prevent friendly fire.

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thyssenkrupp will HoloLens und Skype in seine Wartungslösung MAX integrieren. Wartungsarbeiten sollen sich damit bis zu viermal schneller erledigen lassen als früher.

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