Leaked documents relating to Microsoft's business strategy for Xbox show the company eyeing XR technology but continuing to keep it at arm's length. While Microsoft has previously taken considerable steps into XR with both HoloLens and the Windows Mixed Reality...

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to "guide the evolution" of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. MRTK was a Microsoft-driven project that provided a set of components and...

Microsoft announced it's released a public preview of Azure Remote Rendering support for Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro, something that promises to allow devs to render complex 3D content in the cloud and stream it to those VR...

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn't actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners...

In 2021, Microsoft won a United States Army defense contract worth up to $22 billion which would support the development of an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a tactical AR headset for soldiers based on HoloLens 2. Now Congress...

Meta and Microsoft today announced at Connect that starting in 2023 the Quest platform is getting a host of Windows productivity tools along with the ability to use Windows 11 via the cloud. First, here's a list of what's coming...

Alex Kipman is leaving Microsoft amid what an Insider report alleges to have stemmed from misconduct allegations leveled at the HoloLens co-creator. The report maintains that Microsoft Cloud head Scott Guthrie is planning a reorganization of the departments, as Kipman is...

Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to field test its HoloLens-based military AR headset, however a new report contends the company is bracing for impact, as it's expecting negative feedback from soldiers. Last year, Microsoft announced it had won a United States...

Today during Qualcomm's CES 2022 press conference, the company announced a partnership with fellow tech-giant Microsoft which will involve "designing custom AR chips and integrating software platforms." Qualcomm and Microsoft today strengthened their growing relationship in the XR space with...

Microsoft is making a strong bid to bolster its version of the metaverse as it looks to roll out 3D avatars and immersive meetings for its Microsoft Teams communication platform. You might define the metaverse as essentially an immersive internet where...

A message uncovered by IGN Italy when plugging in a pair of wireless headphones into an Xbox Series X/S caused a stir in the VR community, as it seemingly alluded to some level of VR support baked into Xbox...

Last week Microsoft became the first major tech company to host a keynote presentation fully in virtual reality. Despite many moving parts, the company managed to delivery a seamless, immersive presentation that could mark the future of this sort...

Today during the Microsoft Ignite developer conference, the company announced Mesh, a new cloud-based service which Microsoft says will streamline the creation of multi-user XR applications. Soon to be offered under Microsoft's Azure cloud computing arm, Mesh is a foundation...

The technology behind Microsoft's enterprise-focused computer vision camera, the Azure Kinect developer kit, will soon find its way into commercial products. Microsoft is collaborating with two companies, Analog Devices and SICK AG, to create commercial devices using Azure Kinect's 3D Time of...

VR may still be young, with an install base still small compared to the world of traditional gaming consoles, but it can't be ignored that mounting sales of the Playstation VR headset—effectively a very expensive PS4 accessory—is adding up...