HoloLens 2 has been available to Microsoft business partners and developers since last year, however anyone else interested in the augmented reality headset would have to jump through a few hoops first to get their hands on the device....

Back at Microsoft's annual SharePoint Virtual Summit in May 2018, the company announced it was getting ready to ship a new VR maker tool set called Spaces for SharePoint, the web-based collaborative platform for enterprise customers. Now, Microsoft says Spaces...

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. Building a system called DreamWalker, Microsoft researchers walk around in the physical world while still being fully immersed in VR, essentially taking the first steps...

A Microsoft patent application for a 'virtual reality floor mat' describes a special mat which defines a virtual playspace and can be used for tracking. Spotted by Twitter user WalkingCat, a Microsoft patent application published last week describes a "virtual reality...

Microsoft today announced they're releasing a developer-focused HoloLens 2 bundle that aims to make the AR headset and software tools more accessible to developers and businesses. Aptly named the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, Microsoft is pitching the bundle staring at...

Microsoft researchers have created a tool that could make VR more accessible to users with impaired vision. Called SeeingVR, the tool kit is designed to address a problem that affects users with low vision, or vision that can't be corrected by...

Microsoft won a decisive $480 million defense contract with the U.S. Army late last year to bring the company's AR hardware platform to the battlefield. Now CNBC has gone hand-on with the modified headset based on the enterprise-focused HoloLens 2. Dubbed...

Microsoft is expected to reveal HoloLens 2 at its MWC Media Event today in Barcelona and you can catch the official livestream right here. Update (February 24th, 2019 – 11AM PT): Microsoft has finally revealed HoloLens 2, you can catch out breakdown...

According to a report from The Verge, an upcoming Microsoft press event is likely to offer the first glimpse of HoloLens 2. Microsoft sent out press invites this week to an event that it will host just ahead of MWC 2019...

Microsoft has won a $480 million contract with the U.S. Army which is poised to outfit soldiers with 100,000 Microsoft-built AR headsets. While the contract hasn't been publicly released on the Department of Defense's site yet, advanced word from Bloomberg maintains that the...

The studio behind first-person VR dungeon crawler The Mage's Tale (2017), inXile Entertainment, has been acquired by Microsoft Studios. Microsoft also acquired Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2005), Fallout New...

A beta version of Windows 10 now includes support for a pass-through video mode for Windows VR headsets, allowing users to look out at the world around them through the headset's on-board cameras. This week Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview...

Haven't been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don't know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can...

Back at E3 2016, Microsoft's Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced on stage that the Xbox One X (then 'Project Scorpio') would become the industry's next VR-compatible console, positioning the platform to compete with Sony's PSVR with what Spencer...

Back in 2016, at the E3 reveal of the Xbox 'Project Scorpio' (which would go on to become the company's flagship Xbox One X), Microsoft said the console would bring "high fidelity VR" to Xbox. But after backpedaling from those...