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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Samsung appears to be making a strategic partnership with Microsoft as it produces what Korean Times reports is a "powerful cordless headset that supports both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)." The headset is said to make use...

This Spring, Microsoft is planning to roll out an update to Windows which will bring a number of improvements to Windows VR headsets, including better performance when used to play SteamVR content and during typical use, and a new...

Microsoft announced at their at Future Decoded conference in London that HoloLens, the company's augmented reality headset, will be expanding its international availability to include all of the European Union in December. HoloLens is currently only officially available in Australia, Canada, China, France,...

Microsoft today announced the opening of its Mixed Reality Capture Studios and a 'Mixed Reality Academy' in the company's San Francisco Reactor dev space. Microsoft has a number of Reactors, or physical spaces that are open and free of charge to...

Microsoft's special Windows "Mixed Reality" event today saw the unveiling of its latest addition to the VR family, the Samsung HMD Odyssey, and also announced that all VR headsets slated to ship before holiday season are currently in pre-order. With...

Microsoft's Windows VR headsets (branded as 'Mixed Reality') are nearly ready to ship, coming alongside the launch of Windows Fall Creators Update in mid-October. Announced today at Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality event, the company says a "preview" of SteamVR...

Dell's virtual reality headset may be only one out of an entire fleet of PC VR devices designed with the auspices of Microsoft, but it appears to be the first consumer headset of the bunch currently up for pre-order. Slated...

As the holiday launch of the Windows VR headsets nears, Microsoft has published a new set of system requirements and an app allowing you to see if your PC will be ready for the company's "Mixed Reality" platform. A while...