Mixed Reality

Virtual Reality

Playing Chess in Quest 2 Mixed Reality

I think mixed reality has more of a future than pure virtual reality. See a great example of why that is. We go hands-on with the upcoming Unity Slices: Table, a mixed reality demo from Unity Labs that makes use of the Quest 2’s new passthrough video API as well as Presence Platform developer tools. […]

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Computer Vision Research Virtual Reality

Synthetic Data with Digital Humans

Microsoft Research posted this video where  Erroll Wood and Tadas Baltrusaitis discuss how synthetics drives work on understanding human faces and hands, including how it powers Fully Articulated Hand Tracking on HoloLens 2.

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Computer Vision Virtual Reality

Computer Vision for Social Presence in Mixed Reality |

Jamie Shotton, takes a closer look at the collaborative research engagements with Microsoft via the Swiss Joint Research Center, Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab, Mixed Reality & AI Cambridge Lab, Inria Joint Center, their academic and Microsoft supervisors as well as the wider research community. The event continued in the tradition of the annual […]

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Virtual Reality

Microsoft Mesh Hands-On Demo

Experience and build collaborative and shared, cross-platform mixed reality experiences with Microsoft Mesh. Take a hands-on tour with the co-creator of Mesh, Simon Skaria, lead engineer on Microsoft’s mixed reality team to see how Mesh works, experiences with the preview Microsoft Mesh for HoloLens 2 app and how you can build these experiences as an […]

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Virtual Reality

Digitizing the Physical World: Introducing Mixed Reality Scene Understanding

Simon Stachniak, Principal Software Engineer Lead, discusses how it’s un-intuitive to write mixed reality applications that interact naturally with the real world. To date, our devices have produced accurate but un-structured representations of our environments with the hope that application developers could find ways to create magical experiences. At best this assumption makes development difficult […]

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Virtual Reality

How Mercedes-Benz Uses Mixed Reality to Quickly Connect Remote Experts with Field Technicians

As cars increase in complexity each year, so does the knowledge field technicians need to keep current to work on them. In this episode of The Solutions Show with Corey, Hector Garcia Tellado joins Corey Sanders to share how Mercedes-Benz USA uses Mixed Reality (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist, HoloLens 2, and Teams) to bridge […]

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Data Visualization Virtual Reality

Immersive Storytelling with Data in Plain & Mixed Reality

Have you ever wondered what the intersection of Data Visualization and Mixed Reality could look like? Then wonder no more. Immersive visualization and storytelling techniques allow insights in complex data to be more effectively communicated to users.

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Azure IoT Virtual Reality

Mixing Azure IoT with Mixed Reality

When Mixed Reality meets the Internet of Things through Azure Digital Twins, a new way of accessing data materializes. See how Interknowlogy mixes Azure IoT and Mixed Reality to deliver not only stunning experiences but also accrued efficiency and productivity to workforce. Travis Schilling and Bret Faller from Interknowlogy show us the SmartHotel360 IoT and […]

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AI Virtual Reality Windows

Mixed Reality Amped Up with Azure

What happens when you combine Windows Mixed Reality and Microsoft Azure? The one and only Dr. Neil talks about his creations and more.

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