As part of its rather odd Thursday afternoon pre-Build news dump, Microsoft today announced the HoloLens 2 Development Edition. The company announced the much-improved HoloLens 2 at MWC Barcelona earlier this year, but it’s not shipping to developers yet. Currently, the best release date we have is “later this year.” The Development Edition will launch...
Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same database engine that powers Azure SQL Database in the cloud to edge computing devices, including, for the first time, Arm-based machines. Azure SQL Edge, Azure corporate vice president Julia White...
Much of the excitement around the HoloLens 2 has moved on to many wondering when we’ll finally be able to get our hands on what is now the best augmented reality device on the market. In the meantime, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new package called the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, which comes bundled...
On Reddit today a handful of users have reported that their Walmart-ordered Oculus Quest standalone VR headsets have shipped way earlier than expected (example one and example two). In fact, two users already have images of their headsets at home, linked in the last sentence, in their hands and it doesn’t release for almost three...
Today at Microsoft Dev Days, ahead of Build next week, Microsoft revealed that a “Development Edition” of the HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset is coming. Along with the Development Edition buyers will receive $500 in free Azure credits and a three month trial for both Unity Pro and the PiXYZ Plugin for transferring CAD files....
I’ve got a lot of VR devices in my home. Between the top hutch of my desk in my office, three TV setups across different rooms, multiple shelves, and actual carrying cases, there are well over a dozen VR headsets around my house. Not many of them are portable, but that’s starting to change with...
Microsoft Research showed off a new haptic VR controller which simulates grabbing small objects with the thumb and first two fingers, delivering rich haptic feedback. The controller is codenamed TORC— TOuch Rigid Controller. The user’s thumb rests on a capacitive surface. The two fingers rest against linear actuators (also used in the Oculus Touch and...
The biggest news in a month of weighty African headlines was Jumia listing on the New York Stock Exchange. After filing SEC IPO docs in March, the Pan-African e-commerce company’s shares began trading on the NYSE April 12, opening at $14.50 under ticker symbol JMIA. Jumia stock rose north of 70 percent on its first...
The Avengers aren’t the only shiny new toys available to Pixel handset owners, as the animated stars of the upcoming Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie have arrived in the Google Playground app. Just weeks after bringing the headlining characters of the box office-owning Avengers: Endgame to the AR app, on Thursday, Google published a Playmoji sticker...
The long-awaited augmented reality game based on the Harry Potter franchise from Pokémon GO masterminds Niantic is closer to release, as the developer has begun public beta testing of the app. On Tuesday, the beta version of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, built in partnership with Niantic, Warner Bros., and Portkey Games, launched published to Google...
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