Some of Microsoft’s biggest missteps over the years have come not from being too late but rather too early, leaving the door open for competitors — especially Apple, it seems… Read More
Apple newly announced headset positions the company as a contender in the evolving field of virtual and augmented reality, and highlights the divergent paths that major players are taking through… Read More
Now that the metaverse is finally getting real, Magic Leap isn’t playing games. When the mysterious augmented-reality venture was founded back in 2010, the idea was to transform the consumer… Read More
Microsoft’s future just got a major edit. The metaverse, hybrid work, flexibility, trust, and technology’s role in the global economy are some of the new additions in the latest version… Read More
Microsoft has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to produce a mixed reality headset called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) based on the tech giant’s HoloLens technology.… Read More
The avatar will see you now. Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities of remote work and life, the tech giant just doubled… Read More
Virtual reality? Augmented reality? Mixed reality? Today at a Seattle symposium, experts settled on extended reality, or XR, as the catch-all term for devices that put computer-generated visuals in front… Read More
It’s doubtful anyone alive today will get to ride through the ice volcanoes of Saturn’s largest moon — but you can do the next best thing at Seattle’s Pacific Science… Read More
An immersive new exhibition at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry is blending technology from the 17th and 21st centuries to transport visitors into a unique tour of a medieval… Read More
Jamie Fleming launched studio216 in 2005 and helped build the digital content agency for more than a decade. But after the recent acquisition of a Seattle mixed reality startup called… Read More
When Microsoft first unveiled the next-generation HoloLens “mixed reality” headset in February, executives promised a more comfortable and immersive experience that is easier to navigate out of the box. The… Read More
King County has been recognized for using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality device to train operators at a wastewater treatment plant. The Seattle-area county partnered with Microsoft and local tech startup… Read More
The historic island commune of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France, is a stunning visual display, with its medieval monastery rising up out of the sea. Four hours away in Paris, the… Read More
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Can being in the middle of an opera take your mind off pain? Here at the University of Maryland, scientists are studying the therapeutic value of experiencing… Read More
Two years ago, the secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap established a Seattle office nearly 3,300 miles away from its headquarters in Plantation, Fla. And since then, the company has… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon to offer Whole Foods drive-up grocery pickup for the first time, starting at two stores Hype turns into (mixed) reality as Magic Leap finally unveils its… Read More
The hiding and the teasing are over. Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality startup backed by big money, has finally released a product into the wild, with its Magic Leap One… Read More
Bill Zhou wanted to be able to help his mom fix the WiFi router when she called. The only problem? He was at school in Berkeley, Calif., and she was… Read More
News Brief: Computer scientists have trained a neural network to transform the action from pre-recorded videos of soccer games into immersive augmented-reality “holograms” you can shrink down onto a tabletop.… Read More
Microsoft is infusing mixed reality into SharePoint, adding a new degree of customization to the document management and collaboration program that is an integral part of the Office 365 package.… Read More
GeekWire is spending the week at Microsoft’s annual Build developer’s conference, where the company is pitching its cloud and enterprise offerings and announcing a slew of new initiatives and products.… Read More
Virgin Galactic hasn’t yet started taking tourists into space on its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, but the company now offers a virtual SpaceShipTwo tour on its website, with a big assist… Read More
Microsoft is making a new round of job cuts across multiple business areas. The company confirmed the layoffs, which were first reported earlier this week by technology reporter Brad Sams,… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Virtual reality has its fair share of naysayers. It’s too expensive, they say. It’s too hard to translate across devices. It makes you sick. Microsoft wants to… Read More
How would that glitzy cocktail dress look on you when you’re on the dance floor at the GeekWire Gala? Now Amazon has a patented technology for that: a blended-reality display… Read More
Plenty of tech companies are seeking to revolutionize how people work, but the ideas are typically limited to office workers. But Microsoft, through its HoloLens mixed reality headset, is zeroing… Read More
Satya Nadella is most well known for transforming Microsoft as its third, and current, CEO. He’s taken the company in a new and exciting direction, doubling its stock price and… Read More
Microsoft will start rolling out the fourth major update to its Windows 10 operating system today, the Fall Creators Update. GeekWire got a chance to check out some of the… Read More
With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really bizarre) things to do is speculate in technology about the… Read More
Microsoft has acquired a San Francisco Bay Area virtual reality startup ahead of a major milestone for its “mixed reality” push. As part of a series of announcements at a… Read More
