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Microsoft to lay off about 1,500 employees at Azure cloud unit: report
Microsoft is cutting hundreds of jobs at its Azure cloud unit, impacting teams like Azure for Operators and Mission Engineering, as reported by Business Insider.
LinkedIn may soon add gaming to its services: report
Looking at the viral success of Wordle, professional networking platform LinkedIn is looking to venture into gaming, to boost user engagement on its app and website
ET Interview | AI will not only solve challenges for India but also for the world: Satya Nadella
India’s unique ability to use artificial intelligence technology to create solutions for its own structural challenges is going to be a competitive advantage, Satya Nadella told ET during his annual visit to the country last week.
Microsoft shelves Windows 'mixed reality' feature
The company launched the feature in a Windows 10 update in 2017, and the mixed reality portal app allowed users to access the technology on their personal computers with the use of compatible VR headsets.
Why is Apple getting 'spatial'?
This month, Apple unveiled its first headset for what most people would call augmented reality, virtual reality or, if you prefer, mixed reality. But none of those words are uttered in the nine-minute video about the device on Apple's website. Instead, it refers to "spatial computing," a "spatial operating system," "spatial experiences" and "spatial audio."
Apple is expected to unveil sleek headset aimed at thrusting the masses into alternate realities
After years of speculation, the stage is set for the widely anticipated announcement to be made Monday at Apple's annual developers conference in a Cupertino, California, theater named after the company's late co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Apple is stepping into the metaverse, will anyone care?
At its Worldwide Developers Conference starting Monday, the tech giant is expected to debut its virtual reality hardware product: high-tech goggles that blend together the digital and physical worlds.
Get ready for CEO Tim Cook's riskiest move at Apple
One criticism of his successor as chief executive officer, meanwhile, is that he is yet to come up with a bold new idea of his own. Tim Cook, the steady-handed supply chain expert, has instead built on top those existing successes. Even the Apple Watch, which came out almost four years after Jobs’ death, had the late visionary’s input in the development, if not the execution.
Apple's mixed reality headset likely to launch this year, draws skepticism from employees, claim reports
Apple's mixed-reality headset is set to be unveiled in June 2023, with a price tag of around $3000 (roughly Rs 2.46 lakh). However, some current and former Apple employees express skepticism about the headset's potential in an unstable market, given its high price and uncertain utility, as per reports.
LinkedIn begins layoffs after Microsoft cuts jobs in Surface, Xbox, and HoloLens
This comes amid Microsoft's reported announcement of job cuts in its hardware divisions including HoloLens, Surface and Xbox teams.
Microsoft lays off 150 cloud sales specialists: report
The latest round impacted about 150 employees from a team responsible of convincing medium-size companies to adopt cloud services such as Azure server rentals and Microsoft 365 productivity apps
Healthcare just got cooler! CES 2023 dazzling gadget line-up flaunts snore-muffling pillows, urine-testing toilets
Healthcare has never been this exciting!
Meta unveils its much-hyped Quest Pro mixed reality headset at Meta Connect 2022, priced at $1,500
The launch is an important step for Zuckerberg, who last year announced plans for the device - then called Project Cambria - at the same time that he changed his company's name from Facebook to Meta to signal his intention to refocus the social media giant into a company that operates a shared immersive computing experience known as the metaverse.
Google acquires MicroLED display startup for future AR headsets
The acquisition of California-based startup with MicroLED technology will help Google build next generation of augmented/virtual and mixed reality headsets amid the buzz over metaverse.
Senior ex-Apple India exec Srini Reddy to drive Microsoft's metaverse biz
“Reddy will be driving Microsoft's new businesses around Metaverse engineering, R&D and manufacturing, including business support for these markets,” one of the persons cited told ET.
Mozilla shuts down VR browser Firefox Reality
An open-source developer firm Igalia will take ownership of the tech behind the Firefox Reality VR browser and use it in its own free browser Wolvic.
Microsoft wins $21.9 billion contract with US Army to supply augmented reality headsets
Over the past two years, Microsoft has worked with the Army to on the prototyping phase of what is called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Pocketalk, HoloLens 2, Alpha: Futuristic Gadgets At MWC That Are Re-Imagining Tech
The next-gen wearables and disruptive innovations showcased at the recently-concluded Mobile World Congress at Barcelona.
Pad up, big data can help hone your skills, or ask Jonty Rhodes
Analysts foresee the worldwide sports analytics market to grow at a CAGR of 40.1% during the forecast period 2016-2022
Why HoloLens is Microsoft's biggest bet under virtual reality
It helps engineers and doctors to not just access real-time assistance during an emergency situation, but get expansive real-life-like training as well.
Smartglasses to manage airports better
SITA Lab, however, points out that it is early days to execute this technology and issues of weight, size and durability of the HoloLens will need to be addressed.
Whodat? MS Accelerator Gets Its Ninth Cohort Now
Whodat wants to democratise making of augmented reality applications
Developers will get HoloLens within a year, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Eager to get your hands on one of those shiny new HoloLens augmented reality devices? In an interview with the BBC, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says a developer launch is scheduled sometime during the next year.
Microsoft India boss Bhaskar Pramanik wants you to play when you work
Microsoft is re-imagining what personal computing is going to be. Some of you may have heard of Hololens, which is going to be a part of Windows 10.
NASA astronauts will use Microsoft's futuristic HoloLens on the International Space Station
"Remote Expert Mode," where an astronaut can have a holographic Skype window projected in their field of view, so a technician back on Earth can guide them through complex tasks.
Microsoft's HoloLens could be a success
At Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco this week, Microsoft wowed the crowd with its HoloLens virtual reality glasses.
Microsoft unveils details of its innovative HoloLens
HoloLens opens up an altogether new vista of imagination and usefulness in the world of internet and computing - that has applications in every aspects of life to profession.
How NASA plans to explore Mars with Microsoft's holographic goggles
Imagine being able to put on a headset and walk around another planet. Or control a rover as if you were in it. That's exactly what OnSight does.
Meet Alex Kipman - The man behind Microsoft's Holo-Lens
Although he's spent most of his life creating technology, his favorite conference to attend focuses on art rather than tech.
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