mixed reality

Microsoft sichert sich mit Patent Nr. 12,536,692 eine Schlüsseltechnik für die präzise Ausrichtung getrennter Kameraströme — und liefert damit ein klares Indiz dafür, dass Redmond seine XR‑Ambitionen nicht einfach aufgibt, sondern strategisch neu positioniert. Hintergrund / Überblick Am 17...

One-hundred and forty‑seven in the series, this week’s roundup of Windows Store arrivals and updates delivers a compact but substantive mix: a massive free‑to‑play MMORPG that anchors the list, a professional cad app that promises 2D/3D constraint‑based modeling, a polished wallpaper switcher...

Microsoft has quietly removed Halo: Recruit — the short Windows Mixed Reality showcase released in 2017 — from the Microsoft Store, leaving players who don't already own it without an obvious route to claim or re-download the experience. Background Halo: Recruit arrived on October 17, 2017 as a...

Microsoft quietly closed the chapter on its standalone Mesh platform on December 1, 2025, folding its avatar-driven, 3D meeting capabilities directly into Microsoft Teams as a new Immersive events feature that is now generally available—an explicit signal that Microsoft is consolidating...

The Meta Quest 3S has quietly become the most compelling, cost‑effective bridge between Xbox gaming and Windows productivity — a headset that pairs solid hardware, cloud streaming, and a freshly matured Windows integration into a single, surprisingly affordable package. Background / Overview...

Microsoft and Meta have quietly — and strategically — moved a long‑teased idea from preview into practical reality: Windows 11 can now run as a high‑resolution, multi‑monitor desktop inside Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets via Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Link, delivered alongside Meta’s Horizon...

The .NET community will gather virtually next week as .NET Conf 2025 kicks off on November 11, bringing the official launch of .NET 10, the first public glimpses of Visual Studio 2026, and a concentrated push toward cloud‑native and AI‑driven developer workflows — including new support for...

Microsoft and Meta’s coordinated rollout of Mixed Reality Link on October 30, 2025, moves the idea of a headset as a real productivity display from demonstration to deployable option: Quest 3 and Quest 3S owners can now stream a full Windows 11 desktop (local or Windows 365 Cloud PC), place...

A high‑visibility outage on October 29, 2025 knocked large swaths of Microsoft Azure — including Azure Front Door (AFD), Microsoft 365 web surfaces, Xbox Live, and thousands of customer sites — offline for hours, and the failure, which Microsoft attributed to an “inadvertent configuration...

Microsoft and Meta have quietly moved a long‑teased idea — using a mass‑market VR headset as a full Windows workstation — from preview into a broadly available productivity tool, letting Quest 3 and Quest 3S owners beam a full Windows 11 desktop (local or cloud) into a private, spatial workspace...

Microsoft and Meta quietly turned a long‑running mixed‑reality promise into a usable productivity feature: Windows 11 can now stream as a fully functional, multi‑monitor desktop into Meta Quest headsets via Mixed Reality Link and the new Windows App for Meta Quest, and the result changes the...

Microsoft and Meta have moved the desktop into mixed reality: Windows 11's new Mixed Reality Link and the updated Meta Horizon OS now let Quest 3 and Quest 3S owners stream full, high‑resolution Windows desktops — including multi‑monitor and an ultrawide immersive mode — into their headsets...

Microsoft and Meta have moved a long‑teased idea—using an affordable consumer headset as a full Windows workstation—out of preview and into wide availability: Mixed Reality Link is now generally available for Windows 11 and works with Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S headsets, delivering a...

Microsoft and Meta have moved Mixed Reality Link and the Windows App for Meta Quest out of preview and into general availability, enabling Windows 11 and Windows 365 Cloud PC sessions to run directly inside Meta Quest headsets and delivering a practical, multi‑monitor virtual desktop experience...

Meta’s Quest platform is getting one of its most visible home‑screen and cloud‑connectivity overhauls in years with Horizon OS v81 — an update that rebuilds the Quest Home experience, tightens the link to Windows 11 via Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Link, and pushes Horizon Worlds closer to the...

Microsoft’s Copilot Veja concept cracks open a larger debate about the future of augmented reality: do we need another screen strapped to our faces, or should intelligence quietly live in devices we already accept? The ear‑worn Copilot Veja — a personal concept by Microsoft designer Braz de Pina...

Crimson’s briefing for Housing Digital makes a persuasive case that social housing providers who have already adopted Microsoft Power Platform can—and should—move well beyond simple forms and automations to deliver measurable, tenant-centred improvements across repairs, tenancy management...

August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. Background Windows Mixed...

Microsoft's HoloLens may have been sidelined, but a Microsoft designer's fan-made vision — the Copilot Veja — shows how the next wave of mixed‑reality thinking could trade heavy headsets for discreet, AI‑supercharged earbuds that "see" the world and speak answers back in real time. Background...

Samsung appears to be preparing a significant push into the mixed reality (MR) space that goes beyond supplying components — industry reports now suggest the company may partner with Microsoft on a hardware-level effort while simultaneously pursuing its own XR and AR devices with partners such...