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Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about HoloLens

Ryan Daws — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:01:14 +0000

As the mixed-reality arena heats up following Apple’s reveal of the Vision Pro, Microsoft is keen to show it hasn’t forgotten about HoloLens. In recent months, there have been mixed reports about Microsoft’s mixed reality business. Initially, there were concerns when Congress halted a $22 million Pentagon contract for custom HoloLens headsets, which was followed... Read more »

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Xbox and Apple execs criticise the ‘metaverse’

Ryan Daws — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:52:23 +0000

Recent comments from Xbox and Apple executives suggest the companies remain deeply critical of the metaverse. Most current “metaverse” experiences are just online games looking to capitalise on the hype around the term. More technological advancements are needed to fully realise the metaverse. One core principle of the metaverse is that it will mix elements... Read more »

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Wayve partners with Microsoft to scale AI for autonomous vehicles

Ryan Daws — Thu, 19 May 2022 14:03:19 +0000

London-based Wayve has partnered with Microsoft to access the supercomputing infrastructure it requires to scale its AI models for autonomous vehicles. Wayve and Microsoft already have a close relationship. Microsoft participated in Wayve’s $200 million Series B investment round and Wayze began using Azure in 2020 after its computing requirements grew beyond its in-house 12-HDD... Read more »

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ScaleOut Software gives real-time analytics to Azure Digital Twins

Ryan Daws — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:40:09 +0000

ScaleOut Software is extending its Digital Twin Streaming Service to help customers get powerful real-time analytics from Azure Digital Twins. Digital twins can be deployed using the solution on a highly scalable, in-memory computing platform in the cloud. “We are excited to combine our in-memory computing technology with the popular Azure Digital Twins platform to... Read more »

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Enabling low-power devices in the Azure IoT Hub with the latest version of akenza.io

Akenza — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:44:23 +0000

Akenza is glad to announce the integration of Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub as a new Output Connector on the akenza IoT platform. Imagine thousands of deployed IoT devices in an urban environment, vast numbers of devices that transmit and consume small amounts of data. Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies such as LoRaWAN and Sigfox are... Read more »

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