Like many companies, Microsoft made a big bet on virtual & augmented reality a few years back. But it looks like the company has decided that bet hasn’t really paid off. Microsoft first launched its ...

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Thursday discontinued the "mixed reality" feature for Windows through which some hardware devices and software could tap into augmented and ...

Windows Mixed Reality, which debuted with the Microsoft HoloLens device, was set to be a big thing back in 2017 - with companies like Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all set to make devices that ...

Apple reportedly used Windows virtual reality headsets to illustrate the concept of VR to its board members in 2016, including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and then–Disney CEO Bob Iger. The new ...

Late last year, I wrote a column about HP's next-generation mixed reality headset, the Reverb G2. The headset offered vastly improved resolution (2160x2160 per eye) and a slew of new biometric ...

Despite being "the next big thing" for going on a decade, virtual reality just can't get a foothold. Microsoft has just announced the end of the line for its take on VR. Effective immediately, ...

Windows Mixed Reality is heading to a farm upstate. Microsoft is shutting down the platform, according to an official list of deprecated Windows features. This includes the garden variety Windows ...

Late last year Microsoft announced it would be ending support for Windows Mixed Reality headsets (and associated software). Now the company has taken the first steps toward pulling the plug. Windows ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on virtual reality headsets. You can play Microsoft Flight Simulator on supported Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus, Valve, and HTC headsets. Microsoft Flight ...

Lenovo has revealed its latest batch of devices geared toward students. Perhaps the most eye-catching offering is a Snapdragon 7c-powered Windows 11 tablet. The company suggests the 10w Tablet might ...

Even virtual employees aren’t safe from the artificial intelligence revolution replacing them, as evidenced by Microsoft’s Cortana app for Windows getting the boot later this year in favor of the ...

Virtual reality (VR) is the name given to the technology that allows a user to simulate a situation or experience of interest, using a VR headset, within an interactive but computer-generated ...