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 ...

The virtual reality market is in a bit of a holding pattern at the moment. After a mild splash from the Meta Quest 3, everyone is holding their breath to see how Apple’s ambitious and wildly expensive ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft will be closing the door on Windows Mixed Reality. The program was launched in 2017 as a division to develop mixed and virtual reality for the Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. Microsoft ...

The big picture: Despite ongoing efforts by Meta, Valve, Apple, Sony, and Samsung, virtual reality and mixed reality have struggled to achieve mainstream acceptance. Now, Microsoft has given up on the ...

Last year Microsoft announced that it would be ending support for Windows Mixed Reality and, sure enough, when the company begin rolling out Windows 11 24H2 this week it no longer included support for ...

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to remove support for its entire WMR platform on Windows, which could make Windows VR headsets inoperable. Microsoft was surprisingly quick to jump into the ...

Rather than a physical event, Microsoft will host Mixed Reality Dev Days inside AltspaceVR. Microsoft announced the new days for the event and opened registration today. Some recent rumblings might ...

Microsoft is scaling back its own mixed-reality headset ambitions, but continues to partner with Meta to make its software accessible on Quest devices. Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S headset owners will ...