In a surprising move, Microsoft has decided to quietly withdraw its support for Windows Mixed Reality for the Windows Operating System. The software major revealed this development in a recent blog ...

A Microsoft engineer has created an Oasis driver that enables SteamVR on abandoned Windows Mixed Reality headsets. A Microsoft engineer has created an Oasis driver that enables SteamVR on abandoned ...

Microsoft's misnomered virtual reality initiative, Windows Mixed Reality (WMR), is being revived by a lone Microsoft employee. In a post on the WindowsMR subreddit, user mbucchia — a current Microsoft ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft added the mixed reality platform to a list of deprecated Windows features. Microsoft added the mixed ...

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 ...

Many large tech companies hired and expanded their offerings a little too fast during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now their employees are paying the price. In the wake of a contracting ...

Microsoft has confirmed that hardware development for its HoloLens mixed reality headset has officially come to an end. The company ended production of its latest headset, HoloLens 2, in October 2024, ...

Last year, Microsoft inexplicably rendered thousands of virtual reality headsets useless as the company pulled support for the Windows Mixed Reality platform. Those who were still using a Windows ...

Microsoft has confirmed that its HoloLens mixed reality hardware efforts have officially come to an end. The company ended production of its latest headset, HoloLens 2, in October 2024, and at the ...