VR is still a technology in its nascence, and that has lead to an exciting first year of consumer virtual reality. Today, we are reminded of the cruel reality of the challenges of being on the cutting ...

Some of Microsoft's developer teams involved with the company's mixed reality and augmented reality work have been eliminated. Those changes, coming with Microsoft's planned 10,000 job cuts, suggest a ...

Once the focus of a fateful redemption story, Microsoft is getting set to shut down its adoptive VR app AltspaceVR, finally putting an end to one of the earliest social VR platforms. Update (March 9th ...

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As part of its wider job cuts, Microsoft has laid off a number of staff involved with the metaverse, virtual, and mixed reality. Microsoft plans to sunset the social VR platform AltspaceVR, which it ...