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• Amid future workplace planning, businesses must not ignore virtual reality

  The shift toward more distributed workforces may accelerate workplace adoption of VR. For CIOs, now is the time to consider practical IT issues.

• Metaverse? A Second Life with VR glasses

  Facebook is expected to make better use of its 2014 acquisition of Oculus, which made VR headsets — a move that has not paid off so far.

• Will Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ change everything?

  Mark Zuckerberg has been making news lately by talking about the “metaverse", citing it as the future of Facebook, and the internet.

• Microsoft Mesh: Reasons to be sceptical about this new VR platform

  Microsoft announced Microsoft Mesh, a VR platform that Redmond hopes will eventually be used for holographic meetings and other uses.

• Microsoft Mesh brings mixed-reality apps to Azure

  The Mesh platform supports holographic experiences and mixed reality apps for users of HoloLens and VR headsets, plus devices and PCs.

• Customer spending on augmented and virtual reality doubles

  Asia Pacific spending on AR/VR is expected to reach $7.5 billion in 2019, representing an increase of more than 100 per cent from 2018.

• Dell EMC's global CTO reveals 6 ‘big ideas’ on future of ICT industry

  Dell EMC’s president and global CTO, John Roese, believes we’re in a “transitional phase” in the evolution of the IT industry.

• Enterprise VR market hits stride as 12-fold increase expected by 2025

  The enterprise virtual reality (VR) hardware and software market is predicted to exceed a 12 fold increase over the coming seven years.

• Enterprise hungry partners primed as regional AR / VR spending rises

  Spending on augmented reality and virtual reality within Asia Pacific is forecast to reach US$11.1 billion in 2018, as enterprise use cases increase.

• Microsoft partners primed as HoloLens arrives in Singapore

  Microsoft has launched HoloLens in Singapore, creating new market opportunities for developers and partners across the channel.