Microsoft discontinues support for PC-compatible Mixed Reality app.
(Reuters) – Microsoft on Thursday ended a “mixed reality” feature for Windows that allows some devices and software to take advantage of augmented and virtual reality technologies.
The company released the feature in a Windows 10 update in 2017, and the mix reality portal app allowed users to access the technology on their personal computers using compatible VR headsets.
Microsoft uses mixed reality to describe software that combines both augmented and virtual reality.
Augmented reality overlays text, sounds, graphics, and video over real images that users see in front of them, while virtual reality immerses users in an artificial world by creating computer-generated experiences.
“Windows Mixed Reality is deprecated and will be removed in a future Windows release,” Microsoft said.
Business Insider reported last year that the company abandoned plans for the HoloLens 3, potentially marking the end of the line of augmented reality headsets in this form.
