ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Varjo’s “ Reality Cloud ” allows users to join XR meetings including remotely present coworkers and virtual assets. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. CloudXR From NVIDIA. XR streaming is already a reality on other cloud platforms.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Google, and Apple all have their own unique toolkits, designed to simplify the process of creating immersive content. Here are just some of the other major vendors innovating in this space: 1. Platform developers can import captures into an Unreal project, and begin presenting the digitised object immediately.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Also, some hire their own Unity or Unreal Engine developers or licenced out those software developer kits (SDKs). It could be vertical mining content, oil and gas, medical, or content specific to cultural training, gender bias, presentation skills, and others. It’s really the home of ready-made VR training apps.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. With the Starboard UI and Apple Glasses release anticipated for Q4 2020/Q1 2021, the world is eagerly awaiting the next generation of extended reality (XR) standards.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Leaks about Apple are intensifying over the weeks.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies! But most probably they are just concept videos , maybe for internal presentations. Manus presents the Pro Tracker. Among the top 5 news I have chosen, only 1 is about VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Zuck has presented four different prototypes, each one focused on a single one of these aspects. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. The hype around Apple glasses is huge , and everything that gets shared about Apple and XR gets many views. Other relevant news. Image by The Information). Useless news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

In the useful 5% part of the interview, Mark expresses very practical considerations about the present and the future. If you are wondering why we should listen to the words of Avi Bar-Zeev, well… he helped in shaping the HoloLens, recently worked on XR glasses prototypes at Apple… and also Facebook wanted to hire him to lead its AR program.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

During GDC, Oculus has just: Released two new images about it , so that we have some new materials for our presentations on VR; This is a new image released by Oculus regarding the Santa Cruz: notice how the device has a great design and has 4 cameras at the 4 corners of the headset (Image by Oculus, taken from Road To VR).

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores. They will soon support a marketplace feature that will allow creators to sell experiences and digital downloads.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. "By Alan: Oh, how cool is that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. "By Alan: Oh, how cool is that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So with this LiDAR that Apple is pushing pretty hard -- I'm pretty sure Google is going to follow suit pretty quickly, probably one year behind, and then they're going to have LiDAR on their top end phones, probably coming to Samsung -- but try-on is going to be made really possible, try-on of suits. "By Alan: Oh, how cool is that.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And then if you take things like Unreal Engine, they're doing concerts on their Fortnite platform. Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: Huge news.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And then if you take things like Unreal Engine, they're doing concerts on their Fortnite platform. Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: Huge news.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Apple VR headset may feature a 3000PPI microOLED display. This week we had a new rumor about the XR headset Apple is working on. According to Korean publication The Elec, Apple has requested a sample of a display component for OLED displays that can arrive up to 3000PPI. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And then if you take things like Unreal Engine, they're doing concerts on their Fortnite platform. Unity Technologies just went public. Now, if you look at something like game engines, for example, Unity and Unreal, they've been established for many, many years. And Unity's, I think started. Alex: Huge news.

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Road to VR

JULY 1, 2017

With Apple’s increasing interest in VR on Mac , the company is adding essential features to its new Metal 2 graphics API to support high performance VR on MacOS. ” SEE ALSO Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS. Single-pass Stereo.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

And that’s it for the news about the present. Unity support for OpenXR is still in early beta , and so it’s not reliable yet to develop an OpenXR-compliant application in Unity. Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

I think the battle with Apple has just begun. Mozilla updates its Unity WebVR exporter. Two years ago, I reviewed on this blog a Unity plugin that Mozilla had released in beta to let you create WebVR experiences from your Unity projects. Why does this matter? This prevents many developers from creating WebXR apps.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It takes plenty of time, trial and working on game engines such as Unity & Unreal to get close to the fidelity that consumers have come to demand from even the most rudimentary smartphone apps. What about Apple Glass? I was very critical of this approach with the Apple Watch?—?it

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

They could build together something that could seriously compete with Facebook and Apple: let’s keep an eye on them. Be sure to use this use case in your next presentation about VR. All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud. This makes me estimate sales in the 200–250K order of magnitude.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Pimax 12K (Image by Pimax) Regarding the 12K headset, this was still some way off, with a 12K demo planned for Q3 of 2023, a roadshow in Q4, and a presentation at CES in January 2024. There is now a good chance we could see something towards the end of this year, with a potential release to consumers in 2024.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The event also kicked off a series of stellar keynote speeches, workshops, product demos, and other feature presentations for the global tech industry. Currently, face tracking for platforms like MediaPipe did not function interoperably, presenting new challenges for developers. Currently, ExplodedView is iOS exclusive.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. More info (Meta Quest+ gaming service) More info (Cross-buy available for Meta Quest+ games) Unity announces AI tools when Valve stops AI games This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for games (VR and not) made with the support of artificial intelligence.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format." Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. And then just recently now you might have read that we have made a new thing with the new Apple iPad, with the LiDAR stuff, adding functionality that wasn't possible before. And then Apple comes along and says, "No, here's a new format.". Alan: True.

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