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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. It’s hard to be a developer of the simulation of the world Funny link. Learn more.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. Art Reality Studio – IVR 6 (United States).

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HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition Launches Next Month

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According to HP, these new features can be used by developers working in both Unreal Engine and Unity to create “hyper-personalized” training solutions for various types of professional enterprises. ” Image Credit: HP.

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Dissecting MetaHuman – A Realistic Avatar Framework

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Epic Games, the parent company of the popular real-time 3D (RT3D) development suite Unreal Engine 5, recently released MetaHuman, a framework for creating highly realistic digital human avatars. The platform also supports augmented reality (AR) projects due to its ARKit integration, which helps further immersive content opportunities.

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The Spaces Between Reality: Understanding Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality!

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We are providing an entry-level guide to understanding Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications, the differences between each, and how all of these experiences, when enabled, form what is known as mixed reality. It includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies.

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XR Programs?—?a Starter Pack

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a Starter Pack (Dipping your toes into the world of AR development, with a little VR overlap by default) by Alexis Zerafa Are you interested in augmented reality development? modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline.? XR Programs?—?a

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OVER’s Map2Earn Beta Program to Make the Creation of 3D World Maps More Accessible

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See Also: ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment. The user-creator will own the 3D structure of the locations that they’ve mapped using their smartphone. As of this writing, users can view the digital twin via a virtual drone fly-through. This is one of the ways through which users can earn.

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