XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Namely, within the XR space, the firm works on many related immersive technologies to boost Meta’s hardware and software offerings, from AI to avatars. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

One of the amazing things about Apple’s new ARKit developer platform is that there’s no extra hardware required. You can see those examples in action below. The SDK is already functional with the Unity engine, and support for Samsung’s Galaxy phones is also planned for the near future.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

For example, captions are provided on videos for people in the deaf and hard of hearing communities as well as those who may not be native speakers of a language. Can you give us some examples of good ones in this sense? Mozilla Hubs is one of the good accessibility example provided by Regine. You can find it here: [link].

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

XR hardware is on the move. So, more and more XR providers are providing cloud services in addition to their hardware and platform offerings. For example, some of the cloud services that we’ll look at are cloud storage solutions. Remember that Android isn’t a hardware manufacturer, but an operating system.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 30, 2022

From top XR trends and must-have skills for an AR/VR career, to XR hardware reviews, to the potential of the metaverse in various industries, to discussing why we’re not all wearing AR/VR headsets, these are the 22 stories ARPost readers clicked on the most this year. KKCOBVR Quest 2 Strap and Battery Pack: Hands-On Hardware Review.

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ARPost

JULY 15, 2021

Curated by the analyst, writer, and venture capitalist Mathew Ball and partners, the index includes companies like Cloudflare, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Unity. The main indicator that Bentovim has been watching has been investment in hardware companies, including through options like the Metaverse ETF. Hardware, Software, and Adoption. “In

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2022

NVIDIA joined Meta , Epic Games, Khronos Group, Avataar , Microsoft, Unity, XR Association , and many other founding members to lead the development of interoperability standards to drive the growth of the metaverse. As a 3D environment, you can expect some advanced software and hardware behind its development. The Future is Now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems. And they are entering it to dominate it. This is the moment of the truth for Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something new, not to miss the new features that Unity has implemented these years. I have so started using Unity 2021.3 Let’s see how to build a Unity 2021 application with OpenXR. It is a Unity 2019.4 LTS (2021.3.5

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

More importantly though, Valve is putting the onus on hardware manufacturers to add support for the Skeletal Input system to their new controllers, and not the individual app developer. Check out the examples below of what the Knuckles EV2 looks like with and without the controller.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

The device’s hardware is impressive, but its real strength lies in the software experience it offers. At VR Vision, for example, we see enormous potential in the application of virtual reality training for enterprise applications, and the Vision Pro will only enable further innovation in that sector.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? Sample Examples ? SteamVR is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headset, or any other supported VR headset and controllers. ? Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ?? Widget libraries ?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel. He gave examples of some applications of VR that have nothing to do with gaming, such as house tours, and meetings.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 6, 2021

Focusing on those more advanced hardware endpoints, Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) continues to invest in deep research for the user experience. For example, PCs are defined by the ways we control them, such as keyboard and mice. Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map. Full Stack. But the next step is neural interfaces. Yes and No).

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

VR hardware, like the Meta Quest, gets rightfully compared to next-gen game consoles in both price and consumer experience, but that also presents it’s inherent problem as a practical solution outside of consumer entertainment. And so we are always looking for ways to craft experiences and solutions in the medium, even if it’s in small doses.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Photo courtesy Unity Technologies.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

Unity continues to enhance its XR Interaction Toolkit (XRI) this week as the RT3D graphics engine provider works towards establishing its product as a tool for immersive enterprise and consumer application development. On the hand-tracking side, Unity adds a series of “additions and updates” to improve hand detection and feedback.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

One leading XR streaming solution provider is Innoactive, which leverages RT3D engines from Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA to promote the adoption of workplace XR services – allowing clients to distribute XR applications directly to a range of end-devices with the compute processing happening remotely on the cloud.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

The platform will be targeting 100 million devices by the end of preview access however, coming from various hardware manufacturers and potentially making ARCore the defacto largest AR platform when it launches on other devices later this year. Built with Unity and ARCore. Portal Painter. Hidden World. Draw and Dance. ARCore Drawing.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. He gives the example of Star Trek: Bridge Crew , a VR game that was made in collaboration with Ubisoft.

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ARPost

JUNE 2, 2022

Unity, Qualcomm, and the XR Association (XRA) followed Inbar’s welcome address with keynotes of their own. Inbar gave a number of examples, including AR and VR activations raising awareness of the LGBTQ community (as the conference started on the first day of Pride Month). Unity Keynote. Opening Day Keynotes. Elizabeth Hyman.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the first part , I dealt with investing possibilities in hardware that will take us to the metaverse. Unity (Nasdaq: U) for 3D Modeling and Animation Tools. These are just examples to better clarify what I mean. Today I will delve into other opportunities. The metaverse is going to be made of many souls. Guest Post.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

This example shows how the Spatial Mapping module can create a model of the room’s geometry for use in applications: The Vive SRWorks SDK is available in beta through the company’s developer portal. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Pro Headset Review: Welcomed Improvements Overshadowed By a Steep Price.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Whether an end-user is operating from an industrial, manufacturing or office workspace, XR hardware and software could present opportunities to enhance a worker’s experience. ” XR for Enterprise Training Moreover, another example Nunez gave was enterprise training or “guided instructions.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For example, brands like Nike have dived head-first into Metaverse and Web3 technology. Although primary, extended reality (XR) firms like Meta face ongoing hurdles with their refocused Metvaerse and immersive hardware ambitions. Metaverse and XR Investigations. The future of the Metaverse should contain enough chances for everyone.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Thanks to recent platforms such as Apple’s ARKit and hardware like Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, AR has been on the rise as of late with zero signs of slowing down anytime soon. A new depth camera scans the real world and maps it in real-time.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

To help showcase the capabilities of the AXIS system, Refract created its own game, Freestriker , which comes bundled free with the hardware. VR, for example, requires six nodes in addition to the main hub and a VR headset. Some of these employees previously worked at major companies like EA, Unity, and Ubisoft.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 14, 2023

All three features are available as part of the v60 SDK for Unity and native code. 0:00 / 0:19 1× Together, inside-out upper body tracking and Generative Legs enable plausible full bodies in VR, called Full Body Synthesis, with no external hardware. Looking at Meta's example clip, it's hard to imagine any developer will choose Hard.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Let me explain this better with an example: if you grab a bottle in real life, your fingers can’t trespass the bottle, because the material of the bottle exerts a force towards your fingers which prevents them to enter. As you can see, the hardware setup is not plug and play. What puzzled me is that there is no software setup.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The gun also includes a removable top-plate with mounting hardware underneath so it can be adapted for a wide variety of tracking systems. This would of course require some careful work on behalf of the developer, with the assistance of StrikerVR’s SDK for Unity & Unreal. Image courtesy StrikerVR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, companies will need to develop and deploy benchmarks and evaluation standards. It will also “foster a vibrant AI hardware accelerator ecosystem” by increasing the number of contributions and adoptions of key software technologies.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2017

Apple’s massive leap into augmented reality with no additional sensors or hardware, only the phone in your pocket, seemingly opened up the largest AR platform in the world overnight. Google has been investing heavily on the hardware side with Tango, requiring specialized devices to augment our reality.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A Chinese website reported that Bytedance was frustrated by the slow growth of the VR ecosystem and so decided to cut off its division working on VR hardware, that is Pico. There are many other examples of that. Two examples that I have found in this sense are Budget Cuts and Richie’s Plank Experience.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

The upcoming device contains M2 and R1 processing chips, which Apple designed for its first-party hardware. For example, when users choose an entire space to experience their volume content, they go from an AR to an MR space for total immersion. ARKit ARKit is a well-established tool in the XR developer space.

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