Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. For example, while holding a physical prop, such as a welding torch, the hand tracking remains robust.

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APRIL 13, 2023

While Sony’s PSVR 2 headset doesn’t have the same range or brightness attributes as Meta’s demo from last year, Sony’s headset is also VR’s first consumer HDR head-mounted display. Firewall Ultra uses Unreal Engine 5 and also features dedicated servers rather than peer-to-peer networking.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

For example, firms like Walmart and Ikea have smartphone applications for customers to position new furniture items in their homes or try on clothes. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A two year renovation has transformed The Crossroads lobby into an interactive digital experience powered by Unreal Engine. For example, as you walk past the massive digital displays, you’ll see a herd of deer look right back at you with curiosity. Move too quickly, and they scatter into the woods.

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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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JULY 4, 2017

While there are some high-profile, critically acclaimed zombie titles in VR, such as Arizona Sunshine for example, there are none as high-profile as one based in the world of The Walking Dead would be. The Walking Dead’s lead characters make tough decisions regularly. “Because we are going after this as a full-fledged VR game.

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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

MAY 11, 2020

Various months ago, Jason Rubin told the press that he was investigating an exchange of exclusive titles with Sony : his purpose was the one of bringing some of the best PSVR titles, like Resident Evil 7, to the Oculus Store. For example, an activity that normally takes 8 hours could be completed in 45 minutes”. Unreal Engine 4.25

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

It was created by a small Polish developer named Plastic, working with Sony’s Santa Monica Studios. There are towering monsters throughout the game that may attack you or attack one another, more overwhelming presences in an unreal landscape. Credit: Sony. Credit: Sony.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

Behind the scenes, companies like Valve and Sony were trying to figure out what the VR medium would look like and began to get products into the hands of developers. NB: Raw Data started when we wanted to switch to Unreal Engine. We were making Zombies in Holodeck when Unreal first came out. A great example is climbing.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 19, 2023

That’s why the Virtual Production Toolset [Sony’s virtual set planning system] with the virtual Venice camera is a great tool to have access to. Establishing XR-Powered Production Tools While VP tools have experienced a slow emergence over the past few years, Sony more recently doubled down on its commitment to the VP space.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Roy Batty was an example figure we discussed when designing LCF-R’s makeup and persona. For example, I wanted an original score for the series, and when looking at top video game composers, Winifred was an obvious choice. He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. News from partners (and friends).

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AUGUST 11, 2017

This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. According to the team, between the bundling deal and individual sales (of which platform owners like Sony, Facebook and Valve usually take nearly a third) the title has generated more than $1 million. .” Learning New Skills.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 28, 2024

For example, my fellow metaverse blogger Wagner James Au posted to his blog, New World Notes , citing a conversation he had with a former AVP developer Ari Bar-Zeev. All three sources reported that Sony, the supplier, can only produce enough microdisplays for less than 500K headsets in 2024.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Furthemore, the platform is compatible with most gaming engines, including Unity, Unreal Engine, and others. Additional Didimo clients include Sony, Atom Stars, Soleil Game Studios, NOS Communications, Ceek, and many more. The latter company is also a partner of Sony, which is a client of Didimo’s XR solutions and services.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 23, 2022

“ We offer developers SDK’s for Unreal, Unity and web and serve avatars in many technical specifications — different animation rigs, file formats, avatar quality levels, etc.” “We’re not aiming to be the only avatar in the metaverse,” Tõke wrote. ”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. You may be saying “Come on! As a developer, we haven’t control over the runtime in which our application will execute (i.e.:

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

For example, Sony Music is recruiting a team “dedicated to reimagining music through immersive media” that will leverage Sony Music’s catalog and impressive roster of artists to implement a new category of music experiences using the Unreal Engine.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

These representatives of the best of both PC and mobile VR are bound to have a few answers, as will the makers on Unreal Engine 4. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment). Room 2024, West Hall.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

Just in time for E3 2016, WorldViz will bring support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 on most popular devices such as Google Daydream VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Sony PlayStation VR. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The age of consumer grade video game console-powered virtual reality arrived early last month with the release of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset. It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2020

Talking about examples from my life, the concert that we did in VRChat for Jean-Michel Jarre had stunning visuals because it was not Quest-compatible. The new Unreal Engine 5 lets you import graphical assets of whatever quality and they get downgraded on the fly on the target platform, depending on its horsepower.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. The most infamous example is of course, the legendary 3DHead system. The HTC Vive (DK1), SteamVR Controllers and Laser Basestations.

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