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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

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Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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This VR Tool Knows What You’re Thinking Before You Do

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Theia Interactive’s new VR tool takes the guesswork out of designing products and campaigns. . For example, Kellogg’s turned to VR and eye-tracking to put themselves in the shoes of consumers in an effort to develop new ways to better market their Pop-Tart Bites. These same tools could also prove useful within the gaming sector.

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Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo on PS5 Shows Where Next-gen Graphics are Headed

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Epic Games today revealed a PS5 tech demo built with Unreal Engine 5, the next-gen version of the company’s game engine. With new features for advanced lighting and unprecedented geometric detail, Unreal Engine 5 hopes to enable a generational leap in real-time graphics. While UE 4.25 Image courtesy Epic Games.

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Epic’s MetaHuman Avatar Tool Can Now Import Scans of Real People… Maybe You One Day

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Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real people for use in real-time applications. The MetaHuman tool is still in early access and intended for developers of Unreal Engine.

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Create A Digital Human In Less Than An Hour With Epic Games’ MetaHuman Creator

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Despite not yet being available, Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator is already making people talk. MetaHuman Creators isn’t available just yet, but Epic Games did give us a sneak-peek at its powerful tool, showcasing a line of hyper-realistic digital humans ready for use in gaming, film, socialVR, fashion, retail, and so much more.

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Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras

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HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro’s stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to capture depth, spatial mapping data, hand input, and seamlessly shift between VR and AR worlds.

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A Tour of the Mytaverse Enterprise Immersive World

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Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour. The platform has special tools for displaying and viewing virtual models. The update brought Unreal Engine 5 to the platform (Did we mention that Unreal is a tech partner?), What Is Mytaverse?

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