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Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it’s getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers , causing many to rethink whether it makes more sense to actually go with the main competition, Unreal Engine from Epic Games.

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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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AUGUST 15, 2022

From real to unreal, from unreal to real. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine 5 is now enhanced with the dynamic global illumination power of Lumen.

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Meta Releases New Mixed Reality Showcase for Unreal Engine Developers

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MARCH 19, 2024

Meta released a new mixed reality showcase for Unreal Engine developers that ought to help kickstart some Quest projects that use your room in fresh and interesting ways. Phanto for Unreal, an open source port of the previously released Phanto project for Unity , was recently launched for Unreal Engine 5.3.

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This Unreal Engine Mod Brings the Internet’s Hottest Pokémon-style Game to VR

Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2024

To many, Palworld is the Pokémon game Nintendo should have made but didn’t, as it launches you into an open-world environment where you can battle and hang with some very pocket monster-inspired creatures. Still, the Internet’s hottest not- Pokémon game shows some pretty compelling results when paired with UEVR.

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Epic Games Secures $1B Investment to Build Its Unreal Engine-powered Metaverse

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APRIL 19, 2021

Epic Games, the company known for its hit battle royale title Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine, has managed to attract a stunning $1 billion in its quest to establish a metaverse of linked games and services.

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Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine

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MAY 24, 2022

From Real to Unreal and Unreal to Real. ej Dobruský, Victoria VR blurs the line between the imaginary and real worlds by building its metaverse platform on Unreal Engine , the gaming engine of choice for most developers. Unreal Engine has the capability to render real-life photos into photorealistic graphical images.

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Deadmau5 Shares Mysterious VR Project Being Developed With Unreal Engine

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JULY 20, 2020

In a video posted to Instagram earlier this week, Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Deadmau5 teased a new VR project being developed alongside game art studio Upsurge Studios and game technology studio Geodesic Games using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Image Credit: Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman).

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Super Fan Remaking Original Witcher Game In VR Using Unreal Engine

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Originally a series of novels and short stories, the dark fantasy series starring a mutated monster hunter has since been adapted into an award-winning video game trilogy and—most recently—an episodic Netflix show that’s managed to draw in both fans of the series as well as total newcomers. .

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Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2023

Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 In a dev blog post announcing the news, Meta says developers who choose to work with Epic’s game engine should start thinking about using UE5 for their Quest apps. Games using dynamic lighting need to use unshadowed Sky Light on mobile.”

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Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.27, brings “production-ready” support for OpenXR. You may recall news back in May that the early access version of Unreal Engine 5 includes improved support for OpenXR. That makes Unreal Engine 4.27 Epic says that the OpenXR support in Unreal Engine 4.27

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Meta’s Twisted Pixel Studio is Building an Unannounced VR Title with Unreal Engine

Road to VR

JULY 4, 2023

Following the studio’s acquisition by Meta late last year, we haven’t heard much about Twisted Pixel, a veteran VR game studio which made several exclusive titles for Meta. Following the launch of several non-VR games, Twisted Pixel Games in recent years has become largely focused on VR.

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Groundbreaking UEVR Mod Injects VR Support Into Almost Any Unreal Engine PC Game

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JANUARY 3, 2024

A new free tool injects VR support into almost any modern PC game made with Unreal Engine. If you've been in the consumer VR scene since the early days you may remember VorpX, a paid injector tool that promised to let you play hundreds of PC games in your VR headset. and above, including Unreal Engine 5.

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Adding Mixed Reality Capture Support to Unreal Games

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JUNE 8, 2018

In a way, it’s a window into VR, allowing the user to be live composited with the output from a game to create this combined virtual video scene. But for years now, only Unity developers have been able to add mixed reality capture support to their VR games and experiences. Image Credit: VRScout.

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Unreal Engine 5 Launches in Early Access with New VR Template Built on OpenXR

Road to VR

MAY 26, 2021

Epic Games today announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access, including a new template for VR projects built on OpenXR 1.0, Epic Games is bringing heaps of new features and improvements to the latest version of its game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Windows Mixed Reality.

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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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APRIL 10, 2022

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a. Image by Epic Games).

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Unreal Engine is Now Royalty-free for the First $1 Million in Revenue

Road to VR

MAY 14, 2020

The Unreal Engine 5 tech demo on PS5 wasn’t the only news Epic Games revealed today. Alongside the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, Epic Games today also announced a change to the pricing of Unreal Engine. Previously the cost to use the engine for building games was a 5% royalty on gross revenue of the game.

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

Road to VR

MAY 13, 2020

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. Image courtesy Epic Games. While UE 4.25

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Unreal Engine Apps Can Now Be Built with Quest Hand-tracking

Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. At the time, the company had only added support to the Oculus Unity integration, meaning that developers building apps in Unreal Engine didn’t have access to the feature.

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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers

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MARCH 14, 2023

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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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2020

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking.

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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JUNE 18, 2021

Developers of immersive games and apps, rejoice! And it is made possible by VIRTUOSO , an open-source SDK created by Charles Rivers Analytics, which is now available for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. VIRTUOSO SDK (VSDK): Making XR Development More Streamlined.

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Sequel to Classic Adventure Game ‘MYST’ is Coming to VR This Year

Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2024

Cyan Worlds announced that RIVEN (1997) , the sequel to iconic adventure game MYST (1993), is also getting VR support when its bespoke remake launches later this year. The post Sequel to Classic Adventure Game ‘MYST’ is Coming to VR This Year appeared first on Road to VR.

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How Epic Games’ Lawsuit Against Apple Could Impact The Future Of VR/AR

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Apple threatens to withhold support for ARKit and upcoming VR technology on Unreal Engine. Well, it certainly has been an interesting few days for the gaming community. Details here: [link] — Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) August 17, 2020. We are asking the court to stop this retaliation.

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The Unreal Garden AR Environment Was A Much Needed Escape From The Chaos Of E3

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JUNE 15, 2019

The Unreal Garden, a large-scale multiplayer AR experience from The Entertainment Software Association and Onedome, offered E3 2019 attendess an escape from the chaos, turning 6,000 sq. video game trade association that owns and manages E3, in an officia release. of showfloor into an interactive AR jungle.

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

VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Despite not yet being available, Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator is already making people talk. Back in 2016, we saw our first look at Epic Games’ game-chaning digital human technology with its Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice preview at the Game Developers Conference. HD stubble // Image Credit: Epic Games.

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Warhammer 40K Free-Roam VR Game Announced

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Stress Level Zero, an international purveyor of location-based VR entertainment, this week announced that is partnering with Games Workshop to launch a free-roam VR game based on the ultra-violent Warhammer 40K franchise. Image Credit: Games Workshop. No word yet on an official release date. For more information visit here.

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Unreal Engine 4.25 Improves Support for HoloLens 2, Magic Leap, Adds Azure Spatial Anchors

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MAY 7, 2020

Unreal Engine 4.25 Unreal Engine is one of the most popular game engines for building XR content. This week Unreal Engine 4.25 Epic Games says that Unreal Engine now offers production-ready support for HoloLens 2. On the VR side, Unreal Engine 4.25 The post Unreal Engine 4.25

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Marc Petit, Unreal Engine at Epic Games

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APRIL 14, 2022

Marc Petit, VP of Unreal Engine Ecosystems at Epic Games, shares his journey that started with his career in early graphic content creation in the late 80s and has now led to the creation of immersive content at Unreal Engine.

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

Road to VR

JANUARY 14, 2022

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. HumanCodeable – Advanced VR Framework.

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Firewall Ultra Is Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

First Contact Entertainment reveals Firewall Ultra is one of the first PSVR 2 games running on Unreal Engine 5. Asked about Early Access Unreal Engine 5 VR development for Firewall Ultra , First Contact detailed the challenges involved: It’s fair to say, it’s uncharted waters.

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Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants

Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2019

At Unreal Engine Build: Detroit 2019, Magic Leap today announced that the company will be giving away 500 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets as part of the recently unveiled Epic MegaGrants. The post Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants appeared first on Road to VR.

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This Yu-Gi-Oh! AR Game Looks Too Good To Be True

VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

superfan going by the name of SuperZouloux has developed an augmented reality (AR) game that brings the hit Japanese card game to life in the real world. is a Japanese manga turned anime centered around a fictional card game in which players battle one another using powerful monsters, spells, and traps. The post This Yu-Gi-Oh!

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‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio Working on Unannounced “AAA VR game” Based on a Global Franchise

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

According to a recent job offer posted by Amsterdam-based developer Vertigo Games, pre-production has begun on a “high-profile, multiplatform AAA VR game,” which is said to be based on a globally recognized franchise. Thanks to Brad Lynch for spotting the news.

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Epic Games Gives $80,000 To Unreal Devs Including SculptrVR

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JULY 2, 2016

Epic Games has given out $80,000 as part of its Unreal Dev Grants program, which rewards indie developers that use the company’s game-making Unreal Engine 4 tools. The post Epic Games Gives $80,000 To Unreal Devs Including SculptrVR appeared first on UploadVR.

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Watch: ILMxLab’s Star Wars Real-Time Ray-Tracing Demo on Unreal Engine is Stunning

Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

At the Unreal Engine presentation at GDC 2018 today, Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri introduced several projects highlighting the scalability and performance of Unreal technology, including a partnership with ILMxLAB and Nvidia. This was the first live demonstration of interactive, real-time, ray-tracing with Unreal Engine.

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Kite & Lightning’s ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’ Nabs Unreal Dev Grant

Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2018

Kite & Lightning, the studio behind some of VR’s earliest experiences, is one of 13 developers receiving a portion of over $200,000 in ‘Unreal Dev Grants’, a program set up by Epic Games to showcase and provide financial support to projects using Unreal Engine 4. The game is currently in closed beta.

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Unreal Engine 4 Now Available for Microsoft HoloLens 2

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JUNE 3, 2019

Native support for Unreal Engine 4 has arrived for the HoloLens 2 via early access on GitHub (login required). A major software tool first promised during the reveal of the HoloLens 2 earlier this year is finally available.

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Meta’s Crazy Pixel Squad: Creating a Mystery VR Game with Unreal!

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JULY 5, 2023

Twisted Pixel Games, a veteran VR game studio that has made several exclusive titles for Meta, has recently posted job listings suggesting their next project will be an “unannounced VR game using the Unreal Engine” with multiplayer functionality.

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Spatial Beats: Epic Games, DigiLens & Military AR

AR Insider

APRIL 11, 2022

This week, we look at Unreal Engine 5, DigiLens' funding and the U.S. Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. Army's AR play. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite & Lumen Now Work With VR

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite & Lumen now work with virtual reality. On modern PCs and next-gen consoles UE5’s Nanite geometry system brings a radical new way to how games are made & rendered. Lumen and Nanite running in VR w/ Unreal Engine 5.1 But with Unreal Engine 5.1 at 90 fps and no crashing.

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Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab, the Massive 3D Object Library Compatible with AR/VR Headsets

Road to VR

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab , the platform that lets you view, share, and download 3D models via traditional monitors and AR/VR headsets, today announced its been acquired by Unreal Engine creators Epic Games. Sketchfab says it will continue to support other game engines, Unity included.

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Epic Games Goes All In With Unreal Engine 4 Support for Google Daydream

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MAY 19, 2016

Riding the wave of excitement over Google’s new VR platform, Daydream, Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri announced on the Google I/O stage today that the gaming giant has brought support for Daydream to Unreal Engine 4. More information on UE4 support for Daydream is available on the Epic Games blog.

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Epic Games Details Unreal Engine 4 Mixed Reality Support

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JUNE 30, 2016

The post Epic Games Details Unreal Engine 4 Mixed Reality Support appeared first on UploadVR. Mixed reality capture is the best way to show the interaction between humans and VR. It lets us showcase all the interaction and emotional impact that makes VR so compelling.

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Unreal Engine 4.18 Update Brings Native Support for ARKit and ARCore, SteamVR Support for Mac

Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Epic Game’s Unreal Engine is making it easier to create for augmented reality in the newest 4.18 Epic has however provided experimental support in their game engine for ARKit since Unreal Engine 4.17, but the new 4.18 ” Unreal Engine 4.18 ” Unreal Engine 4.18 The post Unreal Engine 4.18

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Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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Meta Releases New Mixed Reality Showcase for Unreal Engine Developers

This Unreal Engine Mod Brings the Internet’s Hottest Pokémon-style Game to VR

Epic Games Secures $1B Investment to Build Its Unreal Engine-powered Metaverse

Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine

Deadmau5 Shares Mysterious VR Project Being Developed With Unreal Engine

Super Fan Remaking Original Witcher Game In VR Using Unreal Engine

Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift

Meta’s Twisted Pixel Studio is Building an Unannounced VR Title with Unreal Engine

Groundbreaking UEVR Mod Injects VR Support Into Almost Any Unreal Engine PC Game

Adding Mixed Reality Capture Support to Unreal Games

Unreal Engine 5 Launches in Early Access with New VR Template Built on OpenXR

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

Unreal Engine is Now Royalty-free for the First $1 Million in Revenue

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

Unreal Engine Apps Can Now Be Built with Quest Hand-tracking

Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers

Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

Sequel to Classic Adventure Game ‘MYST’ is Coming to VR This Year

How Epic Games’ Lawsuit Against Apple Could Impact The Future Of VR/AR

The Unreal Garden AR Environment Was A Much Needed Escape From The Chaos Of E3

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

Warhammer 40K Free-Roam VR Game Announced

Unreal Engine 4.25 Improves Support for HoloLens 2, Magic Leap, Adds Azure Spatial Anchors

Marc Petit, Unreal Engine at Epic Games

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

Firewall Ultra Is Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants

This Yu-Gi-Oh! AR Game Looks Too Good To Be True

‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio Working on Unannounced “AAA VR game” Based on a Global Franchise

Epic Games Gives $80,000 To Unreal Devs Including SculptrVR

Watch: ILMxLab’s Star Wars Real-Time Ray-Tracing Demo on Unreal Engine is Stunning

Kite & Lightning’s ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’ Nabs Unreal Dev Grant

Unreal Engine 4 Now Available for Microsoft HoloLens 2

Meta’s Crazy Pixel Squad: Creating a Mystery VR Game with Unreal!

Spatial Beats: Epic Games, DigiLens & Military AR

Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite & Lumen Now Work With VR

Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab, the Massive 3D Object Library Compatible with AR/VR Headsets

Epic Games Goes All In With Unreal Engine 4 Support for Google Daydream

Epic Games Details Unreal Engine 4 Mixed Reality Support

Unreal Engine 4.18 Update Brings Native Support for ARKit and ARCore, SteamVR Support for Mac

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