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

Road to VR

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. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.

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VR Mountain Bike Simulator Has You Riding Cliffside Across Death-Defying Trails

VRScout

Developed by immersive content studio REWIND and Cut Media, Danny MacAskill’s VR Ride Out has participants peddling their way through two vertigo-inducing locations—Collies Ledge in the Isle of Skye, Scotland and the Landwasser Bridge in Switzerland—using a one-of-a-kind motion rig.

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Varjo, Twinmotion Team Up for AEC Designers

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

With Varjo’s high-fidelity devices and Twinmotion’s impressive visualisations, AEC designers can now view their 3D renderings—immersively and in real-time. The VRM Switzerland conducts much of the training for EASA qualifications. The event featured operas from Turandot and composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

But beyond it being a term for the digital, persistent, and highly immersive virtual worlds we will become used to, what it actually is – or will be – is up for debate! Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, or Oxford University in the U.K. BSc, and even Ph.D.

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FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549

Road to VR

The company has already released their SDK which allows developers to integrate FOVE support for projects built-in Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryEngine. ” Check out the video below to get a better idea how simulated field-of-depth and foveated rendering work.

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