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Insanely Popular Rhythm Game ‘Osu!’ Now Playable In VR

VRScout

to AUDICA converter, a free tool that allows fans of the uber popular 2007 rhythm game to easily transport millions of user-created maps to Harmonix Music System’s VR rhythm experience AUDICA. Originally launched on Microsoft Windows back in 2007, Dean Herbert’s osu! btw, if you don’t know what osu!

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Metaverse School Teaches Kids How To Code For VR/AR

VRScout

Through Hatch Kids , young learners access a program called HatchXR , a set of awesome tools that will let kids design, code, and play their own games as well as create their own virtual worlds to explore. We built Hatch as a kids coding platform for the age of the Metaverse.”

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‘The Secret of Retropolis’ is the Latest App Lab Success to Make the Leap to the Main Quest Store

Road to VR

If the hand-drawn style looks somewhat familiar, that’s because The Secret of Retropolis was made in Quill , the VR art creation tool which has also been used to create Dear Angelica (2017) , Tales from Soda Island (2021) , and a host of works by the talented Goro Fujita , just to name a few.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to this partnership, MRTK will continue to thrive as an independent tool, and i ts much-awaited version 3 is still expected to be released in September 2023. More info Is Apple working on the Vision Pro since 2007? That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! in the reviews!

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Five Reasons to Buy XR Eye & Hand Tracking Tools in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Even in 2007, when Apple announced the first iPhone, Steve Jobs was keen to get rid of the stylus for touchscreen management, arguing separate controllers and devices make using technology more cumbersome. By tracking the natural movement of our eyes and hands, these tools can place us straight in the heart of an immersive experience.

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Qualcomm launches new AR dev kit, acquires Clay AIR

TechCrunch VR

“Dating back to 2007, we had R&D programs, looking into augmented reality with algorithms like VIO [ visual-inertial odometry ] on smartphones,” said Hugo Swart, Qualcomm’s vice president and GM of XR, in a press briefing ahead of today’s announcement. “We enabled, through the last decade, devices like ODG.

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Can AR Transform Indoor Navigation?

ARVR

When Apple launched ARkit in 2007, several concept videos emerged on YouTube showing AR’s potential to guide customers through airports and shopping malls. This included the familiar 3D navigation interface of tools like Google Maps, but through a store’s interior. Startups like ARway (acquired by NexTech*) and Dent Reality (raised $3.4

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