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Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it Does

Road to VR

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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Zappar’s $40 Consumer-Ready 6DoF XR Headset Just Launched On Kickstarter

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With an unrivalled price point, the ZapBox kit includes controllers, two phone camera adaptors, world anchors, a content library of both pre-released and original experiences, and a Unity plugin for developers. Inspired by Google’s cardboard headset, ZapBox was conceived in 2014 as a way to meet consumers where they were at.

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Unity raises $181M monster round at a reported $1.5B.

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Unity raises $181M monster round at a reported $1.5B valuation Over the last few years, Unity Technologies has grown to become indispensable to the gaming industry and much of the entertainment industry as an engine for building experiences in one place and distributing them across a swath of platforms. Read more here.

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Unity’s John Riccitiello Resigns over Pricing Structure Row

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John Riccitiello, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, Unity Technologies , has immediately stepped down from his position at the firm. The executive decided to resign from his post after the ongoing debacle with Unity’s pricing structure change last month.

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XR Cloud Streaming to Break Down Enterprise Barriers, says Innoactive

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

One leading XR streaming solution provider is Innoactive, which leverages RT3D engines from Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA to promote the adoption of workplace XR services – allowing clients to distribute XR applications directly to a range of end-devices with the compute processing happening remotely on the cloud.

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‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship

Road to VR

With many years in the making, Unity developer and 3D environmental artist Kaveh Tabar’s Serenity VR fan project is finally here. Starting out in 2014, Tabar originally designed Serenity for the Oculus Rift DK2.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.17): Quest 3 has been shipped, Quest 3 Lite to come in 2024, and more!

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More info John Riccitiello steps down from its role as Unity CEO The last chapter of the drama about Unity’s pricing change is that John Riccitiello has left his role of CEO at the company.

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