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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. KSA is investing $1 billion in metaverse-related projects as it seeks to become a global technology hub. trillion (in 2015 U.S. This week proved favourable for the Metaverse.

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Circuit Stream: XR Learning Hub for AR/VR Developers and Designers

ARPost

Immersive technology has yet to hit the mainstream market, but investments in the broad XR industry are already predicted to exceed a market value of $250 billion by 2028. Clearly, people are anticipating immersive experiences as a daily occurrence, but to fast-track the adoption of AR/VR, the technologies need to be better understood.

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VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk

ARPost

Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way. According to Laverde, this began in 2015. While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. For example, most HTC VR technology supports 3D hand tracking.

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Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter

ARPost

Over the years, Orlando has become a leading hub for tech companies that want to innovate and explore the capabilities of emerging technologies. This collision of creative entertainment and technological advancements formed the foundation of the innovative ecosystem that exists here today,” he adds. See Also: What Is a Digital Twin?

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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016.

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Welcome to the 2015 3D Jam!

Leapmotion

We’ve also switched up the 2015 competition with two tracks: AR/VR and Open. 1st Prize: $10,000, Unity Suite, 2 OSVR HDKs, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. 2nd Prize: $7,500, Unity Pro, OSVR HDK, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. 3rd Prize: $5,000, Unity Pro, OSVR HDK, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. 4th Prize: $2,500, Unity Pro, OSVR HDK.

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Report: Leaked Email Reveals Facebook XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to accelerate its arrival’

Road to VR

Further into the email, Zuckerberg says that he was “supportive of acquiring Unity,” one of the leading game engines for both non-VR and VR gaming content. TechCrunch says it has not independently verified the authenticity of the email; Road to VR has reached out to Facebook for comment.

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