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MAY 1, 2017

360 video combined with real-time CG and interactive elements was demonstrated on stage at today’s Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 keynote. Unity says that compelling interactive content using standard 360 video should be possible using these simple techniques, and it is already available to try in the Unity 2017 beta.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2021

This game has had a very long and interesting story (maybe one day I’ll write a long post about it), and it has lived various transitions, with the last one being from a passthrough AR game to a standard VR game. From HitMotion AR to HitMotion VR. It was an AR game that could be played on a VR headset , in 2019.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

In 2017, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached at least $1.9B, ending slightly above 2016. Each year, Greenlight Insights compiles and qualifies data from private and public sources across North America, Europe, and Asia in order to assess the global venture funding landscape surrounding the VR/AR industry.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At GDC 2017, Unity held a keynote discussing their impact on the gaming industry, future updates to the engine, and much more. The two played a match against each other, which was won by the Green Ranger of course, and then they shared another announcement for Unity 5.6. Stay tuned to UploadVR for more news from GDC 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Specifically, revenue continues to gain momentum in select mobile AR categories. One of the challenges however — beyond slow cultural adoption — is that AR isn’t a silver bullet (contrary to circa-2017 sentiments). At a high level, Global mobile AR revenue is projected to grow from $3.98 Click To Tweet.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Over the past few years, AR and VR technologies have matured significantly. Since 2017, we’ve been able to see significant growth in the adoption of AR and VR across different industries. In 2019, the number of people using AR has increased by 9.1 In 2019, the number of people using AR has increased by 9.1

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MARCH 1, 2017

Many companies are making waves across the gaming industry at GDC this week and Unity has certainly contributed to a few headlines. At GDC, Wowza Media Systems announced a collection of development tools for Unity software and one of them is a plugin that allows for a connection to Wowza’s GoCoder.

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MAY 1, 2017

Today is Unity’s Vision Summit in Los Angeles. The event is a chance for the 3D visuals company to focus on its support for the VR/AR industry and encourage creators to develop using its tools. Best AR Experience – ProtoSpace (NASA). Superhot VR has been awarded Best Game at the Vision Awards. Baobab Studios).

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APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., As a proud media partner of the AR/VR Policy Conference, here’s the ARPost recap – though you can also watch the complete event on YouTube. The AR/VR Policy Conference keynote was given by Representative Darrell Issa.

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MAY 1, 2017

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. billion in 2016 alone. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

As CEO of Unity Technologies, John Riccitiello leads one of the most important companies in VR’s future, but he doesn’t expect the industry to see “explosive growth” next year. ” Despite the long-term prediction for mass VR adoption, Unity is making big moves in the industry already.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These augmented reality devices are manufactured by Chinese company Realmax and are characterized by a very wide field of view. While many other AR glasses (like Nreal Light or HoloLens 2 ) have a Field Of View in the 50° ballpark, RealMax glasses have always had ones above 100° , for a more immersive augmented experience.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

It has become viable that even businesses and corporates are using it to increase sales, and transform the way humans interact with computers and visualize contents. The first AR experience was developed in 1968 at Harvard when a computer scientist named Ivan Sutherland created a special head-mounted AR display system.

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JULY 16, 2021

Today I want to answer a question that from time to time people ask me: is it possible to make a living out of AR and VR? Yes, it is possible to live by working in the AR and VR fields. There are many people that earn enough in the AR and VR field and that don’t need to have another job. The short answer is yes.

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JULY 28, 2021

Oculus is making hard shift away from its proprietary developer APIs in favor of OpenXR, an industry-backed project that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications. OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Adobe executive Mark Asher said AR was the company’s “next big step” and they planned to bring AR features “to the market as fast as we can,” in an interview with VRScout. AR places 3D images in your surroundings you see through a headset or phone. “It’s not as bulky.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Starting off the month of May in a big way, the Vision VR/AR Summit will have a schedule filled to the brim with great content and networking opportunities for all creatives and enthusiasts with their eyes on virtual and augmented technology. 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Vision Summit 2017 Opening Keynote.

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MARCH 1, 2017

When we last heard from OTOY , the company revealed it was bringing light field baking and more to its Unity integration. On display at Unity’s booth is the first light field video created in OTOY’s Octane renderer using the engine. Items captured could be turned into a Unity asset to be brought into VR or MR experiences.

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MAY 30, 2017

VRLA, in partnership with Microsoft, Unity, AfterNow and Upload LA, is hosting HoloHack LA on June 23rd through June 25th, 2017. In this 48 hour hackathon, teams of experienced AR/VR/MR engineers, designers and artists will create their own mixed reality apps. One lucky team will also win a super cool prize from Microsoft!

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AUGUST 20, 2021

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making hardware and software more interoperable. The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is backed by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2020

After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of the sobering realities of industry shakeout and retraction. As we roll into 2020, that leaves the question of where we are now? But there are also confidence signals. AR at Work.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of the sobering realities of industry shakeout and retraction. At the precipice of 2020, that leaves the question of where we are now? But there are also confidence signals.

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MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity’s xR strategy is Tony Parisi, who is a co-founder of VRML and a long-time open web advocate.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Unity’s Tony Parisi weighs in on how we might come to find it. Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. Today we hear from Tony Parisi, Head of VR & AR at Unity.

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JUNE 13, 2022

It’s since 2017 that I hear about how Apple is going to disrupt XR, I guess that sooner or later “the next year” is going to happen… By the way, even if Apple has not announced any glasses, it has kept releasing features that enrich its potential XR ecosystem. Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Other relevant news. Image by Meta).

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APRIL 17, 2018

Developer Lee Vermeulen didn’t wait for VR headsets like the Vive Pro to get an AR function , but rather strapped a stereoscopic Zed Mini to his original HTC Vive in effort to push Modbox forward into augmented reality. ” Modbox AR Experiments. Drone battle in the living room anyone?:

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

At over $1.5M, the Kickstarter is on track to set a record for the most-funded AR platform. These games were (and still are) the incubators for concepts that have gone on to define game design, and helped shape how we as a society have come to understand what makes an experience fun. Tilt Five is looking to change that.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. Ushering in that segment was the announcement that the company had hired Tony Parisi as its Head of AR/VR Strategy. “We’re not just going to be using VR and AR to make games, we’re going to tell stories and create worlds.

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MAY 10, 2017

The acronym for Augmented World Expo (AWE) welcomes a wonderful play on words, recognizing the incredible minds behind augmented and virtual reality as the tech superheroes they are and having attendees to stare in “AWE” at their work. ” AWE 2017 is being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center from May 31st to June 2nd.

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MAY 1, 2017

Brandon Bray, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, took the stage at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 to show a little more of what Microsoft has planned for the VR side of things when the first Windows Holographic headsets come later this year. image courtesy Unity Technologies.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Varjo Technologies today announced its new user interface, code-named ‘Varjo Workspace’, which is designed to seamlessly let professionals use their Windows computer applications and 3D software tools with the company’s recently announced developer-focused AR/VR headset, Varjo XR-1. ” Image courtesy Varjo Technologies.

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MARCH 23, 2017

SVVR 2017 is less than a week away , and with an exciting roster of speakers and demos across all major industry verticals, with 100+ VR/AR companies represented, it’s slated to be a star-studded gathering of VR experts. How Brands Are Engaging in VR – REWIND. VRScout is proud to be a media partner at SVVR 2017.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Facilitated by the standards body Khronos Group, OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. The original vendor extension has been adopted natively in Unity, Unreal, and recently by NVIDIA Omniverse.

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MARCH 23, 2017

This year’s show is sponsored by the likes of Oculus, HTC’s Viveport, and Unity. Attendees will also hear from Tony Parisi, currently busy heading up VR and AR at Unity,Kent Bye, host of long-time VR interview series Voices of VR, and Rikard Steiber, SVP of VR at HTC. Tagged with: svvr , SVVR 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Tilt Five took to Kickstarter today seeking $450,000 in funding to bring its AR headset to life. Starting at $300, Tilt Five is an AR headset which hopes to revolutionize tabletop gaming by fusing board games and traditional gaming into a shareable and even networked experience.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Attendees will have access to over 130 VR and AR experiences on the expo floor and get a glimpse into the future of storytelling, entertainment, social interaction, and more. 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Creating Experiences for the Hololens with Unity hosted by Kat Harris and Adam Tuliper of Microsoft.

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