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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The 2017 video from Normal VR started with an adorable, yellow, blob-like virtual avatar daintily standing in the middle of a real, physical office. Normcore , their multiplayer networking plugin for Unity, allows for the addition of voice chat-enabled multiplayer VR functionality for games and experiences in minutes.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Federighi says that ARKit provides fast and stable motion-tracking, plane estimation with basic boundaries, ambient lighting estimation, scale estimation, support for Unity, Unreal, SceneKit and Xcode app templates—all available on “hundred of millions of iPhones and iPads […] making overnight ARKit the largest AR platform in the world.”

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Along with categories that you would expect, such as gaming and entertainment, I was excited to see a category for VR education and training.

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2018

There seems to be a trend in VR gaming towards using the immersive properties of the medium to induce relaxation and facilitate something of a meditative, Zen-like state. By using augmented reality (AR), the app turns your home or office environment into a magical garden full of fun and games. And that’s what Orbu does.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

Before starting, my friends at FXG and at Leenzee Games are promoting the Chinese mystery VR game A.D. Subscribe to my newsletter , then write me an e-mail to tonyvt AT skarredghost DOT com and I will give you one so that you can play this game for free! Resolution Games steps back from implementing ads inside Blaston.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

HoloLamp debuted its augmented reality projector system this week at CES 2017, the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The projector makes it possible for augmented reality to interact with real objects, and no special glasses or smartphone are required to see its animated images.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?), It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I didn’t know that the name of that thing was “augmented reality”, but it impressed me a lot. So many memories, guys.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2018

The developers behind Modbox (2016) , the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something they say is a perfect fit for the Modbox software. ” Modbox AR Experiments. Drone battle in the living room anyone?:

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Unity’s Tony Parisi weighs in on how we might come to find it. Today we hear from Tony Parisi, Head of VR & AR at Unity. Parisi is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur and angel investor.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Featured image from left to right: Rob Goodman (OpenVerse), Han Jin (Lucid VR), Amitt Mahajan (Presence Capital), Timoni West and Tony Parisi (Unity). First comes gaming. And the reason, according to Tony Parisi , head of VR and AR strategy at Unity, is simple. And the gaming computer upgrade cycle is really going to drive that.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The headset, which uses a unique projection display method, is heavily focused on tabletop gaming applications. 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. Image courtesy Tilt Five.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

Apple also introduced Reality Composer and RealityKit to make it easier for developers to build augmented reality apps. First introduced in 2017, ARKit is a suite of tools for building AR applications on iOS. This would break the illusion of augmented reality by showing conflicting depth cues. RealityKit.

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MARCH 1, 2017

VR video games are some of the most immersive, visceral experiences to date. But games are just the start of where VR and AR are heading, and honestly, most likely will not be either platform’s primary function in the future. VR and augmented reality are going to be the most visually-demanding platforms ever,” says Sweeney.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

If you design games to be played on the tray table of a plane, you are also creating experiences for people with mobility issues who might not be able to jump around like in a normal BeatSaber session. My team at Shopify started on VR stuff back in 2015 but we’ve been really focused on augmented reality shopping as of late.

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JUNE 6, 2017

After #AWE2017 we are back to work to solve the last bugs and yes, we will use #ARkit for the iOS version of DIAMONST AR RPG #wwdc2017 pic.twitter.com/RkkvF3bOAX — ZenkoGames (@_ZenkoGames_) June 6, 2017. Could DIAMONST by Zenko Games be the killer app to showcase Apple's AR Kit?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

From that day, many people have started asking me more about this augmented reality device, so I understood it was time for one of my big reviews! is the second iteration of the Realmax augmented reality glasses (the first one was the Realmax 100). Realmax has an SDK that is compatible with Unity 2017 and Unity 2019.

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JULY 19, 2017

Membrane AR: Varifocal, Wide-Field-of-View Augmented Reality Display From Deformable Membranes. This augmented reality display employs novel, see-through, deformable membrane mirrors to create virtual imagery at a desired depth level within a wide field of view with the promise of a more comfortable user experience.

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JULY 17, 2017

Because of the mind-boggling number of iPhones and iPads capable of running ARKit, the new tool is already spreading its augmented reality wings across the Internet thanks to a diverse set of developers. Using 3D animations from 4DViews , China-based developer 应高选 created this with his iPhone 6s and Unity.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

Since we’re focused on value creation in the enterprise and education space, Charlie Fink from Forbes described us as “ a new 3D game engine that means business “ The MetaVRse Engine was released on June 1, 2020, at Augmented World Expo (AWE). First of all, you won’t see any games on our platform.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Long before cell phones and MMO’s, it was the standard tabletop that defined the gaming landscape. The term “board game” alone evokes images of flying dice, plastic game pieces, and victory dances amidst defeated friends and family members. But tabletop gaming has been stuck. But the medium isn’t perfect.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. It offers a full-fledge Unity SDK to develop games and support virtual reality. Virtual reality has gone far beyond the needs of the gaming world. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 30, 2017

A public, two-day event, The Art of VR festival showcased just a sample of many of the VR and augmented reality experiences currently unavailable in VR App stores. The new #SpiderManHomecoming #vr game is pretty rad and out today. First is the SUPER CUTE Pixar-esq Raising A Rukus from VRC. link] .

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JULY 12, 2017

VRX 2017, one of world’s premier conferences on the subject of business and technology needed for Virtual Reality, announced the first speakers for a two day event. Confirmed speakers are as follows: Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality, HTC. Tony Parisi, Global Head of VR/AR, Unity Technologies.

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APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell.

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MAY 6, 2021

Part 2: Flight In the last post , I covered the creation of the monarch butterfly avatar that players will embody in this VR game/simulation. In this post, I’ll be discussing the development of our avatar’s flight capabilities, using the Nvidia PhysX engine in Unity. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

or later you can use the Gear 360 app (unfortunately, this is not a retrograde compatibility– it only affects the new 2017 version). AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution. Apparently the $1.4B

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

Some weeks ago, I was reading the post where Cloudhead Games described its story, and it resonated a lot with me. Cloudhead is one of the most famous VR game studios out there, but they recalled how during the winter of VR they thought to abandon the VR field because the business was not sustainable for them.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

We are all ready to play it, and if you are not, you are still in time to pre-download the game , so that at the X time, you can immediately hit the “Play” button. The one that I link to you here is from a general gaming magazine and it awards HL-A a 9/10 mark. I’ll keep you posted!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In April 2017, Microsoft filed a patent on a new technology that could help them in doubling the current FOV by actually doubling the imaging technology. With HoloLens v1 there were absurd limitations regarding the maximum allowed polygons in a Unity scene (like 20K polygons), so almost every produced program run sloppy. Hand Tracking.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 22, 2016

VRDC's Second Edition: November 2016 To meet the growing demand for high-quality content in the space, VRDC's second edition will expand to cover virtual and augmented reality in games, entertainment, brand experience, and a wide range of innovative use cases.

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JUNE 6, 2017

It will cost $4999 and launch in December 2017 Macbook Apple will be offering an external graphics enclosure with an AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU which will connect to Macbooks via Thunderbolt. Apple also says that both Unity and Unreal Engine will support their VR SDKs on Mac, allowing developers to create VR content on Apple’s machines.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

The games giant joins VRM Consortium in Japan as an observer, but does that mean they’re closer to entering the immersive space? The consortium brings together several Japanese companies, which – from February this year – will coordinate activities with the aim to develop the Virtual Reality business.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The $100 consumer Gear VR also debuts during this same period, arriving alongside a virtual arcade from Oculus to let people play some classic games. CCP Games, the maker of EVE: Valkyrie , Gunjack and other upcoming VR games, raises $30 million while NextVR gets $30.5 January 2016. February 2016. March 2016. April 2016.

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MAY 3, 2017

Demonstrated live on-stage during the Unity Vision Summit, you can already try it out for yourself in the Unity 2017 beta. NETFLIX LOOKS TO GET AUGMENTED. The round was led the the Venture Reality Fund, with participation from Boost VC, Lifeline Ventures, and Sisu Game Ventures. raised last fall.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. Cooking Simulator VR is the best VR game of 2021 on SteamVR. A game no one had ever hyped online.

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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. The Upload Summer Showcase brought news about VR games.

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