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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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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap. Augmented Reality in 2018.

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What to expect from next-gen HoloLens

The Ghost Howls

I guess they will steal some ideas from Magic Leap and provide a more comfortable headset (more cushions) and more customization options (more accessories to fit it on your nose, support for prescription lenses, etc…). I expect with this one to switch to at least 100K polygons in every Unity AR game. Resolution.

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OpenXR 1.0 Released, Microsoft Supports on HoloLens & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest Support

Road to VR

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Other companies who are officially part of the group responsible for developing OpenXR—like AMD, ARM, NVIDIA, HTC, Valve, Unity, and others—voiced support for the 1.0

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‘Modbox’ AR to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful & Fun AR Apps

Road to VR

In VR, Moxbox basically offers users a sandbox to experiment with toys, mods, and a place for impressive object destruction, although the app has taken a slightly more serious tone lately with its recent update which allows multiple users to concurrently script entity behavior much like you can in the Unity game engine.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.23): Half-Life: Alyx launches, Oculus Del Mar leaked, PS5 revealed and more!

The Ghost Howls

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 VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

or later you can use the Gear 360 app (unfortunately, this is not a retrograde compatibility– it only affects the new 2017 version). After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail. Apparently the $1.4B