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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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Nreal to Rebrand as Xreal

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The move follows a long-standing legal dispute with Epic Games, who took Nreal to court over the use of similarly titled services. Furthermore, Amazon Germany listings display an “Xreal Air Adapter”, which could be a successor to Nreal’s Apple Adapter, which the firm released last year, selling out in 24 hours !

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

VRScout

It’s the prequel novel to not one, but rather an entire series of upcoming Scraper VR games, headed by the budding Labrodex Studios out of Jericho, NY. As Labrodex’s founder, Jim Ivon, initially told me over the phone, Labrodex intends to release three Scraper games with five episodes of content per game.

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The Direct from Imagination Era Has Begun

Building the Metaverse

When I was a kid, I wanted to build a holodeck — the immersive 3D simulation system from Star Trek, so I started making games, beginning with online multiplayer games for bulletin board systems. Eventually, I even got to make a massively multiplayer mobile game based on Star Trek that a few million people played.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. That’s really the heart of it. Just like you said.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. That’s really the heart of it. Just like you said.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH's Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating -- especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. Yeah, well, that's for video games.". That's really the heart of it. Just like you said.

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