Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Here’s a roundup of news from the third day of our GDC 2018 coverage. Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2019

Brought to life using a combination of Unreal Engine and volumetric capture, these augmented holograms would appear sporadically throughout the performance, disappearing into puffs of smoke around the original Madonna seemingly at random. Image Credit: UMG. Image Credit: UMG.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

Launched today at SIGGRAPH 2018 , StarVR One is a one-of-its-kind VR head mounted display that provides nearly 100-percent human viewing angle. StarVR One features key technology innovations critical to redefine what’s possible in virtual reality. StarVR One seamlessly integrates Tobii’s industry-leading eye tracking technology.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. — Benjamin Lang (@benz145) March 23, 2018. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 16, 2023

Epic Games: A Background The story of Nreal’s potential rebranding starts back in 2018. In a pre-covid world, the Chinese AR hardware firm became embroiled in a legal dispute with Epic Games, the parent company of the RT3D engine Unreal.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At Slush 2017, Helsinki-based Varjo Technologies today announced an additional investment of $6.7 The company says its Beta Prototypes will be shipping to new and existing partners during Q1 2018. ” Varjo prototypes are also being shipped with both Unreal and Unity plugins to enable content creation. image courtesy Varjo.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2019

This year’s SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference, currently taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, features no shortage of VR and AR technology. Available today via the Magic Leap World Store, Undersea harnesses the power of Unreal Engine 4 and Vulcan 3.1 Image Credit: Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

” It has taken place in LA in October, 9-10th 2018 and has been attended by various believers, innovators, developers and journalists. — The Digital Acid (@thedigitalacid) October 11, 2018. Of course this is not ML’s fault… it’s the technology that is not ready yet. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

From going on a daring spacewalk to hanging out with your favorite cartoons, VR is beloved for its ability to make the unreal feel real. The AR experience is the latest jump into immersive technology and storytelling for the media giant, following the release of an AR mobile app feature during the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2019

The company’s penultimate investment round netted the AR startup $461 million in March 2018, led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm. SEE ALSO Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic's $100M Unreal MegaGrants. billion, according to Crunchbase.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At HaptX, our team is celebrating a milestone-filled 2018. We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Fortunately, we had an answer.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2020

Using SkyReal, the company is able to take the CAD design of the product and transform it on the fly in a multiplayer solution inside Unreal Engine. This project started in Airbus Innovation as an internal research project aimed at learning VR technologies and understanding how it could benefit to aircraft design operations.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2019

Released back in 2018, the Looking Glass was an instant hit among 3D content creators. Not only that, but Frayne also believes that as volumetric video capture and light field technology continue to progress, the Looking Glass Pro will eventually become the ideal device for viewing past memories.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The FTC investigation noted how Zuckerberg said it was crucial to be completely ubiquitous in killer [VR] apps during its 2018 acquisition of Occulus. The same month, Meta’s Reality Labs subdivision, dedicated to immersive technology research and development (R&D), faced a massive reshuffle. Internal Response from Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

This means that the glasses may be shipped even if the technology is not ready to make them perfect from a design standpoint. I loved the news of this launch because the first alpha of Flipside was launched in 2018 for PCVR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The game is due to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in early 2018. Sci-fi shooter Evasion from VR studio Archiact has been revealed, said to feature ‘next generation’ VR locomotion and ‘high intensity’ co-op multiplayer combat for up to 4 players. The game’s ‘Swarm A.I’

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. The VR Awards recognize innovations in VR technology through twelve categories. What Is AIXR? VR Marketing.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

Now Oculus seeks to spread the adoption of VR technology even further by providing museums, libraries, and schools across three new locations with the latest Oculus products, new educational experiences, and in depth training for teachers. HOOVER DAM: INDUSTRIAL VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations. Doooooooonate!

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2017

The games run on Unreal Engine, and are targeting all three major VR platforms. The game has been pushed to 2018, and unfortunately won’t be entirely playable in VR. Bethesda Plans to Support “as many platforms as we can”: Photo courtesy Bethesda. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown PSVR mode hands-on: image captured by Road to VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Automotive companies use VR environments to build new vehicles while embedding AR technology into their navigation systems. Back in 2018, as part of the IBC Masterclass on VR technology, Rob Koenen shared his vision of the future of virtual reality. Which Companies are Already Investing In Interoperability?

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2018, three co-founders of Refract, Chong Geng Ng, Michael Chng and Eugene Koh, worked on a gaming-related project and encountered a problem statement: How would one bridge the gap between gaming and physical activity? billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. . ” . . ” .

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 6, 2017

Sadly, this won’t launch until Spring 2018 :( Full tweet here. 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. ARKit will feature support for Unity, Unreal, and SceneKit. See above tweet). Sources: Road To VR & Verge.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2018

Henry for Oculus Rift is a little masterpiece of graphical optimizations : this short movie has an amazing quality and is all rendered in real time by Unreal Engine. He has developed a new technology to watch 5K x 5K stereoscopic videos at 60 Hz on the Oculus Go. — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) May 25, 2018.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

And it was all surprisingly lifelike for something rendered in the Unreal Engine, led by a motion captured performance of Marshmello behind the turntable. Such an experience is already possible with today’s VR technology. You can watch it below. You aren’t looking through a window: you’re there.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2018

Image Credit: Unreal Engine’s YouTube channel. Unreal Engine shows off a stunning Star Wars real-time ray-tracing demo. Through a technology called real-time ray-tracing. Aside from the big ray-tracing story, Google was making waves at the 2018 Game Developer’s Conference this year. So how is this possible?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We wanted to take the ‘reality’ out of VR and cook it down into something more unreal, but also truthful.”. Eminem has used immersive technology last year, creating accompanying visuals for an AR app during his 2018 Coachella performance. Image Credit: Felix & Paul Studios. That’s why we have parental advisory on music.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

I spent 80% of my time on a slightly customized version of Unreal Engine for Developers in-VR Editor (by Epic Games). It enables sophisticated in-VR level design and a good part of Unreal’s interface is exposed within it. Having been so exposed to all the latest VR technologies, forecast to my readers how the future of VR will be!

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

However, we try to develop our platform to abstract the software and hardware because in this business, the hardware and software platforms are evolving so fast (and with that, old technology either quickly becoming obsolete or going out of business) we have to be nimble and adapt quickly as the XR world evolves.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

Back in December of last year, it was noted that enterprises were purchasing headsets and immersive technology gear at an incredible rate, a trend that will continue for years to come. XTAL is a premium headset that allows users to enter immersive VR environments with state-of-the-art technologies and a semi-ruggedized exterior.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

WebXR is a technology with enormous potential, but at the moment it offers far worse tools to develop for it than standalone VR , where we all use Unity and Unreal Engine. First of all, be sure to have all the tools required to follow this tutorial. You’ll need: Unity game engine (of course). I downloaded Unity 2019.3.11

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams. He was part of the design process for several of Unreal’s core features. Pimax, Vive, Oculus and StarVR are all pioneering new technologies and gearing up for their 2 nd generation hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One of the best moments ever at View Conference 2018 , has been when I was able to interview John Gaeta. Douglas went away from Hollywood to create this super-studio with all the cutting-edge technology (like robotic camera systems, computers, etc…). 5G will be fundamental for the development of world-scale XR technologies.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

The sound technology combined with the movements of our hands and heads made our conversation, even between avatars represented as the simplest of shapes floating in space, feel remarkably like the real thing. Many VR creators have a very clear memory of the time they became convinced the technology was ready for mass market appeal.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

Although one feature of the holodeck — manipulating physical force fields — may remain the domain of science fiction — just about everything else is rapidly becoming technological reality (just as Star Trek foresaw so many other things, like mobile phones, voice recognition and tablet-based computers). Image from Unreal Engine 5.1

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