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The Weather Channel Uses Mixed Reality To Explain The Dangers Of Fire Tornadoes

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Developed in collaboration with The Future Group , The Weather Channel’s Immersive Mixed Reality technology uses real-time graphics rendering and visual effects powered by Unreal Engine to immerse its hosts in the stories themselves, resulting in more impactful reporting. Image Credit: The Weather Group.

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Oculus is “All in on OpenXR,” New Developer Features Will Come to OpenXR Only

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Image courtesy The Khronos Group. ’ in 2019 ; this new announcement from Oculus is sure to hasten the pace significantly. The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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Created by Fable and Oculus and powered by Unreal Engine, the film has been to Tribeca, the Chicago Film Festival and the Emmys. The Innovative VR Company of the Year is this year going to Emblematic Group. The feature is the second and final installation of a VR-based adaptation of the work by award-winning author Neil Gaiman.

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OpenXR Update to Optimise Major XR Headsets

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Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration. The new stereo-foveated rendering improves eye-tracking features, and the feature is widespread – already finding a home on Unity, Unreal, and NVIDIA Omniverse.

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Nreal to Rebrand as Xreal

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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. The accusing firm argued that the trademarks ‘Nreal’ and ‘Unreal’ were visually similar and could create confusion as both parties work with the same technology partners.

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Felix & Paul’s Creepy VR Film ‘Gymnasia’ Set To Debut At Tribeca Film Festival

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The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner and with it comes Tribeca Immersive Virtual Arcade , an entire exhibit dedicated to highlighting creators who explore how storytelling and technology can come together to deliver wondrous VR and AR experience. We are proud and excited to launch GYMNASIA at Tribeca Immersive 2019.”.

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Epic Aims to Take on Steam with Newly Announced Epic Games Store

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Steam is widely considered the de facto platform for PC games, VR or otherwise, but Unreal Engine creators Epic Games want change that with a new storefront that they say will leave more revenue to developers than Steam and other major digital distribution platforms. Image courtesy Epic Games.

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