Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. Developer Control. Meta emphasizes that Application Spacewarp is fully controllable by the developer on a frame-by-frame basis.

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2024

That group is W4 Games, a startup founded in 2021 by Godot's co-creator Juan Linietsky, Godot's Project Manager Rémi Verschelde, Godot's Networking maintainer Fabio Alessandrelli, and serial entrepreneur Nicola Farronato. If you're not familiar with it, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Just recently Weather Channel drove a virtual car through the studio to show how vehicles lose control on snowy or icy roads. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 What is ARCore? Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. Now let’s have a look at Augmented Reality software. What is ARKit?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company says its new trackers will offer “more natural and immersive VR experiences, new options for enterprises to measure user responses, and even more accessible interaction methods such as gaze control.” Image courtesy HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The VR ecosystem can end 2021 with a big smile on its face. This has been thanks to its massive growth: according to Rec Room’s Shawn Whiting, in March 2021 the total number of users was 2 million, while now they are 37. A look back at 2021. It’s the end of the year, and it’s time to look back at what has happened in 2021.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2021

Major VR stakeholders—including Oculus, Valve, HTC, Microsoft, Unity, and Unreal Engine—now offer full or partial support for the standard. Members of the OpenXR consortium publicly supporting the standard as of March, 2021. Sony’s next-gen VR controllers | Image courtesy Sony. After years of development, the OpenXR 1.0

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. He says that Apple AR glasses will come in 2021 and that he has seen them. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 WebXR Toolkits ? Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ?? Unity Game Engine ?? Supported AR/VR devices ? Maturity of Toolkit ?

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ARPost

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The session launched Victoria VR , a blockchain-enabled worldbuilding game that Reyes had also teased at the 2021 VR/AR Global summit. See Also: 2021 VR/AR Association Global Summit: Metaverse, Convergence, and Adoption. “We AI is then digitally embodied through Unreal Engine , Unity , Metahuman , or Ready Player Me.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. billion) and ARkit (1.25

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ARVR

MARCH 11, 2021

The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021 On Grab: This is the logic that executes when the object is picked up, it could be snapping an object to your hands position, changing its color, or playing a sound effect. While Grabbed: Update the drawers position to move towards the players controller. Controller Position?—?for

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Game engines that also invoke the 3D pipeline AR is more than just a medium for games, but not many people escaped the tidal wave that is Pokémon Go, and AR gaming is a super exciting application of the tech! How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR. MWC Shanghai 2021 showcased some XR technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. The tracking of the controllers and the headset has been improved a lot, and there is also great content like Synth Riders and Red Matter to play with. Top news of the week.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Integration with Unity and Unreal Engine. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 ARCore ?—?AR Automatic light control. Integration with Unity and Unreal Engine. In 2021 and beyond, if there is one priority that ranks top on the agenda of most business leaders, it is improving user engagement. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again some delicious hot chocolate Before leaving you to the news of the week, I’m happy to announce to you that I’ve been selected as a speaker for AWE US 2021 ! Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. Quest 2 may have sold more than Xbox in 2021. Voting takes just 2 minutes, so I invite you all to do that Vote for XRMust Awards 2021.

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ARVR

AUGUST 16, 2021

They will also have basic controls and 2D graphics. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Additional Factors That Affect the Game Development Costs Pre-production processes?—?We According to recent data, as of the first quarter of 2021, approximately 316,802 mobile gaming apps were available on the AppStore.

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ARPost

JUNE 2, 2023

” Magic Leap’s big announcement wasn’t to do with AI, but it will still be thrilling to developers: an Unreal Engine plugin is coming in August. The internet connectivity at AWE is notoriously spotty and, while the controller disconnected a few times, the display never skipped a beat.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Per se, this is not a surprising news (all companies are working on next iterations of their devices), but what is surprising is the timing that the report suggests: a new Oculus Quest should have been announced at the end of 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will come in 2021. Unreal Engine 4.25 adds many XR features.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. From this exhibition, we had some cool news as well.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The FTC first felt concerned over the investment in 2021 when Meta announced the $400 million purchase. The Metaverse could make it even harder to control such activities, needing strict and preventive policy-making. At the time, the FTC urged the US District Court for the Northern District of California to halt the transaction.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Pico Neo 3 is coming in Q2 2021. Sony seems to be patenting bananas as controllers for the next-gen PSVR! Actually, while this seems funny in the beginning, it could be an interesting idea to use real objects as controllers of XR peripherals). All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

According to IDC’s March 2022 quarterly report , headset shipments grew by a staggering 92 percent in 2021, with several players vying for the top spot. XTAL won the prestigious Red Dot Product Design Award in 2020 and was also among the finalists for VR Awards 2021. Key Features of the XTAL Virtual Reality Headset. as well as USB 3.2

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The company has stated that in 2021 it will spend $10B for the metaverse , and that in next years that expense will be even larger. Since Facebook doesn’t control Oculus anymore, because everything is becoming Meta, the Facebook login won’t be mandatory for “Oculus” devices anymore. Facebook login on Quest won’t be mandatory anymore.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. CONTROL & SAFETY With any immersive experience, the user has to have a sense of safety and freedom. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Finally, what kinds of Transactions will happen in the AR Cloud?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2021, US technology giant Nvidia announced it was starting its journey into the cloud streaming world with help from the Google Cloud. Exceptional manageability: Cloud-based XR streaming solutions also allow companies to maintain more control over their XR ecosystems.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Facebook operating system, pervasive of all devices (Portal, Quest, Smartwatch, etc…) could give Facebook the same power as Apple: having full control of hardware and software , with also complete interoperability. The most viral news of the week has for sure been the one about MetaHuman Creator, a new software for Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. We now know how the Oculus logo has born… probably the next controllers will be made out of liquorice. Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Concepts like loops, control-logic, OOP principles like inheritance, abstraction, encapsulation, etc should be at your fingertips before moving forward. This course from the University of Michigan focuses mainly on developing XR apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal — Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal Skill 5?—?Machine

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. The headset was sold separately in the past but today it is bundled with two PlayStation Move motion controllers, the PlayStation Camera and two games. Ways to Get Your Business into VR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). The Taiwanese company has released three new trailers highlighting the high comfort of the device and the great controller tracking ( the best in its category, according to it). Other relevant news. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

So for instance, if you have developed an AR experience where you tap on the screen to make something happen, on PC you click on the screen to make that thing happen, and on VR headsets you point and press the trigger with your controllers. Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience.

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