XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Unity represents one of the most flexible environments in the XR landscape for companies looking to build their own collaborative experiences from scratch. The Unity ecosystem is an open and broad landscape full of tools capable of empowering workforces through communication, shared projects, and access to unique capabilities.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something new, not to miss the new features that Unity has implemented these years. I have so started using Unity 2021.3 Let’s see how to build a Unity 2021 application with OpenXR. It is a Unity 2019.4

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ARPost

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The new program received approval for creation from the Ohio University Board of Trustees in April 2021 and was later also approved by the state of Ohio and the Higher Learning Commission. Virtual Reality and Game Development Major – a Needed Addition to the Educational Offer.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Supported AR/VR devices ? ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. We're excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

Unity VisualLive. Created by a market-leading provider of XR development software, Unity VisualLive allows professionals in a host of environments to visualise designs and collaborate more effectively in a real-time space. Spatial integrates with a wide range of platforms, including OneDrive, Google Drive, and Slack. ImmersedVR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The global pandemic has changed the rules for everything, and the situation is so confusing and so rapidly evolving that any prediction for 2021 is completely unreliable, too. 2021 won’t be the year of VR. Well, let’s be honest, this won’t happen in 2021, either.

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ARPost

MAY 16, 2023

Bar-Zeev has worked in XR since 1992 including co-founding Google Earth, serving as a consultant for Linden Labs, a principal architect for Microsoft, advisor for Tilt Five and Croquet, and president of the XR Guild. Participants can also be invited to a Campfire session via a link, just like 2D remote collaboration tools like Google Docs.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Last year, Google also acquired North, an AR smart glass manufactures. the year of AR glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Lynx will start this Kickstarter campaign in September 2021 and expects to ship its consumer device in February 2022 (but remember that delays with Kickstarter are very frequent). billion AR-compatible devices at the end of 2021 , with the 2nd and 3rd places occupied by Facebook’s Spark AR (1.6 billion) and ARkit (1.25 billion).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. The open-sourced Watson Unity SDK can be found on GitHub.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. Our friends at ARtillery predict that AR advertising will pass the $2B mark in 2021, driven primarily by social networks. Tony Parisi is Head of XR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies. Four Myths About AR Advertising.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

With the Starboard UI and Apple Glasses release anticipated for Q4 2020/Q1 2021, the world is eagerly awaiting the next generation of extended reality (XR) standards. For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you

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ARVR

JULY 6, 2021

Getting Started The initial tech stack for this was Flutter, Unity AR, and Firebase, but we soon had to switch to using the ar_core_flutter plugin and Appwrite for the backend. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Navigation Beamer is a wonderful package that tries to solve the complexities of using Navigator 2.0 in Flutter.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Preorders are open now with just a little deposit of $10, shipping in 2021. Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture.

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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. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. So let me stop talking and let’s dig into them immediately!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

It is easily accessible in the Unity SDK as a standard WebcamTexture, so if you like hacking things, I guess you can have a lot of fun developing things for it! The Pico SDK can be easily accessed from the Pico website : it is available for Unity, UE4 and also for the native Android platform. User Interface.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

ARtillery rather projects a mid-2022 market entrance (with a possible late-2021 announcement). Visual search a la Google Lens will be opportune as it inherits the high-intent dynamics that make search a valuable ad medium. The underlying technology and consumer readiness aren’t there, and Apple is rarely first to market.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Epic Games: Reality Scan In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Google: RawNeRF. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. NVIDIA Instant NeRF.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Zapbox features a 100° FOV and is going to launch with a Unity SDK to create content for it. And so on… Geoffrey Hinton, one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence, has left Google to speak out about the dangers of AI. A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller.

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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! Unity // Most people's intro to game dev! at Google scale.?—?

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ARVR

MAY 27, 2021

He’s worked with Google, Under Armor, Hyundai, VMWare, and more. He is currently working on a VR title to be announced over the summer of 2021 with MikeTeevee VR. This ideally would be some kind of VR editor in a gaming engine, but luckily Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender are all deep in development on this. Danny Bittman?—?Hyundai

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

The Quest 2 is expected to have 8–9M units sold in 2021 (and this is compatible with the estimated sales data we have now), while the new device should sell 18–20M units in 2022. Do you remember that leaked email when Zuck told that he wanted to control all the technological stack Facebook works on and he wanted to acquire Unity?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Regarding the Quest, Facebook listened to all our complaints about the too strict content curation and said that it is working on a new and more open content distribution platform to be released in 2021. Google is going to buy North. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. Unity Learn Premium is permanently free.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. Coming in May 2021 , with first units sents to reviewers in January 2021, because the product is almost ready. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Pictures from FBEC 2021 (Image from VRTUOLUO) Who will be the most important speakers?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. Additionally, the organisation raised around £2 million in capital in 2021. The award-winning operating system is also layer-based, providing clients with fully bespoke configurations.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

This is confirmed also by a previous prediction by the CEO of Unity, which foresees that in 2030 VR headsets will be as popular as gaming console: that is mainstream, but still not as TV, for instance. But don’t let the numbers fool yourself: as Mathew Olson from The Information highlights, “[PwC data] translates to a projected $6.9

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). This means that most probably, it will launch in 2021. Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. News worth a mention. Image by Microsoft). These news make me happy .

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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. Companies can stream the same data to multiple devices simultaneously and leverage potentially infinite storage, processing, and computing power without hardware restrictions.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) WebXR Examples WebXR Room I recently created this simple application using the WebXR Device API developed by Mozilla on the Unity video game engine. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 What is ARCore? ARCore is a Google SDK. Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. If you are using Unity3D, you’ll need to install ARCore Unity SDK. To solve this issue, Unity has a handy library called AR Foundation. How to Use ARCore?

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Benefits of Augmented Reality in Education There are many advantages of using augmented reality applications in education that have already been discovered by practicing educators. Google Arts & Cultures in the classroom. ExpiCulture?—?Developing for students.

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