VRScout

MARCH 1, 2023

Revealed during Mobile World Congress 2023, the 12.4-inch ZTE Corporation, a global information and communication technology company, has unveiled the nubia Pad 3D, a next-gen tablet device that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and lightfield technology to immerse users in a variety of 3D experiences. Discover #nubiaPad3D , with: 12.4

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

XLA announced on Tuesday that it had launched its Metasites modular 3D internet framework, with subsequent demos taking place at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023. Users can also analyse text semantically, create 3D scenes, and deploy content or connect to XLA’s ecosystem using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

XR Today’s Rory Greener sat with XR SME and Industry Expert Randy Nunez to discuss XR in the enterprise in 2023. The Most Promising Use Cases for XR in 2023 XR present countless trusted and emerging use cases to optimise workflows. ” The SME said that rendering engines provide a different mode of development.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2023. Alongside a set of 4K LCD displays, this headset also includes eye-tracking and positional tracking software and can work with a range of software solutions, including Unity, Unreal, and other game engine plugins.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. In the case of Unity Personal, the thresholds are 200,000 downloads and 200,000 in revenues, and the fee is $0.20 per install. And this $0.2

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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. In February 2023, NVIDIA updated its NeRF solution to include new scene builder tools, which allow users to create a complete VR environment from a series of 2D photos with increased time and financial efficiency.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Unity, one of the market leaders in RT3D technology, has a comprehensive kit intended to assist businesses and developers in this optimization process. One-click solutions such as Unity Reflect automatically prepare data for real-time consumption in a 3D, interactive environment.

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2023

ARCore is a software development kit (SDK) developers use to create AR applications across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, Unity, and the Web. SPACE INVADERS: World Defense officially launched on July 17, 2023, and is available on iOS and Android.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Googles solutions allow developers to quickly optimize their augmented reality experiences for android devices, with a convenient Software Development Kit (SDK). Unity Software company, Unity, provides developers and innovators in the creative world with tools capable of building a wide variety of different ads and marketing campaigns.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies can use engines from companies like Unity to recreate digital “twins” of products, buildings, and other items, combined with information from various data sources. For instance, Unreal Engine’s software allows users to use their phone cameras and an application to scan products or objects and upload them into a digital space.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Soon, Meta will host its Connect 2023 event, whereby the firm will announce innovations in its XR product portfolio. Currently, Unity is the most widely-used gaming engine used to create VR/AR/MR experiences for individual developers and enterprises. Gears are turning as the mid-year crossover is in full effect.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These are the improvements it applied: Changes in prices will start with the next Unity 2023 LTS, so existing applications will not be affected, at least while the use previous Unity versions Unity Personal will still be free (now up to 200K of revenues) and applications made with it will be subject to no fee at all.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Latest Manus News Spectre XR The Spectre XR company focuses on the development and design of VR games and apps, as well as fully immersive AR and Mixed Reality experiences for a host of business needs.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The firm plans to ship the G2 product in Q3 2023. The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. First of all, the labs are dedicated only to devs who are already developing applications for the Vision Pro , which is a very expensive headset.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Hand-tracking Works with Snapdragon Spaces (Unity/Unreal) 2.5X Unfortunately, these won’t be available until the second half of 2023. The device weighs only 0.5lbs and boasts some pretty awesome specs according to the company: Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Works outside.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. The prototype is built with Unity, integrating ArcGIS Maps SDK and the HaptX SDK.

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Voices of VR

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are links to all all 12 interviews from my series covering Meta Connect 2023 in looking […] I interviewed CNET writer Scott Stein at Meta Connect about his first impressions of the Quest 3, Rayban Meta Smartglasses, AI, and Meta's strategy as they move into Mixed Reality. See more context in the rough transcript below.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

The platform has been a critical building block for developers across productivity, gaming and entertainment, health, education, training and other verticals to deliver innovative apps based on the world’s most popular development engines: Unity and Unreal.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Varjo’s solution also allows organizations to support collaborative XR experiences, and manage and share Unity and Unreal engine builds through an intuitive UI. LandVault Committed to building intuitive metaverse experiences for business leaders, LandVault is an end-to-end metaverse solutions provider.

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Voices of VR

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I got consent from Qualcomm to publish Hugo Swart’s press briefing that he gave to journalists a week ahead of Meta Connect 2023 where he announced the new XR2 Gen 2 and AR1 Gen 1 chips for the first time.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

The company’s core solution, the VR Builder, is a platform intended to save businesses time and money when developing immersive content using Unity technologies. The company specializes in everything from virtual reality built with Unreal Engine 4, to environments optimized with artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Moreover, ARCore expanded its device coverage across 2023. The ARCore SDK is currently available for Android, Android NDK, Unity for Android, iOS, and Unity for iOS, Unreal, and iOS.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

This week, the analysts Ming-Chi Kuo has teased that Apple Glasses are coming in 2022 at the earliest (2022–2023 timeline). The rumors also talk about a headset coming in 2022 with AR/VR and another one coming in 2023 as a smartglass. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Other relevant news.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2022

For developers, Apple will reportedly ship a spatial version of Apple’s SwiftUI user interface framework, which should make it much easier to build AR and VR applications compared to using a game engine like Unity or Unreal.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

RT3D developmental engines such as Unreal, Unity, and Omniverse also leverage genAI to optimize developmental workflows, notably for budding XR content creators. At the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2023, NVIDIA introduced the CloudXR 4.0 However, genAI is not just applicable to an immersive product vendor.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Who doesn’t want to do that can still use his/her Oculus account to log in until 2023 , but he/she won’t be able to use all the social functionalities of the device (like Venues, Horizon, etc…). After 2023, the devices won’t be guaranteed to work with an Oculus login. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

Although the project was put on hold, the new “ Haptics Studio ” created by Meta in 2023 indicates the company is again stepping into the haptic landscape. Following the success of its original haptic glove, the “Nova,” the SenseGlove Nova 2 was released in 2023. What are VR Gloves Used for?

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Last week, Augmented World Expo EU (AWE) 2023 hosted its yearly event highlighting recent innovations in enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR solutions, as well as related emerging technology such as genAI, digital twins, and geospatial tech. He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

But now it’s 2023, and where does the firm’s Metaverse stand? Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines. The years following Connect 2021 were transformative for Meta as the company transitioned from a social media company to a serious technology firm.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Steam VR stats have been pretty negative in September The Steam hardware survey for September 2023 was very negative for VR. The company is also going to increase the price of Unreal Engine , but this doesn’t apply to people creating games, but only to developers developing other types of content.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

More info (Before Your Eyes VR) More info (Rec Room) More info (Aces Of Thunder) More info (Firmament) More info (Stellaris) More info (Guardians: Frontline) More info (Bigscreen) More info (Across The Valley) More info (Peaky Blinders) More info (Peridot) Other news This is one of the coolest pieces of AR content of this week Learn more Unity Creator (..)

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Realistic, intuitive, and immersive interactions are at the core of SpectreXR’s thesis. This low-code plugin enables users to create realistic, physics-based hand interactions for applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

WEF: Future of Jobs 2023 The World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Future of Jobs Report 2023 last month. Moreover, the report mainly analyses how macro and technology trends impact jobs, skill sets, and transformation strategies across the 2023-2027 timeframe. The report questioned 803 companies employing over 11.3

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

Early this year, at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2023, extended reality (XR) device start-up VITURE unveiled its mixed reality (MR) gaming mobile dock solution: the “VITURE 1.” Parallel realities, strange worlds, untold possibilities – go as far as your imagination will take you. Now shipping!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Budding XR developers can access dedicated immersive content creation tools or integrate projects from leading free-to-use real-time 3D (RT3D) engines like Unity and Unreal. Thankfully, most XR and Metaverse content creation tools for Meta’s Horizon platform, and others, are increasingly accessible.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In its report, the WEF named the “Medical Metaverse” among its top emerging technologies of 2023 – alongside flexible batteries, genAI, sustainable aviation fuel, designer phages, wearable plant sensors, spatial optics, flexible neural electronics, sustainable computing, and AI-facilitated healthcare.

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