Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity’s xR strategy is Tony Parisi, who is a co-founder of VRML and a long-time open web advocate.

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VRScout

JUNE 25, 2018

VR and AR have been a recurrent topic over the past few years, but mostly from a creative and experiential standpoint. This is a huge deal for two reasons: A flow of advertising dollars in VR/AR will create a viable economy for creators to build more content. Millions of people to experience AR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

With Spaces , Microsoft is aiming to provide point-and-click simplicity by letting users create immersive environments on the fly by using media such as 3D assets, 360 photos, and 360 video—all of which is stored in SharePoint folders. ” The news was first reported by German VR publication MIXED.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Plus, if you are in Karlsruhe, I’ll be attending the LEARNTEC event and I’ll be there on Thursday morning… if you’re there, we can meet! That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins. So don’t expect it to revolutionize AR or VR soon.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

The former listing seeks a candidate with “direct experience with implementing and/or designing media file formats,” as well as “experience with VR and 360 video.” ” The latter is looking for someone with “Direct experience with implementing and/or designing VR or 360 video playback systems.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Escape Code is a 360-degree short film directed and animated by Josh Hassin and the San Diego, CA based studio, Look Mister that seems inspired by many of these ideas. The entire short film, embedded below, was created in Unity and is driven by a synthwave soundtrack scored by Emmy award winning composer RAD LAZER (aka Rafter Roberts).

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. NETFLIX LOOKS TO GET AUGMENTED. in funding.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. Apple, humble as always, announced that their ARKit made iOS the largest AR platform in the world…overnight. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

???! These days are pretty hot here, but this doesn’t stop me from enjoying virtual reality. What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. I think that cubes are never enough… cubes are love, cubes are life. Discover AR fashion.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

And yes, he told me that at the end of the day, the result is quite similar to Virtual Desktop , because what the company does is streaming the rendered scene from a computer to an AR or VR headset. But what I should have looked at is how the network was done. I hope you have enjoyed all these articles of mine about AWE!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The AR startup is in big troubles : after having overhyped its device for years and having collected billions of investments, it just delivered a HoloLens clone. invested in AR and VR companies. From the videos, it is impressive, and I’m going to test it very soon. A new interesting AR project is thriving on Kickstarter.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The firm showcased how employees can interact and benefit from its brand of immersive productivity, in turn wowing some attendees who may not have expected to see an enterprise-ready AR/VR/MR device at the event. In 2023, Igloo Vision showcased its various immersive spaces.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

The summary will be split in two parts: today I’ll tell you about Stereopsia and some nice companies I met there, while tomorrow I’ll describe more the artistic/storytelling side of the event (and I will also talk about the Lenovo AR headset!). InVR is another nice company making 360 videos and volumetric videos.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

software update, called Daydream Euphrates, is going to bring along with it some major changes that are set to reach down to the core of the upcoming Android ‘O’ operating system. Unity and Unreal support. Daydream’s 2.0 image courtesy Google. Multi-process VR compositor. Multiview stereo rendering. Performance.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others. The award-winning operating system is also layer-based, providing clients with fully bespoke configurations.

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Cats and VR

MAY 26, 2017

Nick Ochoa-Founder Of Magik Gallery-" Virtual Reality is more that a gaming platform, more than a 360° Video distribution platform, VR is a canvas and what you can create is very vast and infinite. Also mad props to Oculus and Naomi from the Medium team out there showing mad love in support of the event.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2019

I will let you know soon about my adventures here… for now let’s just talk about the most important news of this week in AR and VR! Image by Ars Technica). The one that caught more my attention is the official release of the “Vive Video 6 DOF Lite” mode. Vivo and Vuzix are ready to announce new AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

This is its description that I lazily copy-pasted: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations? The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors. Just pick a language you’re most comfortable with.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2018

Their creations were then imported into the Unity engine via the toolkit. From demons to neon black holes and spaceships, anything you can create using Tilt Brush can be brought into Unity through the Toolkit,” said Chris Prynoski, president and owner of Titmouse.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Genvid’s technology is already available in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4, but a plug-in for Unity is also being released. Others like NextVR are looking to streaming in VR itself with 360 videos that bring you closer to live events, while some companies offer in-VR streaming of non-VR game.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Flight attendants can wear the AR device and, through facial recognition technology, can access flight user data like destination, loyalty status, allergies, when they received their last in-flight snack or beverage… and even assess your mood. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Unity also revealed the new version of its EditorVR authoring tool and confirmed it will be available on December 15th.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. I don’t know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. I don’t know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 8, 2022

The solution involved creating a 3D, configurable version of the incredible Arksen 85 yacht, powered by Unity. Footage for the marketing experience was shot using Meta 360 video camera systems, and is designed to make users feel as though they’re sitting in one of the seats inside the train.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. Two well-established companies with serious Hollywood money are joining forces. You don’t even need a 360 camera– you can capture a spherical photo with a panoramic photo app.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

This doesn’t surprise me: Google is working on SLAM and similar technologies since a lot of years : project Tango has been revealed in 2014 and Google is also the developer of the ARCore AR framework that can perform the positional tracking of the phone using only one RGB camera. Unity Development. New experimental features.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It is clear that this “leak” and the subsequent announcements are made as a defensive move against Apple : it is rumored that Apple will launch a hybrid AR/VR headset next year, and Facebook is so moving fast to launch something cheaper and with comparable specifications, hoping to get a first-mover advantage. Other relevant news.

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Digitalnauts

MARCH 23, 2022

I managed to see “most” XR projects and companies and what they were showcasing (including some 360 videos, lidar scan with an artistic touch , AR and VR as well).?It “ “ There were also a few fully immersive exhibitions powered by amazing tech (Spatial, Unity, MeowWolf, Dell, DC, Porsche…), which was great to see.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. I don't know if you realize, 82 percent of universities have tried VR and AR. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them? Affordable.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

Maybe the highlight of today is that the company is releasing VRWorks Audio and 360 Video software development kits. Key components of VRWorks are being adopted by industry leading graphics engines such as Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 to provide developers an easy path to taking advantage of the SDK in their games and applications.

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VR Playhouse

JULY 18, 2017

The class covered a broad spectrum, looking at the history of VR and the industry and tackling the entire process behind making a 360 experience, from creative ideation, through production, post, and distribution. More classes are on their way, including intensives on creative writing, sound and working with the game engine Unity.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

By capturing this day through immersive 360 video, it would enable people who were looking back on this day in history, to experience it on an entirely different level. The added layer that 360 video brings lets people think they were part of this time in history.” is a 360° video channel I have been developing.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

Platform building requires a lot of teamwork and also the ability to work under high pressure, so look for these qualities If you’re building an XR platform, look for someone with previous experience with AR/VR technology and with previous experience with multiplayer applications. Unity XR was a much safer choice.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Rori DuBoff, Managing Director and Head of Content Innovation and Strategy for Extended Reality — that’s VR, AR and MR — at Accenture Interactive. Those are critical technologies that we are looking at, in terms of making VR and AR experiences smarter, more personalized.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Rori DuBoff, Managing Director and Head of Content Innovation and Strategy for Extended Reality — that’s VR, AR and MR — at Accenture Interactive. Those are critical technologies that we are looking at, in terms of making VR and AR experiences smarter, more personalized.

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