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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.27): Huge leaks on Quest 2 Pro (and Quest 3?), Nreal to launch new glasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I have tried the experience myself, and while there is still a lot to polish on the platform, the concert, comprised of high-quality 360 videos, was surely gorgeous. from Ironhead games is offering some of his very well made courses on VR games development in Unity with a HUGE -90% DISCOUNT for all the readers of The Ghost Howls!

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Yes, it’s a lot of time, but these are realistic projections. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

Can you maybe explain to listeners who have never heard of Unreal — maybe they’ve heard of Epic Games and Fortnight, and they think “video games” or something like that — can you explain how the game engines, or the development engines, are being used to develop this type of content? Just just a quick overview. Greg: Yeah.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

Can you maybe explain to listeners who have never heard of Unreal — maybe they’ve heard of Epic Games and Fortnight, and they think “video games” or something like that — can you explain how the game engines, or the development engines, are being used to develop this type of content? Just just a quick overview. Greg: Yeah.

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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

The Ghost Howls

We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. They get haptic feedback while they’re using the chainsaw and they understand viscerally the link between deforestation and using non-recycled paper or not recycling. I learned how to do the coding.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But at the same time, for those companies that do have that and really want to bring things in-house, what are some of the tools that you're seeing -- besides ARKit, ARCore, and Unity -- that are standing out to you? It's not something that every company will do.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller. But at the same time, for those companies that do have that and really want to bring things in-house, what are some of the tools that you're seeing -- besides ARKit, ARCore, and Unity -- that are standing out to you? It's not something that every company will do.