The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Since I have worked on some VR concerts myself (and one even got featured on the Unity blog), I thought my opinion could be valuable for someone… at least for the Stageverse developers that so have some feedback about what to improve. but I thought it could be interesting to write some short first impressions about it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. billion in revenue in 2017, is seizing on the opportunity to provide the tools. “We Unity, which allows developers to create highly customizable experiences for VR and AR, leads the pack.

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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. Subscribe on iTunes.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Apple is positioning the new iMac Pro—available this Thursday starting at a cool $5,000—as an ideal machine for VR content creators (both 360 video and real-time). Apple earlier this year also said that it planned to update Final Cut Pro X to support 360 degree video editing.

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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. THE INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP. in funding.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Unity and Unreal VR SDK Support. Apple also says that both Unity and Unreal Engine—the leading VR content creation tools—will support their VR SDKs on Mac, allowing developers to create VR content on Apple’s machines. VR Video Editing in Final Cut Pro X.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Ready Player Me launches monetization tools for developers This has been in my opinion one of the biggest news of the week. Ready Player Me, the startup offering cross-platform and cross-application avatars, has just announced the release of its monetization tools in beta.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Igloo Vision was among a number of leading emerging technology companies showing face at the event to highlight the future of workplace technology -with the firm successfully showcasing how immersive spaces are a valuable enterprise tool via its Igloo Core Engine solution. In 2023, Igloo Vision showcased its various immersive spaces.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

To make the upcoming Android ‘O’ OS more VR-friendly, Google is integrating some things you might think are pretty basic, but in the end are intended to give VR users the tools they need to manage the ‘always in VR’ nature of standalone headsets. Unity and Unreal support. Daydream Home. image courtesy Google.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2018

Icarus Six Sixty Six was created using Tilt Brush, a VR art tool that Titmouse has utilized multiple times in the past. Their creations were then imported into the Unity engine via the toolkit.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

Presenz also offers a Unity plugin so that you can import this render file in Unity and so mix the resulting volumetric video with some real-time interactions that you add in the game engine. InVR is another nice company making 360 videos and volumetric videos. Me and Simon of One Bonsai. Altheria Solutions.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2017

There are two ends of the spectrum from audio production ranging from pure live capture and pure audio production, which happens to mirror the differences between passive 360 video capture and interative, real-time CGI games.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Development — Get hands-on training for how to build the world’s best VR applications, from tutorials covering the latest Oculus Mobile and PC SDKs, to workshops on top game engines including Unity and Unreal. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education. Oculus Connect 3 Registration.

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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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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Releasing a simple 360 video as a marketing ploy is old news these days, so it’s refreshing when companies embrace VR to enhance their experiential brand activations in unique ways. RIDE A VIRTUAL WATERSLIDE WITHOUT GETTING WET AT TOPSHOP.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2016

Their OctaneRender is GPU-based, physically correct renderer that has been integrated into 24 special effects industry tools with support for Unity and Unreal Engine on the way. They also hope to eventually be able to directly deliver their physically correct renders directly to the web using WebGL.

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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. Meta and Hilton.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2017

Blortasia is his second public VR art piece, arriving a few months after the pre-rendered 3D 360 video Zen Parade for Gear VR. Enter Blortasia. To learn more about the nuts and bolts of the experience, I spoke with Kevin Mack about how it was made.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2017

View your 360° video projects in realtime on a HTC Vive. In a trio of announcements, Apple revealed that Valve would be bringing SteamVR and HTC Vive to the new iMac, Unity and Unreal Engine were coming to Mac, and Final Cut Pro X would finally support VR video editing. Easily at 360° titles and graphics on the fly.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

MoatBoat : a nice experiment of a world creation tool all controlled by voice. This is very useful for instance to share videos and photos, since you can connect your headset to your Google account. There is Youtube : it works incredibly well to watch 360 videos and VR videos in general. Unity Development.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. I wonder if something similar could be employed for 360 videos…. Fingers crossed that this will be only the beginning. News worth a mention. Image by Epic Games, from The SportsRush). Try the MetaHumans in VR and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

We have built great experiences on top of VRChat, which is an amazing platform, has a lot of daily users, and has good building tools, so we could just happily rely on it. Unity XR was a much safer choice. For three years, we went on creating content on VRChat, but also The Sandbox, Roblox, ENGAGE, and other similar solutions.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Over the years, they considered 360 video marketing, VR entertainment booths, and training simulations before settling on XR tools to aid with research. For example, they made an immersive environment in Unity to test custom furniture models. They’ll be adding more tools and features in the coming months. ?.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I mean, there's VR collaboration tools and stuff, but 99.9 Daniel: I think you may well. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I mean, there's VR collaboration tools and stuff, but 99.9 Daniel: I think you may well. Alan: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Later on, we invented 360 videos, that is a sphere around the user where it is projected everything that a user can see from his position : he can rotate his head and still see coherent visuals. Also Youtube offers the ability to load ambisonic sounds together with 360 videos. A real ambisonics microphone.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

AI, music, and VR creation tools collide in this beautiful 360° video. But I didn’t want to switch to a 2D workflow once I imported into Unity, and so I used Virtual Desktop’s display overlay to work in Unity on a virtual big screen. Danny was the first person I reached out to. What are you working on next?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

We started working really early on with the DK-1 from Kickstarter, testing, playing around with Unity, seeing what we could do, up to now where we're easily 200+ commercially funded, brand funded XR experiences. I mean, there's VR collaboration tools and stuff, but 99.9 Daniel: I think you may well. Alan: Yeah.

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VeeR VR

JUNE 24, 2018

I believe VR is an incredible tool for empathy and by showcasing these kinds of stories we can imbue our lives with a little more hope and joy. My advice for aspiring VR creators (young and old) is to experiment with as many different creation tools as possible (Tiltbrush, Unity, 360 video, photogrammetry) and see what grabs you!

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VeeR VR

JUNE 13, 2018

In fact, with just some simple and intuitive modification in the animation production procedure, you'd be able to change the virtual camera into a 360-degree one and shoot panoramas or 360 videos of 3D scenes you built within your favorite modelling tool, providing your viewers with exponentially better sense of space, exploration, and free-will.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

But in contrast, it is boldly presented, as the video is a partnership with Lytro , and uses their lightfield camera for VR to capture the singer and the church he later stands in. “To get to really great VR, you need a whole new set of tools and technology to make the content,” said Jason Rosenthal, the CEO of Lytro.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. 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

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. 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

In Dan Lejerskar's experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR -- they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. 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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

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. There will be at least another big game.

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