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NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

The Ghost Howls

A few weeks ago, while reading the news about SIGGRAPH, I saw NVIDIA teasing the release of the Omniverse connector for Unity , and as a Unity developer, I found it intriguing. Unity connector for Omniverse. At launch, Omniverse has been made compatible with Unreal Engine, and support for Unity was lacking.

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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The report, which analyzed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia, found that the Metaverse could have a significant impact on a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, education, and healthcare. Metaverse to Contribute 2.8%

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Experience The Extraordinary Life Of Nelson Mandela In VR

VRScout

Very few individuals have managed to live a life as influential and accomplished as South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. Throughout his many years fighting against apartheid in South Africa, the legendary humanitarian has suffered institutionalized racism, violence, even a prison term that would end up lasting a soul-crushing 27 years.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

Providing feedback to the founders and supporting gender equality in XR and beyond were Marco DeMiroz (The Venture Reality Fund), Maddie Callander (Boost VC), Timoni West (Unity), Dessy Levinson (645 Ventures), Peter Rojas (betaworks ventures), and Jesse Draper (Halogen Ventures). 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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Top Telecom and Media Companies Majoring in XR for 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The largest telecoms provider in Africa, the MTN Group , recently announced it had purchased 11 plots of digital real estate within he Ubuntuland Metaverse platform in 2022. The brand has also worked hand-in-hand with leading immersive software development companies like Unity.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Flipside Studio XR now features motion capture export , letting you record the animations to move CGI characters just by using your XR rig, exporting them and then using them wherever you want, like to move your game characters in Unity. Learn more (Africa XR Report) Learn more (Form to contribute). Learn more.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I choose Africa and within minutes I am hovering a few hundred feet off the ground of a barren desert. .” Google Earth turns all of this data into completely explorable, scalable 3D immersive worlds for the HTC Vive VR headset. As an explorer, you begin your journey looking at the Earth from space.

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