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MAY 19, 2023

The new system will combine BMW’s sensor data with Meta’s tracking systems and technologies to create a “car-locked” immersive entertainment console. These include driver assistance techniques like locating vehicles in car parks, alerting drivers to hazards, and displaying critical vehicle data.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Examples of how it will be used include generating dynamic storylines, creating more natural, believable characters who can converse with players without simply reading from scripts, and assisting in the building of vast game worlds and environments.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. Will it be available also on Western websites like Amazon? Isn’t it a cool device? Yes, it is!

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

Physics and realistic light simulation (ray tracing) You’d need a way to have a persistent world with data, continuity, rules, systems. An example of this is how it can be used to dream of virtual machines and text adventure games. Lensa’s growth, with examples of its output based on the author. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So let’s dive in: what are some of the best examples that you or your team has worked on in this type of role? So for example, if it cost $100,000 to be able to put [up] my hundred earrings, what is the uptick that you’re seeing in sales? There’s tons and tons of examples out there. Alan: Incredible.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So let’s dive in: what are some of the best examples that you or your team has worked on in this type of role? So for example, if it cost $100,000 to be able to put [up] my hundred earrings, what is the uptick that you’re seeing in sales? There’s tons and tons of examples out there. Alan: Incredible.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So we chose to focus on just solving some of these hardest technology problems, and making the solution available for the developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So we chose to focus on just solving some of these hardest technology problems, and making the solution available for the developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

It’s exactly the same use case as the IKEA couch example, but it’s a different industry, and the ROI is much, much faster. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So we chose to focus on just solving some of these hardest technology problems, and making the solution available for the developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

UEVR is a universal VR mod, and it lets everyone easily convert every Unreal Engine-based PC game (including the AAA ones) into a VR experience. Taking the data of the Black Friday sales on Amazon, on a total of 132K Quest 2 sold, around 100K have been sold in the US and the other 32K in Japan and selected European countries.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

These are the most important data contained in the report: Oculus is now the leading platform for developers. Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. Amazon thinks using AR for its delivery agents. In the end, XRDC has made a very interesting survey among XR devs.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, I will cover: What composability means, with examples of composability in nature, art and technology Why we are are the forefront of a new era of the internet in which all aspects of the metaverse value-chain ?—?from who wish to make use of unused cycles sitting in data centers and desktop computers.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. One example is retail employees. And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Amazon Sumerian. You talked about exercising in VR. That’s probably the top one at the moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. One example is retail employees. And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Amazon Sumerian. You talked about exercising in VR. That’s probably the top one at the moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Give us some examples of some of the ways people are using VR to exercise. There's a lot of, for example, architectural firms in town, and they aren't as flashy as a virtual sports or something, but they're all using VR for showing the buildings, or going to a client and saying, "hey, would you like this room moved over here?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Personally, I think that this trend that every country wants to keep its data inside its boundaries in understandable, but it risks also creating a collection of walled gardens, as it is happening with USA vs China). Some people say that Facebook threatens to leave Europe, but I think this is never happening. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

To obtain it, Facebook had to use some CV magic that uses data on the cameras and the 3D data of the point cloud of the world detected by the device. We are also improving RenderDoc to report more performance data. Now you can measure the quality and impact of your art and product pitch, so you can test, refine, and improve.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. I think there's a lot of work that can still be done.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So remote support, for example. RealWear’s a great example. Colgate, for example. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Alan: Awesome. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So remote support, for example. RealWear’s a great example. Colgate, for example. And while I don’t think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren’t quite there– although I was really impressed with Unreal’s mixed reality glasses. Alan: Awesome. Emily: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So remote support, for example. RealWear's a great example. Colgate, for example. And while I don't think the use cases are really there for consumers yet, and the devices aren't quite there-- although I was really impressed with Unreal's mixed reality glasses. That is a huge amount of data. Alan: Awesome.

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