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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. First of all, the company canceled its usual F8 developer conference. Image by Apple).

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Unreal Engine 4.18 Update Brings Native Support for ARKit and ARCore, SteamVR Support for Mac

Road to VR

Epic Game’s Unreal Engine is making it easier to create for augmented reality in the newest 4.18 update, now including official support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore software dev kits, and support for SteamVR on Mac. ” Unreal Engine 4.18 ” Unreal Engine 4.18 The post Unreal Engine 4.18

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Sensorium Launches 24-Hour Metaverse Streaming Channel

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Empyreal Parties 24/7 promises an unreal multi-sensory experience. In addition to accessing the world on a desktop, you’ll also be able to tune into Empyreal Parties through the Sensorium mobile app which is available for both Apple and Android devices. Today’s premier launch is just the beginning for Sensorium Galaxy.

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Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers

Road to VR

Apple has finally made a commitment to VR, announcing on stage today at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 that not only will they offer an external GPU developer kit for MacBooks capable of meeting the graphical demands of VR, but that both the new 27-inch iMac and the iMac Pro will be VR-ready out of the box.

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Apple Embraces VR: Every Virtual Reality Announcement From Today’s WWDC Keynote

Road to VR

At Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference today, the company made a major shift in their embrace of virtual reality with several new VR announcements during the event’s opening keynote. Today marks a major shift in Apple’s public support for virtual reality. Photo courtesy Apple.

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Here’s the Star Wars VR Demo Apple Showed During Their Keynote

Road to VR

At yesterday’s keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017, Apple revealed the new iMac Pro and updated 27” Retina iMac , both of which are VR-ready, along with a slew of other VR related product updates. SEE ALSO Watch Epic Games' Nick Donaldson Build a Scene in Unreal's VR Editor.

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Apple Announces ARKit 3 with Body Tracking & Human Occlusion

Road to VR

At the company’s annual WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed ARKit 3, its latest set of developer tools for creating AR applications on iOS. Apple also introduced Reality Composer and RealityKit to make it easier for developers to build augmented reality apps. Apple Pay in AR Quick Look. People occlusion.

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