Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Laser Pattern Definition To understand how Laser Dance’s room emulation tools work, we first need to cover how laser patterns work in the game. The emulation tool can take these files, and spawn several rooms next to each other directly in the Unity editor. Do You Need to Build Custom Tools? Luckily the answer to that is: probably not.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2024

If you want to make the most of Apple’s latest spatial computing phenomenon, you’ll need the best Apple Vision Pro apps. Since then, Apple has gone all-in on expanding its app store. While the tech leader’s app marketplace might not compete with Meta’s yet, it’s definitely on the right track.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Although they haven’t deployed on Magic Leap yet, they’re hopeful that because every platform out there is investing in enabling Unity compatibility which enables them to develop cross-platform more easily. No matter how much money the investment in Magic Leap sounds, it’s still small compared to a company like Microsoft.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. All of that is great.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. We have a Unity SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets. I really couldn’t wait for it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. They recall demos of Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Google’s Tilt Brush and Valve’s early robot demo, each of which made excellent use of those hand controls.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. The controller too is very comfortable and does its job very well. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Oculus is stopping selling the Go, will stop accepting apps for its store in December 2020 and will just keep supporting the headset until 2022, when it will be definitely discontinued. Apple adds spatial audio to AirPods. Brick after brick, Apple is building its full AR ecosystem in front of our eyes. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

They can include features for everything from photo-realistic rendering to physics controls, animations, camera effects, and more. Apple’s RealityKit and ARKit tools are probably the best-known examples. Since Apple’s VisionOS kit focuses on mixed reality, I’ll leave that solution out. Let’s dive into the options.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2018

Earlier this month at Apple’s annual WWDC conference, the company introduced their latest operating system, macOS Mojave (10.14). ” It does this by offering separate control of rendering space, views count, and the anti-aliasing mode. SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS as Apple and Valve Forge Ahead.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

base stations) Controllers : Vive Wands. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands. 749 for just the headset, $1399 for the full bundle with the headset, wands controllers, and base stations. technology (with support for Steam VR 1.0

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But yeah, with these controllers, it was quite hard to-- if you push on a button and then something happens that's not really a training. And then yesterday, the new Airpods have 3DOF controllers built in, so they have accelerometers built into them. That's definitely one of our big goals. Gijs: Yeah, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But yeah, with these controllers, it was quite hard to-- if you push on a button and then something happens that's not really a training. And then yesterday, the new Airpods have 3DOF controllers built in, so they have accelerometers built into them. That's definitely one of our big goals. Gijs: Yeah, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But yeah, with these controllers, it was quite hard to-- if you push on a button and then something happens that's not really a training. And then yesterday, the new Airpods have 3DOF controllers built in, so they have accelerometers built into them. That's definitely one of our big goals. Gijs: Yeah, yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

I need to rush out this newsletter episode because otherwise tomorrow Apple launches its headset and no one will read my articles: everyone will be too busy reading “The top 5 features of the Apple headset” or “The 7 reasons why the Apple headset can revolutionize peeling potatoes”. How is Apple going to sell this headset?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. Do you think Apple is going to come out with their glasses in the next five years?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I’ve been a Unity user forever. It’s amazing.” ” Paul: [laughs] Right.

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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. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers. Yes, it’s a lot of time, but these are realistic projections.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. And it was for me as well; I've been a Unity user forever. Alan: And then they ask their tech teams and they're like, "does anybody know Unity?"

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. Believe it or not, this is a 3D model.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

8agora provides creative teams, individuals, and groups with customizable virtual reality avatars that they can use to attend meetings and events, three-dimension high definition graphics, instant chat, simultaneous translation from any language, and many other business-oriented tools. (Image courtesy 8Agora.). Image courtesy MeetingRoom.).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

I would say Pagani is definitely a case like that. Audi, we definitely contributed to that part. The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Seeing that Apple, of course, at one point bought… what was the company again?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

I would say Pagani is definitely a case like that. Audi, we definitely contributed to that part. The one thing that created that image now, in the streets, that I would have expected like XR to do; it’s those air pods from Apple. Seeing that Apple, of course, at one point bought… what was the company again?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the gift is not mine, but from the XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole, that has written an INCREDIBLE guest post about his experiments in trying to build from scratch the prototype of a SteamVR controller with a modular design and optimal ergonomics. Image by Rob Cole). Introduction. Lockdowns and shortages. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. I mean, it gives people a totally different experience using their phone as the controller and running around the room. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. I mean, it gives people a totally different experience using their phone as the controller and running around the room. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You have two controllers, so you have your hands. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. Tracey: Yeah. Some retailers are leading the way there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You have two controllers, so you have your hands. You can build in Unity, it’s the same thing. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. Tracey: Yeah. Some retailers are leading the way there.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

Apple featured it a whole bunch of times. I mean, it gives people a totally different experience using their phone as the controller and running around the room. And that was definitely a new way to to consume media. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. laughs] Alan: [laughs] "By the way, we're Apple.

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