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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. image courtesy TIME.

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Peter Jackson’s New Studio is All About AR Storytelling

VRScout

Over the past year Jackson and his team at Wingnut AR, a subdivision of Wingnut Films , have been utilizing Apple’s ARkit to experiment with various types of AR experiences. On stage demo at Apple’s WWDC. In the video we get an in-depth look at an intense sci-fi scene projected onto a tabletop surface using an iPad Pro.

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Final Cut Pro X Arrives With 360 VR Video Editing

VRScout

During Apple’s June developer conference, we finally got a glimpse of what we’ve all been patiently waiting for—Apple embracing VR. And with the launch of the new iMac Pro today, Apple is positioning it as the ideal machine for VR development. Its simple and intuitive, something we expect from an Apple product.

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What does Unity’s IPO mean for Virtual Production and Filmmaking?

RealVision VR

With Unity achieving nearly the same valuation as it’s rival Game engine maker, Epic (13.6mil versus 17.3mil) what does it mean for Film-Game convergence and VirtualProduction ? Those plugins that they do not develop themselves, they offer generous MegaGrants to the software and plugin developers that do.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. What kind of devices and software will we need to participate in this AR Cloud?

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Big News from XR Awards, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony

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However, there will most likely be a changing wave of opinion after Apple announces its presumably killer consumer XR device. Apple appears to be very close to announcing an immersive product, with the leading computing firm prompting AR/VR/MR outlets to cover the event.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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.