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Bebylon Battle Royale developer Kite & Lightning is one of a long list of teams awarded funding in the latest round of Epic Games’ Unreal Dev Grants. This is no strings attached funding that is awarded to independent teams using Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 to build their projects. We’ve been following the developer quite closely of late as it uses Apple’s iPhone X as an affordable form of facial animation tool. MORE
It wasn’t a matter of if Apple would get involved with augmented reality so much as when. At a press conference today Apple unveiled its first AR implementation coming to the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 11. This is made possible through the cameras, GPUs and CPUs on “hundreds of millions” of iPhones and iPads, Apple said, which will make ARKit “the biggest AR platform” pretty much overnight. Apple VR Industry News MORE
Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 started out in the high end, and it has moved lower through pricing tactics and revisions that enable it to be the foundation of mobile games. Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else. Sweeney said that Unreal Engine had its best year of all time in revenues, and then 2016 revenues doubled the 2015 numbers. MORE
World-building engines Unreal and Unity are both on board with support of Google’s new ARCore augmented reality toolkit. It’s an answer to Apple’s ARKit, but available on fewer phones initially. AR Unity Engine Unreal Engine ARCore MORE
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 MORE
Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS , along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR as part of its ecosystem. MORE
Called Project Aero, the newly announced AR authoring tool and multi-platform system that will soon deliver a way for developers to build simple AR scenes and experiences for Apple’s ARKit. MORE
While many were pumped to see a new iPhone, Watch, and Apple TV announced at Apple’s special event from the brand-new Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, we’ve all been waiting to hear more about the company’s augmented and virtual reality efforts. MORE
Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. ” Apple software and services could gain $9 billion in revenue by 2020 as a result of operations related to augmented reality because there will be about 3.6 MORE
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is here, and today’s keynote saw a number of VR-specific announcements including Apple’s first VR-ready computers to go along with the launch of the company’s newest macOS High Sierra. image courtesy Apple. MORE
The latest version of the Oculus Unreal Engine Integration adds support for Vulkan on Oculus Quest and Oculus Go. Vulkan on Android has the same advantages as DirectX 12 on Windows or Metal on Apple operating systems. MORE
The company says Metal 2 will also support Unity, Unreal Engine and the Steam VR SDK, making Apple’s new operating system a true VR-native. The post Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers appeared first on Road to VR. MORE
Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. MORE
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. Today during the opening keynote of WWDC in San Jose, Apple revealed ARKit 3. From the footage Apple showed of their body tracking tech, it looks pretty coarse at this stage. MORE
Now that Apple is being open about their interest in VR the company is publicly listing new job postings for a number of roles seeking candidates with VR expertise. See Also: Apple Adds VR Rendering Essentials to MacOS via Metal 2. MORE
Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). In a similar fashion as to what Unreal Engine offers to round up users, these above-mentioned platforms are free to use but come at the cost of royalties or in-game purchases. MORE
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. MORE
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.17 Perhaps more importantly, the update also adds experimental support for Apple’s new ARKit, the AR platform set to be introduced in the upcoming release of iOS11. AR Unreal Engine VR Industry News MORE
Showcased at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week, ARKit is a new core technology for iOS 11, due to launch this Fall, soon to enable augmented reality features on hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads. MORE
Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of Unreal Engine, has a unique position in the virtual reality industry. If Apple had the most awesome chat platform ever, but it only ran on Apple devices, guess what? MORE
Apple’s new iMacs are now powerful enough to support VR. Apple unveiled macOS High Sierra during WWDC. Apple Embracing Virtual Reality. Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi took the stage and confirmed that “Valve is bringing SteamVR to Mac.” MORE
Earlier this month at Apple’s annual WWDC conference, the company introduced their latest operating system, macOS Mojave (10.14). SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS as Apple and Valve Forge Ahead. ski visualizes below: Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. MORE
In an answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit , a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore. MORE
You, too, can host a million person party thanks to Epic Games Unreal Engine. Apple rumors? Yes, please! Consumer Tech /consumer-tech Innovation /innovation Consumer Tech /consumer-tech technology MORE
In an aim to make it as easy as possible to develop AR applications, ARCore will work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal from day one. In a world where Apple already has ARKit it was only a matter of time before Google unveiled something similar. Apple AR Google ARCore ARKitToday, Google is announcing the debut of ARCore , an initiative to bring mobile-powered AR experiences to the masses like never before. MORE
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. Apple News Bits apple vr wwdc vive star wars demo wwdc vr wwdc MORE
Apple is jumping firmly into the world of augmented reality. Apple also showed off what the new development tool would look like with the popular AR game Pokemon Go. Apple also mentioned AR apps from IKEA and Lego. News Apple ARKit Augmented Reality WWDC MORE
Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. This week, the analysts Ming-Chi Kuo has teased that Apple Glasses are coming in 2022 at the earliest (2022–2023 timeline). Apple is really good at selling stuff. MORE
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, arriving this fall, will be a huge boost to the emerging AR industry. There have been tools developers could use before, but Sweeney thinks Apple’s support for AR could accelerate adoption. MORE
With Apple’s increasing interest in VR on Mac , the company is adding essential features to its new Metal 2 graphics API to support high performance VR on MacOS. ” SEE ALSO Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS. MORE
At Unreal Engine Build: Detroit 2019, Magic Leap today announced that the company will be giving away 500 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets as part of the recently unveiled Epic MegaGrants. AR Headset Magic Leap News epic games magic leap magic leap one unreal engine build MORE
Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores. MORE
The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. On stage demo at Apple’s WWDC. News Apple AR ARKit Augmented Reality BBC Movies Peter Jackson WWDC MORE
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. MORE
Roundup of VR & AR Announcements from WWDC 1) Apple announces VR Ready Computers Thanks to Apple updating Metal, their graphics API, to Metal 2, in their new macOS called macOS High Sierra, VR is coming to Mac. ARKit will feature support for Unity, Unreal, and SceneKit. MORE
In 2016, founder Palmer Luckey claimed this was due to Apple’s lack of priority on GPU power. Apple Went All-In. Support for macOS was announced by Apple itself during its annual developer conference in 2017. Valve just ended SteamVR’s support for macOS. MORE
The Machines is an upcoming concept from Directive Games that was made using Apple’s ARKit and Unreal Engine 4. I know I can’t be the only person that loves playing tabletop games but hates the setup, cleanup, and organizational headache they often cause. MORE
Unreal Engine 4.20 adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 Unreal Engine 4.20 For developers using Unreal Engine to build titles for the Rift, UE 4.20 We’ve added support for Apple’s ARKit 2.0, The post Unreal Engine 4.20 unreal engine unreal engine 4.20 MORE
UploadVR
AUGUST 6, 2019
The latest version of the Oculus Unreal Engine Integration adds support for Vulkan on Oculus Quest and Oculus Go. Vulkan on Android has the same advantages as DirectX 12 on Windows or Metal on Apple operating systems.
Road to VR
APRIL 25, 2019
At Unreal Engine Build: Detroit 2019, Magic Leap today announced that the company will be giving away 500 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets as part of the recently unveiled Epic MegaGrants. AR Headset Magic Leap News epic games magic leap magic leap one unreal engine build
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Road to VR
OCTOBER 26, 2017
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
The Ghost Howls
MAY 17, 2020
Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. This week, the analysts Ming-Chi Kuo has teased that Apple Glasses are coming in 2022 at the earliest (2022–2023 timeline). Apple is really good at selling stuff.
Road to VR
JULY 18, 2018
Unreal Engine 4.20 adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 Unreal Engine 4.20 For developers using Unreal Engine to build titles for the Rift, UE 4.20 We’ve added support for Apple’s ARKit 2.0, The post Unreal Engine 4.20 unreal engine unreal engine 4.20
Road to VR
JUNE 5, 2017
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.
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Road to VR
JUNE 3, 2019
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. Today during the opening keynote of WWDC in San Jose, Apple revealed ARKit 3. From the footage Apple showed of their body tracking tech, it looks pretty coarse at this stage.
Charlie Fink
MAY 16, 2020
You, too, can host a million person party thanks to Epic Games Unreal Engine. Apple rumors? Yes, please! Consumer Tech /consumer-tech Innovation /innovation Consumer Tech /consumer-tech technology
UploadVR
AUGUST 8, 2017
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.17 Perhaps more importantly, the update also adds experimental support for Apple’s new ARKit, the AR platform set to be introduced in the upcoming release of iOS11. AR Unreal Engine VR Industry News
UploadVR
AUGUST 29, 2017
World-building engines Unreal and Unity are both on board with support of Google’s new ARCore augmented reality toolkit. It’s an answer to Apple’s ARKit, but available on fewer phones initially. AR Unity Engine Unreal Engine ARCore
Road to VR
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS , along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR as part of its ecosystem.
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Road to VR
JULY 3, 2017
Now that Apple is being open about their interest in VR the company is publicly listing new job postings for a number of roles seeking candidates with VR expertise. See Also: Apple Adds VR Rendering Essentials to MacOS via Metal 2.
Road to VR
JUNE 8, 2017
Showcased at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week, ARKit is a new core technology for iOS 11, due to launch this Fall, soon to enable augmented reality features on hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads.
VRScout
JUNE 5, 2017
Apple’s new iMacs are now powerful enough to support VR. Apple unveiled macOS High Sierra during WWDC. Apple Embracing Virtual Reality. Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi took the stage and confirmed that “Valve is bringing SteamVR to Mac.”
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). SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS as Apple and Valve Forge Ahead. ski visualizes below: Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple.
VRScout
JUNE 5, 2017
Apple is jumping firmly into the world of augmented reality. Apple also showed off what the new development tool would look like with the popular AR game Pokemon Go. Apple also mentioned AR apps from IKEA and Lego. News Apple ARKit Augmented Reality WWDC
Road to VR
JULY 1, 2017
With Apple’s increasing interest in VR on Mac , the company is adding essential features to its new Metal 2 graphics API to support high performance VR on MacOS. ” SEE ALSO Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS.
Road to VR
JUNE 5, 2017
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is here, and today’s keynote saw a number of VR-specific announcements including Apple’s first VR-ready computers to go along with the launch of the company’s newest macOS High Sierra. image courtesy Apple.
UploadVR
MARCH 5, 2017
Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 started out in the high end, and it has moved lower through pricing tactics and revisions that enable it to be the foundation of mobile games. Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else. Sweeney said that Unreal Engine had its best year of all time in revenues, and then 2016 revenues doubled the 2015 numbers.
Hypergrid Business
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. ” Apple software and services could gain $9 billion in revenue by 2020 as a result of operations related to augmented reality because there will be about 3.6
Road to VR
JUNE 6, 2017
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. Apple News Bits apple vr wwdc vive star wars demo wwdc vr wwdc
UploadVR
MAY 1, 2020
In 2016, founder Palmer Luckey claimed this was due to Apple’s lack of priority on GPU power. Apple Went All-In. Support for macOS was announced by Apple itself during its annual developer conference in 2017. Valve just ended SteamVR’s support for macOS.
UploadVR
JANUARY 16, 2018
Bebylon Battle Royale developer Kite & Lightning is one of a long list of teams awarded funding in the latest round of Epic Games’ Unreal Dev Grants. This is no strings attached funding that is awarded to independent teams using Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 to build their projects. We’ve been following the developer quite closely of late as it uses Apple’s iPhone X as an affordable form of facial animation tool.
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2017
In an answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit , a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore.
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
While many were pumped to see a new iPhone, Watch, and Apple TV announced at Apple’s special event from the brand-new Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, we’ve all been waiting to hear more about the company’s augmented and virtual reality efforts.
UploadVR
JUNE 5, 2017
It wasn’t a matter of if Apple would get involved with augmented reality so much as when. At a press conference today Apple unveiled its first AR implementation coming to the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 11. This is made possible through the cameras, GPUs and CPUs on “hundreds of millions” of iPhones and iPads, Apple said, which will make ARKit “the biggest AR platform” pretty much overnight. Apple VR Industry News
UploadVR
JUNE 6, 2017
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, arriving this fall, will be a huge boost to the emerging AR industry. There have been tools developers could use before, but Sweeney thinks Apple’s support for AR could accelerate adoption.
AllThingsVR
JUNE 6, 2017
Roundup of VR & AR Announcements from WWDC 1) Apple announces VR Ready Computers Thanks to Apple updating Metal, their graphics API, to Metal 2, in their new macOS called macOS High Sierra, VR is coming to Mac. ARKit will feature support for Unity, Unreal, and SceneKit.
UploadVR
AUGUST 29, 2017
In an aim to make it as easy as possible to develop AR applications, ARCore will work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal from day one. In a world where Apple already has ARKit it was only a matter of time before Google unveiled something similar. Apple AR Google ARCore ARKitToday, Google is announcing the debut of ARCore , an initiative to bring mobile-powered AR experiences to the masses like never before.
Road to VR
JUNE 5, 2018
Called Project Aero, the newly announced AR authoring tool and multi-platform system that will soon deliver a way for developers to build simple AR scenes and experiences for Apple’s ARKit.
UploadVR
JULY 24, 2017
The Machines is an upcoming concept from Directive Games that was made using Apple’s ARKit and Unreal Engine 4. I know I can’t be the only person that loves playing tabletop games but hates the setup, cleanup, and organizational headache they often cause.
VRScout
APRIL 14, 2020
Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores.
VRScout
MARCH 3, 2020
Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). In a similar fashion as to what Unreal Engine offers to round up users, these above-mentioned platforms are free to use but come at the cost of royalties or in-game purchases.
Road to VR
JANUARY 9, 2017
Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of Unreal Engine, has a unique position in the virtual reality industry. If Apple had the most awesome chat platform ever, but it only ran on Apple devices, guess what?
VRScout
AUGUST 3, 2017
The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. On stage demo at Apple’s WWDC. News Apple AR ARKit Augmented Reality BBC Movies Peter Jackson WWDC
VRScout
DECEMBER 14, 2017
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.
VRScout
JUNE 9, 2017
Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY.
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