XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As real-time 3D (RT3D) production becomes commonplace alongside the rise of extended reality (XR) services, solutions to accelerate and democratise the production of RT3D assets are starting to increase. RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Epic is not only Unreal Engine, but it is also Fortnite , that at this point will for sure be optimized for PlayStation 5; and Epic Store , even if it is highly improbable that it will ever reach PlayStation. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The event’s theme of DISTORTION aims to disrupt conventional approaches to music, namely with fresh innovative solutions such as virtual, augmented, and immersive reality (VR/AR/MR), artificial intelligence (AI), the blockchain, and Generative AI (GenAI). It has also selected 50 finalists to compete for the main prize of MIDƐM+ 2024.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Snap, one of the world’s top camera software firms, has revealed major updates to its augmented reality (AR) platform, Snap Lens. Snap Lens studio incorporated Ray Tracing for developers in April last year to boost immersion and realism for AR content. This year’s instalment is set to take place on 19 April.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Increasingly, the headsets used to navigate the digital space are evolving, becoming more lightweight, efficient, and feature-rich. We’re progressing towards a world where true-to-life holographic images in AR and MR are no longer a science-fiction concept.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly common in everyday life. Endless smartphone apps now feature AR functionality. As companies search for more immersive ways of connecting with their clients in a digital world, AR represents one of the most accessible forms of extended reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

As virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) hardware grows in sophistication, many developers are scrambling to create content to match the evolving landscape. To power emerging immersive extended reality (XR) demands, developers use increasingly accessible toolkits for AR/VR/MR content and application development.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

Today I feature a great interview with one of the most important people in the AR space: Alan Smithson. The demand for easy-to-use 3D creation tools is growing rapidly as demonstrated by a report by Hired that showed demand for VR/AR engineers grew by 1400% in 2019. What features are supported? MetaVRse logo (Image by MetaVRse).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The company is steering clear of the consumer segment, saying that the VR-1 is “designed solely for professionals in industrial design, training and simulation, architecture, engineering and construction.” Varjo plans to launch an AR pass-through add-on for the VR-1 later this year. ” Image courtesy Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Today I have the pleasure of publishing an interview I had with Graham Atlee , a very smart guy that has developed the Triton Project, a DIY affordable AR headset with wide FOV and natural hands interactions! For the past 3 years I’ve been working on various AR/VR projects like Pumori.io Triton AR headset (Image by Graham Atlee).

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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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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

Their headsets have led to multiple partnerships with major automotive, architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), aerospace training, art and music, and defence firms. Creating the most immersive XR experiences requires more than just the best visuals or spatial audio technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Firms such as Apple, Unreal, and NVIDIA offer photogrammetry services that each firm has already integrated into their product portfolios. Moreover, scanning physical objects could improve productivity outcomes during product design and engineering workflows – thanks to easy digital twin creation.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 14, 2021

Producers use the Unreal Engine from Epic Games to combine physical people and objects with virtual components and movie character, Connie Kennedy, head of Epic Games Los Angeles Lab, told attendees at the event. . . ” Evolution of the avatar will influence immersion.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

XR Today recently marked this period with an XR Trends series, which brought together some of the best minds in the industry to share AR/VR/MR insights. Currently, Unity is the most widely-used gaming engine used to create VR/AR/MR experiences for individual developers and enterprises.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In the first instance, a creator familiar with Unity and 3D modelling softwares can create an XR scene and then upload to STYLY through our Unity Plugin , where a multiformat version of the scene will automatically be created and hosted, allowing anyone to view the scene using a VR HMD, AR smartphone or even WebXR through their browser.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Integration with these popular AR tools could open up the headset to a massive community of independent creators who have flocked to the developer-friendly platforms. HoloLens has already been used in many challenging working environments, from construction sites and operating rooms, to the International Space Station. More immersive.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

I got the opportunity to catch up again with Ivon, this time over email, about his perspective on VR, his love of science fiction, and the future of the IP that he and his team are painstakingly constructing from scratch. He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Today we hear from Nick Whiting, Technical Director of VR & AR at Epic Games. Whiting oversees the development of the award-winning Unreal Engine 4’s virtual reality efforts. Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is one of the leading tools for VR game development. Nick Whiting. Oculus’ Head of Content, Jason Rubin.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Of course, after the announcement, a lot of questions started coming to my mind , especially regarding the use of these new graphics cards with regard to VR and AR. That’s why the games supporting RTX have not been released yet: they are waiting that the operating system will support realtime ray tracing.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. That’s really the heart of it. It’s amazing.” Paul: Yeah.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. That’s really the heart of it. It’s amazing.” Paul: Yeah.

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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. But its reputation as a video game engine can also be intimidating -- especially to those who want to create AR software for enterprise. He chats with Alan about his claim to flame. That's really the heart of it. It's amazing."

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, the leading AR cloud platform, which is his third AR startup.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, the leading AR cloud platform, which is his third AR startup.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

CEO Matt Miesnieks has been in the AR game since the beginning, and he says the best in the industry have always known the best, native use cases for the technology; the problem was for the technology to catch up to the use cases. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, the leading AR cloud platform, which is his third AR startup.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

One nice surprise was the destruction of the stage that could be seen under construction at the Sweaty Sands beach in the days leading up to the concert. The Scotts ’ cover art was designed by prominent AR artist Kaws (Brian Donnely).To To experience “The Scotts” in AR download the Acute Art app here.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. CES 2015 brought yet more impressive advancements from VR and AR fields, and some notable setbacks. CES 2015: Consumer VR Takes Shape.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

This is a remarkable result for the Chinese startup, and it has been mostly achieved thanks to the XREAL Air glasses , which do not provide 3D AR, but they are mostly a media viewer that projects a virtual screen in front of your eyes. Before buying them, though, please check if your phone is compatible with this device.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there’s just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you’re actually immersed into this space. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. So there must be something to it. Kent: Yeah. Alan: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. All of this impressed me, but there are two problems.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there's just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you're actually immersed into this space. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. I'd also throw out there, that there's supposed AR frames.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

I mean, you built the AR Porsche visualizer where you could drop a Porsche right in your living room and I actually have a photo of a Porsche in my living room from your app. And they learned in a time when there was no YouTube video on how to make AR, you had to just kind of guess. John, welcome to the show. John: Thanks, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

I mean, you built the AR Porsche visualizer where you could drop a Porsche right in your living room and I actually have a photo of a Porsche in my living room from your app. And they learned in a time when there was no YouTube video on how to make AR, you had to just kind of guess. John, welcome to the show. John: Thanks, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

All these different people who are making these 3D objects in these CAD programs, there’s just something that you can make design decisions lot faster when you’re actually immersed into this space. So you see a lot of it in architecture, engineering, construction. So there must be something to it. Kent: Yeah. Alan: Yeah.

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