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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. ALO VR – VigourVR (Singapore). VRSpeaking LLC.

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Google Announces International AR Pilot Programme

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

During Google I/O 2024, a developer-focused product showcase, the firm unveiled new Geospatial Creator AR tools to boost location-based immersive experiences this week. Google also leverages its Maps application to allow smartphone users to operate AR content via integrated services such as Street View and Lens.

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch VR

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. AXIS can also work with popular VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, Chng said.

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Metaverse Law: Unravelling the Future of Online Interactions

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, AI content creators and solutions are increasing in influence on Metaverse apps and the engines which power them, like Unity and Unreal Engine 5, leading to a significant grey area—leading to speculation by regulators to address and future-proof laws. What Are the Issues that Metaverse Law Must Address?

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4 Ways The Metaverse May (Positively) Impact Your Business Operations

Bernard Marr

Alternatively, you could use augmented reality (AR) technology to superimpose instructions and actions over the real-world product via the customer’s smartphone. Thanks to metaverse-building tools like Unreal Engine 5, it’s easy to build your own virtual world where colleagues can collaborate.

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Eido Inoue tells us everything we need to know about HADO and location based augmented reality

The Ghost Howls

When I interviewed Kevin Williams , an expert in the LBVR market, he said that there are also some experiments with location-based augmented reality and he mentioned a Japanese arcade AR game called HADO. Well, after that article, I discovered that the CTO of MeLeap , the company behind HADO, is one of my readers! teams for Japan.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And then the free shipping worldwide from Singapore is a bit too good to be true. But Huawei is not only in the VR market: it is also releasing a new version of its AR smartglasses called Huawei EyeWear 2, made in collaboration with the fashion brand Gentle Monster. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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