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Immersive Architecture is the event all architects were waiting for

The Ghost Howls

In a week here in Italy will start a very interesting VR-related event called Immersive Architecture. The name is self-explanatory, but since I like to write a lot of unnecessary sentences, I’ll tell you that it is an event focused on the applications of AR and VR in architecture, design, rendering and all related sector.

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VRTK vs INTERACTION BUILDER: Which one is for you?

ARVR

Specifications VRTK’s list of scripts & modules Interaction Builder architecture General Features VRTK is a comprehensive and complete development framework for XR applications. The drawback is the steep learning curve, and the legacy development mechanism to fully understand the whole architecture.

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What Makes a Spoon a Spoon? Form and Function in VR Industrial Design

Leapmotion

Martin Schubert is a VR Developer/Designer at Leap Motion and the creator of Weightless and Geometric. In architecture school, we had many long discussions about things most non-designers probably never give much thought to. Leap Motion’s Interaction Engine allows human hands to grab virtual objects like physical objects.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.01): HP Reverb G2 launched, Qualcomm goes bullish on 5G and Wi-fi 6 and more!

The Ghost Howls

Keep in mind that this device has a pixel density far superior even to the one of the Valve Index, so it is perfect not only for gaming but also for prototyping, design and architecture. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Image by Derek Liu, DPVR).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

for prototyping or architecture), I advise you to give a look to the XR-1. HTC won’t announce anything big at CES. For the first time after 3 years, HTC won’t host a press conference at CES 2020. He made various experiments and hacked a Vive Pro with Leap Motion to make interactions more realistic.

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HTC Aims to Create a ‘Mobile OpenVR’ in China with Vive Wave VR Platform

Road to VR

On stage at Vive Developer Conference in Beijing, HTC today unveiled their upcoming standalone VR headset, Vive Focus. Image courtesy HTC. HTC says the Vive Wave VR SDK offers an open interface enabling interoperability between numerous mobile VR headsets and accessories. The stipulation for entry is Android 7.1 and higher.

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OSVR Roadmap: Creating an Ecosystem of Interoperable VR Hardware and Software

VRGuy

Since the OSVR launch in January this year, nearly 250 organizations including Intel, NVIDIA, Xilinx, Ubisoft, Leap Motion, and many others have joined the OSVR ecosystem. Concurrent with the expansion of the OSVR community, the capabilities of the software platform have grown by leaps and bounds.