ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Gear There were some exciting announcements this year in the AR/VR industry, and here they are (in no particular order): (Image courtesy Vuzix) Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. How Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Next Travel Experience 4.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. Do you want to discover them with me? Top news of the week. Image by Lynx).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Reading the article excited me a bit, because when an experienced VR journalist says that something impressed him, well, I know that thing is super cool for real Vicon , which is a leading company in mocap systems, showcased for the first time its markerless mocap tool.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In partnership with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Cesium, it offers a real-time 3D creation engine for producing immersive mapping and digital twins of real-world locations. So today’s metaverse-like fiefdoms we can point to as examples include MMOs Roblox and Fortnite, which is made using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARVR

JULY 22, 2020

Developers build everything in Unity or Unreal, including all training modules. The only path would be for you to become a Unity or Unreal developer. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? The developers code and create that content in Unity or Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. According to another article, the government should also announce something to promote the industrial use of VR in the upcoming times.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

I virtually know Alan since some years, and I have always admired his ability to combine his entrepreneurial skills with his passion for immersive realities so that to be successful by doing the things that he loves the most. Today I feature a great interview with one of the most important people in the AR space: Alan Smithson.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And since our love is for immersive realities, let’s celebrate it with this roundup of the most interesting XR news of the week! Facebook keeps working to become a leader in immersive technologies. The most viral news of the week has for sure been the one about MetaHuman Creator, a new software for Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

You know, I’m here for the Sandbox Immersive Festival that will begin tomorrow and I’m ready to tell you all my experience here! What is interesting the most of this announcement is that in the invitation to the event it is stated “Join us to begin a new chapter of virtual and augmented reality”. Augmented Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. Zappar is trying to come to the rescue with a new version of its ZapBox headset: a cheap lightweight shell inside which you can put your smartphone to enjoy some kind of augmented reality. New kind of AI inside”.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

Of course, no AWE recap article would be complete without mentioning the exciting announcements made during the various talks. The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. Announcements. Best Campaign. Best Consumer App.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality. For instance, Rebecca Minkoff, a very famous stylist, has decided to showcase her new creations in augmented reality. Try the MetaHumans in VR and more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Spin Rhythm XD , the kinetic rhythm-action game mixing Bop It and Guitar hero, is coming to PSVR 2 on July, 9th Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive announced a new interactive story coming exclusively to Apple Vision Pro based on the popular Disney+ animated series What If…?

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. Building Virtual Reality Content on EON Reality Platform.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And while Unreal Engine already supports OpenXR, Unity is a bit lagging, but support is coming in 2021. There is not a VR mod for it, but of course, the VR community is doing everything to play it in VR , so let me link here below various guides on how you can play it inside a VR headset , to have better immersion. I can’t wait.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. And here is why. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

There is no doubt about it: the next evolution of the internet – characterized by immersive virtual experiences – is already underway. Here are four examples of how organizations can harness this more immersive future internet in their business operations. Create an immersive brand-themed game. This could take many forms.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

But before, please read (and share around) my latest article which is about a crazy experiment I did with mixed reality and generative AI… I’m sure you will love it! Some of the organizers of VRTO are also the ones of the FIVARS Awards, which celebrate the immersive narrative landscape, and that happened a few days ago.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

The most viral XR article of the week has been an interview that Mark Zuckerberg had with The Verge. The claim reshared by many people from the article is that “five years from now […] people will primarily think about us as a metaverse company, rather than a mobile internet company”. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But it is for sure a feature that will enable not only more immersive social VR interactions (which I guess are the main goal for Meta), but also new kinds of VR experiences. Some articles on the metaverse. A good article on XR Must highlights the best work that has been presented at Sundance Festival New Frontiers this year.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

After poring over documents and articles of cutting-edge technological innovations in gaming and applications in other industries, the three co-founders identified a gap in the market and set up Refract. Refract will continue delivering immersive and engaging XR and VR experiences to a growing market of 2.9 ” .

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

But beyond it being a term for the digital, persistent, and highly immersive virtual worlds we will become used to, what it actually is – or will be – is up for debate! design, mixed reality (M.R.), elements of web3 such as decentralized and blockchain gaming, and the challenges around creating immersive multi-user experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps. I can only imagine the possibilities of mixing this with immersive headsets : you could visit every city in VR in a much more realistic way than the one shown by Google Earth VR today. More info (Foxus camera) More info (Foxus landing page).

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Peter Graham

JUNE 30, 2019

Here on the Sunday VR Job Hub at VRFocus we like to include the very latest and most up to date selection of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) jobs from around the world. Unreal and C++ Engineer (VR). Junior Immersive Learning Designer. Click Here to Apply. Europe, Remote. Click Here to Apply.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

While virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications are just beginning to be used in industry, gamers have been using headsets to enter fully immersive worlds for years. The video game industry is a source of constant innovation, with many of its breakthrough technologies being adopted by the business world.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

More info (Report by Bloomberg) More info (UploadVR’s article on the news). And the results are incredible, according to what the company says: “Across four sites, we use augmented reality to complete spacecraft manufacturing activities in 90% less time than with traditional methods. Unreal Engine 4.25 In its latest 4.25

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 13, 2019

If there’s a good metric for finding out whether virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality companies are doing well then just look at their job vacancies. Unreal Mobile Rendering Engineer. Dublin, CA. Dublin, CA. Sanzaru Games. Environment Artist. Click Here to Apply. Dublin, CA. Sanzaru Games. UI Technical Artist.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

I’ve had the opportunity to interview him together with two other journalists and during the interview we have been able to span different topics, from cinema to the MagicVerse, not to mention mixed reality storytelling and immersive cinema. He was obsessed with Virtual Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In its upcoming 5-year development plan, there should be measures to favor the growth and the spread of Immersive Realities. David Heaney has also published a very interesting article on how the Quest 2 is more powerful than a Quest 1 and how it compares to a VR-ready PC. The anger for the Facebook Login policy is not stopping.

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. So you can’t reload your weapons yourself, but suddenly feel completely ripped out of immersion while your arms wave around in front of you on their own and load a new magazine into your weapon with crazy show-off animations.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. More info (Lumus Maximus glasses) More info (In-depth article on Lumus Maximus by Karl Guttag). Here you can find the link: [link] Thanks a lot []-). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It comes out from the passion of someone that has just discovered how immersive realities are beautiful, or maybe from the mind of a student that has just finished the university and wants to find a dream job in AR or VR. I didn’t know that the name of that thing was “augmented reality”, but it impressed me a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

On the occasion of the upcoming GTC, I had the opportunity of speaking with two very important people that work every day at innovating XR at NVIDIA: David Weinstein , Director of Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Gregory Jones , Director of Global Business Development/Product Management. RTX 3080 TI graphics card (Image by NVIDIA).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And it’s not over on the content side: they are going to launch the Pico Video app with 600+ videos on day 1 , and are partnering to have immersive concerts with Wave. Pico is also going to have its first exclusive title: Just Dance VR, a popular game good for all ages. Pico Worlds will be the official social VR application.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

We Unity developers have still to use the current Unity tools that make us develop once, but then build for every different platform (like the ones I describe in this article ). Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. We’re delighted to be able to share that we’re teamed up with @magicleap as an early access dev partner to explore spatial computing on the immersive web! — Mozilla MR (@mozillareality) March 19, 2018.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

When I was a kid, I wanted to build a holodeck — the immersive 3D simulation system from Star Trek, so I started making games, beginning with online multiplayer games for bulletin board systems. This article explores the technological and business trends enabling this future. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1

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