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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. Art Reality Studio – IVR 6 (United States).

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Sony’s New 3D Display Doesn’t Require Any Glasses

VRScout

Available for purchase next month, the ELF-SR2 is a 27-inch 4K display that can supposedly deliver immersive 3D content without the need for additional hardware, such as augmented reality (AR) glasses or a VR headset. The device will be available for $5,000 this May in the United States and Canada.

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Blippar Plans US Expansion Amid Rising Profits

ARPost

According to Galaria, around 80% of their revenue is already from outside of the UK, and most of that 80% comes from the United States. Unity and Unreal are wonderful but heavy-weight systems … on the other hand, social media platforms are building within walled gardens.”. A Look at the AR Market.

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Red 6 Pilots Laud Novel AR Air Combat Trainer

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Augmented reality (AR) tech firm Red 6 announced on Monday it had successfully tested its air combat flight training module for fighter pilots. The training programme features multiple AR assets, allowing pilots to train against virtual targets, noting a major technical milestone for the company’s extended reality (XR) solution.

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Which XR Platforms Are Democratising Creative Content?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Additionally, Meta’s SparkAR Studio allows businesses from all environments to create augmented reality effects for platforms like Instagram and Facebook, with no coding knowledge whatsoever. 3. Platform developers can import captures into an Unreal project, and begin presenting the digitised object immediately.

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Best Places To Learn AR and VR Development Online in 2020

Hypergrid Business

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. (Image courtesy RAEng Publications via Pixabay.).

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

The Ghost Howls

Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. ” , that are all the member states of the USA, excluded Alaska and Hawaii. The popular Angry Birds game, but for immersive augmented reality. @PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.