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SXSW 2023: Highlights and XR Experiences That Push the Boundaries of Storytelling, Music, and Technology

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Hosted in Austin, TX, SXSW 2023 ran from March 10–19, 2023. The interactive, volumetric music concert took concertgoers into a special metaverse space inspired by the famous 6th Street in Austin, Texas. For many years now, it has provided creators and developers with a platform to showcase their innovative projects.

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Virtuix: VR Hardware From Commercial to Consumer

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The Austin-based company will sell the product to consumers in US markets later this year. Over the years, the Austin-based firm gained experience distributing immersive products to end-users in enterprise sectors like entertainment and training. The Omni One product is shipping to Virtuix’s investor community.

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NVIDIA Bundles Redfall Bite Back Edition With GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

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For their latest promotional offer, the company has teamed up with Arkane Austin, the game developer behind Prey, Dishonored, and Deathloop , to offer a free digital copy of the upcoming Redfall game with select GeForce RTX 40 series desktop and mobile graphics card purchases.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! This means that the glasses may be shipped even if the technology is not ready to make them perfect from a design standpoint. I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events!

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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Additionally, Unreal included its Pixel Streaming service for interoperability across devices. ARway, a company specialising in immersive wayfinding technologies, partnered with Magic Leap and Microsoft to integrate its AR tools onto the latter’s cutting-edge headsets.

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HaptX News | February 2023

HaptX

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. Our fingers touching felt… well, oddly real, like sensing someone’s finger touching your glove.”

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

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The story of the IP centers around a distinctly futuristic version of Austin, TX in the year 2076, after humanity has willingly given itself over to AI entities called the “Humechs”. He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams.