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Leading VR Engine Unity Will Start Charging Developers Per Install

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The standard rate will apply to installs across 18 countries, including the United States, Australia, UK and Japan. Some expressed interest in alternative game engines like Godot or Unreal, while others questioned the wider implications for current releases. Initial criticism was fairly unanimous.

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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

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VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. With the solution, users can leverage the following tools: FreeD plug-and-play capabilities for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations. Noire: The V.R.

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Is There a Metaverse Tax Policy in the Works?

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She continued that “unrealized gains and income” could fall under this taxable financial activity. Doing so could allow governments to tax income in real time, triggering sweeping changes across tax laws in the United States. US tax laws in the Metaverse should tax financial activities like monetary withdrawals and purchases.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, then took to the stage to say that Unreal Engine 4 support would also be arriving on the HoloLens 2. First shipments will begin this May in the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand.

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FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549

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The company has already released their SDK which allows developers to integrate FOVE support for projects built-in Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryEngine. The company, now headquartered in San Francisco, will be showcasing the final version of the headset during the Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) this week in San Francisco.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.09.12): Meta Quest Pro leaked, Snap working on future Spectacles, and more!

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The Australia-based startup hopes to ship its first production run starting in April 2023, which includes a batch of 2,000 units. I think that if HIKKI wants to expand beyond Japan, it should do something different. VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. Some news on content.

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