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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. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.

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How to Build a Location-Based AR Application

ARPost

Such applications use GPS data and digital compass, a combination that works pretty accurately, to determine one’s device location as well as its position. The location-based AR apps then send queries to the device’s sensors and decide whether they should add the virtual object based on the acquired data. Resolve the data question.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5%

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Back in March, Alibaba (which considers itself first and foremost a “data company”) announced the curiously-named GnomeMagic Lab – devoted to current sellers build their 3D product inventories and set up VR storefronts. Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code name: Moss.

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AWE EU ’23: Key Takeaways and Announcements

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

AWE 2023 achieved this by inviting an esteemed lineup of XR firms, thought leaders, and end users, uniting the immersive technology industry at the event’s Vienna, Austria location. He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Although we are undeniably in the early adoption stages, the latest numbers from the International Data Corp. Earlier this year, Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code named “Moss.” project worldwide VR/AR industry revenues to be $162B by 2020. FOR VR GAME IN 2017.