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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. The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.

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Spatial Beats: Rec Room, Roblox & Zynga

AR Insider

Funds will be used to expand to more gaming platforms. The goal of the company is to translate the most popular and classic real-world games into immersive VR experiences for all ages. The first game to be released on the Oculus Store will be called ForeVR Bowl in 2021. million to turn actual vehicles into simulators.

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Oculus & ESL Return For VR League: Season Two

VRScout

To ensure that fate comes to fruition, Oculus and the ESL have returned with VR League: Season Two: another round of competitive VR gaming, this time featuring a handful of new titles, a bigger prize pool, and a slick new title. All of which leading up to the epic grand finale at Oculus Connect 5! Image Credit: Oculus.

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Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR, Rift and Touch

VRScout

Chernobyl VR Project combines video game mechanics with an educational and movie narrative approach. With the Xbox One Streaming app, you can play your Xbox One games directly on your Oculus Rift. Connect to your console via the app and watch your games come to life on a huge virtual screen in three immersive virtual theaters.

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Virtual Reality Horror Sport Influenced with the Cyberith Virtualizer and the Oculus Rift

VRGames

Have enters Digital Fact employing an Oculus Rift and the Cyberith Virtualizer and embraces intense horror in the worlds of “Impacted” Impacted is a digital fact … supply.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

The Quest software is tailored at consumers, and for instance, when you open it, the first things that you see is a list of games. As you can see, there is no way to have fun buying games on the store, but your can only launch the applications approved by your company (Image by Oculus). In which countries is it available?

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the exercises, the companies used a Boeing TA-4J aircraft to simulate scenarios during air combat, setting the stage for integrating and trialling the system on a T-7 advanced trainer. Germany and Austria have teamed up with GoStudent, leading to significant gains in language learning with virtual reality.

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