Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Building on the momentum set into motion by the inaugural event, Unity Technologies is hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing. Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Unity was reluctant to put a final date on the launch of Editor VR when it was last shown at Unite 2016 in November, but we now know it will be with us very, very soon. All of the features we’ve seen on-stage so far are expected to be included in the experimental release, though we’ve reached out to Unity to confirm this.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

Where: Chengdu Marriott Hotel Financial Centre, Sichuan, China. One of the biggest international events dedicated to the augmented and virtual reality will take place at the beginning of September in Chengdu Financial City in Sichuan, China. When: September 2 – September 3. AWE USA 2021. When: November 9 – November 11.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The leak came from China and talked about the Pico 5 product line going to feature the Pico 5, Pico 5 Pro, and Pico 5 Pro Max (yes, like the iPhones). The new Unity Personal will also remove the famous Unity splash screen Successful games using Unity Pro or Enterprise can choose if paying per install or by a 2.5%

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 13, 2016

Unity raises $181M monster round at a reported $1.5B valuation Over the last few years, Unity Technologies has grown to become indispensable to the gaming industry and much of the entertainment industry as an engine for building experiences in one place and distributing them across a swath of platforms. Read more here.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Some interesting stuff about the M-word: I’ve found two articles shared via WeChat that talk about the attitude that China has towards the metaverse and the plans that the most important Chinese cities have to grow in metaverse-related topics. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. See Unity running on Quest. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meta’s offering could so become this one: Quest 3 Lite, 64G, $199 Quest 3 Lite, 128G, $299 Quest 3 Lite, 256G, $399 Quest 3, 256G, $499 Quest 3, 512G, $649 And there is more: Meta is working on a partnership with Tencent to distribute the Quest 3 Lite also in China and compete with Pico in its own home. I truly hope this rumor is true.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s been a true emotion to launch the game in Shenzhen, China as probably the first mixed reality fitness game. It has been really special to announce our content directly in China! Tutorial on how to easily make a cross-platform application in Unity. The main menu now, that fits completely in the environment we modeled.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

Like with all the other events organized by HTC China, the keynote has been held by Mr. Alvin Wang Graylin , mostly known as “Mister President”, that is famous for the passion with which he performs inspiring talks. An official launch will come in Q3 2020, at first in China and then in the rest of the world.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 19, 2016

Funding Roundup: Unity Raises $181M, Matterport Acquires Virtual Walkthrough, ScopeAR Raises $2M, Pixie Raises $18.5M Unity Technologies announced that it has closed a $181 million Series C round of funding led by DFJ Growth.

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Next Reality AR

AUGUST 3, 2018

New SDKs are also available for Android, iOS, Unity, Unreal Engine. In addition, Google has enabled support for select Huawei and Xiaomi handsets for the China region. Available as of Friday on Google Play, version 1.4

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019. They released a Unity SDK a few months later, but still no market release date. They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market. Let’s play catch up with Nreal over the past two years quickly, just in case.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2018

Back at CES, Oculus announced that Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi would exclusively bring its own branded version of the standalone Oculus Go headset to China. Xiaomi will exclusively sell and control the headset in China while the Oculus Go will be sold in other regions. Image courtesy Xiaomi, Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Pico is facing in China internal confusion and mediocre sales. A report coming from China reveals interesting information about Pico. sales, while in China now it has sold less than 50K units. Mindport helps you in building your Unity VR experiences. More info (Pimax Portal announcement?—?Road

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

The Pico Neo 3 was already sold as a consumer device in China, but recently my Chinese assistant Miss S reported that there was a big marketing push on Pico headsets on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok (always owned by Bytedance, of course). Bytedance and China. The logo of ??, the Chinese version of TikTok (Image by Bytedance).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

Will the Apple Vision Pro Debut in China Apple’s CEO and spatial computing champion, Tim Cook , confirmed that the recently released Apple Vision Pro would land in China in 2024. The CEO is visiting China due to a decline in iPhone sales. Cook said: I am very confident in it (China).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019. They released a Unity SDK a few months later, but still no market release date. They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market. Let’s play catch up with Nreal over the past two years quickly, just in case.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Despite being a leading VR brand in China, Pico is nowhere close to the scale of Oculus’s user reach or creator ecosystem. At least in China, Pico is getting a slew of ads on Douyin, TikTok’s Chinese version. ” It also includes handy developer kits for mainstream 3D engines, including Unity and Epic Games’ Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

They are the business counterpart of the Pico Neo 3 , the consumer headset that Pico is selling in China for around $400, hoping to kickstart a consumer VR ecosystem there. This is great news for us developers, because it means we can develop a VR app for Quest, Pico, and Focus using exactly the same SDK provided by Unity!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

In early March, the tech giant entered talks with China’s Tencent Holdings to sell its VR headsets across the mainland. Meta could also hope to ink strategic partnerships and enter China’s massive consumer market to sell its Quest headsets. Magic Leap recently struck a major partnership with augmented reality firm ARWay.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 26, 2016

This week, Joseph and UploadVR Games Editor David Jagneaux (subbing for the wonderful Jason, who’s literally in China right now) tackle more than a few big news stories from the world of VR.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 9, 2021

In an unhinged rant worthy of Rudy Guiliani, Cramer explained the metaverse is made by Unity, before correcting himself and crediting Nvidia instead. HTC, a strategic partner and shareholder of VR Education, has also started selling its ENGAGE-based product, VIVE Sessions, in China. link] Dissections in VR are FREE.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Vive Wave is a clear step forward in bringing together the highly fragmented mobile VR market that has growth up in China the last several years. As the VR industry leader in China, it is our duty to help reduce market fragmentation and provide content developers with more ways to make money.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2022

Last Tuesday, China Daily interviewed the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). In the chat with China Daily Reporter Ma Si , Tim explained: I am incredibly excited about AR as you may know, and the critical thing in any technology, including AR, is putting humanity at the center of it.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

The product allows users to create 3D content on top of CAD models without a game engine like Unity. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai on Monday, the China-based startup announced that its Nreal Light augmented reality glasses will launch in the US in the second quarter of 2021. Currently, there are over 1.5M Snapchat lenses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2021

I have made some Youtube videos with really terrible quality My bonds with China have brought me some critics. Internet is beautiful. The VR Fast was also fast in dying.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China. HTC launches Vive XR Suite.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

I’ve met Noah 2 times in China, and for two times I’ve been able to appreciate his amazing technical competence (he’s a genius, really) and his passion for XR. 3 Headsets come from China with love. This week we had the announcement of 3 headsets from China. Unity launches MARS tools. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. Telecoms such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, China Mobile, and many others are working to expand such infrastructure. With the increase of data traffic, data security will also take precedence.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

When I was in China, the last company I visited in Shanghai has been Lenqiy. This is another Vive-X company working in the educational sector and that has given me interesting insights into the educational ecosystem in China , that confirmed what I have learned speaking with Langzou and Judao. He is a great person , for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

New connectors are in development and finally also popular software like Unity and Blender will be able to connect with Omniverse. Lenovo has for instance just announced in China the Legion VR 700, a device that looks inspired by the Pico Neo 3, which was already a copy of the Meta Quest 2.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Pico VR headset is sold to consumers in China, while in the West it’s primarily used for enterprise applications. The fund’s top five holdings are Nvidia (8.93%), Microsoft (4.91%), Roblox (4.85%), Tencent, majority shareholder of Epic Games (4.80%) and Unity (3.99%). TikTok Owner is acquiring VR Headset Maker Pico.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Zapbox features a 100° FOV and is going to launch with a Unity SDK to create content for it. Pico already implemented it in its concert experiences in China (the ones shot by FXG ) and also we of VRROOM implemented something similar in our virtual concert platforms in January. The price is going to be very cheap: only £79.99.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Hello from Qingdao, China! Unity adds OpenXR hand integration package. Unity has just released the XR Hands package, currently in preview, that aims at making developers integrate hand tracking into their applications via OpenXR. This is a decision that is not going to make Microsoft happy.

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