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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!

The Ghost Howls

Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.

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The Best Photogrammetry Solutions in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Photogrammetry and NeRF services enable RT3D content creators to quickly construct a digital twin of a real-world object, place, and person. Sony is also empowering the emerging industry 4.0

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The Best Photogrammetry Solutions in 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Photogrammetry/NeRF services enable RT3D content creators to quickly construct a digital twin of a real-world object, place, and person. Matterport also offers a broad photogrammetry hardware portfolio.

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Powering The Next Generation Of Virtual Music Experiences

VRScout

One nice surprise was the destruction of the stage that could be seen under construction at the Sweaty Sands beach in the days leading up to the concert. For music fans and gamers alike, attending a concert in VR is at minimum a $400 ticket for hardware, plus the cost of an event ticket and additional purchases.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It makes sense for Samsung, which is great in manufacturing hardware, to partner with Microsoft , that is doing a good job in creating a platform for XR, to compete with the other companies. It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. Image by Sony). News worth a mention.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. The HTC Vive (DK1), SteamVR Controllers and Laser Basestations.

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

VRScout

I got the opportunity to catch up again with Ivon, this time over email, about his perspective on VR, his love of science fiction, and the future of the IP that he and his team are painstakingly constructing from scratch. He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams.