The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. This makes sense considering that controllers shine with different kinds of interactions than the bare hands , so the applications must be different.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Last week we had a first look at the controllers, while this week we had quite a confusing leak about its product line, which, if confirmed, would show an ambitious plan by the Chinese company. 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).

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ARVR

OCTOBER 6, 2021

How to Make an AR App?—?Tips, This is why today, we would like to share with you some tips and other information on how to develop AR apps. Let’s start by taking a look at how AR works. How Does AR Work? Integration with Unity and Unreal Engine. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

Edgar Martín-Blas, CEO of Virtual Voyagers , told VRScout he’s been excited about the capabilities of eye-tracking, hand-tracking, nine hand gesture recognition, and “the possibility of controlling the content with a mobile app.”. Anyone can access the Magic Leap Creator Portal and sign-up for free.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Google’s existing VR SDK audio engine already supported multiple platforms, but with platform-specific documentation on how to implement the features. Google are providing integrations for “Unity, Unreal Engine, FMOD, Wwise, and DAWs,” along with “native APIs for C/C++, Java, Objective-C, and the web.”. Image courtesy Google.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? It provides a framework that makes 3D and UI interactions available from Unity input events. Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ??

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

On the software side, we’ll be enabling users to bring tightly time-locked data into development engines like Unity and by building on open-source protocols like BrainFlow , the raw data will be available in most common programming languages as well. Will it be compatible with Unity and Unreal Engine for development?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We will be using this simple application as a foundation for the following posts in which we will start adding more interesting stuff like rendering motion controllers, rendering simple objects into a stereoscopic view so they can be seen properly in VR, and adding some simple interactions. So, let’s start! Motivation.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2017

Oculus has recently published a guide to teach developers how to capture mixed reality with two important tools (besides a VR headset): a green screen and an external camera. image courtesy Oculus. Valve later incorporated the same green screen setup in their official announcement of the HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. That’s why Avi Bar-Zeev in a tweet on this topic talked about “the illusion of control” of our data : actually, Facebook already had it all. Zuckerberg wrote in a letter some years ago that he wants full control of the XR platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

Motion Capture software, or “Mocap systems”, are particularly valuable for content creators looking to enhance XR experiences with realistic avatars, motion, and gesture controls. Mocap solutions are primarily used for the creation of XR content. Plus, users can also leverage drag-and-drop plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

Different Controller: The Oculus Go Controller and Gear VR Controller share the same inputs: both are 3DOF controllers with clickable trackpads and an index finger trigger. If your app displays a visible controller, you should change the model displayed depending on whether you are running on Gear VR or Oculus Go.

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AIXR

MAY 5, 2023

Decentraland (MANA) The Sandbox Somnium Space Roblox Journee Spatial Bespoke On the other hand, examples of bespoke metaverse projects include: Nike’s.Swoosh Metaverse Platform Louis Vuitton – ‘Louis The Game’ The metaverse platforms that are built from scratch use javascript code and libraries or a tool like Unity or Playcanvas.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Just recently Weather Channel drove a virtual car through the studio to show how vehicles lose control on snowy or icy roads. How to Use RealityKit and Reality Composer? Just like ARKit, ARCore can work with Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal. How to Use ARCore? How to Use Vuforia? What is ARKit?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Users can implement VR or AR-based training scenarios into an onboarding experience for employees to ensure they know how to avoid common risks in their specific workplace. Unity, one of the market leaders in RT3D technology, has a comprehensive kit intended to assist businesses and developers in this optimization process.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Oculus recently published a new guide on how to optimize VR experiences along with some of the common pitfalls for devs to watch out for when tracking down and solving VR performance issues. VR developers are obsessed with keeping their Rift experiences performing above 90 frames per second (fps), and there’s a few good reasons why.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies can use engines from companies like Unity to recreate digital “twins” of products, buildings, and other items, combined with information from various data sources. Using clunky controllers often detracts from the immersive interaction, and can make learning how to use a new technology more complex.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. This means that Unreal Engine is now free for everyone forever until you really become rich.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

APRIL 29, 2021

Way back in the dim and distant era of 2009 I was exploring a lot of tools to help me build virtual environments with avatars and characters that could be animated, typically in Unity. A decade on and there is a new kid on the block from Epic/Unreal called Metahuman. Roisin from Reconfigure and Cont3xt in Unreal engine.

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ARVR

AUGUST 16, 2021

Coming up with a great idea for a new video game is a great first step, but then you need to figure out how to create it. While this price range may give you an overall idea about how much you will need to spend, many different factors go into game development costs. They will also have basic controls and 2D graphics.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 11, 2015

Let’s take a light-speed look at VR development with Leap Motion in Unity and JavaScript. With the Leap Motion Controller, you can quickly bring your hands into almost any virtual reality experience. With the Leap Motion Controller, you can quickly bring your hands into almost any virtual reality experience. Why Hands in VR?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And if you need some pieces of advice regarding how to professionally survive this quarantine, I have written a blog post on the topic you can read. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects. Very good news for all us Unity VR developers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR. nDreams create $2M development fund.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Since Facebook doesn’t control Oculus anymore, because everything is becoming Meta, the Facebook login won’t be mandatory for “Oculus” devices anymore. It is comprised of grip handles for the controllers and a special facemask that makes it easier to clean the headset after you have sweat inside it. Presence Platform.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 5, 2023

This directional input device allows users to walk, run, and crouch within a VR environment without controller inputs. For example, we have a company that uses them for training, on how to maintain an oil refinery or a drilling platform. Last Month, Virtuix debuted the beta version of its unique Omni One treadmill.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Learn about breakthroughs for FPS in VR, how to design games with hand presence for Touch, and best practices for cross-platform compatibility. Social — From personalized avatars to connecting with real people in virtual worlds, learn how to add deeper levels of immersion to your VR experiences through memorable multiplayer interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I’ll be there to talk about HitMotion: Reloaded and how to properly design a VR fitness game (using the precious lessons that our game designer Max Ariani has taught me). It has feet controllers, haptic feedback for hands, vibrational feedback for the hand, and other cool features that are missing in the most common headsets.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Concepts like loops, control-logic, OOP principles like inheritance, abstraction, encapsulation, etc should be at your fingertips before moving forward. The more knowledge you have in your domain the more you can think about how to combine things and think out of the box. Get a good grasp on any one of these languages.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

It is very intuitive to understand how to wear every device on your body, and you don’t need particular instructions. bHaptics made it very easy for the developers to implement it thanks to a Unity prefab that must just be dragged into your project. And I was pleasantly surprised by it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame. From the stats, they will see how many of the PC VR users will use a Rift S and how many will use a Quest+Link and then they will decide how to go on.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

These representatives of the best of both PC and mobile VR are bound to have a few answers, as will the makers on Unreal Engine 4. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. Increasing VR Presence: From Believable Character Behaviors to Developing with the New PlayStation VR Aim Controller. Liz Mercuri (Unity).

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Apelab has developed a series of a Spatial Story platform on top of Unity in order to handle this type of gaze-triggered, interactive narrative. Emilie says that in some Unity scenes that there are over 150 different triggers and both subtle local agency flavorings of control, but also decisions that send you off into different scenes.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. CONTROL & SAFETY With any immersive experience, the user has to have a sense of safety and freedom.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 3, 2015

As is often the case, this company uses a special-purpose engine (as opposed to a game engine like Unity or Unreal). They are looking for high-performance HMDs for a new simulator and wanted to explore some of the higher-end Sensics products. After reviewing the HMDs, the conversation turned to software.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

For this reason, sound is more than just an immersive tool – how (and where) objects around you sound has an enormous effect on your understanding of where they are, especially when you’re not looking at them. The Unity game engine tries to reinforce this real-world falloff. Tutorial Audio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Get in on the ground floor with this talk from Martz, who will tell you how to get to grips with the new platform including working with Google VR SDKs for Android, Unity, and Unreal. Hand Tracked Controls: Design and Implementation for Serious VR. Applications of Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality. November 3rd, 10:15am.

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