VRScout

MARCH 1, 2017

Unity Technologies presented their Special Keynote at GDC 2017 in San Francisco on February 28, announcing the release date of Unity 5.6 alongside a bulletin of other updates, including a glimpse of Unity 2017. Riccitiello explained that this installment marks the last of Unity 5. Beta”). Partnerships.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Sony unveils the new controllers of the PSVR2. One month after the reveal of a “next-gen VR headset for the Playstation” (whose name is not known, but I guess it will be PSVR2), Sony has revealed one important detail of its new VR system: the controllers. The controllers will be given to selected developers very soon.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Being able to present those ideas in three dimensions via a collaborative VR environment would make things a lot easier for everyone. It’s also game engine friendly, which means you can port your project into something like Unity. Your Touch controllers are used to access a menu of pre-made parts and functions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 1, 2017

Unity CEO John Riccitiello has been following both virtual and augmented realities for a long time and, like the rest of us, he’s waiting for it to go mainstream. Today at Unity’s Vision Summit, he outlined how and when he thinks it will get there. That might be nothing new, but Riccitiello had a tantalizing tease to add.

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ARPost

JULY 7, 2023

How Unity talks about digital twins – real-time 3D in industry – I think we need to revamp what that means as we go along,” Unity VP of Digital Twins Rory Armes told ARPost. This virtual world can be controlled from the backend by VR. You can create a smarter world […] but you can’t do it one device at a time.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. An early presentation in the day saw the University of Oregon professor Donna Davis presenting “Immersion and Ethical Responsibility.” For example, how does someone with Parkinson’s navigate gesture controls? Let’s jump in. Industry Announcements.

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Next Reality AR

JUNE 21, 2018

During this week's Unite Berlin conference, an event dedicated to Unity developers, Magic Leap's Brian Schwab and Aleissia Laidacker, two of the company's Interaction Lab experts, took to the stage for a special presentation.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

According to the company , it uses a “fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by the most natural and intuitive inputs possible – a user’s eyes, hands, and voice.” The device is controlled using our hands, rather than external controllers, making it more intuitive and user-friendly.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Following Inbar’s opening keynote on day one, Niantic’s John Hanke will present “Building a Real World Metaverse for Everyone.” Also on day one is Qualcomm’s keynote presented by VP and GM of XR, Hugo Swart. Day two of the conference opens with Unity’s keynote. Unity is “just a game engine” like XR is “just a game.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In this article, I’m going to tell you everything I know about this new headset , plus I will give you my thorough hands-on review on its 6 DOF Controllers , that I have tried with the 6 DOF devkit. Vive Focus + 6 DOF Controllers devkit. Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus. Well, for sure you are…. The dev kit.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While it’s not a brain-computer interface like the “full dive” NerveGear featured in the show, the heavy-weight hardware presents a pretty interesting approach to VR headset design. Controller: Two hand/foot controllers. Tracking: Lighthouse supported / Avatar movement emulation system using foot controller.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. This type of game-play will also change as audio plays a larger role in game controls.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

Brandon Bray, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, took the stage at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 to show a little more of what Microsoft has planned for the VR side of things when the first Windows Holographic headsets come later this year. image courtesy Unity Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 15, 2021

Recently it has also decided to launch a new line dedicated to the Oculus Quest 2 , to let you customize as you want both the headset and the controllers. I created a custom skin with Skarredghost logo and Unity Cube controllers and installed it on my Quest 2. The Unity Cube sticker is fitting very well on top of my controller.

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ARPost

MAY 21, 2021

The first of these experiences, created through a partnership with Snap and Lego, went live during Snap’s presentation. Partners like Farfetch, Prada, and MAC Cosmetics are using the company’s new tools for voice and gesture-controlled virtual product try-ons, social shopping experiences in AR, and more. Bitmoji X Unity Games.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Anyway, analyzing its situation at the present time, you can find the following problems: The passthrough is blurred and black and white , so it doesn’t offer a believable augmented reality. These are the only settings about the passthrough you can change inside Unity. But how do the two solutions compare? Literally no way.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Whether or not to include controllers to support legacy VR titles. In their recent presentation VR is essentially reduced to a gimmick, the thing you lightly touch the edges of, instead of a complimentary and equally important medium. No doubt (and if rumors are true) there were many debates at Apple HQ about VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The trusted enterprise is part of Unity’s Certified Creator Network, which enables Groove Jones to design slick, immersive experiences using the real-time 3D (RT3D) engine. Groove Jones designs its gamified VR training experiences on Unity, building each application for the Meta Quest product portfolio.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

These days I have finally managed to try it, so I can tell you everything that I have learned about it: What is it How does it work How to implement it in your Unity application Pros and cons. If you are a Unity beginner, I would advise you to watch the video. Get ready because it will be a very interesting post if you are a developer!

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AR Insider

AUGUST 6, 2021

And you feel present with other people as if you were in other places, having different experiences that you couldn’t necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage.“. For example, PCs are defined by the ways we control them, such as keyboard and mice. The same goes for mobile (touch and voice) and gaming (controllers).

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it. Introducing the eGlass: a hybrid classroom solution.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 23, 2021

But, presented here are some of the highlights and takeaways from the event. Charisma CEO Guy Gadney presented “Characters in the Metaverse” with writing lead Rianna Dearden. AI is then digitally embodied through Unreal Engine , Unity , Metahuman , or Ready Player Me. Also present was Virbe founder and CEO Chris Wrobel.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They released a Unity SDK a few months later, but still no market release date. Finch Technologies makes body-tracking wearable devices to serve as controllers for XR applications and experiences including the recently announced FinchRing (this is the promised cherry on top).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Side view of Pico 4 controllers. connector with OTG 3 Physical IPD adjustments Optical Positional tracking, with 4 tracking cameras Cameras have 400×400 resolution and run at 120Hz Maximum 10m x 10m tracking area and mm-precision accuracy Optical Tracked Controllers, with 32 tracking points 5300 mAh battery, for around 2.5-3h

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I made a nice video where I present to you: How to activate Viveport Streaming; Me playing SuperHot and Beat Saber with it; A video on controllers tracking; My opinion about it. The good thing is that in my tests, the system never lost the tracking of the controllers even during fast movements. Are you intrigued?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Developers will soon be able to integrate hand gesture control into their projects on the ARKit platform, no extra hardware needed. Introducing gesture control to the ARKit, and being the first in the market to show proof of this, for that matter, is a tremendous milestone for us.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Instant Preview.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2023

Pro hallmarks coming to the Quest 3 include color passthrough and the Pro controllers. The headset’s 12 cameras, five sensors, and six mics enable controller-free tracking, voice interactions, and impressive audio. Developers with early access include JigSpace , and the headset’s software is compatible with Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2020

Unluckily, the situation in the present still doesn’t reflect this future dream, and Hello WebXR shows all the limits of current WebVR experiences. So, my impression after having tried Hello WebXR is that WebVR may be the future, but not the present yet. That’s surely the future. Playing the xylophone in WebVR is fun!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It was also said that the company is evaluating controllers from Finch as a potential controller solution. On the software side, Larroque affirmed that the headset is built on Android 10, and the company is presently working on building an open-source launcher with sample apps for the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2021

It is true that the Unity Asset Store is your friend, but as our creative artist Lapo Germasi says “ If you want to make a good job, there is no asset that you download and you just use as is. Tutorial on how to easily make a cross-platform application in Unity.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

XR enterprise end users can select from various pre-built immersive environments ready on the Mesh platform and personalize those spaces using no-code/Unity tools, allowing end-users to create a meeting room template that the entire organization can access and edit.

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ARVR

JULY 19, 2021

Enhancing the user experience is key in VR Training, but controllers can be very limiting for this kind of experience. It can be easily explained by data from a case study made by Innoactive , Unity , and Volkswagen. Thanks to Interhaptics, haptic feedback can be deployed both for controllers and haptic devices.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

This allows them to recognize specific patterns of movement and hand gestures, making it easier to control virtual interfaces. Plus, the gloves are compatible with various software platforms, such as Unity and Unreal Engine. Plus, they work alongside Meta Quest controllers and HTC VIVE trackers.

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AR Insider

JULY 12, 2021

The virtual operating room is multiplayer, so the instructor is co-present with students in the simulation. Zuck, always heedless of unintended consequences, presents a contradictory yet powerful mashup of symbols here, but to what end? Remote Control Cars in VR Chat ? And yet it is entirely new. A Putin-on-a-horse moment?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The sim is designed specifically around the use of VR motion controls, and is available in Early Access on Steam. Generally, people wanted to have a lot of control and options when creating a mission, and this would be cumbersome in VR especially during long editing sessions,” he explains to Road to VR. “We Update v0.0.7

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