VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Rec Room dropped some juicy news during its big virtual event RecCon , including the announcement of Rec Room Studio, an awesome new tool that will let you create your own amazing experiences featuring killer graphics and animations on the social VR platform. Rec Room takes social VR to the next level with several exciting new features.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Spatialized UI – Automatic translation of 2D web UI elements onto a spatial control panel when an experience is accessed on a VR or AR headset. Interaction Mapping – Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking. Existing developers can simply log in and begin building.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2019

Yesterday, Oculus launched its official set of Mixed Reality Capture Tools for the Oculus Quest, allowing users to record high-quality gameplay footage where real-world objects and people appear in VR. The post Oculus Quest Mixed Reality Capture Tools Now Available appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Adobe’s VR modeling tool, Substance 3D Modeler , is now available on Steam, bringing with it support for Valve’s Index headset and possibly others. Now Substance 3D Modeler has launched on Steam , bringing official support for Valve Index and its controllers for the first time. The application supports VR and non-VR modes.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

Meta announced it’s bringing some new parental tools to Quest headsets in the next few months which are aimed at giving parents more control over what their teens see and do in VR. Soon parents will be able to put a pattern unlock on specific apps, something that will allow for tighter control on precisely what teens can access.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2022

This month, HTC VIVE announced a bespoke controller for Flow, the firm’s lightweight virtual reality (VR) glasses. In the initial announcement, HTC first introduced the new controller as a business tool, but in recent updates , the firm revealed that the device would also support leisure and gaming activities.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

According to the partners, with each firm’s combined experience providing tools and resources to healthcare sectors, learners can optoptimize-existing procedures and modules, leading to better patient outcomes. and globally.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2022

Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real people for use in real-time applications. The MetaHuman tool is still in early access and intended for developers of Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But rather than just using the passthrough view for AR (bringing virtual objects into the real world) Varjo has developed a new tool to do the reverse (bringing real objects into the virtual world). The tool allows users to trace arbitrary shapes that then become windows into the real world, while the rest of the view remains virtual.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

User Reporting Tool In the effort to make its Virtual Reality (or should I say the M-word ?) If the application has multiplayer components, then it has to implement a User Reporting Tool easily accessible via the Oculus button on the right controller. Let’s see what it is about and let me tell you how to implement it.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2022

Scuf Gaming created a powerful customization tool for its PS5 Reflex controller that goes one step further than Xbox's Design Lab.

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ARPost

MAY 28, 2020

Face filters are one of the most exciting tools when it comes to mobile AR and WebAR. They’ve done some groundbreaking things in the last few years but Face Effects, their new tools for face filters, are a definite game-changer. 8th Wall has now become the first web development platform to release face effects tools.”.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2019

8th Wall, the platform that gives developers powerful tools to build and launch interactive AR content, has launched their first WebVR project template to all of its Agency and Business plan users. 8th Walls tool essentially cuts the workflow time in half and makes a seamless and effortless creative process for new VR content. .

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2022

To assist him, an observer in the real world uses a Playstation controller to send signals to the four main muscle groups in their neck to turn the user’s head and guide them to the fire extinguisher. The pilot can control the neck movements of the VR user using the drone, allowing them to sync their perspectives.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 18, 2024

This is thanks to the ability of tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to create any kind of text, from poetry and fiction to technical documents. It’s worth remembering, however, that these large language model (LLM) tools are, for the most part, limited to constructing text based on their training data.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Facebook today announced that Adobe—the company behind industry-leading creative tools like Photoshop, Premiere, and Substance—has acquired Oculus Medium , the company’s VR sculpting tool. At launch Medium included a range of tools for making and forming 3D volumes. A Medium ‘2.0’ ” Who Wins?

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Road to VR

APRIL 21, 2017

Using the new animation tools artist Goro Fujita shows what the app’s animation tools can do. Oculus Story Studio, the company’s VR film division, built Quill initially as an internal tool for creating the VR film Dear Angelica. Released earlier this year, Quill allows users to create still 3D drawings in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

At that point, I used the new cool tools offered by Meta to set up passthrough into my project. I removed the Main Camera from the scene, then I selected the menu voice Oculus-> Tools -> Building Blocks and added the camera rig and the passthrough to my project. My physical biscuit box with a VR controller taped on it.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2020

Here are two user-friendly avatar character creator apps for that purpose which won’t require the use of developer-level tools like Unity, Blender, etc. Thanks for a handful of folks on Twitter who suggested these avatar creation tools. Are there any other user-friendly tools out there which make avatars for use in VR?

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Upload VR

MARCH 28, 2023

These tools appear to be the result of Meta’s acquisition of the German startup Lofelt last year, as we speculated at the time of the acquisition. Lofelt offered a haptics SDK for Unity and its flagship product was a haptics authoring tool called Lofelt Studio.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

So, coming back to your question, I am an associate professor of the Computer and Control Engineering department at the Politecnico di Torino , where I am heading the Computer Graphics and Vision research group. I know that your team has created a tool called Holo-BLSD. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2018

The VR painting tool just got even better. Part of what keeps us coming back to Tilt Brush all the time is seeing what others are able to do with the 3D painting tool. For example, the Hull Brush allows you to easily paint 3D objects just by moving your controller. The Pin Tool lets you quickly lock your objects in place.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2017

VR-optimised 3D creation tool Gravity Sketch is now available on Steam Early Access. Developed by a group of design engineers at the Royal College of Art, the software is ‘for everyone’, but its feature set has particular relevance to creative professionals, and could become an invaluable tool for industrial design visualisation.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Jasper Brekelmans, a Netherlands-based 3D tech artist, has recently released a motion capture tool offering an easy way to record OpenVR tracking data from headsets, motion controllers and Vive Trackers for both Vive and Rift setups. OpenVR Recorder can also enable audio and video capture from the Vive’s on-board microphone and camera.

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Digital Trends

MAY 31, 2022

Fan Control is a great utility that can help control all the fans on your PC at once. Here is a guide on how to use the tool for efficient system cooling.

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Digital Trends

JULY 13, 2022

TikTok is rolling out a few new content control features and they look a lot like Twitter and Instagram.

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ARVR

JULY 22, 2020

Training Professionals: Take Control of Your VR Content [link] Many training professionals want direct control over their virtual reality (VR) training content. If you count yourself among that group, you need tools that you can use. Some VR studios provide tools for training professionals, most do not.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Doctors and surgeons used the “Augmented Reality with Electronic Navigation” tool from NextAR Spinal — a first for both Qataris and the Middle East overall. Tracking occurs on the NextAR Camera, which relays information to the NextAR Control Unit via Bluetooth. NextAR augmented reality spinal surgery device.

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Upload VR

JULY 15, 2023

Humanity's Stage Creator now has more tools and mechanics for you to play around with. Enhance says that these mechanics were initially held back "to prevent spoiling some of the late-game story or mechanics and give budding stage creators in our community a chance to get familiar with the tools."

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

The Vive Pro gets new SDK tools unlocking advanced AR capabilities. Announced last week via an official update to the Vive developer blog , Vive Pro developers now have full control of the headset’s front-facing stereo cameras to develop their own mixed reality experiences. The Vive Pro is one hell of a VR headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

The trainee can then practice conversing in a safe and controlled environment. During a VirtualSpeech performance review training session, a trainee is placed face-to-face with a ChatGPT-ready avatar. Trainees will talk to a ChatGPT avatar that responds according to their input.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. And when I put the headset on, I could see the grey intro environment, with all the controllers moving regularly. , but sometimes it is still tricky and problematic. WTF SteamVR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 21, 2017

There’s some healthy competition in the VR 3D modelling space, as Sixense brings serious enhancements to MakeVR in a new version of the product named MakeVR Pro , with precision tools to assist in detailed 3D creativity and production. Pro’ refers more to the new functionality than the target audience,” he says. “We

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The ZDNet report maintains that the app will focus on cognitive behavior therapies for suicide prevention, and include psychological assessment tools using the Samsung’s Bixby AI assistant. the New 2017 Gear VR with Controller.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. ” The tool is entirely web-based which, just like the VR/AR applications it can generate, means there’s no extra software to install.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2022

of its AR Instructor remote guidance tool this Tuesday. includes new features such as animated digital twins, content caching, and enhanced workflow management tools. Arvizio’s enhanced workflow mechanisms give dispersed employees control over documentation from the draft stage to publishing, including admin tools.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There’s no doubt about it; weilding a real controller that matches the weight and feel of a virtual object is far more immersive than having a disconnect between the two. The problem, of course, is that if a controller is made to fit too specific a role, it’s less useful for interacting with a wide range of virtual objects.

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