UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

Explaining the incredible immersion that a solid virtual reality experience provides is difficult to put into words, but showing someone playing or allowing a person to play themselves is the quickest path to amazement. There are also additional guides for those wanting to integrate mixed reality support into Unity , Unreal , and native.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2020

Back in 2015, before the moniker ‘battle royale’ was strongly associated with the modern game genre, Bebylon Battle Royale was conceived as a third-person, beat-em-up VR brawler, well before motion controllers became a de facto part of the VR experience. At the time the studio expected to launch the game in 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). News worth a mention.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 23, 2016

With our 2016 developer survey in full swing, we thought we’d share some great assets that you could buy with one of five $100 Unity/Unreal asset credit prizes! Whimsical fall leaves, melancholy rain, spooky fog – weather can be a powerful way to set the tone for your virtual world (or give your users Storm-like superpowers).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. The problem of moderation inside virtual worlds. Doing moderation of virtual worlds is incredibly hard because there are a lot of grey areas to consider.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The production was quite a spectacle, boasting a virtual lighting system that could rival the complexity of top EDM stages from real events such as Insomniac Events’ Electric Daisy Carnival. But instead of sitting behind a screen while holding a controller, you’re moving and shaking your entire body with friends from around the world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

Now the next step is making also the controllers work with a PC. More info (iVRy makes PSVR tracking work on PC) More info (IMU is now supported by the tracking) The European Union announces a strategy to lead on virtual worlds and Web 4.0 Shaping global standards for open and interoperable virtual worlds and Web 4.0,

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

It’s a pretty basic addition, allowing developers to bring video content into virtual worlds, though it does sport some interesting extras, like support for 360 degree video playback, and applying video as textures that wrap around surfaces like spheres as well as flat walls. Finally, there’s an audio production room.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The umbrella term that covers all of the various technologies that enhance our senses, whether they’re providing additional information about the actual world or creating totally unreal, virtually simulated worlds for us to experience. What is Virtual Reality? VR is the most widely known of these technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. Instagram), so that Nike is recognized as a fashionable brand both in the real and the virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2022

You have a jetpack, and you can control it with the thumbstick of your controllers. The jetpack has limited fuel for each jump , so you can only perform jumps of a certain height and then control the airborne. The game controls are as follows. There is a lot of variation in how the various puzzles must be solved.

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Unreal Website AR specific SDK and dev platforms Admittedly I know less about these but they’re just as important players in this space!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. billion) and ARkit (1.25

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Development — Get hands-on training for how to build the world’s best VR applications, from tutorials covering the latest Oculus Mobile and PC SDKs, to workshops on top game engines including Unity and Unreal. Might we finally learn the precise launch date and price of Oculus’ Touch motion controllers?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

XLA Metasites recently received around $100 million USD in initial funding to develop virtual worlds with interactive, engaging content, according to a press release. Metasites access for individual content creators and enterprise users will adopt a revenue-sharing model, where users have full control and can manage their content.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. Read on for the full interview. VRSCOUT: Who are you and what do you do? .

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). 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.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Oculus just announced a short term, six-week sale that bundles the Rift and the Oculus Touch controllers for $399. Of course, you still need a robust PC to power your new virtual world (and the current cost of graphics cards is not cheap—thanks cryptocoin miners!),

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Also, new more ergonomic controllers, that solve the flaws of the current design, will be part of the package. These controllers should be compatible with the current Quest. Unreal Engine 4.25 update, Unreal Engine has added many features that may be useful in crafting XR experiences. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects.

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AIXR

MAY 5, 2023

Over the past year, brands have caused a huge media buzz with the likes of Nike, Gucci , and WWF successfully digitalising their own virtual worlds, using minigames, avatar customisation, and environmental design to drive bespoke product placement and raise awareness for vital causes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

It was great to see that the device would be controlled using our hands, instead of external controllers, meaning that it is far more intuitive for people to use and should ensure success when the product is released. This was done by introducing flat, resizeable virtual screens to maximise productivity.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

Touchscreens, accelerometers, and a bevy of easy-to-use external controllers have given performers many options in how to control and shape sound and music. The impossibilities of VR are extremely exciting as anything in virtual space can be controlled by the performer and used to create sound and music.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our Virtual World. In a second I am miles above the city, and by pointing my Vive controller this way or that and clicking the pad with my thumb, I soar anywhere I choose in the bustling virtual metropolis. Turning slowly I can almost feel the wind in my hair but I know that couldn’t be possible.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Ruze said that while this was hard money to raise, crowdfunding allowed the startup to get the message out to VR enthusiasts who were eager to step into virtual worlds and fight cooperatively. Vandonkelaar did say their platform will support Unreal Engine 4 and other technology beyond Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Some of the most notable points are: 2 Controllers support. In the next months, Magic Leap will offer the possibility to buy an additional controller and pair it with the device, so that it will be possible to use two 6 DOF controllers inside the AR experiences. MagicScript.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The aim in developing the PanguVR engine was to equip content producers to create immersive and interactive content, in UE4 (Unreal VR Engine), automatically meaning without any learning curve. We have experimented but decided to focus on VR because it allows us to control the entire visual experience. What is it?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But the sequel of the popular Virtual Virtual Reality has not been received very well: many reviewers highlighted the high amount of bugs found, and some others (like me) the clunky controls and the slow pace. Virtual worlds then and now Funny link. Learn more. Some XR fun. I want them now! Funny link. Funny link.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VR has the power to transform our lives and connect us in new ways, while hand tracking lets you reach beyond the digital divide and take control. But with the lines between the real and virtual worlds now blurrier than ever, could we cut it even further? 3DUI: Three Dimensional User Interfaces. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. The tracking of the controllers and the headset has been improved a lot, and there is also great content like Synth Riders and Red Matter to play with. Top news of the week.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

The Public World also suffered some server issues, resulting in a drop of more than 400 actives on that grid alone. And the number of regions went down by 839 standard region equivalents, as Virtual Worlds Grid turned off the less-used servers to allow for a greater than usual load on its welcome regions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Apart from the hardware, Somnium is moving well also on the software side: the graphics of the virtual world is improving over time, and soon will be released the first game built on top of Somnium. Everything they have announced is realistic , and it gives the company the impression of being reliable. I like this approach.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. On a separate note, the Quest 2 has just been updated to Runtime v44, which brings additional parental control tools, plus finally many customization options to record videos on the device.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Rich interactions between the user and the virtual world are a key aspect of what makes VR so compelling, but creating and tuning such interactions is a challenging and time consuming task for developers. We hope to soon port it to other platforms as well (Unreal, Web…?). The result is UltimateXR for Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

Omniverse is a powerful tool for creating 3D virtual worlds that is made of different modules. On the lowest layer, you have the tools with which you make a scene (Blender, Unreal Engine, 3ds Max, etc…). First of all, he highlighted that in controlled conditions, cloud rendering over 5G already works incredibly well.

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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.

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