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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

ARPost

From real to unreal, from unreal to real. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine 5 is now enhanced with the dynamic global illumination power of Lumen.

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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Road to VR

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking. Image courtesy Theia Interactive.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.

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This VR Tool Knows What You’re Thinking Before You Do

VRScout

Beyond the obvious use-cases of gaming, socialVR, workforce training, and education, VR can also be used to collect deep marketing data in new and exicting ways. Once captured and recorded by Claria, all of the biometric data can be easily played back, fast-forwarded, and stopped so you can take a more detailed look.

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ArcGIS Maps for Unity: Unlocking New Capabilities for Immersive Experiences in Various Industries

ARPost

With real-time geospatial data, photorealistic immersive experiences can now be accessed and applied in a wide range of industries. Unlocking New Capabilities by Merging the Real and the Unreal. San Francisco textured buildings with demographic data, global imagery, and elevation, viewed from within the Unity editor.

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NORD XR Launches Führerbunker VR Film for Meta Quest

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The firm offers VR simulations for research, planning, and education, with a growing portfolio of use cases. The partnership’s TIME & HISTORY initiative aims to educate people with a series of immersive documentaries as never seen before. TIME & HISTORY Hit VR Titles. XR and Immersive Documentaries.

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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 started out in the high end, and it has moved lower through pricing tactics and revisions that enable it to be the foundation of mobile games. Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”.

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