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How to make mixed reality demos that merge real and virtual worlds

The Ghost Howls

Meta did a great job in allowing the streaming of all the mixed reality data from the Quest to the PC for development purposes. Thanks to this, while you are in Unity, with the Quest connected via USB to the PC, you can press Play to test the application locally with full access to passthrough stream, hand tracking data, and scene data.

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

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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. Esri , the world’s largest GIS software firm, recently released version 1.0 The platform also features a new World Partition system , improved mesh modeling, and expanded tools from previous versions.

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NVIDIA’s New AI-Powered Avatars Are Pretty Incredible

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“The dawn of intelligent virtual assistants has arrived,” said Huang, adding, “Omniverse Avatar combines NVIDIA’s foundational graphics, simulation and AI technologies to make some of the most complex real-time applications ever created. The use cases of collaborative robots and virtual assistants are incredible and far reaching.”.

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Orlando is ‘The MetaCenter’: Pushing Boundaries in the Metaverse

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From simulation and modeling to game development, world-building, and even Imagineering, Orlando houses not only the talent, but also the business-friendly climate incentives that are needed to develop the metaverse,” Hackl said in a press release shared with ARPost. It was a free event that was simultaneously streamed on YouTube.

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Duke University Presents EyeSyn – The “Virtual Eyes” That Mimic Human Eye Movement

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Connecting people is not enough – ambitious companies want to bring them together in a virtual world that perfectly replicates the real one. Avatars will interact with each other, do business and have fun just like in the physical world. See Also: The Rise of Virtual Avatars: From Social Media to Business and Entertainment.

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How to make an Augmented Virtuality app for Quest in Unity

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Augmented Virtuality and the connections between the real and virtual worlds One thing that fascinates me the most about mixed reality is creating a connection between the real and the virtual world. The kitchen is the virtual setting, and the box is the real element living in it. But how to do that?

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Glossary: The Metaverse and its Key Components

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.” To understand the technology better, here is a quick introduction to the top Metaverse components, ideas, and technologies: Metaverse Avatars are a user’s digital embodiment in a virtual environment or game world, and may include hyper-realistic 3D representations powered by artificial intelligence (AI). vs Metaverse.