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

The Ghost Howls

Testing on PC While all the demos I created are for the standalone Quest 3 , I did most of my development on PC using the Link. The Meta Quest Link app lets you enable some developer settings to stream spatial data from the Quest to the PC Without this facility, I would have never been able to prototype my mixed reality demos this fast.

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Unity’s Incredible Mixed Reality Demo is Coming to Quest in 2022

Road to VR

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. It’s tough to explain so let’s jump right to a video example: Take a look at the video above. We look forward to mixing reality ourselves next year.

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Meta Releases ‘First Hand’ Demo to Showcase Quest Hand-tracking to Developers

Road to VR

Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company’s controllerless hand-tracking tools. But what’s better than a good hands-on example?

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Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo on PS5 Shows Where Next-gen Graphics are Headed

Road to VR

Epic Games today revealed a PS5 tech demo built with Unreal Engine 5, the next-gen version of the company’s game engine. just launched last week with improvements to its AR and VR support , Epic Games today showed off a tech demo built with new foundational capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 which the company plans to launch in 2021.

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Niantic's Hello Dot Demo Gives You A Cute Mixed Reality Pet On Quest 3

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Pokemon Go studio Niantic now offers one of Quest's most interesting examples of mixed reality experimentation. 0:00 / 0:30 1× The app is Meta Quest 3's first standout example of dynamic occlusion. The free Hello, Dot app available now lets loose one of the virtual creatures from the AR game out into your environment.

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‘Megan Thee Stallion’ Experience is a Stunning Example of Live Action VR Performance—And the Closest Thing to ‘Adult’ Content on App Lab so Far

Road to VR

The free Megan Thee Stallion VR Concert app includes one demo scene, with viewers given the option to purchase additional scenes in-app. This appears to be one of the clearest examples yet of an app toeing that line—thus, the Megan Thee Stallion VR Concert sets an important precedent.

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3 Impressive WebVR Examples Worth Checking Out With Firefox’s New Support for Vive and Rift

Road to VR

Here’s three examples worth checking out. Since WebVR is new (and free), much of what’s out there is still very much demo and experimental content, but several exceptional examples demonstrate why we should all be excited for the possibilities of VR on the web. Know any others that people should check out?

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