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Google 6DOF videos review: move inside VR videos!

The Ghost Howls

Around 40 days ago, I reported to you the news of Google presenting at SIGGRAPH 2020 a new algorithm for recording, encoding, and decoding 6DOF VR videos , that is movies inside which you can physically move. Google Immersive LightField Video technology. Google 6DOF Videos video review. 6DOF Videos. That’s so cool.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.08): Microsoft launches Mesh, HTC and Pico tease new hardware, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Google stops selling Cardboard viewers.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.19): Quest 2 adds Air Link and Resident Evil 4, Pico and HTC are ready to launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The fitness application goes from costing $30 upfront to be free to download and costing $10/month after a trial. On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th.

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How to ask Android Permissions in Unity for a Vive Focus app (Vive Wave SDK)

The Ghost Howls

For instance, I contributed to the little musical experience that Enea Le Fons has taken to a disco club during his 30 Days in VR experiment and I made the porting of the ImmotionRoom full-body VR system to the new HTC device. The Android pop-up asking the user for permissions during application startup (Image by Google).

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Valve Releases OpenXR Preview for Steam Game Developers

Road to VR

Developers can now download a beta version that will let them start integrating OpenXR apps into SteamVR. Valve just took a big step in prepping Steam game developers for the full arrival of OpenXR, the new industry-wide open standard for AR and VR headsets. The company has released what it calls “initial support” for the 1.0.9

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The Best VR Apps for Socializing With Friends

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You can create your own world using the Unity SDK. It is available for HTC Vive, Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, and PCs (both Windows and Macs). vTime XR is available for download on Google Play, and App Store, and works with Samsung Gear VR, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Google Daydream.

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7 pieces of advice if you have to remotely work as a VR developer from China

The Ghost Howls

There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google. While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China. I started downloading at 20MB/s and in 10 seconds I had all that I needed.

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