Road to VR

JANUARY 14, 2022

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. 6th Sense VR – Ayatana Concept (France). ??ALO

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

To learn more about the collaboration as well as each festival’s unique approach, I caught up with Michael Swierczynski, Director of NewImages Festival; Guillaume Esmiol, Deputy Director of Cannes’ Marché du Film; and Loren Hammonds, Vice President of Immersive Programming of the Tribeca Festival. The XR community are really experts on that.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Historically, the way in which brands and marketing teams connect with audiences relies heavily on emerging technology, from the Internet to immersive solutions. Many brands leverage AR today to promote products to customers using interactive branded immersive content for smartphone applications like Instagram.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. VR Game of the Year went to A Fisherman’s Tale by Innerspace and ARTE France. Created by Fable and Oculus and powered by Unreal Engine, the film has been to Tribeca, the Chicago Film Festival and the Emmys.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Extended reality (XR) technology is reaching numerous verticals, from healthcare to education. Many industry innovators are leveraging immersive technology to replace or enhance filmmaking techniques, such as backdrops and shooting within moving vehicles. A new vertical XR tech is hitting the media and broadcast space.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). Dania Academy of Higher Education, Denmark. RUBIKA, France. image courtesy VR First. Canterbury University, New Zealand.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. Marc also is a physical therapist working toward his PhD on the integration of haptics in healthcare education.

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