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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

These are the improvements it applied: Changes in prices will start with the next Unity 2023 LTS, so existing applications will not be affected, at least while the use previous Unity versions Unity Personal will still be free (now up to 200K of revenues) and applications made with it will be subject to no fee at all.

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Yoom Captures $15 Million amid Rebranding

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Yoom got its capital from representatives of various entertainment giants, including Interscope Records, Beats Electronics, and Finneas O’Connell, a Grammy Award-Winning Artist. Additionally, the international extended reality (XR) firm adds that its volumetric service applies to gaming, TV, and location-based entertainment (LBE).

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.15): NVIDIA makes many announcements at SIGGRAPH, new leaks on Apple and Pico, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to it, it will be possible to create realistic avatars that understand natural language easily and even without having computational power in the local machine. New connectors are in development and finally also popular software like Unity and Blender will be able to connect with Omniverse. Learn more. Learn more.

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How is AR Transforming Consumer Behavior?

AR Insider

This article is excerpted with the author’s permission from the Unity Report: Immersive Advertising: How Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences are Changing Marketing. Meanwhile, TikTok is changing the social game again with micro-entertainment and bursts of distraction. But this is just the beginning.

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Orlando’s Breakthrough Digital Twin Project Named 2024 Top Tech

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

It is recognition that our region is on the cutting edge of emerging technology, shaping the future by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in experiential entertainment and immersive, data-driven economic and community development. The Unity integration also enables the OEP to integrate other related solutions into the product.

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Indie Project ‘Tinker Pilot’ Aims for Deep Immersion with Highly Customizable VR Cockpits

Road to VR

Essentially, the project is aiming to let users create the same sort of ‘hyper reality’ VR effects that location-based entertainment facilities such as The Void provide; having that physical object match up to an in-game representation makes for a potent shot of immersion to say the least. Image courtesy Tinker Pilot Team.

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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Disciplines will include research and development (R&D) for AI, machine learning (ML), quantum information, blockchain, and data science. The institution hosts degrees for associate, bachelor, and master’s degrees for students across entertainment media, XR, and emerging technologies.

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