Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Varjo says their “industrial-grade” VR-1 headset is available starting today in 34 counties, across North America, Europe, and Hong Kong. At launch the company is promising support for 3D software tools and engines, including Unreal Engine, Unity, Autodesk VRED, PREPAR3D, ZeroLight, and VBS Blue IG.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Omniverse doesn’t only care about the synchronization (a bit like if it were a visual Git), but it also provides services like AI and physical simulations. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. All you need is an Android device (API level 26+) or a HoloLens 2 and Unity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation.

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ARVR

JUNE 19, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Another example is that of the collaboration with Panino Giusto , the historic Milanese restaurant brand now widespread throughout Europe. Scripting Javascript Promise In Spark AR For Beginners 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. The revamped centre kicked off its operations with an open house hosting professionals, the media, partner firms, and clients from across the audiovisual industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 26, 2023

Designed by the industry leaders at Pico Interactive, the Pico 4 Enterprise Edition was introduced at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Europe in 2022. The SDK also supports development with Unreal, Unity, and OpenXR and can be used offline. What is the Pico 4 Enterprise Edition?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

More info (Daniel Beauchamp’s experiments) More info (Hands tracking + physics) More info (Quest’s hands tracking inside Unity) More info (Oculus’s hands tracking UX guidelines) More info (All apps currently employing Quest’s hands tracking). XR Europe is coming! Before today, I didn’t know that Alien Kiss VR simulator was a thing….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. I hate how the speculation in the crypto world is risking to ruin what was one of the most interesting open social VR worlds in Europe. CPR Simulator. (Image leaked from Meta firmware).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Pico 4 is going to launch initially only in selected countries in Europe and Asia , so Meta can keep its leadership in the US, but the situation may change fast, so it’s better for Meta to tease a Quest 3 pretty soon. It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: So how do you then get people to learn how to do Unreal and Unity without teaching them?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Pico launches Neo 3 Link in Europe. More info (Pico Neo 3 Link now available in Europe) More info (Pico Neo 3 Link launched at Laval Virtual). More info (The Last Clockwinder) More info (First Person Tennis) More info (Flight Simulator) More info (Drunk or Dead 2). Horizon World is releasing in Europ… ah no. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

We went to Europe and found some amazing locations for the movie. People knew it was not possible to do that: the film resonated because only in a simulation, only in virtual reality you can cheat time and space. That movie has an interesting combination of 3D, 2.5D and 2D mixed together. This is the story.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators -- big aircraft simulators, etc. -- and I got really excited about seeing the effect it has on pilots and soldiers, and I always thought that it would be useful to do the same, but for normal people, nurses, etc. But obviously these people couldn't afford a $50-million simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Because of privacy regulations in Europe and other parts of the world, he said, the project could end up harming the bottom line more than it helped. Disney was granted a patent for a Virtual World Simulator that enables multiple users to experience a 3D virtual world from multiple vantage points without the need of wearing any glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

If this may interest to you, here you are the link for the form to be filled (note: I’ve provided you the link for Europe… if you’re from UK, just substitute “eu” with “uk” in the address; if you are from US, use “us”, etc…). Vive Trackers 2.0 now on sale.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unity support for OpenXR is still in early beta , and so it’s not reliable yet to develop an OpenXR-compliant application in Unity. We Unity developers have still to use the current Unity tools that make us develop once, but then build for every different platform (like the ones I describe in this article ). Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

I think that someone is fooling us with specifications: of course, if I have to render the standard Unity cube at 120 Hz, maybe also a Raspberry can be enough… but this can’t count as a minimum specification. And the Rift S, that runs at almost HALF the frequency of the Index requires a 1050Ti as well. What the hell?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. The report also highlights that one of the regions where VR may grow more in 2019–2023 is Western Europe.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. Alan: --the Interdisciplinary/Industry Simulation and Training Conference[sic]. Alan: But I was in a giant multi-million dollar simulator flying helicopter at one point. Does it come from CAD? How do we get materials?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. Alan: --the Interdisciplinary/Industry Simulation and Training Conference[sic]. Alan: But I was in a giant multi-million dollar simulator flying helicopter at one point. Does it come from CAD? How do we get materials?

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

So a company like a Macy's or a large retailer in Europe. We've been working with Unity's Reflect team. Alan: --the Interdisciplinary/Industry Simulation and Training Conference[sic]. Alan: But I was in a giant multi-million dollar simulator flying helicopter at one point. Does it come from CAD? How do we get materials?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It had no sensors, just a simulated sensor bar in front of the handgrip. The name was of course inspired by “The Unity Cube” application (Image by Rob Cole). The sensor model is used when placing many identical sensors across the surface of the object during simulation, a little later in the process. The Guncube.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 17, 2017

Charles III of Spain and the antiquity tells the story of how Charles III funded the excavations that discovered the ancient cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, spreading the knowledge acquired throughout Europe and America. Recommendation: It’s beautiful, so definitely recommended for art and history buffs. Price: $9.99. What’s that?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

In Europe, this marketing effort is just starting now, so the penetration is not that high, yet. In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset. Epic has implemented it, and Unity is doing that too.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Pankaj Raut is currently the board member and active CEO of AjnaLens (Dimension NXG), a leading AI-powered Mixed Reality company serving the Defence, Fortune 100 clients across Asia, Europe and America. A veteran in video games, serious games, and simulation industry. DTCP operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel.

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