XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Talon Simulations was making great strides in the location-based entertainment industry, until COVID-19 hit. He's the CEO and co-founder of Talon Simulations. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. We're going to dig into how these amazing simulators can push forward the reality behind virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info At SIGGRAPH there was much attention toward VR and AI SIGGRAPH has always been a very relevant event for all of us in the 3D space, and this year VR and AI were among the most relevant technologies showcased there. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2019

Epic have been running developer-focused funding initiatives for many years now, with the original ‘Unreal Dev Grants’ fund announced back in 2015. In many ways, those grants have reflected Epic and Unreal Engine’s early and consistently prominent support of VR since the early days of VR’s latest resurgence.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! The last days of AltspaceVR have seen many events happening in the platform where people said farewell not only to the platform, but also to the communities and the groups they were part of.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

According to the team, if you need to test for instance that your game increases the health of the player by 50 hp when he grabs a white suitcase, you can create an automated test that simulates the grab and checks that the action is executed.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Here we’ll look at some of the most exciting companies, speakers and events. Steve Bowler of CloudGate Studio will talk about Unreal Engine 4’s Blueprints feature. Shachar Weis of Packet39 Inc will talk about using simulators to reduce anxiety in children. It also allows us to simulate the present. XR for Businesses.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

The event’s VR Content Showcase is designed to highlight those non-entertainment use-cases by bringing together leading startups focusing their efforts to make AR and VR useful across industries. Doghead Simulations. Epic Games will showcase high-fidelity VR experiences and new photorealistic content developed with Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 6, 2023

Notwithstanding AEC design, its Aero head-mounted display (HMD) is widely used for training pilots in flight simulation. Varjo’s cutting-edge device allows the facility to train students regularly at a cheaper cost compared to traditional flight simulators.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2023

With the need to innovate industries, many speakers at the online event will showcase groundbreaking approaches to creativity in XR content creation, building information modelling (BIM), entertainment, filmmaking, and other disciplines. XR Today: Regarding XR, what was the focus of your presentation to audiences at the event?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

During an online showcase event, Varjo officially announced its latest enterprise-grade MR headset portfolio. Moreover, the firm is exhibiting the Varjo XR-4 Focal Edition headset at I/ITSEC – a world-leading simulation and training expo.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs. It’s often used in industry for advanced training simulations. What Is AIXR?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

The event about digital fashion and web3 has taken place in Decentraland, Spatial.io, and Over the Reality. It was an event probably more interesting than last year, and that spanned across multiple digital worlds. But the overall event had far fewer visits than last year , most probably because the metaverse hype has deflated.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Saatchi Gallery in London, United Kingdom hosted the event, transforming the building’s exterior into a massive Tiffany jewel. More on Ray Tracing According to NVIDIA, ray tracing simulates lighting effects in virtual scenes and objects with cutting-edge rendering tools.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2022

Gurman also says Apple is “leveraging its entertainment arm” and acquisition of live events livestreaming startup NextVR to produce content for the headset. Developers will also apparently get access to a Mac based headset simulator so they can develop before having the device in-hand.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. In addition to serving as host of the event, Inbar presented a number of the awards. That, according to Miesnieks, is the thing to watch in the next few years. Announcements.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers. Configuration profiles.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

This allows for watching the Vision Pro emulator in stereoscopic VR, giving people the closest simulation possible of the Apple device. More info Praydog’s UEVR mod adds roomscale tracking Praydog’s UEVR mod is an incredible project to let gamers automatically mod all games based on Unreal Engine to make them VR-compatible.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The Superbowl is the most important sports event of the year in the United States, and airing an ad during the match is super-expensive, but also super-effective. Meta has organized two important initiatives to exploit this important event: A short ad to be aired on TV to get the attention of many potential buyers in the consumer market.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 3, 2016

The Ace Combat franchise is arguably the most well-known flight combat simulator series and this latest entry is the first for the new generation of video game consoles. It brings a new level of visual fidelity in Unreal Engine 4 to the series, but will also deliver a well-known brand to the PlayStation VR ecosystem when it releases.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

The right tools can change the way we communicate and connect in the digital age, and transform the way we share experiences. In the arts and entertainment space, XR solutions are helping to create everything from live events enhanced by holographic visuals, to virtual experiences and augmented gallery shows.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But the “Body Tracking” API only provides a “ simulated upper-body skeleton ” based on your head and hand positions, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to UploadVR. However, hints given at Meta’s Connect 2022 event, and the company’s research, suggest legs will be added in the future.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For the event, van Meel explained to audiences that the technology had “started as a small experiment” with company engineers but developed as a “truly amazing technology.” Over the last couple years, we have gained a lot of experience with them and their Unreal Engine. BMW Keynote Address.

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ARVR

MARCH 19, 2021

The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021 2. If you want to teach them hard skills like how to use a machine or piece of equipment, VR is an obvious solution since it simulates the physical experience with no risk. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. The Possibility of AR on the Urban Space 2. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

The firm later debuted a beta version with an additional Unreal Engine plug-in integration. It also allows XR content development to test their creations in various simulated spaces before exporting and deploying. First, Meta debuted its Meta Quest 3 device just days before Apple’s WWDC event.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Sponsor events and gigs in the metaverse (or hold your own virtual events). Thanks to metaverse-building tools like Unreal Engine 5, it’s easy to build your own virtual world where colleagues can collaborate. You can advertise on billboards in a metaverse platform. Set up a retail or brand space in the metaverse.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 2, 2017

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney was this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award , recognizing the work he and his company have done building the Unreal Engine development toolkit over the past two and a half decades, as well as creating blockbuster titles like Unreal Tournament and Gear of War.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). More info (My summary of the event) More info (HTC’s 2-minutes video of the event) More info (HTC’s vision of the office of the future) More info (Actual prototype of the office of the future) More info (Qualcomm teasing new XR2 standalone headsets). Top news of the week. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

The typical summer week has passed by, with some interesting XR news, but mostly no amazing event to talk about. If the coronavirus destroys physical events on one side, it gives new power to virtual events on the other side. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but….

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The announcements came earlier this week at SOLIDWORKS World , a popular event for those working in the field of 3D CAD. According to HP, the Z4 Workstation is specifically targeted at high-end computing, including virtual reality productio and simulation-based design. An HP Z4 Workstation.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

VR will be huge for events, as soon as some issues will be ironed out (e.g. If you want my help in organizing your VR event, please reach out to me … Waiting to meet you in VR, let’s talk about some news…. This big event about enterprise AR and VR will be hosted in London on 28–29 April, 2020. News from partners (and friends).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Or you could have game show contestants drive in a motion simulator for kart racing and then drive through a virtual environment. The virtual environment will be built using the Unreal game engine, with technology built on top of it. At home, viewers could participate by using a tablet to drive the kart.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

95% of the content is about the vision of the future “metaverse” in which we all are always in XR , we work, we connect with other people physically distant away, we attend events, we play multiplayer games, etc… all in XR. Luckily there is 5% of information there that I’ve actually found interesting. I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

It enables a new level of presence by bringing physically realistic visuals, sound, touch interactions, and simulated environments to virtual reality. The software release consists of a set of C-APIs for integration into any engine or application, and an integration for Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 that is available now on GitHub.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

As a full disclaimer, this is a paid article that I’m writing for a recent collaboration I started with NVIDIA to help them promote GTC , NVIDIA’s flagship event, that this year will be held online on March 21st-24nd. RTX 3080 TI graphics card (Image by NVIDIA). Video courtesy NVIDIA). So in the end… what is it?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

Epic Games is using the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to give an advanced preview of the latest additions to its Unreal Engine VR Editor, which allows creatives to build worlds in a virtual reality environment using the full capabilities of the editor toolset combined with interaction models designed specifically for VR world building.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

They recall demos of Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Google’s Tilt Brush and Valve’s early robot demo, each of which made excellent use of those hand controls. They showed the demo to someone at Valve and, after the event was over, were told they could keep the headsets. It was a moment that changed their lives.

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