The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Nunez added: So, for example, a lot of manufacturers, and other architecture companies can digitally represent the content, most have CAD data models of some type, and they will represent them on a 2D screen. ” XR for Enterprise Training Moreover, another example Nunez gave was enterprise training or “guided instructions.”

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

WebXR is a technology with enormous potential, but at the moment it offers far worse tools to develop for it than standalone VR , where we all use Unity and Unreal Engine. Let’s take inspiration from the example and add some interactions. Further references. So, let’s make the hands open and close. You did it!

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Upload VR

JULY 22, 2024

Occlusion refers to the ability of virtual objects to appear behind real objects, a crucial capability for mixed reality headsets. Quest developers can find Depth API documentation for Unity here and for Unreal here.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” It broadly refers to digital domains that host synchronous interaction between placeshifted participants. Most of this is often discussed in light of its Unreal engine being used to create virtual worlds….much But it’s not alone.

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ARVR

APRIL 28, 2022

“Virtual reality encompasses virtual unreality.” In the article, Why is Virtual Reality Interesting for Philosophers , Metzinger explores points of contact between philosophy and technological virtual reality research and proposes an extensive set of new research targets, together with some concrete examples. Reference Metzinger, TK.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Sony customers also leverage the widely adopted Unreal Engine, a powerful real-time 3D engine that can create immersive environments. For example, by creating the colour science between these two tools, you can easily use them together to create the maximum quality in your productions. Put tools back in the hands of the people.

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Upload VR

MAY 31, 2023

These "disputes" likely refer to the lawsuit Epic Games filed against the company in 2021 , in which Epic alleged that it was “no coincidence” that Nreal’s name “looks and sounds virtually identical” to its Unreal game engine.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. You may be saying “Come on! As a developer, we haven’t control over the runtime in which our application will execute (i.e.:

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

For example, firms like Walmart and Ikea have smartphone applications for customers to position new furniture items in their homes or try on clothes. The ARCore SDK is currently available for Android, Android NDK, Unity for Android, iOS, and Unity for iOS, Unreal, and iOS. Endless smartphone apps now feature AR functionality.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2022

One example of this is the ending, where before arriving at the final knowledge, you have to pass through a lot of rooms in which nothing happens, and you just read a lot of information and solve some lightweight puzzles. I have found also the game a bit “slow” in some of its developments.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting getnamo’s community Leap Motion plugin for Unreal Engine 4, which offers some unique capabilities alongside the official plugin. This feature is fully documented with a guide on the Unreal forums. On our Developer Gallery, you can find an example project for a simple Jenga-style game.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

EA’s Origin and Ubisoft’s uPlay are two of the larger examples, both tend to feature only content from those publishers. Examples for Oculus Home include Lucky’s Tale and Chronos , for Steam it’s games like Half-Life and Portal. Do you think those concerns hold up with reference to Revive ?

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Reference system of the hand (Image by Rob Cole). Using the same principle of offering fitting choice, for example “narrow” and “wide” facial interfaces for the original HTC Vive, perhaps there was a way to adjust the volume of the controller body to suit different sized hands? Aperture Hands Lab demo (Image by Rob Cole).

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Crytek didn’t make it clear are they referring here to allowing developers to use both discrete and integrated GPU at the same time, anyway I am sure many developers are looking forward to implement this feature. However their roadmap of course doesn’t stop there, it also looks ahead to tweaks in CryEngine 5.4

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

For example, they are lowering the cameras and sensors so users’ hands aren’t getting tired. AR can also assist in quality inspections by highlighting defects, providing real-time feedback, and comparing finished products to digital reference models. Brian Meaney, Head of Product, Alteon.io

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

This week @LeapMotion will be at @CES w/ their next-gen reference design Click To Tweet. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. How an indie #LeapMotion project became part of #UE4: [link] Click To Tweet Leap Motion VR support directly integrated in Unreal Engine.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2017

Our Unity Core Assets and the Leap Motion Unreal Engine 4 plugin both handle position and scale out-of-the-box for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Multiple Frames Of Reference. Within any game engine, interactive elements are typically stationary with respect to some frame of reference. Body frame of reference.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Regarding the last point, Mr. Hanke revealed that Niantic is working on a reference design for outdoor glasses : “It’s very bright. Since Roblox is always quoted when talking about a successful example of m**averse, I question if this is what we want for our future. It touches themes like Pokemon Go, the metaverse, and XR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

If you make a custom device for VR only, you can design it from day zero to be optimal to do only VR : this means that even if the Go is based an old VR 821 reference design, it has more power than a Gear VR mounting an S7 phone (and dissipates better the heat); The Oculus Go headset and controller (Image by Road To VR).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 7, 2017

During that time, the students hone their coding skills (focusing mainly in C Sharp and C++) and get comfortable using engines such as Unity and Unreal. It crams a 4-year multidisciplinary curriculum in 20 insanely intensive months. But that’s only the beginning.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Vulkan News We’ve added support for Vulkan Multiview and Fixed Foveated Rendering in our platform and in Unreal Engine, which can boost performance significantly. Mixed Reality Capture for Quest We recently shipped the ability for developers to make mixed-reality videos, with support in our Unity and Unreal Integrations.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? And I won't talk anymore about that. You've done all sorts of things.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? And I won't talk anymore about that. You've done all sorts of things.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2020

Daniel: So, Happy Finish -- or HF, as we're now more commonly referring to ourselves -- we're really in the space of creating content and experiences for grand clients, right from the very beginning. You've done all sorts of things. Tell us, what is Happy Finish? And I won't talk anymore about that. You've done all sorts of things.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Together with the new chipset, Qualcomm prepared also a reference design (as usual), which gives us a glimpse of how future headsets employing this chip may look like. UEVR is a universal VR mod, and it lets everyone easily convert every Unreal Engine-based PC game (including the AAA ones) into a VR experience.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 24, 2021

These are some examples of that synthetic media which is manipulated or made entirely by algorithms. A step further is the idea of “digital beings” with an entirely synthetic basis that do note require a “real” human as a reference. He addresses the more nefarious possibilities of this technology. Making 3D Models.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

For example, head tracking can come from optical trackers or inertial ones. Many game engines—such as Unity, Unreal, and SteamVR—immediately support it. For those that want to design their own hardware, the OSVR headset is a good reference design. See Also: OSVR HDK 2160×1200 Screen Upgrade Kit Now Available.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, I will cover: What composability means, with examples of composability in nature, art and technology Why we are are the forefront of a new era of the internet in which all aspects of the metaverse value-chain ?—?from Earlier, I referred to composable creativity?—?whether Composability is Compound Interest?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

They're creating kind of reference designs for the world to build on. But then you look at Unreal. But imagine your frontline healthcare worker, for example, in a hospital. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Now, you could say, "OK, maybe that's an outlier."

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

For example, head tracking can come from optical trackers or inertial ones. Many game engines – such as Unity, Unreal and SteamVR- immediately support it. For those that want to design their own hardware, the OSVR goggle is a good reference design. For example, DAQRI integrated a plugin that detects objects in a video stream.

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