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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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7Invensun aGlass DK II unboxing, setup and review: a great dev kit for eye tracking in VR

The Ghost Howls

In China I met the company 7Invensun , that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking. Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces. aGlass DK II box on top of HTC Vive one. The device.

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Firewall Ultra Is Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

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First Contact Entertainment reveals Firewall Ultra is one of the first PSVR 2 games running on Unreal Engine 5. Asked about Early Access Unreal Engine 5 VR development for Firewall Ultra , First Contact detailed the challenges involved: It’s fair to say, it’s uncharted waters. There is literally no guide as to how to do it.

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Varjo’s XR-3 And VR-3 Headsets Blend The Line Between VR & AR

VRScout

This includes everything from hand and eye tracking technology, optimized visual fidelity via foveated rendering, an ultra-wide 115-degree field-of-view, and “human-eye resolution” just to name a few. For information on how to purchase visit varjo.com. Image Credit: Varjo.

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Developers Begin Exploring Magic Leap SDK

VRScout

Edgar Martín-Blas, CEO of Virtual Voyagers , told VRScout he’s been excited about the capabilities of eye-tracking, hand-tracking, nine hand gesture recognition, and “the possibility of controlling the content with a mobile app.”. This allows you to test apps with emulated hardware.

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Top 5 XR Innovations to Invest in During 2022 and 2023

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Hand-Eye Tracking. Using clunky controllers often detracts from the immersive interaction, and can make learning how to use a new technology more complex. As such, many XR innovators are now investing more heavily in hand and eye tracking.

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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

The Pico 5 Pro Max looks like a dream hybrid headset : it is a standalone device with eye tracking and passthrough, and it also has the DisplayPort connection that makes it work like a true tethered headset when connected to a PC. Aero is not so small as BigScreen Beyond, but it features a higher resolution and supports eye tracking.

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