VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2017

Over the past year Jackson and his team at Wingnut AR, a subdivision of Wingnut Films , have been utilizing Apple’s ARkit to experiment with various types of AR experiences. The 1:30 minute demo apparently operates on a specialized version of ARKit that runs a plugin, which easily integrates the software into Unreal Engine 4.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Virtual Production (VP) technologies are a rising solution for film production professionals. The technology field leverages immersive hardware and software stacks, enabling on-set professionals to project realistic virtual environments as backdrops with immersive visualizations viewable by a human’s and a camera’s eye.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Film of the Year. VR Film of the Year went to Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

Offering everything businesses need to create immersive environments and digital twins, the Autodesk portfolio is brimming with useful tools for the metaverse. Autodesk’s motion capture solutions are leveraged by film, television, and video game developers across the globe.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nintendo’s Power Glove was, to quote one of the eighties’ finest films, “so bad.” Of course, when dealing with VR hardware, “cheaper” is certainly relative. It’s compatible with HTC Vive headsets, as well as Steam VR hardware. The firm puts the final retail price of the product at just under $500 for the pair.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

Ever since Epic Games opened its Unreal Engine 4 technology to the world, new use cases have been coming in fast and furious. At the time, the one challenge Baertsoen had was that the director filming the car was still seeing the Blackbird and the transformation into whatever car they wanted it to become occurred in post production.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2017

Oculus just officially announced that they’d be winding down Story Studio, the company’s internal VR film studio which produced first-party VR shorts like Lost , Henry , and Dear Angelica. ‘Lost’, the first VR short film released by Story Studio | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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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. Best Art or Film. The Auggie Award for Best Art or Film was presented by Jesse Damiani to Lucid Dreams for their VR adventure “ The Key.”. Announcements. Best Campaign.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

Passengers can use the system to watch films, play video games, meditate, and send messages on social media. However, in recent years, Epic Games has dramatically pushed the Unreal Engine as a tool for immersive content creation and distribution, giving the shared parties’ argument far more credence.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The event hosted various camera, lighting, and film production solution providers showcasing the latest audio/visual capture equipment. Virtual production solutions are emerging as a new tool for film, media, and broadcast markets. Introducing Sony’s XR Film Production Ecosystem. What is Virtual Production?

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. If we send you one, would you noodle about with it after hours and see if you can get Unreal Engine running in it”?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

To ensure user privacy, VITURE 1 hardware uses reverse sound field technology, which means others cannot see or hear what a user is doing. The device also weighs in at 76 grammes, allowing VITURE to promote wearability and useability with its hardware.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

This helps us turn our internal research, development, and focus towards exciting but unsolved problems in AR and VR hardware and software. Rubin writes: “Now that a large community of filmmakers and developers are committed to the narrative VR art form, we’re going to focus on funding and supporting their content.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The umbrella term that covers all of the various technologies that enhance our senses, whether they’re providing additional information about the actual world or creating totally unreal, virtually simulated worlds for us to experience. For training, such as for surgical simulations Film and TV?—?For

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

Nreal Producing both software and hardware for the extended reality space, Nreal works with brands across the globe on the development of unique AR experiences. The brand has also worked with businesses in the movie landscape, with productions such as the Valerian film.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

A choice of two screen options: 2880×1600@90 Hz LCD, or 2160×1200@90 Hz OLED including diffusion film for reduced SDE. Supported by all major game engines including Unity, Unreal and more. Large quantities of the final device are slated to ship later this year. Removable face-plate. Ergonomic and adjustable head strap.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last Friday, manufacturers of film production equipment like lighting and camera hardware ARRI hosted a seminar to explore how virtual production tools are altering on-set workflows. Virtual production solutions are emerging as a new tool for film, media, and broadcast markets.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Dubbed “The Metaverse Primer”, it describes all the various aspects of the metaverse, from hardware to software, not to mention networking and monetization. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Where the first Connect back in 2014 was about introducing creators to early VR design and development concepts and pre-release hardware, this year’s conference looks to have gone and grown up, indicating the move from enthusiasts nice to a rapidly evolving industry. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

These changes will also impact Reality Labs and CTO Andrew Bosworth is deciding these days which hardware projects to kill during this spending review operation. The new film in the Marvel Universe… the one you don’t want to watch… Funny link. They’re planning support for other engines like Unity, too. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Although this technology has clear applications for gaming and social VR apps such as vTime and the upcoming Facebook VR platform, the founders also plan to use the recorded data to analyse how audiences react to regular films and TV advertising.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 19, 2023

Virtual production (VP) is a new technology revolutionizing the film, media, and broadcast industries. Film production teams and professionals can use this powerful tool to create stunning visuals. VP is a rapidly growing field and will likely grow in popularity in the coming years. What Jobs Can Come From Virtual Production Tools?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Platforms already exist that provide the immersion Apple offers but without the need to have a bulky — and very expensive — piece of hardware strapped to your face.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

StageCraft is a new technology for shooting films. StageCraft is a big LED screen, powered by Unreal Engine, that is used to replace the traditional green screens when shooting movies. Occipital wants to make you scan your room with your phone. Do you remember Occipital, the creators of the Structure sensor?

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HaptX

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

To maintain the integrity of the video we decided that all compositing would be handled in real-time as we filmed. Additionally, we would film using a functioning HaptX Gloves Development Kit (no props), and feature VR environments developed with the HaptX SDK in both Unity and Unreal. Let the testing begin.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. The news of course has attracted a lot of funny comments, like “these dogs have better hardware than me”, or the invention of new terms like “Dogmented Reality”, or “AR Doggles”. I love the internet. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Innovative cinematographic hardware used by John Gaeta. 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. He was obsessed with Virtual Reality. In 5 years or such, in VR we will be able to do that every time we want.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

. • Lindero's VR content was designed for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which is accessible to a niche audience able to afford headsets and additional hardware; VR's financial premises hence enter a tug-of-war with the general audience's desire to enjoy free content. Lindero's typical workflow, as Jonathan explains to me, goes like this.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Whiting oversees the development of the award-winning Unreal Engine 4’s virtual reality efforts. For entertainment, we’re largely using the same techniques of framing and timing from film, but adapted a little bit to make it feel better in VR. Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is one of the leading tools for VR game development.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. Somnium Space gives detail on its new hardware. It’s the end of the year, and it’s time to look back at what has happened in 2021. I like this approach.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Their VR short, Henry , is about an adorable yet spiky hedgehog who has logistical issues with hugging and was narrated by Elijah Wood and directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, who worked on films like Brave , Cars 2 , and Monsters University. Speculation has been swirling around Snapchat: are they developing augmented reality wearables?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2023

XR Today: As an end user for Unreal Engine and Unity, how will this partnership develop interoperability for gaming companies? Unity and Unreal underpin most of today’s XR experiences, ranging from the Apple Vision Pro to mobile apps and from PC games to AR/VR devices. This offers a new economy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

Although, the Metaverse is also present on augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) hardware through platforms such as Niantic and STYLY , which promote socially driven immersive content overlaid on the real world. Some also define the Metaverse as interconnected virtual reality (VR) environments for socialization, events, and work.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

The German auto manufacturer evaluates design features in virtual reality before building prototypes in actual reality, using the famous high-quality physics-based rendering power of Unreal for the game engine and using the HTC Vive for the VR hardware. WILL WE HEAR FROM FACEBOOK’S SECRET HARDWARE TEAM SOON?

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