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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. 6th Sense VR – Ayatana Concept (France). ??ALO

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MID?M+ Cannes Event to Rally Music Industry with XR, Web3

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MIDƐM+ is set to return to Cannes, France to kick off the start of 2024. The award-winning artist combines her groundbreaking style of artistry and storytelling with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and Abelton. She is also a regular contributor to the XR Big News series. For more information, kindly visit [link].

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VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries

TechCrunch VR

Amid this renewed interest is VLGE , a France-based startup that has banked $4 million in funding from the likes of Venrex VC and L’Oréal. Crucible, a metaverse company that creates tools for game developers, recently launched its Emergence software development kit (SDK) for Unreal Engine, for instance). Evelyn Mora, VLGE.

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Achieving Marketing Success with AR

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AR software development kit (SDK) providers like Apple, Xreal, Niantic, 8 th Wall, Unreal, and Unity give developers the tools to make and distribute custom AR content that naturally drives retention and engagement with new interactive experiences to “wow” potential buyers. Although, this is quickly changing.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This project involved creating augmented reality statues of women alongside men in eight major cities in France. You can discover more on the dedicated Linkedin post that I’m sharing below.

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Karate Combat Secures $18 Million for XR-Enhanced Broadcasting

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The brand uses MR environments the team created on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to broadcast athletes competing while surrounded by a visually enhanced RT3D backdrop. Karate Combat also employs virtual environments for its broadcast events. The relationship between XR and sports media is vital in terms of broadcasting.

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BSC 2023: Sony Exec on Virtual Production Tools

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The combined hardware solutions leverage the Unreal engine for importing and displaying an immersive environment behind a subject. Recently, Sony opened a virtual production studio in Seine Saint Denis, north of Paris, France. The firm established the studio alongside project partners Plateau Virtuel and Studios de France.

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