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‘Virtually Unreal: Reality Labs Stepping Up the VR Game!’

VRGames

In China, there are advantages such as a large population, low labour costs and government incentives for businesses that invest in the region. Both countries offer different opportunities when it comes to doing business, but share many common elements. Additionally, unlike most other nations, […]

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Epic Games Joins O3DF as Premier Member

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) has accepted Epic Games as a Premier member to join numerous companies such as Intel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Adobe, LightSpeed Studios, Niantic, Huawei Technologies, Niantic, and others, it was announced on Wednesday. Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/2dJJ3IyKQF. O3DE (@o3dengine) July 20, 2022.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

What other devices are so cheap, have the best games, a continuous stream of updates? I remember many people laughing at me when we of New Technology Walkers released a fitness game for the Vive Focus Plus ( HitMotion: Reloaded ) because they said it was a big and overpriced headset. Image by Epic Games). Other relevant news.

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ArcGIS Maps for Unity: Unlocking New Capabilities for Immersive Experiences in Various Industries

ARPost

Unlocking New Capabilities by Merging the Real and the Unreal. By merging real-world geospatial data into a robust game engine, developers can create hyperrealistic simulations and fully immersive experiences. They can build new classes of applications beyond the world of gaming.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.19): Unity’s community is rioting, Pico 5 leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. Long story short, all games that manage to have more than a certain number of downloads and revenues are subject to a per-install fee. per install.

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How Modding Communities Are Paving The Way For User-Generated VR & AR Content

VRScout

In the gaming industry, however, this movement to open-source started to make sense when a wave of user-generated content evolved into some of the most successful versions of modern gameplay. Famous PC game mods that have more recently made headlines include Skyrim (with over 40,000 mods), Fallout 4, Doom, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike.

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What is Zuckerbergs’s Metaverse?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Although Meta is pushing multiplayer-ready immersive worlds for gaming and the future of work, firms like Pico, Decentraland, Engage, and HTC VIVE are all debuting Metaverse services to provide different use cases. The SDKs and resources allow users to create anything from MR games to Metaverse assets.

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