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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”.

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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Some of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding VR include the following: it always causes motion sickness and virtual reality is solely applicable to games. Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

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But not all the applications work well with hand gestures: for instance, most action games would suck with it. We have a couple of projects underway that are very exciting for us, in terms of creating some sort of game-type metaverse which can have collaboration with other parts of Sony,” Ryan added.

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Science Fiction or reality? What is the metaverse?

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At the moment, VR is often only associated with gaming, but it is much more than that. Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Valve, Epic Games, Roblox as well as smaller startups are working on creating products for the Metaverse as we speak. According to a survey by emarketer.com, nearly 85 million people in the U.S.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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In the meantime, Valve has given a complete overhaul to the UI of SteamVR , changing the interface both of the desktop menus and the VR menu, that is now curved and more suitable to select games in an easier way with VR controllers. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester. Fun stuff: this studio never actually launched a game.

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AWE EU ’23: Key Takeaways and Announcements

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Because it is true to say that, to date, it is the gaming consumer that has driven the success and growth of VR. Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five. But it is easy to overlook that business use.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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So, the company has created this androgenic girl called Mica , which should be as close as possible to a real human, featuring a great visual quality (thanks to Unreal Engine) and credible eye movements and facial microexpressions. Yes, various games have been announced, but this is the true innovation proposed by the Florida company.