Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. ” This week Provencher affirmed that Unity Slices: Table will be released as a demo on Oculus Quest for anyone to try.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Finally I have been able to try Viveport Streaming , the solution that lets you use your Vive Focus Plus to play PC VR games via Wi-Fi streaming. I made various tests and so I can not only review it, but also compare it with its competitor solution, the Oculus Link. After that, you can select the PC VR game to play and then play it.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Being able to present those ideas in three dimensions via a collaborative VR environment would make things a lot easier for everyone. ShapesXR is a design and rapid prototyping tool that can be used to create AR and VR experiences directly on your Oculus Quest headset. Feature Image Credit: Tvori.

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ARVR

JUNE 13, 2022

So if you have come across oculus you might have seen 2 types of boundary Stationary Boundary RoomScale Boundary Here I wanted to use RoomScale so I can wander around in my room in both worlds. So first I have to measure my room in the real world and start designing it in Unity. Placed it in right place and try playing it in Unity.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Or has the game been rigged from the start? Using Unity and Photon , the team pioneered a new software framework designed for producing live musicals and operas that could be used in future productions. Which is exactly why the team is presenting all nine performances free to the public. You can get yours here.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. Epic says that it has previously implemented OpenXR 0.9

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. “We’re not just going to be using VR and AR to make games, we’re going to tell stories and create worlds. We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.”

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

By now, you’ve probably heard that the Game Developers Conference has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is one of our favorite moments of the year. How It Works.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

Meta Horizon Home has been launched as an update to the Quest 2 headset, joining Meta Horizon Worlds – another VR app for socializing focused on playing games and attending concerts and sports events. It works on the following platforms and devices: Oculus Quest; Oculus Rift S; Valve Index’. Windows Mixed Reality; Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Zuck has also had a chat with Jesse Schell, the CEO of Schell Games, and has provided an exclusive interview to Protocol. Weirdly enough, most of the demos he showed were games. Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back on June, 1st The Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back! On June, 1st, at 10 am PT, Meta is going to stream a presentation with a lot of news about upcoming titles or upgrades of existing titles for the Meta Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 11, 2017

The road to photorealistic VR is long, but OTOY is helping to shorten it with the integration of its technology into the free version of Unity. You could import a simple item from the Unity asset store, apply the renderer, and have it look strikingly realistic. ” Tagged with: cloud , development , Octane , orbx , otoy , unity.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

I’m trying to do my best… I hope you’ll appreciate that Before leaving you to the news… I’m hosting a giveaway of Gang V keys… it is a cool VR battle royal game with strong GTA V vibes that has just been released in Early Access on Steam ! Image by Oculus). Top news of the week. I will insta-buy it if it doesn’t cost too much.

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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. When we started to show people [the Oculus Rift] in Hollywood, their question was ‘how do we get started?’…

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

With great pleasure, I announce to you that we have updated our game HitMotion: Reloaded (the first mixed reality fitness game ) on Viveport, and now we have far better bonuses management, apart from having fixed lots of bugs. Bigger than the usual indie VR team, but pretty little for an AAA game. Hello everyone!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Facebook announced back in June that it planned to offer developers a way to distribute Oculus Quest apps outside of the official, curated, Quest store. Since the launch of Oculus Quest, Facebook has opted to ‘curate’ the Quest store by selectively permitting apps based on factors like quality, presentation, and scope.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Check out this full list of vulnerabilities presented by the research team: Turn on user microphones and listen to private conversations. During their investigation, the team claimed to also have discovered several concerning security flaws in the popular game engine Unity – upon which Bigscreen was developed.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality. Timoni West, Principal Designer at Unity Labs, has announced that EditorVR will launch tomorrow, December 15th.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. These days I have finally managed to try it, so I can tell you everything that I have learned about it: What is it How does it work How to implement it in your Unity application Pros and cons.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As game designers, our team at 302 Interactive uses the technology and techniques from game development and applies them to “everything else”. Imagine, as an example, we design an educational game that improves both test scores and long-term retention, but we only deployed it on PlayStation. Even so, the question remains?—?Can

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google Maps API for game development. Squanch Games reveal exclusive Daydream game.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Let’s dive in… Apple says Epic’s Fortnite lawsuit is a marketing stunt to revive ‘flagging interest’ in the game. The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest gain PC VR market shares. The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Oculus explains the logic behind its store curation policy. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2017

The Spiraloid Workshop Company (headed by Bay Raitt, former Valve employee, and known as the creator of the facial animation system for the character Gollum in Lord of the Rings ) has created the VR comic Nanite Fulcrum , which the company calls a ‘3D Holographic Novel’ that is part comic, part mini game, and designed for Oculus Rift and Touch.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Through VR, MR, and AR, companies can present products and services to customers like never before, in a fully-customizable, adaptable, and interactive environment. For years, the company has been helping brands to unlock next-level promotional opportunities with AR ad campaign creation, and Oculus experiences.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

The PSVR tethered headset remains the market leader, and will not go quietly into the night when challenged by the Oculus Quest 2. The product allows users to create 3D content on top of CAD models without a game engine like Unity. Ready Player Me, a free avatar maker from Wolf3D, now allows exports to VRChat and other games.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Image by Epic Games). Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. 10 minutes of Youtube video have been enough to make all game developers hype. Other relevant news. Black magic.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. Niantic announces a new AR game, this time with NBA. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

After a string of cancellations by larger vendors amid the worldwide coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), this year’s annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was postponed. Before the postponement, a litany of companies stepped back from GDC 2020 such as Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Sony, Electronic Arts, Facebook, and Kojima Productions.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 12, 2017

First of all I want to thank everyone at Oculus and Facebook for allowing me to be part of an amazing opportunity. So many individuals to thank but I will start with Ebony Peay Ramirez-Program Manager, Diversity & Inclusion at Oculus VR. I was a bit down but decided to go to Oculus. wait they can.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Image by Epic Games). Other relevant news.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Our portfolio includes various projects, such as virtual tours to monuments and cities, VR games, marketing activities and corporate training simulators. App programming (Unity) We developed a simple intuitive application that would help employees understand and remember a sequence of actions. Perfect during self-isolation.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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 Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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