XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Currently, it is the 4th biggest vertical for VR investments as the features and benefits this technology brings to education are seemingly limitless. . Embracing emerging technologies such as XR can help bridge the gap between generations. This costs them much less than more widely-used gaming engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

First things first, let’s define the term virtual. It can be used as an overall term to describe other technologies similar to, but different from, an actual Virtual Reality experience. It includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies. What is Virtual Reality?

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

.” The company has launched a beta of the SDK today supporting Unity, and support for Unreal Engine is on the way. Basic stereo output works well enough for gaming on monitors, where the world is abstracted away from an immersive first-person view.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

Blueprint Reality, developers of VR puzzle game Awaken, have launched the MixCast VR Studio on Steam. Developers can quickly add the free SDK to their Unity-based VR games, which allows users to easily set up, broadcast, or record mixed reality gameplay footage with the help of the utility. Photo courtesy Blueprint Reality.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nintendo ultimately sold 1 million of the things, but the technology just wasn’t there, and the dream controlling gameplay with a robo-glove appeared to have died along with it. With the newfound (relative) prominence of virtual reality, perhaps it’s time give the idea another go.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

The Future Group has raised $20 million for its technology that blends real-world video with virtual worlds to immerse people inside what feels like an interactive game show. with experience using game-oriented technologies in The Matrix films. It’s a new form of entertainment.”.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 14, 2021

Story telling is increasingly blurring the line between the physical and virtual worlds, according to presenters at the just-concluded this year’s Technology + Storytelling: Engaging The Immersive Future event organized by NYC Media Lab. “For storytellers, this is a game-changer. . Connie Kennedy. Steve Rosenbaum.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

Creating the most immersive XR experiences requires more than just the best visuals or spatial audio technologies. Leveraging the technologies across their line of enterprise-exclusive headsets, such as the VR-3, XR-3, and Aero, has birthed several key secondary tools for hand and eye tracking. Under its Varjo Base v3.5

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2019

Is real-time VR technology the future of filmmaking ? Unreal Engine is changing how filmmakers and advertisers are making movies and commercials with a new virtual production tool that allows them to add special effects in real-time. The technology has already been used in films such as First Man and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Creating the most immersive XR experiences requires more than just the best visuals or spatial audio technologies. Latest Manus News Spectre XR The Spectre XR company focuses on the development and design of VR games and apps, as well as fully immersive AR and Mixed Reality experiences for a host of business needs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

Karate Combat also employs virtual environments for its broadcast events. 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.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

GPU Technology Conference 2017 is premier, NVIDIA just announced first set of VR news coming from the conference. So lets recap all that came to our knowledge today: VRWorks is a comprehensive suite of APIs, libraries, and engines that enable application and headset developers to create amazing virtual reality experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 7, 2017

He tells me that back in 1993 he set up a fully immersive VR lab in the high school where he taught, so it’s not surprising that he believes Virtual Reality and teaching are natural bedfellows, nor that he ended up as the Director of Game Studies & Simulation at Full Sail University. “I But that’s only the beginning.

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HaptX

MARCH 6, 2018

Kate Edwards shares a quality with many people in the game industry: She didn’t set out to work in games. Reflecting on her career and her time at the IGDA, she says that like many, she ended up in games after finishing a so-called “normal career.”. The common denominator is that we love games, and we have since we were kids.”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

Well, he is an epic guy , in all senses, since he has also worked for Epic Games (in the majestic Enterprise sector). It’s like an enormous game jam. This picture alone is able to show how this project is able to mix art with technology. Enea developing in virtual reality using Unreal Engine VR editor.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We started the year strong, receiving the Lumiere Technology Award in January, alongside companies like Disney and Microsoft. GeekWire praised our newest product as an “Invention We Love” and invited Co-founder Bob Crockett to show off our new technology to the crowd. A new generation of HaptX Gloves. Fortunately, we had an answer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 9, 2017

Game shows have been losing younger audiences for some time. The Future Group wants to change that by making game shows more interactive with mixed reality technology. The audience at home could also compete in the same challenges in a virtual way on iOS and Android, blending of primetime TV and mobile entertainment.

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HaptX

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Mixed reality (MR) filmmaking (not to be confused with mixed reality headsets) is a technique that super-imposes a real-world VR user into the virtual environment, creating an eye-catching blend of the physical and digital. LIV is a tool that merges game engine environments with green screen footage captured through a live camera.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2023, the Metaverse is a massively trending topic in today’s technology landscape. Alongside emerging AI and IoT technologies, Metaverse service providers are scrambling to innovate to provide enterprise and consumer solutions. What are the Core Technologies of the Metaverse?

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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. The emerging solution space uses immersive technology to create realistic environments for actors to perform in, saving time and money on production. Oh, I didn’t expect that.”

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

The recent in-game Fortnite concert by Travis Scott, tied to a digital only revenue stream for music labels and artists as live concerts and festivals are put on hold for 2020, is turning the music industry’s eye towards the potential of virtual concerts. Block by Blockwest. Travis Scott’s Astronomical Tour in Fortnite.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Much like our UI Widgets , it’s a set of interface elements – switch, lever and potentiometer – that can be embedded in any virtual environment. This is my first experience making a game, and I’m happy with how cool it is! Virtual Real Meeting. Who knows what’s next for me as a VR developer!”. Leap Opticals.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Aviation itself is one of humankind’s great technological marvels – something that can be easy to forget when we’re wedged between passengers in coach on some redeye flight. In a nutshell, they deliver technology for clients’ campaigns. Especially the breadth of use cases that this technology has.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team. In recent times, we've done quite a bit with Star Wars, with Angry Birds, with Game of Thrones, do a number of really, really great consumer properties. What are some of the other tools in the toolbox that this technology works really well for? It was crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Aviation itself is one of humankind’s great technological marvels – something that can be easy to forget when we’re wedged between passengers in coach on some redeye flight. In a nutshell, they deliver technology for clients’ campaigns. Especially the breadth of use cases that this technology has.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

So, basically, you connect with a USB cable your Quest to your PC, and you can play PC VR games, on the Oculus Store, Steam or Viveport. In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame.

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