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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.16): Meta teases Cambria, Google shows new AR features, and more!

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Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

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5 Tips for 3D Models in AR

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A great alternative to Unity is Epic’s Unreal Engine by the way. More from AR Insider… The post 5 Tips for 3D Models in AR appeared first on AR Insider. Today, Unity is powering the majority of AR apps out there as it is known for its ease of use. Andy Gstoll is CEO of Mixed Reality I/O.

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5 Ways to Break into Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality at Home

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Bonus Tip : We recommend using OS X to scan faces and Android for object manipulation for the best results. #2: For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity.

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The 300th XR Week Peek (2023.04.10): Meta innovates image segmentation, Chrome implements WebGPU, and more!

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I hope that we can arrive together to the 400th episode in two years… let’s see If you want to give me a tip for all these hard years at work, you can join my Patreon. I guess in my life I made the wrong job decisions… Learn more Praydog’s Universal Unreal VR Injector will automatically inject VR into many Unreal-based games.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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This means that if you are in Google Earth VR in a green room where there is a friend of yours, you can see the city that you are visiting all around you, and the real image of your friend being there with you. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

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Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. Both Facebook and Google have decided to double down on AR effects inside calls. Thanks Clemente for the tip!) AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year.

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Facebook Is Shutting Down VR Content Division Oculus Story Studio

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Story Studio is also the creator of Quill — a VR artistic creation platform similar to Google’s Tilt Brush. Story Studio is the team within Oculus that focused on the creation of narrative driven virtual reality content like the emmy award winning Henry, emotionally moving story Dear Angelica and breakout content like Lost.

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