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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.1): Quest is selling well for the holidays, UEVR injector released, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The time has finally come: on the last day of 2023, Praydog has released to the world his first version of UEVR, a universal VR mod for all games made with Unreal Engine. It means that you can take whatever game made in Unreal Engine for flatscreen, apply this universal mod, and immediately transform it into a VR game!

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Google & Digilens

AR Insider

This week, we dive into Snap’s new AR Spectacles, Google I/O takeaways and Digilens’ new reference frames. On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. We were not confused.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.21): Google is building an AR OS, Nike acquires RTFKT, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

ARPost

Augmented reality is among the biggest trends these days, and you may hardly meet anyone who is not familiar with it. Google ARCore. ARCore is developed and launched by Google. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. or newer, Unity for iOS and Android, and Unreal Engine. Pricing : Free. Pricing : Free.

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Game On! The Top 10 Video Game Trends In 2024

Bernard Marr

Gaming On-Demand Google's Stadia streaming gaming service may not exist in 2023 - it proved to be a great idea, backed by solid technology, that just didn't catch on with consumers. This is a trend that we can expect to continue through 2024. The Top 10 Video Game Trends In 2024 appeared first on Bernard Marr. Time will tell.

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The AR Space Race, Part IX: Epic Games

ARVR

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” So today’s metaverse-like fiefdoms we can point to as examples include MMOs Roblox and Fortnite, which is made using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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XR Interaction Toolkit (eXtended Reality Technology Platforms)

ARVR

Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ?? Unity Game Engine ?? Supported AR/VR devices ? Maturity of Toolkit ? Stability of Toolkit ? Developer Community ?