Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The game is very different from its predecessor, and it is less a realistic combat simulator and more an adrenaline multiplayer game, like Unreal Tournament or Quake Arena. Microsoft has acquired Zenimax for $7.5B. In-between the console wars, Microsoft has bought Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax, for $7.5B. Let’s dream!).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the immersive industry is coming closer to a potential paradigm shift in 2024, as big technology brands plan to make a mark on the emerging sector. XR Today recently marked this period with an XR Trends series, which brought together some of the best minds in the industry to share AR/VR/MR insights.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Steam is widely considered the de facto platform for PC games, VR or otherwise, but Unreal Engine creators Epic Games want change that with a new storefront that they say will leave more revenue to developers than Steam and other major digital distribution platforms. Image courtesy Epic Games.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It’s fair to say the construction (AEC) industry represents perhaps one of the most significant markets for XR technology. Today, we’re looking a little more closely at the benefits of XR in the construction industry, by exploring some of the most innovative case studies published by market-leading vendors. HTC VIVE and CannonDesign.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. Learning and training have probably become the biggest use case across industries. Brian Meaney , Head of Product, Alteon.io The race has started.

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Peter Graham

JULY 29, 2019

To help grow and support the growing virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) industries, The Khronos Group and its affiliates have been working on the OpenXR standard since 2016. “The working group is excited to launch the 1.0 Unreal Engine led the way with support for the OpenXR 0.9

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 22, 2022

The Khronos Group has hosted the groundbreaking consortium of Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) to explore methods to develop interoperability and remove obstacles to a future open-source Metaverse.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Moreover, Microsoft is resparking its stake in an Industrial Metaverse, with plans to debut products in 2024. The WEF notes how mental health facilities and groups already leverage gaming platforms to improve patient outcomes via interactable and immersive experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami concluded on Wednesday, where some of the biggest players in the tech industry gathered to explore the future of Web3 technologies. Brian Vogelsang : My biggest takeaway has been the excitement across the industry. The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. Moreover, many industry innovators leveraged this remote environment to introduce new immersive Metaverse platforms as remote communication solutions became more mainstream and sophisticated.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

BMW Group Taps Meta for XR Car Gaming System BMW Group USA and Meta Platform’s Reality Labs division have announced a partnership to develop an automotive VR/MR solution. Apple’s upcoming MR headset is expected to be a high-end device that will compete with headsets from Meta and Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The internationally available programmes help scale XR solutions for arts & entertainment, industry, tourism, retail, and more. What Funding and Support are Available for the Virtual Reality Industry? Firstly, T-mobile added various companies to its accelerator, including solutions providers in industries, education, and retail.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Renowned for its ingenuity, Apple has continuously pushed the boundaries of what is possible with its rich tech ecosystem, namely amid increasing competition with Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2023. Developed in collaboration with other leading XR companies like Microsoft, the HP headset is compatible with a range of platforms. This product was designed in cooperation with an international group of air force experts.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Using the Unreal Engine 4, NASA has created an extremely detailed and realistic VR model of the interior of the ISS, and astronauts use the Manus gloves in the model for training simulations. This is not NASA’s first foray into mixed reality – they also have a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens for support on the ISS as well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Continuing, he said, “We are excited by the fact that every sports league, every large community, every fashion brand, and every group with a large under-monetized, under-engaged community that is geographically distributed, has a potential opportunity to come into the Metaverse space” Three ‘Improbable’ Challenges.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The omniverse solution is available as a platform-as-a-service offering, running on Microsoft Azure. Cavrnus Otherwise known as Cavrnus VR, Cavrnus is a Metaverse builder platform , designed to help every creator share their vision of a metaverse on the internet.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 24, 2022

The first version of the VR headset was launched in 2018, back when the industry was less mature. Microsoft Windows Operating System compatibility. Compatible with Steam VR and OpenXR drivers, Unity, Unreal Engine, and other game engine plugins, as well as C++ libraries such as Direct X, OpenGL, and Vulcan. as well as USB 3.2

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

This is a free association headed by Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR standard, which aims at creating standards for the future metaverse. The Khronos Group already succeeded with OpenXR, so it has a good track in helping in creating standards. Metaverse Standards Forum aims at setting standards for the metaverse.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX.

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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. Some people kind of see the industry as the island of misfit toys,” she says. I’ve known people in the game industry who have backgrounds in ethnomusicology, physics, history, and of course, geography.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. 9- Eddie Avil. 14- Kai Liang.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 3, 2017

What we know: Microsoft’s primary E3 weapon is its Xbox brand. In addition to Xbox, Microsoft has also been pushing its new holographic computing initiative in various forms. What we’re asking: E3 could be the first chance the public has had to try Microsoft’s new $300 VR headsets. Twisted Pixel.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Case in point is Microsoft’s HoloLens, where a development kit will set you back for $3000. Osterhaut Design Group sells their R-7 glasses for $2799.99. Most importantly, the SDK comes with support for Unity Engine and Unreal Engine – you can build and test your own application almost immediately.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So the glasses could be as advanced as you want, but if it can’t attach to a hardhat, or to a bumpcap, and meet some basic ANSI industrial certifications — ANSI Z87 — then it can’t be used in these industrial settings. Industrial, field service…? We have an Unreal engine SDK.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So the glasses could be as advanced as you want, but if it can’t attach to a hardhat, or to a bumpcap, and meet some basic ANSI industrial certifications — ANSI Z87 — then it can’t be used in these industrial settings. Industrial, field service…? We have an Unreal engine SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While talking on WeChat on the XR Story group, an XR professional in China, Alex of Simfinity, has clarified that the situation in China is not easy, but until now it has not been much worse than what usually happens during Chinese New Year vacations when factories close for 2–4 weeks. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So the glasses could be as advanced as you want, but if it can't attach to a hardhat, or to a bumpcap, and meet some basic ANSI industrial certifications -- ANSI Z87 -- then it can't be used in these industrial settings. So we're really targeting the industrial, field services, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift. Almost everyone in the industry has “AR/VR” listed on their Twitter account. I’m not alone.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

And with that, I want to welcome an instrumental person to my knowledge and information of this industry. I listen to probably the first two or three hundred episodes of your podcast, and I went from knowing literally nothing about this industry to knowing a lot. So thank you for being the voice of this industry. Kent: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

We think PC will lead the industry for the next decade or more.There’s so much more we’re going to be able to do with VR, and PC is where we figure that out. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. So Oculus is investing just as much in PC as ever. OpenXR is continuing its work.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digital industry, creating interactive experiences across augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, mobile apps and numerous high volume websites. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. John: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digital industry, creating interactive experiences across augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, mobile apps and numerous high volume websites. HP and Microsoft, they’re running huge departments in this, just because they were early and learned how to do it. John: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Today we’re speaking with Dan Lejeskar, founder and chairman of EON Reality , a world leader in virtual/augmented reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education. And we had to move our business from industry and education to defence because we had September 11th. And then we have a third group we call Industry 4.0,

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

Today we’re speaking with Dan Lejeskar, founder and chairman of EON Reality , a world leader in virtual/augmented reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education. And we had to move our business from industry and education to defence because we had September 11th. And then we have a third group we call Industry 4.0,

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