XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Furthermore, Brian Ballard highlighted how, despite improvements in XR technologies, end users have been solving a problem rather than simply innovating headsets, software, and solutions. Currently, Unity is the most widely-used gaming engine used to create VR/AR/MR experiences for individual developers and enterprises.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies have been actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. This, he thinks, will prompt the growth of the number of VR consumers.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

” Both roles are part of Apple’s CoreMedia team within their Interactive Media Group (IMG). And the CoreMedia team: The CoreMedia engineering team within IMG is responsible for implementing software services around linear audiovisual media.

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RealVision VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

(image from the Facebook group: Unity Virtual Production and Cinematography). With Unity achieving nearly the same valuation as it’s rival Game engine maker, Epic (13.6mil versus 17.3mil) what does it mean for Film-Game convergence and VirtualProduction ? Why is Unity MARS important to VP?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Creating a phenomenal XR experience requires the careful alignment of software and hardware solutions. Plus, it means groups of people can share the same aligned XR interaction. Here are just some of the major XR innovations worth exploring right now. Edge and Cloud Computing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Some people even found the demo pretty underwhelming, but actually, I know that the strength of Meta all these years has been the software updates. 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. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Meta’s headsets are ergonomically friendly and flexible, offering users the opportunity to tap into a variety of software solutions and apps through the Quest store. HP In recent years, the computer and software company HP has also begun branching out into the virtual reality landscape.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

AR software development kit (SDK) providers like Apple, Xreal, Niantic, 8 th Wall, Unreal, and Unity give developers the tools to make and distribute custom AR content that naturally drives retention and engagement with new interactive experiences to “wow” potential buyers. However, the XR space is still emerging.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

The Luma AI team debuted a plugin for NVIDIA NeRF this year – a volumetric capture and content creation suite. The update allows Unreal developers to run Luma AI volumetric content locally, negating the need for complex streaming and geometry alterations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Firms such as Apple, Unreal, and NVIDIA offer photogrammetry services that each firm has already integrated into their product portfolios. The report also noted other firms leading in the space, such as Autodesk, Agisoft, Pix4D, Acute3D, 3Dow SR, Skyline Software Systems, NUBIGON, Vexcel Imaging GmbH, and Capturing Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2023

Also, some hire their own Unity or Unreal Engine developers or licenced out those software developer kits (SDKs). When we entered the market, we explained that we could migrate all of the content using our Unity SDK, as most of the content is Unity-based. It’s really the home of ready-made VR training apps.

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ARPost

JUNE 2, 2023

” Magic Leap’s big announcement wasn’t to do with AI, but it will still be thrilling to developers: an Unreal Engine plugin is coming in August. A new maps SDK compatible with Unity is also coming to 8th Wall. . “The ability to provide contract input and get contextual output will really be a game changer.”

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

” With the exception of open-source software, this has been the motto for companies developing and building original ideas and content. Modding is the act of modifying hardware, software, or virtually anything else to perform a function not originally conceived or intended by the designer. “Hold on tight to your IP.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. Facebook, instead, has just added Harry Potter-inspired group filters for its Portal device. News from partners (and friends).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Meta’s headsets are ergonomically friendly and flexible, offering users the opportunity to tap into a variety of software solutions and apps through the Quest store. → Explore RealWear Meta Perhaps one of the best-known VR headset vendors on the market today, Meta offers a range of devices through the “Quest” collection.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Although VR hardware is growing at such a scale, immersive firms are doubling down on scaling extended reality (XR) developer talent pools to match the demand for VR software. Other options include: Unreal MegaGrants: Epic Games have its funding initiative designed to support developers in the technology world.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Unity 3D is probably the most common software used for developing VR/AR applications?—?you Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity. By the way, all these softwares are free of charge! Not all members have VR headsets in your group?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Leveraging Gamification for Increasing Patient Outcome s Emerging Metaverse services and integrated, immersive technologies grew alongside RT3D engines such as Unreal and Unity, two SDKs that developers commonly leverage for creating gaming content.

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ARVR

APRIL 21, 2021

PBR is used in real-time applications like Unity and Unreal game-engines as well as the web. link] The most friendly real-time PBR file format is glTF or GLB and is supported by The Khronos group, a non-profit consortium of companies from HP, Apple, Adobe, Facebook, and more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2022

” Despite all the complaints I have about our software, millions of people are still getting value out of it. The shake-up refocused the group considerably, leading up to the release of the Meta Quest Pro. We have a good product. It is successful, and successful products make the world a better place.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

(Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This has allowed companies to access standalone headsets with the latest specs along with major support for software development via the company’s Snapdragon Spaces platform. The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. Brian Vogelsang : My biggest takeaway has been the excitement across the industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

Within XR, both hardware and software solutions commonly integrate other emerging technologies to improve ROI outcomes. XR developer hubs like NVIDIA Omniverse, Unity, and Unreal also contain integrated emerging tools like AI. DAO value propositions alter how a core group of employees coordinates and delivers work.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Accenture Metaverse Continuum group, created in 2022 helps companies in leveraging some of the core tools of the metaverse, from the blockchain to edge computing. The cloud moves the immense rendering requirements of XR software to offsite GPUs, and allows teams to streamline content to affordable hardware in real-time.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2021

If you are a Unity developer like me, you can use the awesome Unity Recorder package to shoot videos of your experience, both 2D videos and 360 videos. Basically in most cases, you set the Recorder settings, you play your game inside Unity, and you have the video ready without any hassle.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

As far as production software, we were torn between our familiarity with Unity and the rendering potential of Unreal. We stuck with Unity for now, and hope to explore Unreal more in future explorations. VR motion controllers. Defining Goals. So we entered this exploration with some high level goals.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In the first instance, a creator familiar with Unity and 3D modelling softwares can create an XR scene and then upload to STYLY through our Unity Plugin , where a multiformat version of the scene will automatically be created and hosted, allowing anyone to view the scene using a VR HMD, AR smartphone or even WebXR through their browser.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China. Doug Lombardi, Valve.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

A year later, the team had upgraded the platform to six players combating virtual reality zombies with assault rifles in the Unity-developed Outbreak game. Vandonkelaar did say their platform will support Unreal Engine 4 and other technology beyond Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

I chose the specialization in multimedia and software applications. It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. The weakness of the gamedev community disappointed me, but I decided that since everyone was using Unity, I should learn it myself.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Another core target group for this version of the device is also developers. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly. Apple will use Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. But according to an animal rights group, the situation is different from the one depicted and 15 out of 23 monkeys have died because of the experiments among terrible sufferings. I can’t wait to try it myself.

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2022

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of XR applications, making hardware and software more interoperable. Image courtesy Khronos Group. In the best case scenario, an app built to be compliant with OpenXR can run on any OpenXR-supporting headset with no changes to its underlying code.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

“This survey only further exemplifies that the current state of VR is very business-focused,” said Rolf Illenberger, managing director of VRdirect , a company that provides enterprise software solutions for the metaverse and virtual reality. I watched the Game Developers Conference presentations from Nvidia , Unreal Engine , and Unity.

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