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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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

The Ghost Howls

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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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

The Ghost Howls

I think that for a small startup that is shipping its first product, it may make a lot of sense: for a company of that size, it is better to handle a smaller group of high-paying customers than doing the opposite. Also the price is getting closer to that plan, with the device now expected to retail for $1300.

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Adopting Emerging Tech Drives Business Transformation, WEF Report Says

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Moreover, digital transformation trends highlight how 75 percent of WEF’s surveyed companies wish to adopt emerging technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and AI in the next five years. Additionally, 86 percent of firms surveyed expect to incorporate eCommerce solutions and digital platforms.

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How I got started with virtual reality (and you can, too)

The Ghost Howls

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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Teens slow to adopt VR and more bad news for the metaverse

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Virtual reality hasn’t caught on with American teens, according to a new survey from Piper Sandler released on Tuesday. And, last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Disney shut down its metaverse team and the Truth in Advertising nonprofit advocacy group reported that Walmart had shut down its Roblox virtual experience.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

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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. Unreal, together with ILMxLAB and Nvidia have produced a fantastic Star Wars demo to showcase how a scene rendered in real-time through ray-tracing is cool.

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