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The Future Group Raises $20 Million to Blend Real-world Video With Virtual Worlds

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The Future Group has raised $20 million for its technology that blends real-world video with virtual worlds to immerse people inside what feels like an interactive game show. Above: The Future Group’s Jens Petter Hoili (left) and Bård Anders Kasin. Image Credit: The Future Group.

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SXSW 2023: Highlights and XR Experiences That Push the Boundaries of Storytelling, Music, and Technology

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Even more exciting, the virtual world could be constantly extended. Attendees were also treated to other immersive and engaging virtual music experiences. Each of these emerging French artists performed in different virtual worlds. In this world, all share resources and cohabitate in symbiosis.

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NORD XR Launches Führerbunker VR Film for Meta Quest

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Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

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NORD XR Launches VR Film for Meta Quest

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Users can visit the groundbreaking ‘virtual museum’ across all Meta Quest headsets , including the Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro using Oculus Link.

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A Look at the World’s First Interactive Mixed Reality TV Show

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Developed by The Future Group and FreemantleMedia (the company responsible for American Idol and X Factor ), Lost In Time is a Norwegian game show that uses interactive mixed reality technology combined with a customized green screen studio to transport contestants to different landscapes scattered across time and space. Hopefully U.S.

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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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#1149: Adding Interactivity to glTF via Node Graph-Based Extension as a Step Towards an Open Metaverse

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The Khronos Group published a blog announcement on November 3rd titled, “Deliver Interactive Experiences with glTF: A Node Graph-Based Approach,” which is adding an interactive extension called KHR_Behaviors to glTF (the *.jpg jpg format for 3D objects). see reference implementation here). jpg format for 3D objects).

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