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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. Linus Tech Tips has hosted Lucas from LucidVR and his very cheap DIY haptic gloves.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Where: Turin, Italy (and Online). Some of the exhibitors who will present new devices and technologies to the public are 8th Wall, Nreal, Unity, Unreal Engine, Pico Interactive, Atheer, Holoptic, Varjo, Cleanbox Technology, LetinAR, and Vuzix. The event will take place on the Hopin platform , same as the VR/AR June Global Summit.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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A good roundup of haptic devices. I’ve found on the web a long article about the haptics devices available , or on which there are experimentations. More info (Roundup of haptics devices) More info (New 5DOF devices). More info. I think it is worth reading. You can download it by using the link here below. Learn more.

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ILMxLab’s Rob Bredow Explains What VR Opens Up For ‘Star Wars’

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Bredow was recently in Milan, Italy for the VIEW Conference. Several of the early VR projects from ILMxLab, including Trials on Tatooine and the Magic Leap mixed reality droid experience , were built using Epic Games Unreal Engine 4 technology. “We 6 Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

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Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. Upload VR) More info (Microsoft’s haptic research). These will be complicated weeks, and I hope that we’ll be able to go through them together.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2021

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Senseglove is an “affordable” enterprise haptic glove and it has just been upgraded to a version that is much more comfortable and usable than the last one. The environment where she has performed in was made in Unreal Engine and the modeling and the shading was so good that for a moment I thought it was a real studio.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

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I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again some delicious hot chocolate Before leaving you to the news of the week, I’m happy to announce to you that I’ve been selected as a speaker for AWE US 2021 ! This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer!

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