XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

Accessible photogrammetry tools also allow developers to facilitate system-intensive RT3D production pipelines using consumer-grade hardware and software. Epic Games launched Reality Scan in April, a photogrammetry tool for the firm’s Unreal Engine suite. Reality Scan.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Industry-caliber VR/XR specialists Varjo today announced their latest hardware release, the Varjo VR-1. Varjo hopes these hyper realistic environments will serve as the perfect tool for fields such as architecture, construction, engineering, industry design, training simulations, and other industries where accuracy is paramount.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Earlier this morning, VR hardware manufacturer Varjo revealed the latest additions to its lineup of human-eye resolution mixed reality headsets, the Varjo XR-3 and Varjo VR-3. By working with Varjo, Unity continues to power the next level of photorealism and immersion for industrial design, simulation, training, and more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Announced with support for both Unity and Unreal, the Lumin SDK exposes the capabilities of the Magic Leap One headset to developers who can use it to begin building augmented reality experiences for the platform. Use of Unreal Engine 4’s desktop and mobile forward rendering paths. Spatialized audio. Microphone input.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Talon Simulations was making great strides in the location-based entertainment industry, until COVID-19 hit. He's the CEO and co-founder of Talon Simulations. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. We're going to dig into how these amazing simulators can push forward the reality behind virtual reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

India’s Ajnalens is developing extended reality (XR) immersive hardware and software. Hardware for Enterprise. Ajnalens is building a rich portfolio of XR hardware for enterprises. Anjalens also offers its Suite operating system (OS) to support businesses adopting its headset hardware, which is an industry 4.0

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

HP appears to be the latest hardware manufacturer to be making a strong push into the VR space, after announcing a range of developments including the pending release of a professional version of its mixed reality headset. The post HP muscles into VR hardware space appeared first on VR World. An HP Z4 Workstation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

He noted that the immersive opportunities for business are endless thanks to HaptX Gloves G1 hardware. The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

GenAI is already incredibly common on the developer side of XR hardware and software. RT3D developmental engines such as Unreal, Unity, and Omniverse also leverage genAI to optimize developmental workflows, notably for budding XR content creators.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While it’s not a brain-computer interface like the “full dive” NerveGear featured in the show, the heavy-weight hardware presents a pretty interesting approach to VR headset design. SDK: Unity (features dedicated to VRChat) / Unreal Engine. Platform: All SteamVR application supported.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For November’s batch of free VR experiences, we have everything from a VR board game experience and collaborative design tool to an old-school DJ simulator. Couch , offers a straightforward and pain-free method for watching YouTube videos on Quest; no additional hardware required.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

That includes Microsoft Flight Simulator, iRacing, the open beta branch of DCS World, War Thunder (though not with EAC), the Steam version of Bonelab, Hubris, Everslaught, Contractors, The Light Brigade, and A Township Tale.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

The newspaper describes the glasses as the hardware through which Tim Cook will leave his legacy because they are a new product line fully built under his management. The emulator lets them simulate the presence of a headset and do tests easily without having to continuously put on and off a visor.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 3, 2015

They are looking for high-performance HMDs for a new simulator and wanted to explore some of the higher-end Sensics products. As is often the case, this company uses a special-purpose engine (as opposed to a game engine like Unity or Unreal). The HMD hardware could also evolve over time. The easy answer: use OSVR software.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. Matterport also offers a broad photogrammetry hardware portfolio.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Physically-based audio is a simulation of virtual sounds in a virtual environment, which includes both directional audio and audio interactions with scene geometry and materials. Traditionally these simulations have been too resource-intensive to be able to do quickly and accurately enough for real-time gaming. Photo courtesy NVIDIA.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The XR space has a lot to offer, and as more firms enter the industry as software or hardware solution providers, the use cases for XR will expand. He also noted that Unreal and Unity will “try to catch up because the industrial segments are very important for them.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

XCOM Labs has worked on all the layers of this solution: the network architecture, the hardware, and the streaming protocols. It exploits the graphical power of Unreal, streamed with cloud rendering so it can run on all platforms via the browser. There was a grid of like 16 of them on the ceiling to create the network for the headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Along with the updates to their tracking technology, Leap Motion is also releasing improvements to their developer tools, including newly updated Unity and Unreal Engine integrations, and deprecating some older APIs. Updated Tracking. Improved Developer Tools.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Steam VR stats have been pretty negative in September The Steam hardware survey for September 2023 was very negative for VR. The company is also going to increase the price of Unreal Engine , but this doesn’t apply to people creating games, but only to developers developing other types of content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Epic Games: Reality Scan In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus. America’s largest employer recently spent $2.7B

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, the firm is exhibiting the Varjo XR-4 Focal Edition headset at I/ITSEC – a world-leading simulation and training expo. According to Varjo, the devices are available for enterprise clients today, and the first shipments will roll out in December.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

They then mounted the hardware for inside-out positional tracking into the vehicle. Using the Varjo XR-3 headset, the team was then able to combine a real-time video feed, with 3d car renders, built within Unreal and Unity software. To begin, they created a simple metal structure with just the core features required for locomotion.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Suitable for a variety of applications including training and simulation to virtual collaboration Manus Polygon has been designed around easy self-calibration, so you don’t need anybody outside of the VR experience to help with setting up. Another key part of Manus Polygon is the networked object tracking feature.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

We’re hearing this since many years, but now the sensation is that we’re coming close to the moment when the prophecy will come true: the rumors are intensifying and the software (ARKit) and the hardware (depth cameras, 5G) designed by Apple are all converging to the glasses solution. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

Unreal Engine is renowned for its ability to render visuals that are unparalleled in quality for immersive VR experiences, many of which are mission-critical and business-priority use cases,” said Simon Jones, director of Unreal Engine Enterprise at Epic Games.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2019

Powered by a built-in NUC 8 VR NUC8i7HVK computer, the Pro allows users to upload 3D content onto the hardware directly and select what they wish to view via a fold-out 7-inch touchscreen display. Whereas the Looking Glass is just a display, the Looking Glass Pro operates independently as a standalone device.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The umbrella term that covers all of the various technologies that enhance our senses, whether they’re providing additional information about the actual world or creating totally unreal, virtually simulated worlds for us to experience. For training, such as for surgical simulations Film and TV?—?For

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. Best Input & Output Hardware. That, according to Miesnieks, is the thing to watch in the next few years. Announcements. The Legacy Award.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together. All hardware and software should be able to work also with products of other vendors. The standard is becoming adopted, and now OpenXR is offering certifications for applications and hardware implementing it.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Yes, it is a sign that Facebook is all in for XR , as someone made me notice, but hiring 10,000 people and losing billions every year in R&D and hardware sold under cost wasn’t already a clear sign of it? Zuck also didn’t address much the theme of privacy and how much data harvesting in VR could be dangerous. Some news on content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I also use technologies such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , motion capture (mocap), and Disguise Designer to produce my VNCCII XR stage shows. Like a quantum computer, our brain imagines multiple outcomes and simulates the most ‘probable’ version. Additionally, Unreal Engine’s latest update , v5.3,

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Scenes captured with photogrammetry—which already look impressive even on high-end consumer hardware—take on a whole new level of breathtaking detail when seen through the Varjo headset. Some things, like fine surface textures, are revealed with stunning detail where they would be outright invisible at a more common resolution.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 7, 2017

VizMove is the world’s only complete multi-user hardware and software solution that allows users to build and experience virtual reality environments. “I like the concept of integrating WorldViz’s virtual reality-specific hardware support with bells and whistles of a AAA game engine like Unity or Unreal. .

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

This week, Xiaomi actual unveiled the real hardware that should make that vision become real: dubbed Mijia AR Glasses , these glasses have a nice set of features. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world. An internal 1,020mAh battery. A post worth reading.

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