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Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it Does

Road to VR

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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Apple to Reportedly Release Vision Pro XR Headset in March

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

According to Mark Gurman, the publication’s senior tech analyst , the Cupertino-based firm had originally planned to open the head-mounted display (HMD) in January, but faced issues with distribution and finalising device testing.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. The smart glasses tether via a USB cable to process most of the computing on the smartphone and content is viewed on the head-mounted displays (HMDs).

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Will XR (VR/AR) replace 2D interfaces?

ARVR

The anxiety coming from this question is one of the reasons why I jump into learning Unity 3D and C# instead of learning Javascript. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 XR requires HMD(Head Mounted Display) which is big, fragile, and heavy. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Rethinking Reality With ThinkReality’s Nathan Pettyjohn and Lenovo’s Bill Adams

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They decided to base everything in the massively popular 3D development platform Unity. See Also: XR Technology for Industry According to Unity’s Andre Gauthier. The platform is used for quickly rendering large assets and displaying them on head-mounted displays in real time.

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The AR Show: Building the Future of Human-Computer Interaction

AR Insider

With a solid tenure in interface design, she now leads XR research for Unity — a seemingly perfect gig for the UX maven. What are the new interactions the technology affords, and how should they be built? This is a school of thought that Timoni West has mastered (see our past interview ).

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Microsoft Adds Dynamics 365 Guides XR Tools to HoloLens 2

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Those wearing the head-mounted display (HMD) can receive step-by-step instructions from technicians to navigate troubleshooting and instructional experiences. The platform also reinforces quality control with Unity and Unreal Engine-based content for digital twins, schematics, and real-time 3D (RT3D) assets.