XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 24, 2023

This week, Osso VR, an immersive training platform for healthcare professionals, is introducing hand-tracking input options into its leading VR learning platform. Currently, Osso VR supports healthcare firms with XR scalability and delivery with a platform that promotes creating custom VR learning content.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. In the case of Unity Personal, the thresholds are 200,000 downloads and 200,000 in revenues, and the fee is $0.20 per install. And this $0.2

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The award for Best Developer Tool was presented by Khronos Group President Neil Trevett to Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unity (MRTK-Unity) by Microsoft. ?. Best Healthcare and Wellness. Best in Show Virtual Reality. Best Developer Tool. Best Enterprise Solution. Best Indie Creator. Awesome Award.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. One of the biggest international events dedicated to the augmented and virtual reality will take place at the beginning of September in Chengdu Financial City in Sichuan, China.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the last few years, there’s been less hype around VR gloves and haptic accessories in the extended reality space. However, as the adoption of virtual reality grows in the business landscape for training, product development, and collaboration, this is beginning to change. There’s even zero-loss on-body recording at 120 FPS.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

From healthcare and education, to attractions and concerts?—?we virtual reality. And yet, we are still obsessed with virtual reality and aim to improve the medium as both a playful User Experience (UX) and an accessible Customer Experience (CX) Why?

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

The Academy of International Extended Reality has held the VR Awards for the last four years and the fifth annual event is scheduled to take place in VR on November 18. VR Healthcare of the Year. The VR Healthcare of the Year award is awarded to “projects that are changing the landscape of healthcare industries for good.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Haptics Studio and SDK leverage Unity and Unreal RT3D engines for creating AR/VR/MR content; Meta’s tools allow developers to integrate haptic experiences into Quest applications. What is Haptics Studio by Meta? Notably, the studio is future-proofed for upcoming Quest devices and legacy ones.

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ARPost

APRIL 14, 2020

Best Healthcare and Wellness Solution. There are also three Best-In-Show Awards: Augmented Reality. Virtual Reality. Best Interaction Software Tool. Biggest Societal Impact. Best Indie Creator(s). Best Use of AI. Best in Location-Based Entertainment. Startup to Watch. Nominating Your Favorite XR Technology or Experience.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

They also talk about the current difficulties of using Unity to develop for the Vision Pro. For instance, a clinic center in San Diego is experimenting with how to use it for healthcare. describes how they ported Puzzling Places to the Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Virtual reality accessories are transforming the immersive technology landscape. As VR headsets are growing more advanced, the “add-ons” available to personalize and enhance virtual experiences are also evolving. So, what types of virtual reality accessories should companies and consumers explore this year?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 28, 2022

G-Cloud 13 2022-2023 provides companies working with British public institutions such as the UK government, education, healthcare, police and first responders to supply goods while following UK institutional guidelines. The company demoed its immersive training platform for the healthcare and medical industries.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. The Vision Pro holds immense potential for a wide range of industries.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Full Sail University and XR Education USC’s Frontiers of Computing Programme follows several key efforts from universities in the United States to develop the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industries.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. Marc also is a physical therapist working toward his PhD on the integration of haptics in healthcare education.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

Some of the largest takeaways from the report found that the augmented reality (AR) market had taken over 55 percent of global markets in 2021. However, virtual reality (VR) was set to grow from 2022 to 2030, with software making significant gains in the same period. It also estimates that the sector will reach around $345.9

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to Aptiv, even people who had never touched a virtual reality headset before were still able to take part in the training. Through virtual reality, students can also learn more about how water flows through soil, affecting plants, air and humans in a multitude of ways. Unity and the University of Miami.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. More info (NVIDIA CloudXR upgrade) More info (NVIDIA CloudXR on Tencent Cloud) More info (NVIDIA VRSS v2) More info (DLSS integrated inside Unity) More info (Jarvis) More info (NVIDIA RTX cards shortage). Learn more and sign up.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Righ HoloLens 2 users in the industrial & healthcare market can leverage the powerful interaction engine of Interhaptics to naturally manipulate virtual objects. All are already included in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2019

More than one year ago, I published a post entitled “ How to create an Augmented Reality app for the Vive Focus in Unity “, where I shared with everyone a plugin to develop AR applications on the Vive Focus, that is actually a VR headset.

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ARVR

JULY 23, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 High-Stakes Outcomes One area that’s ripe for AR guidance is healthcare. The healthcare vertical is of course expansive and so are the opportunities and points of entry for AR. and the expertise to use it effectively?—?obsolete obsolete at shorter intervals.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. What can make it become the mirror of the real world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

Additionally, Nreal also has its own augmented reality lab environment, where business leaders can develop their own immersive experiences. Khora Virtual Reality production company Khora produces extended reality experiences custom-made to suit the needs of evolving brands.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 20, 2020

The Oculus Touch controllers are great devices for interacting with virtual reality (VR) worlds but they’ll never be as intuitive as simply using your hands , which Oculus Quest users have been able to experiment with for several months now.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

Patrick O’Shaughnessy presented the Auggie for Best Developer Tool to Unity , a cross-platform tool that hosts many XR experiences. Best Healthcare and Wellness Solution. Inbar returned to AWE’s virtual stage to present the Auggie for Best Healthcare and Wellness Solution to the MediView surgical navigation tool.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins. There will be an XR plugins manager, and some of them will be managed by Unity together with its partners (e.g. So sad for me, considering the 5 years I’ve spent using Vuforia in Unity… so many memories…. More info (Announcement by Unity Technologies) More info (Comment by Upload VR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Keynote speakers and educational sessions offer insight into these solutions’ impact on various industries, from real estate to healthcare. Unity shared how digital twins were helping its customers unlock new levels of innovation. Meta shared its XR journey for the future and its vision of the impending metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

It is used by the healthcare startup NuEyes, but also by some LBVR venues to re-orient automatically the orientation of the headset (maybe thanks to the use of visual markers), and other things. The Pico SDK can be easily accessed from the Pico website : it is available for Unity, UE4 and also for the native Android platform.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Moreover, Meta Platforms is facing another lawsuit in US courts due to an allegedly anticompetitive “campaign to conquer” the virtual reality market, led by Andre Elijah Immersive Inc. The news comes as Meta restricts its FAST unit, where a new executive stepped in to lead in the Spring of this year.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 22, 2016

The Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), the premier event for creators of immersive VR (and AR) experiences, today announced dates and location for its second edition – its first standalone event. Call for Submissions Now Open: VRDC is seeking the latest research and innovations in VR for November's lineup.

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Unity // Most people's intro to game dev! Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. That being said these programs can be used for so much more, take a look! Build 2D, 3D and VR games and apps at speed. link] XR Programs?—?a

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ARVR

JUNE 3, 2021

Notwithstanding it, being a comparatively modern technology, the adoption of virtual reality across organizations, businesses, and even governments has been embraced as its potential becomes more apparent with every new improvement. The Virtual Reality ( VR) market was estimated to accomplish USD 184.66 billion by 2026.

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

Unity – a cross-platform AR tool that probably needs no more introduction. ISAR, Interactive Streaming for Augmented Reality – a Holo-Light tool for exploring complex 3D models. See Also: VR Artist Rosie Summers on Art and Virtual Reality. VisionAR – smart glasses that are also safety glasses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

ASUS When other companies explored virtual reality, ASUS was diving into the mixed reality space with the HC102 Windows Mixed Reality headset. Dell Producing technologies for both virtual reality and mixed reality space, Dell has begun to invest heavily in immersive technologies.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JUNE 20, 2023

VR solutions can make workplaces feel less isolating, improving unity and presence in a distributed workplace. However, it’s worth noting that these mixed-reality headsets and devices may be slightly more expensive to access than their VR and AR counterparts during the initial years of development.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 30, 2019

According to Virtual Reality podcast “Coffee & VR”, the next-gen Xbox, codenamed “Project Scarlett” may actually be compatible with Oculus Rift S. At MWC Shanghai, HTC has made various announcements for what concerns virtual reality. The new Oculus Plugin for Unity introduces some interesting features.

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