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Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift

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The latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.27, brings “production-ready” support for OpenXR. You may recall news back in May that the early access version of Unreal Engine 5 includes improved support for OpenXR. That makes Unreal Engine 4.27 Epic says that the OpenXR support in Unreal Engine 4.27

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Adding Mixed Reality Capture Support to Unreal Games

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But for years now, only Unity developers have been able to add mixed reality capture support to their VR games and experiences. It started with the HTC Vive headset and only recently have we begun to see support added to Unity applications on the Oculus Rift. Are you an Unreal developer who just added Mixed Reality Capture?

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HTC Brings OpenXR Public Beta to Vive Focus 3

Road to VR

HTC announced this week it is making available an OpenXR public beta for the Vive Focus 3. in 2019, and picked up significant steam in 2021 with official support on SteamVR , Meta going “all in” on OpenXR, “production-ready” OpenXR support in Unreal Engine , and more.

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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And it is made possible by VIRTUOSO , an open-source SDK created by Charles Rivers Analytics, which is now available for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github.

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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. As a Unity developer, I am a bit envious of all of this. Top news of the week.

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HTC Launches Aftermarket Face & Eye-trackers for Vive Focus 3

Road to VR

HTC today announced it’s releasing both facial and eye-tracking units for its Vive Focus 3 standalone VR headset. Image courtesy HTC. Developers will be also able to implement both facial and eye-tracking in Vive’s Wave SDK and soon via OpenXR, with integration available in Unity, Unreal Engine, and Native.

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3D Modeling Tool Blender Is Receiving VR Support

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One of the coolest parts of developing with Unity or Unreal Engine is the ability to instantly hop into your VR headset and view 3D creations at scale. The ladder even has a VR mode that lets you build in-headset using the Unreal Editor tool set. Users will soon be able to view their 3D scenes in VR.

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