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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.16): HTC launches Tracker 3.0, Facebook has 10,000 people working on XR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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HTC to Hold All of Its GDC 2020 Talks Live Online, Including Audience Q&A

Road to VR

HTC is doing just that throughout the next few months in a live webinar happening every Tuesday, from now until mid-May. Starting on March 31st and going to May 12th, HTC is streaming live developer talks that it would have otherwise given during GDC 2020. Why live talks? Laverde, Sr. Developer Evangelist .

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VIVE Announces Live VR News Streams Instead of GDC Panels

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Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar. While we can’t connect with you in person, we’ve got a full slate of live webinars coming in the next few weeks based on our GDC Developer Day Summit sessions.”. The talk will cover how and why to roll out hand tracking affordances with Unity.

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VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk

ARPost

For example, most HTC VR technology supports 3D hand tracking. Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware. I’m really excited about this webinar series,” said Laverde. “

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9 Must Have Skills To Become An AR/VR Developer (With Course Recommendations)

ARVR

The HTC Vive headsets have its own SDK. This course from the University of Michigan focuses mainly on developing XR apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal — Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal Skill 5?—?Machine The Oculus headsets have the Oculus SDK.

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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

XR Today - Virtual Reality

These experiences will no longer function like webinars or VR apps, but will converge virtual spaces with interoperable, engaging content. Theme and amusement parks have begun incorporating VR technologies from HTC VIVE for novel attractions. Concerts, tech shows, events, and showrooms will invariably change with the Metaverse.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.03): VR adoption is rising, Lynx teases new MR headset and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Unity now supports Vulkan for Oculus Quest. Unity has finally implemented Vulkan support for the Oculus Quest, in Unity 2019.3. Long story short, this means that using Vulkan instead of OpenGL, you may even have a +20% performances boost on your Unity apps for Quest. Vuforia won’t drop Unity support.

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