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Peter Jackson’s New Studio is All About AR Storytelling

VRScout

The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. The New Zealand native is responsible for some of the medium’s most technologically groundbreaking work, including the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises.

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Big News XR from BMW, Meta, Apple, Campfire, Nreal, and Cannes XR

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The news is ramping up! This week, the immersive space felt an injection of innovation, with various leading firms hinting at the big news and committing to more prominent partnerships. Amidst rumours of Apple’s new headset, many firms are ramping up efforts, perhaps partly due to a looming sense of competition.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

So, here’s the full low-down on Microsoft’s newest immersive device: It’s all about the Cloud. More immersive. To top it off, they also promise that their new display system enables them to achieve these improvements in performance even at low power. Yes, let’s get that out of the way.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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It is a set of very high-quality headphones that are able to offer truly immersive and spatial audio, with a unique feature that lets you blend the audio of the AR experience and of your real world in an optimized way. The popular Angry Birds game, but for immersive augmented reality. MagicScript. Seven Ages by William Shakespeare.

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FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549

Road to VR

The company has already released their SDK which allows developers to integrate FOVE support for projects built-in Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryEngine. ” Check out the video below to get a better idea how simulated field-of-depth and foveated rendering work.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). Through its Lab Renovation Program, VR First is promoting the adoption of these new standards by lab partners, governments and science parks. image courtesy VR First.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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VeeR acquires, produces, and distributes best-in-class immersive stories and light-weight interactive experiences. Pradeep has been a leader for IBM GBS Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ), He has over 30 years of executive & management experience across a number of industries. web, and mobile. 4- Kshitij Marwah.