VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Quickly create immersive scenes and populate them with 3D assets using this easy-to-use VR development app. ShapesXR is a design and rapid prototyping tool that can be used to create AR and VR experiences directly on your Oculus Quest headset. ShapeXR is available now on the Oculus App Lab and works on both the Quest and the Quest 2.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

After playing hours and hours of virtual reality (VR) content have you ever wanted to make your own immersive videogame? While it might seem daunting, Oculus and Unity want to make that process a little easier. Now you can’t just go in cold having never even looked at Unity (a game engine by the way).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

.” The company has launched a beta of the SDK today supporting Unity, and support for Unreal Engine is on the way. Realistic sound is an important but often underappreciated aspect of the immersion equation in VR. Available now with support for Unity, the Steam Audio SDK will also soon support Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2019

Optimization is no easy task, especially with the limited resources of mobile hardware like the Snapdragon 835 processor in the Oculus Quest. In nine minutes, this crash course offers up an indie-dev focused overview of optimizing VR games built in Unity for mobile hardware like Oculus Quest. Profile often [ video guide ].

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ARVR

AUGUST 31, 2021

Founded by members of Unity, Interhaptics , Senseglove , and Nanoport. link] Aldin Dynamics is an Icelandic VR software company founded in early 2013, focused on creating believable virtual reality experiences and technologies to sustain presence and immersion. What are the challenges behind the creation of an immersive VR game?

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This revolutionary system enables creators to harness the power of immersive technologies and unlock the vast possibilities of virtual production. It also lets them create immersive entertainment like no other. It brings studio production into the future by harnessing the immersive aspects of mixed reality.

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VRScout

JUNE 15, 2021

Donkey Kong VR is a fully immersive VR experience built specifically for the Oculus Quest 2 that has you playing the role of Mario as you face off against the giant gorilla in your quest to save Pauline. In order to develop his next-gen homage, Nathan employed the Unity game engine to transform the 2D arcade game into a 3D VR world.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2017

By matching up live video and a digital environment with the help of a green screen setup though, you can essentially create a video that places you straight in the action—one that better communicates the immersion of a VR game than a simple first-person screen capture. image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2017

The Spiraloid Workshop Company (headed by Bay Raitt, former Valve employee, and known as the creator of the facial animation system for the character Gollum in Lord of the Rings ) has created the VR comic Nanite Fulcrum , which the company calls a ‘3D Holographic Novel’ that is part comic, part mini game, and designed for Oculus Rift and Touch.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In a video posted by CBS Los Angeles , we see Rams COO Kevin Demoff guiding a reporter through the VR tour of the jaw dropping venue using an Oculus Rift headset with Touch controllers (photos also show an HTC Vive being used). It’s clear that the potential for VR to dazzle, surprise, and immerse an entirely new audience is huge.”.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is called “First Hand” because it has been roughly inspired by Oculus First Contact , the showcase demo for Oculus Touch controller released for the Rift CV1. All of this showed me that hand tracking may be unreliable, but when it works, it gives you a totally different level of immersion than controllers.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

During the opening keynote to their annual Unite conference yesterday, Unity announced that their in-development VR authoring tool EditorVR , which allows creators to step inside and work on their projects using virtual reality, is on its way within the next couple of months. SEE ALSO Unity's VR Editor Lets You Create VR Content Like a God.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. Meta recently announced the arrival of a popular architectural tool “ Unity Reflect ” in the Meta Quest environment for 2022. Magic Leap.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2018

The advanced VR simulation expands to new medical institutions as Oculus & CHLA continue their push towards experiential education. These immersive training programs create high-stress environments that challenge users to make life-saving decisions under extreme pressure.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

Developers of immersive games and apps, rejoice! Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing. An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Leap Motion.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

Explaining the incredible immersion that a solid virtual reality experience provides is difficult to put into words, but showing someone playing or allowing a person to play themselves is the quickest path to amazement. There are also additional guides for those wanting to integrate mixed reality support into Unity , Unreal , and native.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JUNE 20, 2023

Immersive technologies are no longer reserved for the gaming and entertainment industries. Cameras, room conferencing kits, and immersive displays have all become increasingly common. VR solutions can make workplaces feel less isolating, improving unity and presence in a distributed workplace.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. “We think that immersive technologies like VR and AR represent the next computing platform,” Parisi told the crowd at Unite. 10, and that native Unity support would arrive in the next iteration of the engine, 5.6.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Today, we’re looking at just some of the major vendors leading the way to a future of immersive learning. Meta (Oculus). This makes it easier for schools and training facilities on a budget to deliver immersive learning experiences. That’s where Unity comes in.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2023

Today I want to take you on a journey on one of the coolest prototypes I’ve ever worked on, which is about creating Unity applications that can dynamically modify their logic at runtime depending on the user’s needs thanks to generative artificial intelligence. Cubes are easy to do. It got thousands of downloads.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

As the demand for these immersive experiences continues to grow, a number of leading virtual, augmented, and mixed reality vendors have begun demonstrating their ability to assist retail and ecommerce stores in building next-gen interactions. This could allow retailers to interact with clients in a digital version of a showroom or office.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Using Unity and Photon , the team pioneered a new software framework designed for producing live musicals and operas that could be used in future productions. You can watch in standard 2D via YouTube, or you can participate in VR using the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or as a WebVR experience. Can you accept your own role at face value?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Unity sign-up page confirmed two of the best-selling VR games are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. Vacation Simulator Adds Experimental Quest Hand Tracking Support Owlchemy Labs added experimental hand tracking support to Vacation Simulator on Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

JULY 8, 2021

Immerse yourself in a series of ground-breaking VR projects available as part of the XR3 virtual exhibition. Beginning now until July 17th, those with access to a PC VR headset can access a veritable treasure trove of genre-defying experiences and art developed using immersive technology. Image Credit: VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

A leading Unity 3d game development services provider explained that gaming is the biggest driver of VR and it will certainly continue in the near future. Immersive Sporting and Events Sporting events now meet gaming in the world of immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. I feel there is more optimism in the field, and even investors have started to be interested in immersive realities again.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2021

Facebook announced today that an upcoming update to the Quest development SDK will include experimental support for a Passthrough API which will allow Unity developers to build AR experiences and features into apps on Quest 2.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2023

MRTK was a Microsoft-driven project that provided a set of components and features used to accelerate cross-platform XR app development in the Unity game engine. The developing team behind MRTK was unfortunately disbanded, as Microsoft cut both MRTK and the AltspaceVR teams earlier this year in a wide-reaching round of layoffs. .”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 9, 2022

Meta is also the company behind Oculus, one of the more accessible and affordable VR headsets on the market. Unity represents one of the most flexible environments in the XR landscape for companies looking to build their own collaborative experiences from scratch. Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

Unity VisualLive. Created by a market-leading provider of XR development software, Unity VisualLive allows professionals in a host of environments to visualise designs and collaborate more effectively in a real-time space. With an Oculus headset, users can jump into a virtual meeting space and access a range of unique capabilities.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2017

Oculus just officially announced that they’d be winding down Story Studio, the company’s internal VR film studio which produced first-party VR shorts like Lost , Henry , and Dear Angelica. When we started to show people [the Oculus Rift] in Hollywood, their question was ‘how do we get started?’…

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook’s VR headset subsidiary Oculus is finally integrating a native tool that will let you capture and share your Rift experiences through 360 photos and videos—one that developers can integrate into Unity and Unreal Engines, and across NVIDIA and AMD GPUs— and it’s available today on GitHub.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

Although Meta is pushing multiplayer-ready immersive worlds for gaming and the future of work, firms like Pico, Decentraland, Engage, and HTC VIVE are all debuting Metaverse services to provide different use cases. Finally, the Horizon hub includes Venues, a metaverse solution for enjoying live events with immersive visuals.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2020

Companies such as Fable , HTC, and Oculus have each walked away as winners for their groundbreaking hardware, alongside genre-defying titles such as War Remains , Tilt Brush and ImmersiCare. As a matter of fact, the Academy is still looking for talented community Unity creators to work with. Think of it as cosplay in VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2020

Realities.io , the team behind the photogrammetry-based VR experience Realities (2016) , today released a prototype version of their latest creation, a 3D VR jigsaw puzzle game for Oculus Quest called Puzzling Places. One day, due to a Unity import error, the pieces of a scanned environment were scrambled around the scene.

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