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Varjo, Finnish National Opera and Ballet Debut Immersive Opera

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In late January, extended reality (XR) hardware provider Varjo and partners The Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) debuted an immersive opera experience of acclaimed production: Turandot from classic composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano. The Opera will run until March 4, and the immersive version will also run until February 16.

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How VR Was Used To Help Produce A Full-Scale Opera

VRScout

This live production was built from the ground up using immersive technology. According to an official release, FNOB is the first opera house to utilize Varjo immersive technology throughout the entire production process of an opera show. Turandot was co-produced by the FNOB and the Malmö Opera in Sweden.

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Reality Scan Vs NVIDIA NeRF – Photogrammetry for Developers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The companies are designing solutions that enable developers to create accurate digital twins for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) immersive experiences as well as other industries. Epic Games launched Reality Scan in April, a photogrammetry tool for the firm’s Unreal Engine suite. Reality Scan.

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Varjo, Twinmotion Team Up for AEC Designers

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

With Varjo’s high-fidelity devices and Twinmotion’s impressive visualisations, AEC designers can now view their 3D renderings—immersively and in real-time. Sweden’s Malmö Opera and the FNOB co-produced the XR event in February. The event featured operas from Turandot and composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano.

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How accurate is 'The Northman' to Viking history? Well, it’s a Robert Eggers film.

Mashable VR

The way in which the trunks of trees are laid along an earthen bank to make the fortification wall, that's from several sites in Denmark and Sweden. The gantries along the top, they're kind of conjectural, but we know pretty much what they looked like — and that's also from sites in Denmark and Sweden."

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Ready Player Me, Hiber Partner for Avatar Integration

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Swedish immersive firm Hiber announced on Wednesday it had launched its collaborative integration with avatar platform Ready Player Me. Ready Player Me’s highly-bespoke, Unity and Unreal Engine-compatible avatars facilitate rapid creations with a large catalogue of customisation options and features. Changes and Upgrades.

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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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