Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Japan-based startuped Exiii , which is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, has raised $750K for continued R&D, expansion of sales channels, and growing the company’s team. Today the company announced that it has raised $750,000 from Japan-based VC firm Global Brain.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

3-month Unity Pro license. Microsoft says that the HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Value (MSRP; in $USD). HoloLens 2 device. Azure credits. 3-month Pixyz Plugin license.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 20, 2022

Autoliv and Unity. Leveraging real-time 3D technology with the help of the Unity ecosystem , the tier 1 automotive brand has been able to develop a modern product visualisation experience designed specifically to enhance sales and marketing operations. Arksen, Varjo and Unity. Rinnai and HTC VIVE.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 23, 2023

According to the Tokyo, Japan-based enterprise, the initiative channeled its company philosophy of “better health for people, brighter future for the world.” Mesh also seamlessly integrates with the Unity gaming engine to adjust the parameters of immersive environments.

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Upload VR

JUNE 29, 2023

The motion data Mocopi produces can be relayed to services like VRChat as well as game tools like Unity. Sony announced the body tracking kit last year and shipped it first in Japan, claiming its "proprietary algorithm enables accurate motion capture with only six sensors."

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Image Credit: Diver-X. An official Kickstarter for the headset will launch this November. The base model will cost around $700, followed by the full set for $1,100 and the varifocal lens model for $3,900.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

During the livestream the company showed a brief look at the unique displays used in Lynx R-1 and confirmed they are being made by JDI (Japan Display Inc.). Lynx is aiming to support OpenXR and Unity as a development environment (ostensibly Unreal Engine 4 would work equally well once OpenXR implementations are tested and complete).

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. HTC has announced a mobile headset called Link — which will only be available in Japan, works with HTC’s new U11 smartphone, and is not affiliated with HTC Vive. Keeping the separation between HTC and HTC Vive in mind, this story perhaps makes slightly more sense.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

who first immigrated to Japan over 25 years ago. teams for Japan. As of 2019, we are an expanding private company with about 40 people based in Japan and funded by Japanese venture capitalists. Software-wise, we use Unity, Vuforia, and OpenCV. Hello Eido, introduce yourself to my readers!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That’s why when I had the opportunity to interview Kevin Joyce from the company, I immediately exploited it to ask him not only about Styly and his creators, but also something more about Japan and the M-word. However, if you’re unfamiliar with Unity you can use STYLY Studio to build your scene through a no-code solution.

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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. From ancient times to the first 3D video game, it shows that the gaming industry has seen its fair share of technological progress. in the lead in the virtual reality market.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For The Verse, we’ve already had visitors from countries as far as Japan and Australia in spite of this experience being developed primarily for a US audience. We used Spatial as our platform and pushed their Unity SDK to the extreme to yield the most visually stunning and immersive space built on the platform.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

” According to the company, Xenoma’s Software Development kit (SDK) enables development of apps using Java SDK, Visual C# and Unity Engine. Xenoma’s e-skin and software developer’s kit (SDK) supports application development using Java SDK, Visual C# and Unity. US office was created to support content creators worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

There are also some interesting slides I want to describe to you: HTC has shown that the future of retail may happen in VR : in Japan, there has been a big VR market opened in VRChat where people could go around, watch products (assisted by the people of the online shop), and then buy them. Some relevant points.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If you want to watch an amazing ad about VR, watch this one by Meta Japan! Mindport helps you in building your Unity VR experiences. Mindport is a very interesting plugin on the Unity Asset Store that lets you create your VR experiences in Unity in an easy way. Other news. It’s very cool. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In Japan, new PSVR bundles will include an adapter in the box, while in the West the adapter won’t be included, but it will be given for free to existing PSVR users. More info (PSVR bundles in Japan) More info (PS Camera adapter will be given for free). Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. Learn more: [link] #VIVEMARS #SIGGRAPH2022 #trackedonmars #virtualproduction pic.twitter.com/uNTI9bH6hs. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 23, 2017

While at Zynga, he co-created the hugely popular game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Before joining Presence, Bragiel founded three startups and started five funds across four continents, including being an early adviser to companies such as Uber and Unity.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

Light&Shadows for “ Stipple ,” a point cloud editor plug-in for Unity. Geometry Ogilvy Japan for “ Shibuya Virtual Halloween.” Geometry Ogilvy Japan for “ Shibuya Virtual Halloween.”. Make Real Ltd. for “ Skill Shield ,” a VR skills assessment and review solution made with Keltbray. Gain Productions Inc. for “MINDFUL VR.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To boot, Labo VR actually has Unity support , meaning third-party developers can create games and experiences for it; the fact is the headset and slot-in Switch form-factor just isn’t built for long-term play like a standalone or PC VR headset though.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2016

With Fove tightening down on ergonomics, which they say is an effort to bring eye-tracking to virtual reality “while remaining a lightweight VR headset,” it certainly feels like the Japan-based company is inching closer to a launch date.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Let’s see if IAP can work in VR; Konami launches a rhythm game for Quest , but only in Japan; Upload has reviewed and appreciated the shooter HyperDash; PlayAR is a collection of fun AR games to stay fit using your smartphone. My friend Giambattista De Giorgis has published a book about learning how to develop AR/VR applications in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Quest Gift Cards are now available in more countries Quest Gift Cards, which let you gift friends some credit for the Quest Store, are now also in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. I think they are great for simple gifts to friends and for giveaways from us content creators, so I’m happy they are expanding.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

#VR #gamedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/ycBTR7dKOM — Zi — majormcdoom.bsky.social (@MajorMcDoom) November 29, 2023 Zi, an Independent XR Creative and Former Owlchemy Labs Developer , explained how the device’s feet-tracking technologies were instrumental to his VR experiments in Unity.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Eight years on from Hyper-Reality, I found myself on a media tour in Japan with Psychic VR, a Tokyo-based VR/AR start-up presenting me its pitch for an in-development, large scale project called CityXR. That said, though Sen was a collaborative effort between Ito, CinemaLeap and Psychic VR, it was ultimately created using Unity.

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Ryan Schultz

OCTOBER 20, 2022

photo by CoinWire Japan on Unsplash ). Despite a partnership with Unity in early 2022.) The first successful metaverse stablecoin actually predates crypto! On the other hand, Tilia has been a standalone company since 2019 and only counts Second Life and below-the-radar metaverse platform Upland as its major consumer-facing clients.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Having just taken first place at the Unity VR Expo Akiba awards , the developers brought their sword wielding game again, where a girl absolutely destroyed a boss all while twirling in a cape and school uniform. See our video below.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). The option to “rent it” by paying $100/month is coming next year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In the blink of an eye the world around me dissolves and the restaurants of East Fourth Street are replaced by the brilliant purple face of Japan’s Mt. I haven’t seen my hometown in almost a year but even the pull of nostalgia isn’t enough to keep me entertained forever.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 18, 2017

Development: Unity , Vuforia , Microsoft Visual Studio , Windows 10 SDK , HoloLens Emulator (if you do not have a device). When using Unity, it is extremely important to set the near clipping plane to no less than 0.85m. Unity helps developers to manipulate this HoloLens feature in many ways. Animation: Biped for 3ds Max.

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2019

The consortium brings together several major Japanese companies with the intention of coordinating various activities aimed specifically at the development of the virtual reality business within Japan. Image Credit: CNET Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR…. Then, it guarantees that there is an open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal, so if in the future Meta wants to build its own engine, it could start doing that by forking Godot.

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ARVR

MARCH 11, 2021

The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021 Example of applying images to materials on the Unity editor. The limits to the free models I can download are also why I could only represent parts of cultures like those in Asia (I promise I know China and Japan aren’t the only countries there). Enter The Monarchy 3.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Plus, it is already delivering , selling in some markets (Korea, Japan, Spain, and Germany) its AR glasses to consumers for a price of around $1000. from Ironhead games is offering some of his very well made courses on VR games development in Unity with a HUGE -90% DISCOUNT for all the readers of The Ghost Howls! Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2018

XCOL is so currently a framework, through which every Unity developer can create a custom solution for enterprise virtual collaboration. This ensures an optimal environment for the requirements of the customer.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 27, 2016

PARO is an advanced interactive robot used in hospitals and extended care facilities in Japan and Europe. Cute Animals. One of my biggest inspirations is taken from PARO, the therapeutic seal robot. You can read more about it here. I wanted to emulate that same sensation of joy through animation.

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