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Madonna Performs Alongside AR Clones During Billboard Music Awards

VRScout

Brought to life using a combination of Unreal Engine and volumetric capture, these augmented holograms would appear sporadically throughout the performance, disappearing into puffs of smoke around the original Madonna seemingly at random. Volumetric capture adds a layer of depth to the pop legends latest performance.

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Free UE4 Template Makes Creating More Realistic VR Hands a Snap

Road to VR

The open-source demo offers a framework for use in any Unreal Engine project, as well as a ‘Playground’ scene containing an underground bunker and shooting range to showcase hand interactivity. The framework is released under the CC0 license, meaning it can be used by anyone without restriction.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Chinese magazine VRTUOLUO has published some photos of what looks like an early prototype of the device. Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it.

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StrikerVR is Launching Its Most Affordable VR Gun Accessory Yet

Road to VR

With these added sensing areas, developers could create several different reload interactions, like slapping the bottom of the rear grip as if securing a magazine, pumping the area under the body like a shotgun, or pulling the rear of the gun like a slide or charging handle.

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Training Professionals: Take Control of Your VR Content?—?Motive.io

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Developers build everything in Unity or Unreal, including all training modules. The only path would be for you to become a Unity or Unreal developer. The developers code and create that content in Unity or Unreal. Editor Inside Unity or Unreal This approach aims to make developer tools more accessible to training professionals.

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XR Interaction Toolkit (eXtended Reality Technology Platforms)

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Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ?? Unity Game Engine ?? Supported AR/VR devices ? Maturity of Toolkit ? Stability of Toolkit ? Developer Community ? Widget libraries ?

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Editorial Rant: Yet Another Bullsh*t Article About the “Metaverse” by Canadian Business Magazine (And Why All Metaverse Companies Are in Danger of a Big, Negative Backlash)

Ryan Schultz

The piece, written by Katie Underwood on July 7th, 2022, for Canadian Business magazine, is the perfect example of metaverse b t that is currently circulating in the news and social media, and I have had it up to here with what passes for accurate reporting on the topic. It’s a bit old now, but it’s the first time I read it.).