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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 started out in the high end, and it has moved lower through pricing tactics and revisions that enable it to be the foundation of mobile games. He said that 59 percent of virtual reality developers are using Unity, according to a survey by VisionMobile. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”.

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft.

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Science Fiction or reality? What is the metaverse?

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Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Valve, Epic Games, Roblox as well as smaller startups are working on creating products for the Metaverse as we speak. Here is an example of how the legendary car brand Ferrari uses the Unreal Engine from Epic Games to implement one of their sports cars 1:1 in the game Fortnite.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

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More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. This would be great for having a more natural interaction on Quest 3.

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Adopting Emerging Tech Drives Business Transformation, WEF Report Says

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From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. Moreover, digital transformation trends highlight how 75 percent of WEF’s surveyed companies wish to adopt emerging technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and AI in the next five years.

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AWE EU ’23: Key Takeaways and Announcements

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Sahni also highlighted how new workplace applications are coming to Quest 3, including Microsoft Mesh, Windows 365, and Adobe High Five. However, the enterprise XR growth journey doesn’t end with finding the proper application.

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Teens slow to adopt VR and more bad news for the metaverse

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Virtual reality hasn’t caught on with American teens, according to a new survey from Piper Sandler released on Tuesday. Earlier this year , I wrote about how Microsoft and other companies have pulled back on their VR and AR plans. It’s all Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, and occasionally Microsoft Teams. Image courtesy Unreal Engine.)

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