TechCrunch VR

MARCH 12, 2020

The game studio behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine has already done plenty of work with the UK-based startup, creating a number of tech demos over the past several years that have centered on translating an actor’s facial movements to a digital character in real-time. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 5, 2022

The Berlin, Germany-based firm hopes to contribute its knowledge of open interoperability standards, avatar development, motion capturing (mocap), and virtual reality technologies for building the Metaverse with collaborators by joining the 35-member group.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

On Saturday, February 2nd, the title was host to an in-game performance by world-class EDM DJ Marshmello; attended by some 10 million concurrent users, the virtual concert offers a potent glimpse of what virtual events and virtual reality will mean for the future. million people. You can watch it below.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

The behind-the-scenes footage featuring motion capture and rendering with the Unreal Engine has me excited to see these types of events take the next step in 2021, and build on some of 2020’s more interesting virtual experiences. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. Make Hollywood-quality animations at low-budget prices with this motion capture suit.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Ever since virtual reality (VR) remerged as a viable consumer product the quest has been to make the technology as immersive and interactive as possible. That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Ultraleap Gemini hand-tracking platform works in both Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions, allowing for more immersive, interactive, and realistic experiences. The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup. The solution also connects with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 platform.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. What can make it become the mirror of the real world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup. Designed to accommodate the Quest VR ecosystem, with the plan to implement support for new devices in the future, the Emerge solution allows users to physically feel what they see in virtual reality.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Now, he turns his eye towards virtual reality with Gnomes & Goblins , an original production from Wevr in partnership with Reality One. To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?).

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The Rift Arcade

MAY 3, 2017

A short five-minute video was released today both in the Oculus Store and on Steam, and it uses a combination of Unreal Engine graphics and motion capture to bring a Séance experience to life. Séance: The Unquiet might be just what you’re looking for. Let’s begin.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Here, though, through motion capture, the protagonist is a dancer who moves with grace, who not only does the running and jumping with beautiful agility, but also has a dancing button to move through tangles of vines, overgrowth of plants, and other obstacles. It all helps offset the repetition of the gameplay.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He was obsessed with Virtual Reality. For the Matrix trilogy it was important the use of computer vision, immersive photography, volumetric capture , the first markerless motion capture, to create frame by frame models of the performances… and today all these techniques are prolific in virtual reality and mixed reality.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In July we reported news that Kickstarter project Veeso was aiming to be the first to market with a mobile VR headset that tracks your face’s movement; a system that uses head-mounted infrared cameras to track both your eyes and mouth for a greater sense of presence in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine. Since IKinema has been acquired by Apple, this indie project could be a nice substitute for all developers that want an affordable full-body motion capture solution.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2020

So it is not advised to just shoot like crazy a la Unreal Tournament : you also need some strategy and think when to use the grenades or the explosive barrels that are scattered all around the levels. I love FPS games, and I loved shooting in Half-Life. There are some little downsides as well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 31, 2023

He discussed his experiences with developing workflows on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , the future of immersive filmmaking, and his creative processes to create immersive media. Kindly view the music video with a smartphone or virtual reality (VR) headset. What kind of vision did you want to communicate with audiences?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

Flipside XR, a virtual reality (VR) production company, announced on Thursday that it had launched its novel studio app. Its Flipside Studio solution will empower content creators to create engaging videos via real-time motion capture (mocap) and production tools.

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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

3D images are a necessary component for any virtual reality experience. The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. Live Client is a tool for facial motion capture.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The game is very different from its predecessor, and it is less a realistic combat simulator and more an adrenaline multiplayer game, like Unreal Tournament or Quake Arena. Multiplayer shooter Solaris Offworld Combat , from the creators of the successful Firewall: Zero Hour, has been released this week. Some news on content.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. Situ founded Virtual Reality Pop , the #1 Medium.com publication on immersive technology with over 37,000 subscribers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

A Japanese entity called “Akiya Research Institute” has shown on Twitter that it is developing a system to let you perform motion capture with just two webcams connected to your PC , and this could be used also as a very cheap way to have your full body in VR. The video they shared is promising, but there is not a release date yet.

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