Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Quest 3 was the third most used VR headset on Steam in January, surpassing Oculus Rift S and almost catching up to Valve Index. Quest 3's usage share continues to grow faster than any other headset by far. As we predicted it would last month, Quest 3 is now used more on Steam than the PC-native Oculus Rift S.

Unreal 135

Unreal Survey Hardware Oculus 135

VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. The following VR games and apps are available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 100% free of charge via the Oculus Quest Store, App Lab, and SideQuest: COUCH. Watch YouTube videos with your friends in VR on the Quest.

Oculus 434

Oculus Gaming Video Unreal 434

Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2022

Fortnite doesn’t natively support VR headsets, however an update coming to the popular battle royale shooter today reportedly holds mention of Oculus, possibly pointing to future VR support for the game. Epic added stuff related to Oculus (Quest, Quest 2 & Mobile) in today's update.

Oculus 363

Oculus Unreal Gaming Data 363

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

Unreal 438

Unreal Apple Government Data 438

VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2021

The VR medical company PrecisionOS along with support from Epic Games MegaGrant and Oculus , have launched a VR training module designed specifically for the global nonprofit humanitarian organization SIGN Fracture Care. VR training lets surgeons in low-resource countries go through the motions before performing on patients.

Training 545

Training Unreal Strategy Education 545

Road to VR

JULY 13, 2020

Oculus has updated its UE4 Quest development tools so that developers can spend less time waiting and more time testing and iterating on their VR applications. The changes are similar in scope to recent improvements to Unity Quest development. Image courtesy Oculus. Skip APK Build When Iterating on Code.

Oculus 301

Oculus Unreal Unity Tools 301

Road to VR

MAY 7, 2020

Unreal Engine 4.25 launched this week bringing a host of improvements to the engine’s XR functionality. Unreal Engine is one of the most popular game engines for building XR content. Each release brings improvements to the engine’s XR capabilities with new features and bug fixes.

Magic Leap 204

Magic Leap Unreal Microsoft AR 204

Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

The end for Oculus Go is nigh. The latest Oculus SDK (v19/1.51) no longer supports the company’s first true standalone VR headset. The company says in the SDK’s developer release notes that both Unity and Unreal Engine support for Oculus Go has officially been dropped.

Oculus 337

Oculus Unreal Unity Software 337

VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This should greatly improve your Oculus gaming experience by providing a more seamless in-headset experience. You can, however, change this setting when publishing an app on the Oculus app store. . This new and much simpler system will assist you in storing your progress and settings in-game. Haven’t built out your VR friends list yet?

Unreal 484

Unreal Unity Tools Oculus 484

ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

And it is made possible by VIRTUOSO , an open-source SDK created by Charles Rivers Analytics, which is now available for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Leap Motion.

Unreal 371

Unreal Leap Motion Unity Haptic 371

VRScout

MAY 3, 2021

There’s also built-in vibration haptics capable of simulating acceleration, speed, an engine’s RPM, and gunshots. feet (74 x 66 cm) Weight: 110 lbs (50 kg) Communication: Wifi, LAN Wifi Setup: Bluetooth setup by Yaw2 app General setup: Yaw2 app for android, iOS, Windows SDK: unity, UNREAL Emulator: android, iOS, Windows.

Simulation 545

Simulation Haptic Software Unreal 545

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus PC apps, Meta says Application Spacewarp will produce even better results.

Latency 364

Latency Unreal Controllers Course 364

The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Lots of interesting news, some of which have just made my jaw to drop! So let me stop talking and let’s dig into them immediately! Top news of the week. Image by Techgenyz). Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. He says that Apple AR glasses will come in 2021 and that he has seen them.

Apple 324

Apple Unreal Oculus Tools 324

VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This latest update comes in two forms: one for the Oculus Quest headsets and one for PC VR. Oculus Quest (as provided by Joy Way): New in-door locations for Arena Mode. Oculus Quest (as provided by Joy Way): New in-door locations for Arena Mode. Image Credit: Joy Way. An improved enemy AI. Reworked graphics.

Gaming 410

Gaming Unreal Oculus Course 410

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

I speculate it is an early prototype because the shape looks like a Frankenstein between a phone and a Quest headset, and considering the attention Samsung has to design, it is impossible that “that thing” was close to being released to the market. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

Samsung 282

Samsung Machine Learning Australia Eye Tracking 282

The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Personally, I’m very intrigued by this headset: some people talk about a Quest competitor, but I don’t think so. Quest has an enormous catalog of games with which a startup can’t compete, but Lynx could start dominating a particular niche for which this headset may be optimal. Sorry if this newsletter is one day late.

Virtual Reality 362

Virtual Reality AR Augmented Reality Oculus 362

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

German extended reality (XR) firm has recently released a virtual reality (VR) film with tools from an industry-leading gaming engine. Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. link] – ?

Filming 238

Filming Los Angeles Education Immersion 238

Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

OpenXR Toolkit added eye-tracked foveated rendering support for Meta Quest Pro. Some users have reported that it even works with praydog’s Unreal Engine VR injector, the tool that adds basic VR support to certain non-VR Unreal Engine titles, including in Returnal, Atomic Heart, and STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order.

Eye Tracking 122

Eye Tracking Unreal Simulation Microsoft 122

XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

At the same time, adoption for both technology solutions is notably slow, following an initial boom thanks to a low-price Quest VR headset which may have slowed following new tech trends and an expensive Pro device. In 2022, the firm internationally debuted Horizon, a metaverse hub for socialisation, work, and education.

Immersion 251

Immersion Technology Industry Training 251

VRScout

JUNE 18, 2021

Impulse Gear’s class-based team shooter is now available on Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift. Coming soon to SteamVR. If there’s one genre of VR that players never tire of, it’s first-person shooters. Just take a look at the excess amount of mil-sim VR shooters currently flooding the market.

Oculus 373

Oculus Unreal Gaming Examples 373

ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He gave examples of some applications of VR that have nothing to do with gaming, such as house tours, and meetings. Virtual reality is transforming industries and has so much to offer in terms of exposing people to new experiences they otherwise wouldn’t be able to enjoy. Thus, in the future, VR users are less likely to encounter such issues.

Virtual Reality 400

Virtual Reality Unreal Technology Tools 400

Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Meta is killing off two first-party original Oculus Quest launch titles next year. The Meta Quest platform policies require developers to give customers at least 180 days notice before shutting down an app, so this appears to be Meta complying with its own policy. c_pruett can you move it to AppLab, at least?

Oculus 93

Oculus Unreal Gaming Controllers 93

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

German extended reality (XR) firm has recently released a virtual reality (VR) film with tools from an industry-leading gaming engine. Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. link] – ?

Filming 195

Filming Los Angeles Education Immersion 195

Road to VR

AUGUST 2, 2019

Red Matter (2018), the sci-fi puzzle-adventure from Vertical Robot , is slated to launch on Oculus Quest on August 15th. The post Sci-fi Adventure ‘Red Matter’ Coming to Oculus Quest in August appeared first on Road to VR. In the meantime, check out why we gave Red Matter a solid [8.3/10]

Oculus 198

Oculus Unreal Architecture Video 198

AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. Arden’s Wake hits the Oculus Store. Finally, Penrose Studios’ award-winning narrative VR experience is available for the Oculus Rift for $7.99. Griffith of VR.” The company brought it $911.3M

Oculus 241

Oculus San Diego Magic Leap Motion Capture 241

The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Epic is not only Unreal Engine, but it is also Fortnite , that at this point will for sure be optimized for PlayStation 5; and Epic Store , even if it is highly improbable that it will ever reach PlayStation. And this week I think we had many cool news that are worth a mention, so let’s dig immediately into them! Top news of the week.

Sony 411

Sony Magic Leap Gaming Unreal 411

The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2021

Oculus Mixed Reality Capture is a plugin that lets content creators make amazing mixed reality videos of a VR game for the Oculus Quest. Since I had to make some tests with Oculus MRC for our game HitMotion: Reloaded (download it now on SideQuest !) Are you ready to implement Oculus MRC like a boss?

Unity 502

Unity How To Oculus Video 502

Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Moving forward, the next step is for engine, headset, and content makers to release implementations which support OpenXR. Khronos Group says that from 1.0

Microsoft 243

Microsoft Oculus Groups Magic Leap 243

AR Insider

APRIL 19, 2021

The maker of the mega-hit game and Unreal Engine game development platform has landed another cool billion in a new round of funding. This metaverse for engineers, based on open-source platform from Pixar, is enabling BMW to test a real factory as a digital twin before building its twin IRL. Quest 2 is getting a huge update.

Los Angeles 225

Los Angeles Exercises Asia Unreal 225

The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

I’m incredibly happy about having been hosted by Sebastian Ang (MRTV), one of my favorite VR content creators, in his weekly podcast on Youtube! We spoke about AR and VR for 2 hours and we were having so much fun that we could have gone on for other 2 hours without problems! Image by Facebook). I mean, we all already knew this, Mark.

Machine Learning 536

Machine Learning Gaming Video Haptic 536

Upload VR

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Espire 1: VR Operative receives a major PC VR update, providing almost complete feature parity with Quest. Called the ' Convergence Update ,' it brings the previously Quest-exclusive 1.7 , 1.8 update in late 2020, it included a major Unreal Engine upgrade that broke many things in Espire. updates to Steam and Rift.

Unreal 95

Unreal Oculus Gaming 95

ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unity Game Engine ?? Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? You can make 3D worlds with HTML and Entity-Components for Virtual Reality headsets like Oculus Quest, Rift or WMR, SteamVR, mobile, desktop. ? Supported AR/VR devices ?

Technology 162

Technology Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Magic Leap 162

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is not a commercial app, but an experience developed as a showcase of the Interaction SDK inside the Presence Platform of Meta Quest 2. It is called “First Hand” because it has been roughly inspired by Oculus First Contact , the showcase demo for Oculus Touch controller released for the Rift CV1. The application.

Hand tracking 495

Hand tracking Unity Controllers Oculus 495

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! Do you want to discover them with me?

Hand tracking 438

Hand tracking AR Augmented Reality Oculus 438

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well.

Oculus 318

Oculus Eye Tracking Hardware Las Vegas 318

Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2019

Unfortunately we didn’t learn more about Oculus Quest’s launch date at GDC 2019 this week, although Oculus did reveal a few more titles coming to the standalone 6DOF headset at launch this Spring. In the meantime, here’s every Quest launch title currently confirmed by Oculus: Beat Saber.

Oculus 248

Oculus Unreal Hand tracking Conference 248

The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

Magic Leap 290

Magic Leap Healthcare Oculus AR 290