VRScout

JUNE 30, 2019

Survios CTO Alex Silkin will teach a semester-long course called Unreal Engine VR Master Class. Courtesy of VR education startup Axon Park , the ‘Unreal Engine VR Master Class’ will debut in VR this autumn. Axon Park holds that there are some prerequisites to consider when applying for the Unreal Engine VR Master Class.

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Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2018

Oculus’ PC SDK version 1.19 This week, Oculus announced the addition of LMS to their PC SDK 1.19. The post Oculus PC SDK Adds NVIDIA Lens Matched Shading to Boost Performance appeared first on Road to VR. Back in 2016, NVIDIA offered an approachable explanation of LMS. With 92.2% of Rift users using NVIDIA GPUs (65.8%

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

Epic Games’ Kim Libreri today took to the stage at Google’s I/O conference to announce Unreal Engine support for the newly announced Daydream Android VR platform, what’s more is that it’s available right now.

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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.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

Oculus will provide headsets and training to three new pilot locations alongside a fresh helping of educational VR content. Oculus Education continues its ongoing streak of generosity with the expansion of its educational pilot programs to Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN SCIENCE.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Recent technological advancements have pushed the envelope of what modern technologies are capable of. Furthermore, these innovations have greatly changed the way users interact with such technologies. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

We’re on the cusp of a technological evolution, and while games will be driving the early experiences, they won’t be the predominant use for very long. Of course, all of the various applications, programs and tools will require a base engine for creation, and that’s where Epic Games – and specifically its Unreal Engine – comes in.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2023

Nreal becomes XREAL One of the new brand images of XREAL (Image by XREAL) Nreal, which is one of the most interesting AR startups around, entered into a dispute with Epic Games for its name being too close to “Unreal” , which is a well-known name in our ecosystem. So the Nreal management took the right decision.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Following a prominent lawsuit between ZeniMax and Facebook/Oculus which resulted in a $500 million award to ZeniMax , the company is now seeking an injunction to prevent Oculus from continuing to use code that was found by the jury to infringe upon ZeniMax’s copyright.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. image courtesy Oculus. image captured by Road to VR.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Touch technology company Immersion wants to bring that work to the next level. Already supported devices include Nintendo’s JoyCons for the Switch — which we previously speculated might make good controllers for VR — and Oculus’ own position-tracked VR controllers, Oculus Touch.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2019

Oculus today released ASW 2.0, an upgrade to the company’s ‘Asynchronous Spacewarp’ technology which is designed to smooth out the visuals inside the headset to compensate for performance fluctuations and to keep latency low for a comfortable experience. Oculus today announced the release of ASW 2.0

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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. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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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.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Announced as “The Official Blancpain GT Series Game” , the sim brings many technology upgrades over Assetto Corsa (2014) , thanks in part to the move to Unreal Engine 4. Unreal Engine’s comprehensive VR support could benefit the new sim in these areas. Assetto Corsa supports Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2018

Henry has been one of the first content that I’ve tried on my Oculus Rift CV1. A great work by Oculus Story Studio, for sure. That’s why when I heard that Oculus was going to publish a new version of Henry for Oculus Go , I could do nothing but try it. The answer is: it is not possible.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 20, 2023

Around the world, technologies in the extended reality landscape have gained increasing attention from virtually every industry. Increasingly, companies will search for designers versed in metaverse and virtual reality technologies to help them construct their own immersive worlds.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Using a combination of flexible, high-quality silicon and proprietary sensor technology, the company promises a comfortable experience with tracking capable of 0.01 There are also murmurs of force feedback technology supposedly being implemented into a future model. Compatibility: Unity, Unreal Engine, C++, C#, Python.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

Starline promises telepresence technology to reimage video conferencing as we’ve never seen. On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. Former Oculus chief Hugo Barra has announced he’s left Facebook in a blog post.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The years following Connect 2021 were transformative for Meta as the company transitioned from a social media company to a serious technology firm. Although, in reality, these technologies co-exist. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

More info At SIGGRAPH there was much attention toward VR and AI SIGGRAPH has always been a very relevant event for all of us in the 3D space, and this year VR and AI were among the most relevant technologies showcased there. Almalence plans to license this technology to headsets manufacturers. The startup just raised $1.6

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Using an Oculus Rift/Rift S VR headset in combination with Leap Motion’s hand-tracking technology, you can teleport throughout different areas of the resort and use your own two hands to add color to interactive outlines of various buildings.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Yesterday, Oculus announced the release date for what will be one of its first big Studios games this year, Rock Band VR. Starting Months of high profile rollouts with #Rockband from @Harmonix for @Oculus Rift: — Jason Rubin (@Jason_Rubin) February 6, 2017. Tagged with: oculus , Oculus Studios , robo recall , wilson's heart.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. The VR Awards recognize innovations in VR technology through twelve categories. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

There, players could step into an interactive VR experience based on the popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ and compete in a game of “CarPong” for the chance at winning some sweet prizes, including Insta360 cameras, t-shirts, even a few Oculus Quest’s. The reaction has been unreal. Image Credit: Insta360.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Oculus Connect 3 Registration. There’s also a student/academic pass available at $99.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The experience was built in 1:1 scale within Unreal Engine. You can check out a short behind the scenes below: Trying the experience for himself, astronaut Tim Peake reflects: “Exploring space is something that motivates a lot of young people to enter careers in science and technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. For sure some surprises: we don’t know anything about the 2nd gen of XR that Oculus has in mind. Other relevant news. Image by Upload VR).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

ZeniMax filed for a proposed judgment and final injunction in its $500 million case against Oculus. A Reuters report suggested “the injunction could limit the number of games available for sale for Oculus’ Rift VR headset.” ” ZeniMax declined to comment. ” ZeniMax declined to comment.

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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. Virtualitics secured $18 Million to support the defense industry expand AI-driven analytics and 3D visualization technology. VZfit launches on the Oculus app store. Let’s dive in… .

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. In designing the Vector Gear, Remy has come up with combinations of technologies not seen in any other designs that I’m aware of. Where do you expect the next great XR headset to come from? What about Walker Industries?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

It has developed a proprietar y High-Performance Quantum Dot (HPQD) technology to make very small, very bright, very efficient RGB pixels. The basic idea is to separate the elements of the video into 3 “layers” using a depth map , and then reconstruct the missing pixels occluded by each layer on the next one using an AI technology like Nerf.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 20, 2017

A significant milestone for a company that has been pioneering film technology for the past one hundred years. A proposed technology hub, the center hopes to incubate and advance virtual reality as a content medium and technology with a focus on improving the quality of the medium. With $3.8B

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