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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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Three main eXtended Reality (XR) interaction toolkits/platforms are: ?? Unity Game Engine ?? Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? Detection of available virtual reality devices. ? Other Extended Reality (XR) Toolkits

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Source [link] Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) have had a noticeable presence in the news lately. 3: Low Cost and No Cost Virtual Reality Options The most essential part of a virtual reality kit is the headset, and they range heavily in price. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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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. In the last few years, we’ve seen virtual reality transform from a novel concept connected to the gaming and entertainment space to a crucial corporate tool.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

When trying to sell someone on the wonder that is virtual reality, it’s better to show than to tell. Explaining the incredible immersion that a solid virtual reality experience provides is difficult to put into words, but showing someone playing or allowing a person to play themselves is the quickest path to amazement.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

The successor to macOS Sierra promises a slew of new features and most notably among them—support for virtual reality. Apple Embracing Virtual Reality. Notably missing from the Apple keynote was any presence of Facebook’s Oculus Rift.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. An iteration of Unreal Engine (Unreal Engine 5) is already being used to develop applications for a range of VR devices.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2019

Now, Survios CTO and co-founder Alex Silkin is set to share his experience by teaching a full semester course on expert-level Unreal Engine VR development. What’s more, the course will be taught in VR, so you can connect remotely and learn from Silkin—virtual face to virtual face. Course Specifics. Tuition : $2,495.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. “We want you to make all your VR and AR with Unity,” he said, promising renewed investment in the industry. 10, and that native Unity support would arrive in the next iteration of the engine, 5.6.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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 Unity project. The Unity project of First Hand is available inside this GitHub repo. First Hand – Review as a developer.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2018

Up until now, developers wishing to get their VR app on the Oculus Store had to submit to a manual review process by which their game or experience was washed through two stages; a tech review to see if the app passed minimum standards and a content review to determine it was a complete and polished experience. image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. I’ve never worked in virtual reality applications tailored exclusively for small kids, so trying these ones gave me a lot of ideas.

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Peter Graham

JUNE 28, 2019

This week virtual campus Axon Park has revealed it’ll be running a full semester course taught in virtual reality (VR). Axon Park has begun a strategic partnership with VR First with the Unreal Engine VR Masterclass being the first endeavour. This is not just a simple online class,” commented Silkin in a statement.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

Throughout the past year, we’ve loved working in virtual reality — from in – house projects to our work with Google Daydream for IO 2016. As far as production software, we were torn between our familiarity with Unity and the rendering potential of Unreal. VR motion controllers. Defining Goals. The Process.

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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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Peter Graham

MARCH 3, 2020

For those that find smooth locomotion in virtual reality (VR) uncomfortable 3dRudder offers one of the few consumer-level hardware solutions to help alleviate the problem. Compatible with a range of headsets and videogames, towards the end of 2019 3dRudder added compatibility for Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. EUR/$199.00

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. million as pre-seed to build virtual characters (e.g. virtual dogs) that can engage with the users in mixed reality. The startup just raised $1.6

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

Daniel is an XR professional that has become very famous this year for his mindblowing experiments with the hands tracking of the Oculus Quest , where every prototype of his is focused on an interaction that is so crazy that most of the time you couldn’t think about it before. The prototypes are also a way to get better at Unity.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Earlier this week Unity’s Editor VR platform evolved from a novel new way of making videogames into potentially the most forward-thinking VR development platform, and its all to do with Tools. According to VP of Unity Labs Sylvio Drouin, that’s a very real possibility. Interactivity.”

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. (Image courtesy RAEng Publications via Pixabay.).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In trying to highlight the best minds in both entertainment and technology, On The Lot gathered keynote speakers who could share insight about the VR/AR landscape from a variety of vantage points: Robert Stromberg , Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Founder of the Virtual Reality Company. Jerry Zucker , Director/Writer/Producer.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Pico, the Chinese virtual reality startup bought by TikTok parent ByteDance back in August , has struck a major partnership with Qualcomm to push further into the extended reality (XR) space. Pico’s latest virtual reality headset Neo 3 already uses the Snapdragon XR2 chipset.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. However… we’re still waiting for those apple AR glasses.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality. Timoni West, Principal Designer at Unity Labs, has announced that EditorVR will launch tomorrow, December 15th.

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. Where do you expect the next great XR headset to come from? What about Walker Industries? Walker Industries is … let’s call it “the startup’s startup.” It’s headed by a 16-year-old futurist, inventor, and self-proclaimed “Kid Tony Stark.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The Horizon Metaverse Experience Meta first introduced a home application during the early vision of the Quest headset – originally known as the Oculus Quest, before the rebranding from Oculus to Meta. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Back in 2018, as part of the IBC Masterclass on VR technology, Rob Koenen shared his vision of the future of virtual reality. For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. Talking about the actual implementation, are there any libraries and plugins already available for Unity/UE4 that can give indie studios accessibility solutions already ready out-of-the-box? The first step is to educate yourself. You can find it here: [link].

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days. HTC Vive and Penn State.

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