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.

San Jose 100

San Jose Oculus 360 Video Conference 100

ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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. Once the base becomes big enough, the platform becomes extremely interesting for marketers and advertisers.

Virtual Reality 400

Virtual Reality Unreal Technology Tools 400

VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

HeadOffice.Space announced their premier space for connection, it’s the world’s first metaverse on the moon designed for the ever-changing way remote teams work, play, learn, and explore together. It’s literally who you are in the virtual world and is thus very important. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

Tools 527

Tools Real Estate Video Google 527

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.

Virtual Reality 344

Virtual Reality AR Augmented Reality Oculus 344

VRScout

MARCH 10, 2018

Attendees could jump into one of six networked Oculus Rift headsets and enter the world of SlimeZone, letting you play games, watch cartoons, create art, and of course slime others. We are excited that IMAX VR players will get exclusive access to this exciting, fun and family-friendly virtual world.”.

Los Angeles 175

Los Angeles New York Unreal Augmented Reality 175

Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting getnamo’s community Leap Motion plugin for Unreal Engine 4, which offers some unique capabilities alongside the official plugin. Oculus Rift VR/AR support is easily accessible, as the plugin handles all the necessary transforms. Breaking into Unreal development for the first time?

Unreal 29

Unreal Leap Motion Video Hardware 29

XROM

MARCH 9, 2023

However, there is a new solution that has just hit the market - Creepy World VR™. Thousands of parents now have a reason to buy their kids an Oculus because this groundbreaking virtual reality experience is the ultimate way to explore the world of creepy crawly wonders.

Virtual Reality 59

Virtual Reality Education Unreal Virtual World 59

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If a brand like Nike buys a startup like RTFKT that is still mostly unknown to the average consumer, is because it wants to exploit its expertise to enter the virtual fashion field , creating digital goods to sell in games, virtual worlds, and social augmented reality spaces (e.g. Meta acquires Imagine Optix.

Google 349

Google AR China Augmented Reality 349

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 267

Magic Leap Healthcare Oculus AR 267

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….

Magic Leap 314

Magic Leap Europe AR Virtual Reality 314

The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. The problem of moderation inside virtual worlds. Doing moderation of virtual worlds is incredibly hard because there are a lot of grey areas to consider.

Google 487

Google AR Unity Video 487

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

” He went on to talk about Facebook’s social VR demo that debuted at Oculus Connect 3 last month, revealing that both it and Oculus’ own Rooms and Parties social software had been made with Unity. We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.”

Unity 100

Unity Los Angeles San Francisco Unreal 100

VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

Google 151

Google AR Oculus Entertainment 151

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

It’s a pretty basic addition, allowing developers to bring video content into virtual worlds, though it does sport some interesting extras, like support for 360 degree video playback, and applying video as textures that wrap around surfaces like spheres as well as flat walls. Tagged with: Amazon , development , lumberyard.

Amazon 100

Amazon Unreal Haptic Unity 100

VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. As part of that, I got to meet Nate Mitchell and Brendan Iribe who later became two founders of Oculus.

AR 150

AR Filming Machine Learning Unreal 150

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In part one the outspoken founder of Epic Games warned us how dangerous collectivization could be for virtual reality; in part two he gave us our best look yet at how much Oculus is spending to fund VR content and now, in part three, Sweeney is setting his sights on the Internet’s champion himself: Elon Musk.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Unreal Automotive Technology 100

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2020

The launch on Quest has gone pretty well , and the game has had good feedback from the press (apart from some graphical glitches that can be solved in future updates) and very positive reviews on the Oculus Store. Now there is the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

Oculus 544

Oculus Gaming Course Sony 544

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Meta team is exploring augmented reality solutions designed to work with smartphones and smart glasses, as well as virtual reality environments compatible with a range of Oculus headsets. Environments created on the platform can be published to any device, anywhere, with Instant links and Cavrnus streaming services.

Wearables 100

Wearables Training Tools Technology 100

VRScout

APRIL 10, 2021

Built using Unreal Engine, this VR project will look and feel like a cozy modern studio filled with unique collectibles and stylish furniture. Ekholm’s NFT VR experience is designed to be used on the most common VR headsets, such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Oculus Quest via Oculus Link.

Unreal 545

Unreal Oculus HTC Video 545

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.

Virtual Reality 130

Virtual Reality Immersion Healthcare Simulation 130

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Below are more details about what we’re looking for: Do you have a consumer facing VR game or application that is launched on Oculus Store, Viveport, Steam, or a combination of any/all of these?

Virtual Reality 288

Virtual Reality Microsoft Haptic Apple 288

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our Virtual World. Google Earth VR does not require an army of animators to build each building in San Francisco through Unity or Unreal Engine 4, it is fueled by an always refreshing data set from one of the world’s most powerful sources of geographical information. This is not the real Mt. This is Google Earth VR.

Google 100

Google San Francisco Cleveland Data 100

Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Virtual Worlds Grid gained the most land area, the equivalent of 964 standard region, followed by ZetaWorlds with 447 regions, 3rd Rock Grid with 231, Kitely with 221, and PMGrid closing the fifth spot with 48 regions. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift.

Virtual World 65

Virtual World Conference Data Groups 65

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

At Oculus Studio they made an animated movie… but it is still on where you look and choreography on where you look… I think it’s elaborated and I think it’s better if the story is what your experience was. We can see them as running at different layers, divided by their sector of reference.

Magic Leap 305

Magic Leap Virtual Reality Immersion AR 305

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. This also opened the door for traditional VR investment.

Latency 175

Latency Unity Wisconsin Philadelphia 175

Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. But with the lines between the real and virtual worlds now blurrier than ever, could we cut it even further? Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Build Chinese. Leap Commander.

Data 49

Data Leap Motion Tools Oculus 49

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.

Magic Leap 168

Magic Leap Augmented Reality AR Florida 168

HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival.

Haptic 53

Haptic New York City Software Simulation 53

The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. There is also a companion app (another thing copied from Oculus), through which you can buy the games (of course connected with Alipay and WeChat pay). Pa… Pa… Pa…treon!

AR 300

AR eBook Unreal Machine Learning 300

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features.

AR 490

AR Nigeria Apple Oculus 490

Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

Rob: Carillon was built within the Unreal Engine and uses the Open Sound Control protocol to connect motion and actions in the game environment with a music engine built within the Pure Data computer music system. Carillon was really built for VR: the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller are key components in the work.

Leap Motion 41

Leap Motion Machine Learning Unreal Controllers 41

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. The sales of Oculus Quest 2 have been great during the holidays , and the Quest has been a Christmas gift very much appreciated by kids (but wasn’t there an age limit?). Many Rift users reported problems in using the Oculus Store on PC this week , in particular in downloading games.

Unity 430

Unity Oculus Virtual Reality Gaming 430

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2022

In Ready Player One, all the population of the world is inside the Oasis. The Oasis is a fully digital world where everyone can meet and interact with everyone else, in one vs one or many vs many experiences. In the current virtual worlds, though, this is not possible because the networking architectures are not able to support that.

Virtual World 534

Virtual World Architecture Simulation Course 534

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. And yes, I use sarcasm a lot: “Hey Facebook, thanks for this”.

Sony 361

Sony Oculus Unity AR 361

Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

The Public World also suffered some server issues, resulting in a drop of more than 400 actives on that grid alone. And the number of regions went down by 839 standard region equivalents, as Virtual Worlds Grid turned off the less-used servers to allow for a greater than usual load on its welcome regions.

Virtual World 65

Virtual World Data Brazil Groups 65

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

And why should a creator use STYLY and not a social VR world with building tools like Horizon Worlds or VRChat? STYLY is not intended to act as a virtual world. When do you think web-based XR content can reach the same high level of standalone content made with Unreal or Unity? What are the supported VR platforms?

Japan 451

Japan Unity AR Unreal 451

XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So this was before Oculus.

AR 78

AR Machine Learning Government Virtual Reality 78