XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Whether an end-user is operating from an industrial, manufacturing or office workspace, XR hardware and software could present opportunities to enhance a worker’s experience. The Challenges of Implementing XR Solutions, Software, and Hardware While the prospect or XR is exciting, implementation is a common query from end-users.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The company is today announcing TouchSense Force, a combination of development software and hardware that it hopes will enhance haptic feedback in both existing game controllers and new devices to make for better VR experiences and other content. Without it, our virtual fingers are little more than ghosts floating through items and surfaces.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Referring to the $500 million award, ZeniMax argued: “The jury’s damage award here, however substantial, is an insufficient incentive for Defendants to cease infringing. ” ZeniMax declined to comment. I’ve uploaded two of the documents filed by ZeniMax lawyers outlining the legal reasoning.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It broadly refers to digital domains that host synchronous interaction between placeshifted participants. So today’s metaverse-like fiefdoms we can point to as examples include MMOs Roblox and Fortnite, which is made using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. First, you’ve probably heard the term metaverse a lot lately. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

The technology field leverages immersive hardware and software stacks, enabling on-set professionals to project realistic virtual environments as backdrops with immersive visualizations viewable by a human’s and a camera’s eye. Unreal Engine] is a beast which is inherently a game engine, not a film production tool.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

forward, OpenXR will retain “full backwards compatibility […], giving software developers and hardware vendors a solid foundation upon which to deliver incredible, portable, user experiences.” A reference guide published by Khronos Group gives a high-level technical overview of the API’s structure. OpenXR 1.0

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Some people are migrating to Unreal Engine or Godot. The news spread everywhere: I’ve even found references to it even on some websites dedicated to memes. Furthermore the news that Unity CEO, John Riccitiello, may have sold Unity stocks before the announcement, was like gasoline on the fires of the protests. RIP Cute friend.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

” With the exception of open-source software, this has been the motto for companies developing and building original ideas and content. Modding is the act of modifying hardware, software, or virtually anything else to perform a function not originally conceived or intended by the designer. “Hold on tight to your IP.”

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2018

The Emmy-winning HBO series has become a staple within pop culture, providing only a slightly-exaggerated reflection of the current software gold rush happening on the west coast. After that the team utilized Substance Designer and Substance Painter to reproduce the material of each asset using a collection of set photos for reference.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

We’re hearing this since many years, but now the sensation is that we’re coming close to the moment when the prophecy will come true: the rumors are intensifying and the software (ARKit) and the hardware (depth cameras, 5G) designed by Apple are all converging to the glasses solution. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development.

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ARVR

MAY 10, 2021

Refer to my medium article?—? 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software?— ?Maya 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software?—? Unity Website Unreal // Unity’s higher fidelity sibling Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2022

References to realityOS were found in App Store upload logs and Apple code earlier this year, and an Apple linked shell company trademarked RealityOS last week. Earlier this year Gurman reported Apple’s headset was delayed to 2023 due to “challenges related to overheating, cameras and software”.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

university, I started as a software engineer for a small Internet Service Provider in Osaka City in the mid-nineties. From there, I worked my way up through various companies to software management, then director, and since last year I’ve been the head of all things technical at meleap inc. After majoring in computer science at a U.S.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

This helps us turn our internal research, development, and focus towards exciting but unsolved problems in AR and VR hardware and software. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to the division as Oculus Story Studio s ; it has since been corrected.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2019

was released to the main branch of the Oculus software or if it is still part of the Public Test Channel (which will eventually go live for all users at a later date). Oculus says that “most Rift apps on the Oculus Store built on Unreal Engine 4 and Unity already provide the depth information required to make ASW 2.0

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Defining Google ARCore Google ARCore is a software development kit (SDK) for Android’s operating system (OS). The ARCore SDK is currently available for Android, Android NDK, Unity for Android, iOS, and Unity for iOS, Unreal, and iOS. Additionally, beginners can reference the guides to launch their immersive environments.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. These are the software components that run on the AR devices and are the closest to the hardware.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

Today it can work with Unity, C++ and C#, but will soon have support for Unreal, Babylon, and React Native. Holographic rendering refers to Microsoft’s integration with Azure giving you the option to render locally using the power of the device you are on or rendering in the cloud. Holographic Rendering?—?Holographic Multiuser Sync?—?the

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

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. AFFORDANCE Affordance refers to the implicit understanding of an interaction and the purpose an item has. And here is why.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The XR space has a lot to offer, and as more firms enter the industry as software or hardware solution providers, the use cases for XR will expand. He also noted that Unreal and Unity will “try to catch up because the industrial segments are very important for them.”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together. All hardware and software should be able to work also with products of other vendors. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

” Apple software and services could gain $9 billion in revenue by 2020 as a result of operations related to augmented reality because there will be about 3.6 The developer kit works on Unity, Unreal, and Scenekit engines. ARKit provides a straightforward and powerful API that is easy to use.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

Revive is an injection driver project created by developer LibreVR which aims bridge the growing software gap between Oculus Home and SteamVR. Importantly however, you must still purchase games through Oculus Home in order to use the software, no matter which headset you’re playing with. Enter Revive.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Some days ago, two developers have found references to “RealityOS” both in the Apple Store logs and in an opensource repo by Apple. A 3D-based experience with six degrees of freedom built in Unity or Unreal Access to source code, with ability to implement a 2MB SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Maybe they will work with a phone, exploiting the new Qualcomm reference designs. According to some people, nReal are actually based on Qualcomm reference designs above all else; For sure Chi Xu has used some of the expertise gained in Magic Leap while running his new AR company. Mixed Reality software LIV is now out of early access.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

This week @LeapMotion will be at @CES w/ their next-gen reference design Click To Tweet. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. Click To Tweet This is why we created the Orion software, which is built from the ground up to tackle the unique challenges of hand tracking for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Virtualization: With the addition of NVIDIA virtual GPU software such as the Quadro Virtual Workstation we can support graphics workloads and powerful virtual workstation instances at scale for remote users, enabling larger workflows for high-end design, AI, and compute workloads. ? Max Power Consumption 300 W Form Factor 4.4″

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Crytek didn’t make it clear are they referring here to allowing developers to use both discrete and integrated GPU at the same time, anyway I am sure many developers are looking forward to implement this feature. However their roadmap of course doesn’t stop there, it also looks ahead to tweaks in CryEngine 5.4

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ARPost

JANUARY 17, 2023

These devices, typically used for virtual screens or screen mirroring from a paired device, often include spatial controls like ray casting but are arguably not “true” augmented reality and are sometimes referred to as “viewers” rather than “AR glasses.”. Wearable AR devices have huge potential all around the world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

NVIDIA has been one of the first companies that understood the potential of enterprise engineering and design collaboration in XR with its Holodeck software, whose trailer videos are still among the best to show the capabilities of XR collaborative environments. This “collaboration engine” is just the first part of what Nucleus allows.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The reference to the tether is a clear statement about the fact that Sony aims at offering quality, and it is not interested in the casual gamers that are the target of the Quest (for now). Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The nice thing about the work on the Crystal updates on the software and firmware sides is almost all of it applies to the 12K.” These new features would include eye-tracking, dynamic foveated rendering, IPD auto-adjustment, and stand-alone mod e: these will be enabled through future software updates.

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