Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2018

Both headsets support the Oculus Mobile SDK, the software which currently allows developers to build apps for Samsung’s Gear VR headset (which runs Oculus’ software and store). In order to support those other headsets, developers will need to build using the Mi VR SDK (which supports Unity and Unreal).

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Some people are migrating to Unreal Engine or Godot. It can come also in handy if the Apple Watch has to become an input system for Apple XR headsets… PS A final piece of news is that Epic is evaluating native support for Vision Pro for its Unreal Engine! Others have stopped using Unity Ads, Unity’s main source of revenue.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi. Defining Google ARCore Google ARCore is a software development kit (SDK) for Android’s operating system (OS). Moreover, ARCore expanded its device coverage across 2023.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A two year renovation has transformed The Crossroads lobby into an interactive digital experience powered by Unreal Engine. For the woodland creatures that roam inside of the digital windows, the design team turned to Unreal Engine’s AI-driven animations to bring the animals to life and have them respond naturally to your presence.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Facebook operating system, pervasive of all devices (Portal, Quest, Smartwatch, etc…) could give Facebook the same power as Apple: having full control of hardware and software , with also complete interoperability. The most viral news of the week has for sure been the one about MetaHuman Creator, a new software for Unreal Engine.

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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. This follows similar news from Samsung, who have noted that smartphone sales are decreasing and, in response, they are investing more in XR devices.

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VRGuy

JANUARY 20, 2016

Excluding Gear VR ($100 if you already have a fairly new Samsung phone), is there any good solution in-between? Software platforms, like OSVR, would continue to allow games to modulate the required computing power. Software platforms, like OSVR, would continue to allow games to modulate the required computing power.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Their phones can be used for some low-end VR, via the Cardboard platform from Google, but they haven’t had anything of their own to match the higher-end Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View headsets. The developer kit works on Unity, Unreal, and Scenekit engines. ” Google’s ARCore to compete with ARKit.

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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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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. We don’t really have any software to show on it. Read on for the full interview.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Furthermore, Brian Ballard highlighted how, despite improvements in XR technologies, end users have been solving a problem rather than simply innovating headsets, software, and solutions. This also open the door for Epic and their Unreal Engine to shine and capture the entire XR development market.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The obvious answer is the ethos behind ThreeKit’s product customization software, which CTO Ben Houston joins Alan to discuss. We started making-- this company originally was creating software for Hollywood films, and we did that quite successfully on a lot of films. So Unreal and Unity do have abilities to go on the web.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

This could also be a move to counteract the probable future actions of Samsung, that is rumored to announce an amazing AR/VR hybrid standalone headset; The showcase of a new pro device based on the Half-Dome prototype , to fight the Valve Index… and that will become the Rift Pro; The announcement of a new Facebook Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Microsoft is keeping pursuing AR, and in fact, part of the resources that were devoted to HoloLens 3 are now dedicated to what is known as project Bondi, which is the AR glasses that Microsoft is building with Samsung. Gleechi SDK can improve interactions in XR. I can’t wait to try it myself.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. Vive Focus comes to the west.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

More info Samsung is still on track to deliver its headset Samsung’s president of mobile experience, TM Roh, has spoken with CNET about the XR strategy of the company. Then he talked about the ecosystem and the fact that Samsung wants to create an open ecosystem around XR where many partners can operate in.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

The environment where she has performed in was made in Unreal Engine and the modeling and the shading was so good that for a moment I thought it was a real studio. The robot’s software is built on the popular open-source robotics operating system, ROS 2 and its price is not that high considering its potentialities: 17,000$.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. We also got hyped for an experimental input device which promised to bring electromagnetic field powered positional input tracking to Samsung Gear VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. And so my co-founder at his lab in Oxford really just invented a way to do that in real time on a regular phone, all in-software. firm investing in AR solutions.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. And so my co-founder at his lab in Oxford really just invented a way to do that in real time on a regular phone, all in-software. firm investing in AR solutions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league. There are dozens of games already available for the PS VR and it can be overwhelming to look at the PSN Store or gaming store shelves to see so many options.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. And so my co-founder at his lab in Oxford really just invented a way to do that in real time on a regular phone, all in-software. firm investing in AR solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

The shutdown of its main XR hardware project makes us all think that Google will try to do in XR what it is already doing with smartphones: become the software platform that many hardware OEMs use. Let’s see: Google is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung on a mixed-reality headset. I’m curious to see how this will turn out to be.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung. I guess that Oculus will fix this with a software update in the future. On Unreal Engine, the Wave SDK for the Vive Focus has lots of issues. Both headsets feature a pentile AMOLED display with 1440×1600 resolution per eye. Colors are very bright.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2016

Darling has built her own stereoscopic camera solution with stitching software and plans to offer it at a low entry price of $250, to allow easy access to cam girls who wish to enter into the market. In the same report, it also claims that 3 out of 4 headset owners own a mobile VR viewer such as the Google Cardboard or Samsung GearVR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. It is a software solution that lets you connect your Oculus Quest to the PC so that you can “transform” your Oculus Quest into a PC VR headset.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. 13- Amitt Mahajan. 14- Kai Liang.

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