Upload VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Meta's built-in Quest Link feature also just got the ability to do this in v62, whereas it previously only forwarded this tracking data to development tools like the Unity editor. Previously Virtual Desktop only forwarded face and eye tracking to VRChat specifically. The update also adds 500 Mbps H.264+ 264+ bitrate support on Quest 3.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. It arguably offers the most fun and inspiring tools we have ever had for telling brand stories. Expert panelists survey the state of AR advertising at Brand Innovators. tech -> toy -> tool -> totality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

More info Unity fires around 300 employees While the news about Microsoft layoffs made headlines everywhere, it was more silent the second round of layoffs at Unity. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations? The survey takes about 15 minutes and covers VR, AR, and mixed reality sectors.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education. More Accessible Developer Tools VR solutions are becoming more popular in commercial settings and it’s expected that developing such solutions will become simpler in the coming years.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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AR Insider

JULY 9, 2021

A R continues to prove itself as a shopping tool. Specifically, LoopMe’s Christina Park cites her company’s survey data that show that almost 20 percent of consumers are more likely to pay attention to interactive ads, and 40% find AR try-ons useful. Let’s take these one at a time.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 30, 2016

Last year, we featured 6 kickass Unity assets with the power to bring your project to the next level. Since we’re giving away five $100 Unity/Unreal asset credits as part of our 2016 developer survey , we thought we’d share some more cool stuff you can buy with cold hard virtual cash. Custom Pointer ($17). PhysicsRecorder.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The report surveyed respondents from September last year to June to discuss findings across some of the world’s top firms, including Unity Technologies, HTC, manufacturers such as Jaguar Land Rover, and media firm Yahoo, among many others. XR Firms Secure Next-Gen Tracking Tools. What’s the Deal on Data?

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Eye Tracking Data Survey Finland 81

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 3, 2023

The most notable example in recent times is the evolution of video conferencing tools, following the hybrid and remote boom following the pandemic. Additionally, 86 percent of firms surveyed expect to incorporate eCommerce solutions and digital platforms. The world is still adjusting to these new expectations to improve ROI.

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ARPost

JULY 9, 2019

We’re hoping the app will reach other audiences that want new tools or ways to explore a story.”. See Also: 63% of Advertising Creatives Struggle with AR Technology Adoption, Unity Survey Finds. “We knew we had a killer story and a killer moment for us to reach a broader audience with new technology,” Poe said.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 16, 2022

The Washington, DC-based association will also work with the EWG amid its partnership with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to survey roughly 500 educators and staff about their thoughts on XR technologies in the classroom, the organisation explained in a statement.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

That’s everything from retailers to brands to entertainment companies using AR tools like Unity, 8th Wall and Adobe Aero. Moreover, Quest and market share leader PSVR are priced at or under $399 — the point where demand inflects according to ARtillery’s consumer survey with Thrive Analytics.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

This is partly because AR/VR experiences generate unique and unstructured user behaviours, compared to the ‘Internet of clicks, taps and likes,’ as well as a reliance on legacy toolkits like web analytics, surveys, and others. Our Unity plug-in is now live so users can easily add IoB to projects.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 14, 2020

A Grid Raster survey this spring found that 56 percent of executives said they had already implemented virtual or augmented reality, and 27 percent had fully deployed their solution and were looking to scale it up. Then, a funnel was created through Unity Analytics to evaluate how many employees completed the original baseline steps.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The responsibility also falls into the hands of the headset vendors who advertise their products as suitable workplace tools. This also affects long-term adoption rates for XR as poor-performing workplace XR tools will lead to a decline in interest and faith among end-users.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I want to highlight 3 reports: Steam Hardware survey. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Superdata XR Update) More info (Digicapital Report). More info (Facebook Spaces shutting down) More info (Oculus’s new social VR tools explained). Facebook works on new tools for environment understanding.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Adobe XD is a very powerful tool that UI/UX designers use to produce mockups of applications. Top news of the week. Register now.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

The team at ENGAGE already experimented with this and made ENGAGE work in an environment created by this tool Meta has released its new language model LLAMA 2 completely open source to everyone. Let me copy-paste for you what it is about: AR/VR creators, this survey is for you. Take the survey before it closes, on August 6.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR…. Then, it guarantees that there is an open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal, so if in the future Meta wants to build its own engine, it could start doing that by forking Godot. Some XR fun.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

Virtual reality hasn’t caught on with American teens, according to a new survey from Piper Sandler released on Tuesday. I watched the Game Developers Conference presentations from Nvidia , Unreal Engine , and Unity. And it’s not just Unreal and Unity. (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.) million units.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first one is the usual SteamVR hardware survey. Apart from highlighting that the Rift S is expanding its size and that the Valve Index is now selling well, the survey shows that VR users on Steam are continuously growing. Unity now supports Vulkan for Oculus Quest. It may be a good tool for XR developers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Following this announcement, we partnered with Unity and Audi and for a US roadshow that brought us from Los Angeles to San Francisco. A while ago you announced a partnership with Pico and Unity. Developers manage their access to the Elastic SDK, choose between a variety of tutorials, sample files, experience tools, and much more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In enterprise metaverses, companies create digital twins of offices and other environments and align employees with virtual tools and communication apps. For instance, elements include advanced networks, cognitive tools, digital twins, and advanced robotics. It’s a collection of innovative tools and applications.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Market analysis firm ARtillery Intelligence has conducted a survey about VR in the US. VR animation tool Quill has proved to be an interesting tool for creators these years. Yes, you’ve read everything well. VR adoption is on the rise, but interest towards VR is not. Facebook returns Quill to its creator.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

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. One of the most interesting findings, that have been discovered by Upload VR , is that only 40% of the Gear VR users currently use the provided remote!

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2019

It includes Unity , Amazon Sumerian and Adobe Aero. In many cases, the intended users for these tools are creative professionals. Elsewhere is evidence from a recent Unity report that likewise supports a somewhat optimistic view of the opportunity to provide creative professionals with AR development tools (as Unity does).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

The biggest news of the week is the one that you can see in the above graph: i n the Steam Hardware Survey for April, it is possible to see a big spike of connected headsets. More info (Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Facebook’s revenues for Q1 2020) More info (Quest and Rift S stock, updated) More info (SuperData’s report).

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Virtual Reality Machine Learning Augmented Reality Oculus 223

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We were using VR not as a thing to study in and of itself, but we were using it as a tool to run more rigorous social psych studies. We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. For four years, I stayed at UCSB and I learned how to program VR.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2021

As for the report details and methodology, Snap and Publicis commissioned market research firm Alter Agents to conduct a three-part survey in the U.S., The survey sample includes 1000 consumers, aged 13-49. That ecosystem is coming together as we speak, including ubiquitous 3D experience-creation platforms like Unity.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And with AR-as-a-service, enterprises pay for tools to develop AR. Seeing revenue and doubling down on it, Facebook and Snap are increasingly catering to these brands with tools to lower barriers for AR lens creation and capability. Our survey data with Thrive Analytics supports this. Lastly, there’s AR-as-a-service (ARaaS).

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ARVR

JULY 23, 2021

As for the report details and methodology, Snap and Publicis commissioned market research firm Alter Agents to conduct a three-part survey in the U.S., The survey sample includes 1000 consumers, aged 13–49. That ecosystem is coming together as we speak, including ubiquitous 3D experience-creation platforms like Unity.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Seeing that revenue and doubling down on it, Facebook, Snapchat and a few others are increasingly providing brands with tools to lower barriers for AR lens creation and capability. ARtillery consumer survey data support that. And with ARaaS, consumer-facing enterprises pay for tools to build AR for their customers.

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AR Trends Amazon Survey 220

AR Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Seeing that revenue and doubling down on it, Facebook, Snapchat and a few others are increasingly catering to brands with tools to lower barriers for AR lens creation and capability. ARtillery consumer survey data support that. And with ARaaS, consumer-facing enterprises pay for tools to build AR for their customers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

OpenBCI has been making open-source tools for neuroscience and biosensing since 2014. On the software side, we’ll be enabling users to bring tightly time-locked data into development engines like Unity and by building on open-source protocols like BrainFlow , the raw data will be available in most common programming languages as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

I remember in the beginning of 2017, we had some kind of survey, and unfortunately for every 51 developer, there was only one headset in any institution or in a startup cluster. And I think the tools are starting to come that will allow anybody, in any organization to start making this content. Ferhan: Okay.

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