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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based Unity’s started out at the low end, enabling mobile devices to run better 2D and 3D graphics.

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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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. According to a PwC report , businesses are likely to become “metaverse power users.”

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Oculus announces the Oculus Start program to help aspiring developers during their VR creation journey.

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Oculus did a survey of its developers and found that 50 percent are self-funded so this program will go a long way to help the VR ecosystem. In addition to access to developer kits for new and existing hardware participants will receive one year free Unity Plus license or a royalty-free Unreal license.

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6 More Amazing Unity Assets for Orion VR

Leapmotion

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).

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CORTEXR Launches XR Data Analytics Tool

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The Brighton, UK-based firm will also allow immersive content creators to analyse their projects across gaming engines, devices, and content, the company explained, adding its Unity-based plugin had launched with further support for Unreal Engine and 8th Wall over the next few months.

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5 Unreal Assets for Your Next Orion VR Project

Leapmotion

With our 2016 developer survey in full swing, we thought we’d share some great assets that you could buy with one of five $100 Unity/Unreal asset credit prizes! Completely free for Unreal development, the 7,600 art and sound assets on the Marketplace represent $3 million in content development. VFX Weather Pack – $19.99.

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ByteDance-owned VR startup Pico strengthens ties with Qualcomm

TechCrunch VR

of the global VR headset usage in January, according to Steam’s survey. ” It also includes handy developer kits for mainstream 3D engines, including Unity and Epic Games’ Unreal. Despite being a leading VR brand in China, Pico is nowhere close to the scale of Oculus’s user reach or creator ecosystem.

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