UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

Founders Graham Gaylor & Jesse Joudrey plan to keep it that way for the “foreseeable future” Like other social VR experiences before it, the app will allow friends to meet up online in virtual environments with personalized avatars and talk, share videos and more. The VRChat team, which raised $1.2

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2016

This video showcases a new redirected walking implementation project that creates an “unlimited” virtual corridor in a space just 5 x 7 metres in size. Redirected walking (RDW) is a technique which aims to maximise the physical space of a virtual reality playspace by tricking your senses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Since I have worked on some VR concerts myself (and one even got featured on the Unity blog), I thought my opinion could be valuable for someone… at least for the Stageverse developers that so have some feedback about what to improve. but I thought it could be interesting to write some short first impressions about it.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Getting that directional audio to interact in realistic ways with the virtual environment itself is the next challenge, and getting it right came make VR spaces feel far more real. In the video heading this article, you can hear how much information can be derived about the physical shape of the scene from the audio alone.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

One of the videos from Oculus Connect 5 that stuck in my mind till tody is when Michael Abrash showed a real space transformed into a virtual one that has exactly the same shape, but a different mood. This video is from 2018, but I still dream about it today. In that moment, I regret not having visited it before.

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Road to VR

JUNE 29, 2017

Google plans to test the format on Cardboard (Android and iOS), Daydream, and Gear VR platforms, and has created a form for developers to apply for the early access program, described as a ‘VR Ads plugin for Unity’, which suggests the ad system will be easily plugged into existing VR content, similar to mobile ad platforms that exist today.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It combines Azure cloud technologies with Microsoft Graph, Microsoft 365 apps (like Teams), and tools from Unity, the popular XR engine millions of developers use worldwide. Microsoft Mesh for Teams simply brings the power of the Mesh ecosystem to your existing Teams environment. Custom spaces can be saved as templates for future use.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2020

The full video is shown down in the article. It has been an interesting experiment during the lockdown times; VR is better than audio/video for events since it increases focus by 48.6% While the Cosmos XR was at the AR voice (because it lets you do passthrough-AR), the teased Vive Proton was listed in the Augmented Virtuality section.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They do it by using a stereo depth camera, recording video and depth data simultaneously. They then feed the stereo data in real-time into Unity using a custom plugin and a custom shader to cutout and depth sort the user directly in the engine renderer. image courtesy Owlchemy Labs.

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ARPost

JULY 3, 2023

So today, there are platforms to play movies, to play videos, but there is no platform to play AR content,” said Christian Ruiz, CCO of ARVision Games, in a recent interview at VivaTech. All they need is a mobile device to project the virtual environment into their physical surroundings.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

One of them was the Immersive Visualisation Room, which had a 5 x 5-metre space where users display 360 videos, Insta360 live streams, Unity-based architectural models, Matterport-based photogrammetry models, and immersive presentations built on Slides. In 2023, Igloo Vision showcased its various immersive spaces.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The PokéLens tech demo was recorded with the headset’s on-board HD video camera, allowing for a full capture of both the real and virtual environment.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen. When watching Vermeulen’s videos, you can see that in some of his experiments he is using VR controllers in an AR environment. Though it’s not perfect, Vermeulen states that it does allow for good proof-on-concept videos.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The tech promises sound which very realistically responds to a virtual environment and would serve as an improvement over the standard 3D audio. In the demo video below you can hear the audio change as a player moves around a virtual room. The tech supports PC, Mac, Linux and Android.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

See Also: FIVARS February Edition Showcases Virtual Reality Storytelling. FIVARS creator Keram Malicki-Sánchez was nominated for Creator of the Year, his music video for “Rook” was nominated in the Video Experience and Entertainment categories, and his other XR event, VR Toronto, is nominated for World of the Year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

Developers can quickly add the free SDK to their Unity-based VR games, which allows users to easily set up, broadcast, or record mixed reality gameplay footage with the help of the utility. Unfortunately, capturing good mixed reality video is not a painless process for developers or users. Photo courtesy Blueprint Reality.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

The Forma platform allows companies to create their own virtual environments for meetings and interactions rapidly, then embed virtual content into physical environments via real-time streaming. Unity Unity stands as one of the market leaders in software development for the metaverse landscape and the XR economy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Combining intuitive virtual environments with customizable avatars and spatial audio, Immersive Spaces allows employees to interact and connect like never before. Employees can connect with colleagues in a virtual environment that simulates natural office interactions. The solution supports C# and.Net Core.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Jaymis Loveday’s most recent mixed reality video project was filmed with a helpful robot camera assistant. Loveday seems to be something of a mad scientist working in Australia, creating the first music video built in Tilt Brush. In the video below, you can see him place a reference image in the scene as he begins.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 22, 2021

The Virtual Burn is being created by devoted teams of independent technologists, who are building six wholly unique virtual experiences that will welcome anyone from around the globe August 22 through September 7, 2021. Here are some numbers from the 2020 Virtual Burn. What were your stats for 2020?

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

There are lots of tests that must be done on VRChat to see what is feasible because in VRChat you can develop using Unity, but you can’t write C# scripts and this kills completely lots of possibilities for us developers. Also involved in the project are tech startups such as SoWhen? You should see it.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Roughly 60 judges nominated ARuVR out of 450 global applications for two additional categories – ‘Most Innovative New Learning Technologies Product’ and ‘Best Use of Simulations or Virtual Environments for Learning.’ . The immersive demonstration provides live 360-degree immersive interactive videos for students.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Earlier this year Oculus CTO John Carmack revealed a new video playback technique designed to bring high-resolution video to mobile headsets like Oculus Go. But then along came a new method for playing back 360 video content on Oculus Go. SEE ALSO Carmack Details New 5K Mobile VR Playback Tech, Releases Sample for Developers.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This doesn't much matter for watching traditional video content, as most of it is in widescreen aspect ratio anyways. That’s reason #1 that Vision Pro can't be practically used outdoors, and why the videos you see of people doing this are influencers chasing clout, not honestly depicting a practical use case.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel solution to the problem of wearable haptics for augmented reality. The researchers say their system “adds physical forces while keeping the users’ hands free to interact unencumbered.”

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VRScout

MARCH 18, 2017

Right now, the VR industry hosts a variety of mobile and console options—but the former is fixed-position (meaning that, no matter where you move your body, your viewpoint stays the same) and the latter includes a tether, a prospect that renders “losing yourself” to a virtual environment a bit risky (don’t trip!).

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Sinespace , a virtual world platform from OpenSim co-founder Adam Frisby, launched its virtual reality beta last week and reports 20 percent weekly user growth. Previously, the Unity-based social virtual world was only available for desktop clients. Virtual meeting. Unity 3D user interface for Sinespace.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Try-on solutions that allow you to test cosmetics or clothes before buying, AR avatars and filters available to users on a smartphone can help businesses to communicate with customers even in a virtual environment. Check out this video to learn more about it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

We’re looking for a Unity dev for a freelance gig lasting 1–2 months, ideally from Italy or a nearby country (for easier management). It is in Italian, but basically it says that we’re looking for a Unity dev with preferred experience with VR and/or multiplayer games. Unity Reflect its a great XR tool for enterprise customers.

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ARVR

JUNE 11, 2020

Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Simply put, VR is the term used to present a computer-generated 3d environment that any person can interact and explore with, bridging the gaps between both the physical and digital worlds.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

APRIL 29, 2021

Way back in the dim and distant era of 2009 I was exploring a lot of tools to help me build virtual environments with avatars and characters that could be animated, typically in Unity. The original demo video went like this. At the time I was exploring Evolver , which in the end was bought by Autodesk in 2011.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. The Evolution of Brand Ambassadors.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

Maybe the highlight of today is that the company is releasing VRWorks Audio and 360 Video software development kits. So lets recap all that came to our knowledge today: VRWorks is a comprehensive suite of APIs, libraries, and engines that enable application and headset developers to create amazing virtual reality experiences.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This year's Winter showcase featured nearly 70 videos that showed the future of VR and mixed reality gaming. The Events at Unity Farm Mixing magic with Lovecraftian horror, The Events At Unity Farm received a new trailer following the recent Magic & Melee update. Missed our new announcements at UploadVR Winter 2023 Showcase?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The good news is that Oculus is continuously improving it : in this video reported by journalist David Heaney, you can see some hands tracking performances that Oculus has obtained in the lab, including hands interacting the one with the other and external objects held in the hands. I imagine Oculus enabling this in the future, but not now.

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