XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity. The HaptX SDK contains tools to control G1’s feedback and input while a user is within an immersive application.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

This wearable headset comes with a wide field of view, surround sound, and eye-tracking capabilities already built-in. Tobii also produces screen-based eye-trackers, capable of capturing gaze data at speeds of up to 1200HZ. The tracking-system agnostic technology can also integrate with virtually any setup.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 has brought two interesting features with its release: Lumen and Nanite. Documentary “We Met In Virtual Reality” to release on HBO. The documentary “We Met In Virtual Reality” narrates the stories of some VRChat users that met in VR and keep living their relations inside it. Learn more. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

Two of the flagship solutions offered by the brand include the Nreal Light and Nreal Air headsets. Alongside wearable glasses, Nreal also produces solutions like the Nebula portal for Android, which projects 2D content into a 3D space. The company produces smart glasses, compatible with a range of gaming consoles and devices.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Haptics Studio and SDK leverage Unity and Unreal RT3D engines for creating AR/VR/MR content; Meta’s tools allow developers to integrate haptic experiences into Quest applications. What is Haptics Studio by Meta? Notably, the studio is future-proofed for upcoming Quest devices and legacy ones.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

What is the only wearable that people is keeping on their face all day? Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. Apple is really good at selling stuff. Yes, Airpods. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

flying not included) While the XR industry has mostly focused on displays and headsets, bHaptics released two new wearable vests that are designed to maximize the feels with multiple feedback points on the wearer’s torso. Image courtesy bHaptics?—?flying Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

Introduced in November 2022, the Sony Mocopi system combines a range of 6 wearable tracking devices with intelligent software. Users can get step-by-step instructions on how to import animations into other tools like Unreal. Plus, users can also leverage drag-and-drop plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

The Meta team is exploring augmented reality solutions designed to work with smartphones and smart glasses, as well as virtual reality environments compatible with a range of Oculus headsets. Metaverse environments built with SynergyXR can adapt to suit the needs of a variety of devices and wearable headsets.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Another good use case for virtual reality because if you’re training someone to handle a meltdown in a nuclear reactor, you might want to try doing that digitally first versus doing it physically. Also, in augmented reality, you can actually train someone while they’re doing the work.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Meta lays off people working on its custom chips An unconfirmed rumor unveiled that Meta is laying off people working on its “custom silicon for wearables team”, that is the team working on Meta’s custom chips. Plus this headset had many delays and now it can’t compete on the consumer side with the Quest 3 that has just launched.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

StarVR One features key technology innovations critical to redefine what’s possible in virtual reality. The ergonomic headset design supports comfortable wearability. Launched today at SIGGRAPH 2018 , StarVR One is a one-of-its-kind VR head mounted display that provides nearly 100-percent human viewing angle.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. .

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

I love virtual reality and can’t get enough of it, but lately, I haven’t been doing as much of it at work. My team at Shopify started on VR stuff back in 2015 but we’ve been really focused on augmented reality shopping as of late. Words can't describe how much this adds to social VR. Why do you make these prototypes?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to Aptiv, even people who had never touched a virtual reality headset before were still able to take part in the training. Through virtual reality, students can also learn more about how water flows through soil, affecting plants, air and humans in a multitude of ways. HTV VIVE, Unreal, and Nowa Era.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

Already the, virtual reality in gaming market is expected to grow to a value of $53.44 ARCore works seamlessly with a range of other tools, including the Unity and Unreal environments so that developers can bring all of their most valuable software together. billion by 2028, accelerating at a CAGR of 31.4%.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The news is interesting for three reasons: Smartwatches and smartglasses are closely related; This shows how Facebook is working on all kind of wearables , so it has a broader scope than just making AR/VR glasses. WebXR is the standard to provide augmented and virtual reality experiences on the web. Let them know! Learn more.

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Haptical

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

A great example would be a program called Virtual Relief. Through virtual reality patients with dementia are encouraged to use their cognitive functions in a safe and relaxed environment, thus practicing their planning, organizational and prioritization skills. Virtual reality can also help to treat severe paranoia.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Among the product announcements are an upgrade to the HP Z4 Workstation , the pending (March) release of the commercial-grade HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset – Professional Edition , an HP VR Launch Kit designed for specialized VR deployment, and the extension of HP’s Device as a Service offering to VR hardware. An HP Z4 Workstation.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. Next, Nonny De La Peña presented the Auggie for Best Social Impact to Soundshirt , a wearable that transforms audio into tactile stimulus. Announcements. Best Social Impact.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

“e-skin apparel is completely different from other wearable devices in the sense that first and foremost it’s still just a shirt that anyone can wear. The company will also be developing software compatibility to support MacOS, iOS, and Unreal Engine in the near future.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine. Then she has announced that in 1–2 months the startup will showcase the first prototypical version of the product in public live streams and in private demos to investors, customers, and partners. Try the MetaHumans in VR and more.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

At its recent Oculus Connect conference, where it was speaking to virtual reality fans and developers, Facebook made it very clear during its keynote “we are building AR glasses.” Note that I’m not talking about the confusion that comes from what the industry is struggling to call next-generation augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Is this the only supported programming language or devs can also use Unity and Unreal Engine? developers compared to the amount of Unity/Unreal devs is far less. I have no plans to provide Unity/Unreal support but if developers want to they could easily make a Unity rig for the Triton. Yes, Three.js The amount of Three.js

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

However, some of the underlying technologies, principles and potential paint for a very interesting picture on how a country with over a billion people could have access to consumer grade wearable computing. Connect to your smartphone, with split rendering of visuals via an affordable, light weight wearable glass that’s on you.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So within Accenture Interactive, we focus on user journeys, on strategy, on experiences, on marketing, and we’ve more recently — in the last two years — been looking at this new space of extended reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

So within Accenture Interactive, we focus on user journeys, on strategy, on experiences, on marketing, and we’ve more recently — in the last two years — been looking at this new space of extended reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Most importantly, the SDK comes with support for Unity Engine and Unreal Engine – you can build and test your own application almost immediately. “We recognized the problem of very high barrier of entry for Augmented Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Xiaomi , one of the biggest smartphone and wearables manufacturers in the world, has announced its smartglasses. Other relevant news. Image by Xiaomi). Xiaomi has announced its smartglasses. Yes, you’ve read everything well. It has 4.5DOF.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. “Cyberspace” was coined by SF author William Gibson.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Unreal Engine is not exactly the most friendly game engine when it comes to Android development, and that’s why Oculus has just released some facilities to help UE4 developers in iterating Oculus Quest applications faster. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables. Not a great evolution from Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If you are interested in ergonomics in virtual reality, today is your lucky day. June 28 th was a key date this year for a group of Virtual Reality enthusiasts who received on launch day, the first delivery of the new “ Valve Index ” PCVR system.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

One of the leading platforms for software development added improved support for Google’s upcoming Daydream VR platform. The new Google VR SDK 1.0 makes certain VR development tasks easier, so the developers can focus on building the main features of their VR applications and games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? So, I mean, our solution is compatible with all of them, because it’s based on Unity and Unreal and basically on the game engine. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? So, I mean, our solution is compatible with all of them, because it’s based on Unity and Unreal and basically on the game engine. Alan: Absolutely.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

Or because he’s been the first person attaching a Leap Motion to an Oculus DK1 with some duct tape, envisioning how hand tracking could be vital for virtual reality. AugmentedReality #xr #vr #wearable #unity #spatialcomputing pic.twitter.com/h2KAkgXWQq — Noah Zerkin (@noazark) February 15, 2019.

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