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Timberland, Epic Games Build Fortnite Metaverse

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Timberland® CONSTRUCT:10061 created in Fortnite, powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. An augmented reality (AR)-based Metaboots immersive experience also taps Unreal Engine’s high-fidelity capabilities via Sketchfab and Unreal Engine’s Quixel Megascans, which overlays AR Metaboots on real-world environments.

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Google & Digilens

AR Insider

On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. Soon, you will be able to superimpose your real self into a virtual world through Oculus casting. We were not confused.

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BMW Unveils Mixed Reality Driving Experience

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The new technology converts the entire M2 vehicle as a controller for the MR system, using cutting-edge immersive solutions from Helsinki’s Varjo Technologies to merge the real and virtual worlds. The vehicle will merge with the physical and virtual world of the users.

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A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) realityI.

AllThingsVR

A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) reality I hold in my hands what looks and feels like a wand from a Harry Potter film. It was 3D-printed right here, in the high-tech workshop where I’m standing. The difference is that the screens actually put you into that world. Read more here.

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Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, Early Bird Passes from $199

Road to VR

Development — Get hands-on training for how to build the world’s best VR applications, from tutorials covering the latest Oculus Mobile and PC SDKs, to workshops on top game engines including Unity and Unreal. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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4 Ways The Metaverse May (Positively) Impact Your Business Operations

Bernard Marr

Then, they could give AR-enhanced instructions to help the customer fix the issue themselves – no need for the customer to send the product away or take it to a workshop or for technicians to make house calls. Thanks to metaverse-building tools like Unreal Engine 5, it’s easy to build your own virtual world where colleagues can collaborate.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is also used to substitute workshops and speeches usually employing Youtube Videos or Youtube Live Streams ; VR events , made in virtual reality in platforms like ENGAGE, Somnium Space, Mozilla Hubs, VIRBela, etc…. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects. Who knows….