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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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Magic Leap Launches Developer SDK, Confirms Eye-tracking, Room-scanning, and More

Road to VR

Announced with support for both Unity and Unreal, the Lumin SDK exposes the capabilities of the Magic Leap One headset to developers who can use it to begin building augmented reality experiences for the platform. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Spatialized audio.

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Varjo Launches Its XR Cloud Streaming Platform, Support for Unity & Unreal Planned

Road to VR

At the outset the company is targeting the automotive industry, but plans to enable enterprises more broadly with support for Unity & Unreal Engine. That is to say that the company is making use of the eye-tracking tech in its headsets to more smartly decide where to trade quality for compression to reduce the bandwidth required.

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Most Popular XR Hand and Eye Tracking Reviews 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

As XR technologies become more accessible for companies and consumers alike, the demand for immersive hand and eye tracking solutions is growing. With tracking technologies, companies can build more immersive experiences for XR users. Here are some of our most popular hand and eye tracking tools to guide your purchasing choices.

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7Invensun aGlass DK II unboxing, setup and review: a great dev kit for eye tracking in VR

The Ghost Howls

In China I met the company 7Invensun , that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking. Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces. aGlass DK II box on top of HTC Vive one. The device.

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7Invensun is a Chinese company that wants to disrupt the VR eye tracking sector

The Ghost Howls

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. All VR interfaces will change with the introduction of eye tracking, becoming more intuitive. Let’s talk a bit about eye tracking. Yes, it is! Hello 7Invensun!

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Firewall Ultra Is Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

Upload VR

First Contact Entertainment reveals Firewall Ultra is one of the first PSVR 2 games running on Unreal Engine 5. Asked about Early Access Unreal Engine 5 VR development for Firewall Ultra , First Contact detailed the challenges involved: It’s fair to say, it’s uncharted waters.

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