Road to VR

APRIL 15, 2022

Now the company, which owns Unreal Engine and popular battle royale shooter Fornite , says it’s secured $2 billion to further build out its future metaverse platforms. Sony has become somewhat of a serial investor in Epic. That’s before the ‘metaverse’ buzzword erupted, but it’s clear where Sony was headed.

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MAY 12, 2019

Brought to life using a combination of Unreal Engine and volumetric capture, these augmented holograms would appear sporadically throughout the performance, disappearing into puffs of smoke around the original Madonna seemingly at random. Image Credit: UMG.

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab , the platform that lets you view, share, and download 3D models via traditional monitors and AR/VR headsets, today announced its been acquired by Unreal Engine creators Epic Games. Sketchfab says it will continue to support other game engines, Unity included.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 4, 2023

This Monday, Luma AI debuted a plugin for NVIDIA NeRF, a volumetric capture and immersive content creation suite which enables developers to run their designs on Unreal Engine 5 as a real-time render. The update allows Unreal developers to run Luma AI volumetric renderings locally.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Based on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , AmazeVR also developed its technical foundation with Roc Nation in 2020, leading to a further $15 million. In a teaser on the group’s Facebook Reels, A7X posted a 24-second trailer of the experience. Additionally, it allows the group to connect with current generations of fans.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In December of last year, Khronos group made headlines for adding Epic Games to the list of companies in support of their pursuit of an API standard for virtual and augmented reality. A couple months later, that standard now has a name as Khronos unveils the OpenXR working group at GDC 2017.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

Unreal Engine by Epic Games, the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool, today announced the winners of its ‘Shorts India Program’, successfully concluding its inaugural edition in India. Below are the Unreal Engine's top entries. Technicolor & Neha, Ruchir – DEVMASA. link] Holocraft – KARU.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Meta is funding a group of Godot veterans to improve the engine's support for OpenXR and Quest feature extensions, as well as to build high-quality samples and documentation. If you're not familiar with it, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal.

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MAY 19, 2022

The ‘Hyperreality Initiative,’ as it’s referred to by Dark Slope, will utilize the new Unreal Engine 5 game engine to deliver high-quality visuals as well as a combination of haptic feedback technology to further immerse contestants in the experience. Image Credit: Dark Slope.

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

Khronos Group is attempting to create a standard API (application program interface) across VR components and, announced via press release , they recently received the co-sign from Epic Games. We spoke with the president of Khronos Group, Neil Trevett, about the development and its implications.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2016

The Future Group has raised $20 million for its technology that blends real-world video with virtual worlds to immerse people inside what feels like an interactive game show. Above: The Future Group’s Jens Petter Hoili (left) and Bård Anders Kasin. Image Credit: The Future Group. Image Credit: The Future Group.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Now, an AR experience by Falcon’s Creative Group for the National Geographic Association in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute is changing how we see her. To help bring visitors into that world, NGM called on Florida-based Falcon’s Creative Group. The Partners. The National Geographic Museum is located in Washington DC.

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Road to VR

APRIL 14, 2022

Image courtesy Khronos Group. in 2019, and picked up significant steam in 2021 with official support on SteamVR , Meta going “all in” on OpenXR, “production-ready” OpenXR support in Unreal Engine , and more. OpenXR has seen a slow but steady adoption since reaching version ‘1.0’

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Image courtesy Khronos Group. version of the standard was announced in 2019 and has been slowly but steadily finding its way into key VR platforms and game engines like Oculus Quest & Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, Unity, Unreal Engine, SteamVR, and more. SteamVR version 1.16

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2021

Despite being among the early supporters of the OpenXR consortium—the industry group building the open standard for XR devices—Sony so far seems to have avoided making a specific commitment to implement OpenXR on PSVR or its next-gen headset. OpenXR is an open standard developed under the Khronos Group. Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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JULY 29, 2019

It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies have been actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group.

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2022

Unlocking New Capabilities by Merging the Real and the Unreal. The early adopters of this program include an engineering-led construction firm, CIMIC Group, which uses the plugin to build immersive representations of its projects and monitor progress virtually in real time. The launch of ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity version 1.0

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2019

Intel’s Brent Insko has taken over as the Chair of the OpenXR working group after Epic’s Nick Whiting passed the torch. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies are actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group. Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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ARPost

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Khronos Group member company offers interior solutions like asset centralization for remote collaboration on models, but they also offer models that can be used on a company’s website front-end for e-commerce. Let’s meet them both and talk about what their partnership means for AR and e-commerce. Meet VNTANA. VNTANA 3D web viewer.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration. The new stereo-foveated rendering improves eye-tracking features, and the feature is widespread – already finding a home on Unity, Unreal, and NVIDIA Omniverse.

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MARCH 10, 2020

The team then proceeded to display the impressive level of accuracy afforded by their system via a series of group interactions. Antilatency software is compatible with a variety of headsets as well as engines, including various plugins for Unity, Unreal, and native C++/C# APIs, with support for Windows, Android, and Linux platforms.

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MAY 16, 2024

Shawn Frayne, Co-founder & CEO of Looking Glass , gives a sense of the wide range of use cases for its 16” and 32” displays: “We’ve seen so many industries and individuals benefit from our group-viewable spatial displays. For the best possible group-view experience , you can broadcast 45 to 100 views.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Many global startups and individuals have entered the immersive filming industry, paving the way for recognition across genres and awards groups.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Image courtesy Khronos Group. Facebook, Microsoft, Valve, Unreal Engine, and others have been making progress toward supporting OpenXR in their platforms and now Unity says it’s moving to do the same. Earlier this year the standard took a huge step forward by announcing the start of certifications for compliant implementations.

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ARVR

JULY 22, 2020

If you count yourself among that group, you need tools that you can use. Developers build everything in Unity or Unreal, including all training modules. The only path would be for you to become a Unity or Unreal developer. The developers code and create that content in Unity or Unreal. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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JULY 9, 2017

The Future Group wants to change that by making game shows more interactive with mixed reality technology. The Future Group also created another technology, dubbed Frontier, that enables esports broadcast producers to insert animated characters into a broadcast in real time. Game shows have been losing younger audiences for some time.

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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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MAY 16, 2023

In a pre-covid world, the Chinese AR hardware firm became embroiled in a legal dispute with Epic Games, the parent company of the RT3D engine Unreal. The accusing firm argued that the trademarks ‘Nreal’ and ‘Unreal’ were visually similar and could create confusion as both parties work with the same technology partners.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

One leading XR streaming solution provider is Innoactive, which leverages RT3D engines from Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA to promote the adoption of workplace XR services – allowing clients to distribute XR applications directly to a range of end-devices with the compute processing happening remotely on the cloud.

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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. This, he thinks, will prompt the growth of the number of VR consumers.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Many global startups and individuals have entered the immersive filming industry, paving the way for recognition across genres and awards groups.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Steam is widely considered the de facto platform for PC games, VR or otherwise, but Unreal Engine creators Epic Games want change that with a new storefront that they say will leave more revenue to developers than Steam and other major digital distribution platforms. Image courtesy Epic Games.

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VRScout

JULY 8, 2020

Starring well-known internet personalities ZombiUnicorn, TheSushiDragon, Darth Lexii, and Alex Drastal, InstaQuest follows an eclectic group of hardened warriors on a dangerous quest through a war-torn land. Each of the visuals presented were created using the Unreal Game Engine, resulting in high-quality animations, textures, and lighting.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

Developed by The Future Group and FreemantleMedia (the company responsible for American Idol and X Factor ), Lost In Time is a Norwegian game show that uses interactive mixed reality technology combined with a customized green screen studio to transport contestants to different landscapes scattered across time and space. Hopefully U.S.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The award-winning artist combines her groundbreaking style of artistry and storytelling with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and Abelton. Regarding music, Samantha Tauber, Chief Executive and Founder, VNCCII , explored the topic of creativity via XR technologies in the music scene. She is also a regular contributor to the XR Big News series.

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JUNE 20, 2023

The platform has been a critical building block for developers across productivity, gaming and entertainment, health, education, training and other verticals to deliver innovative apps based on the world’s most popular development engines: Unity and Unreal.

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