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Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab, the Massive 3D Object Library Compatible with AR/VR Headsets

Road to VR

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. “We are proud to work alongside Epic to build the Metaverse and enable creators to take their work even further.”.

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Axon Park To Offer Expert Level In-Headset VR Design Course

VRScout

Survios CTO Alex Silkin will teach a semester-long course called Unreal Engine VR Master Class. Courtesy of VR education startup Axon Park , the ‘Unreal Engine VR Master Class’ will debut in VR this autumn. Axon Park holds that there are some prerequisites to consider when applying for the Unreal Engine VR Master Class.

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Survios CTO to Teach Full Semester VR Development Course in a Virtual Classroom

Road to VR

Now, Survios CTO and co-founder Alex Silkin is set to share his experience by teaching a full semester course on expert-level Unreal Engine VR development. “I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with VR since 2012 and contribute to the development of many innovative VR systems over these years. .

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ZeniMax Seeks Injunction to Halt Oculus’ Use Rift & Gear VR SDK and More

Road to VR

The filing also appears to indicate that ZeniMax wants the original campaign video for the 2012 Oculus Kickstarter to be barred from use, which includes footage of John Carmack, a key figure in the lawsuit, demonstrating a very early Rift prototype at E3 2012.

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Leap Motion Releases Major Tracking Update and New Demos to Show It Off

Road to VR

Founded in 2010, Leap Motion released its initial product (today called the ‘ Leap Motion Controller ‘) in 2012, a desktop-focused peripheral which offered markerless hand-tracking. .” The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows , alongside three new demos to try it out for yourself.

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‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game

Road to VR

If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Now under the banner of his own studio, Boss Key Productions, Bleszinski says he’s been seeking funding to develop a big budget VR title.

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SkyReal’s VR CAD visualization makes companies save up to 40% of product development time

The Ghost Howls

Using SkyReal, the company is able to take the CAD design of the product and transform it on the fly in a multiplayer solution inside Unreal Engine. In 2012, Airbus decided to use and deploy our project on the design office of the program A350 XWB and we started to learn how much benefit it could be.

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