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DECEMBER 13, 2024

Owlchemy Labs and Resolution Games announced they’re adopting support for Android XR, bringing some of their most popular titles to Google’s upcoming XR operating system. Android XR is set to make its debut on Samsung’s ‘Project Moohan’ mixed reality headset , which is slated for consumer launch sometime in 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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MAY 7, 2020

Because VR teleportation is so 2016. The company will also be providing their own Unity Software Development Kit, allowing developers access to the raw data from both the sensors as well as the haptic feedback motors. VR has come a long way over since launch of the Oculus DK1.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Samsung's first standalone headset is coming in 2025, running Google's new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. I went hands-on with an early headset developer kit showcasing Google's software and Samsung's hardware. Beyond this, Samsung isn't yet sharing specifications.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced Daydream VR platform , an initiative that’s poised to bring low latency VR to a number of select Android smartphones later this fall, wasn’t exactly what the Internet was expecting when it heard about Google wanting to make its own VR headset. Watch Google I/O 2016 Livestream.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

A new report from Super Data offers new estimates for the market size of virtual reality in 2016, suggesting 6.3 million VR headsets were shipped in the whole of 2016. Clocking in at number two on the list is the PlayStation VR with sales “approaching a million” by the end of 2016. The report estimates 4.5

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Google’s Tilt Brush app is evolving from a new way for artists to create into an important new tool in a developer’s arsenal. Google VR (@googlevr) January 19, 2017. Today, Google is expanding the Toolkit with some vital new features. Tagged with: Editor VR , tilt brush , Tilt Brush Toolkit , unity.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity Technologies announced a host of new partnerships and exciting updates during their event Unite LA today. Unity's experimental EditorVR build will be available on December 15th. An experimental EditorVR build will be available by the end of 2016! Facebook and Google also made some updates during the event.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. ” He went on to talk about Facebook’s social VR demo that debuted at Oculus Connect 3 last month, revealing that both it and Oculus’ own Rooms and Parties social software had been made with Unity.

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MARCH 5, 2017

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Earlier this week Unity’s Editor VR platform evolved from a novel new way of making videogames into potentially the most forward-thinking VR development platform, and its all to do with Tools. According to VP of Unity Labs Sylvio Drouin, that’s a very real possibility. But Tvori could be just the start. Interactivity.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Google Daydream is supposed to launch Fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps to the Google Play store until 2017. See Also: Google Daydream SDK Launches Out of Beta, Adds Unity Integration.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016. Impressive. “ [My story] goes way back to theater if we want to go that far, ” Benzing told me over our Google Hangouts call. “ We’re working with Unity on this project. But that wasn’t her first rodeo by a long shot.

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ARPost

AUGUST 26, 2019

Tools like Google Earth and other basic AR technology applications seem to come close. Since 2016, we’ve been building a world-first, sophisticated, image-based 3D map of the world which allows camera devices to understand their surroundings from a single image.”. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. you may ask.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

I started in 2016. He discovered Google Tilt Brush and created the sculpture, which sold to a digital art buyer. “I I work a lot with Unity, but to a small degree,” said Barnes. A lot of people have engaged with something like VR experiences Google Cardboard. Getting Started. “I Barriers to Adoption.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Apelab has developed a series of a Spatial Story platform on top of Unity in order to handle this type of gaze-triggered, interactive narrative. Emilie says that in some Unity scenes that there are over 150 different triggers and both subtle local agency flavorings of control, but also decisions that send you off into different scenes.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Unity also revealed the new version of its EditorVR authoring tool and confirmed it will be available on December 15th.

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JUNE 22, 2016

VRDC will take place November 2-3, 2016 in the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco, CA. Potential speakers may submit detailed technical and business-centric talks today through July 8, 2016. To register or submit your speaking abstract by July 8, visit: vrdconf.com.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

Despite confidence signals, consumer traction lags far behind the high-flying expectations of 2016-2017’s hype cycle. Visual search a la Google Lens will be opportune as it inherits the high-intent dynamics that make search a valuable ad medium. That leaves the question of what 2020 will bear. Enterprise AR is a Mixed Bag.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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JULY 7, 2017

10:15 am – 10:45 am | Keynote: The World’s Most Compelling New Experiences (Unity). Tony Parisi | Head of VR/AR Strategy, Unity. Julie Shumaker | Vice President, Business Development, Unity. In September 2016, Joelle co-led the launch of LIFE VR, Time Inc.’s Life VR, CNN and Discovery VR).

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AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content. The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). The fun thing is that since it is a publication very focused on the Chinese market, outside China almost no one knows them.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Google Daydream VR platform is set to launch in fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps. Google Play store is limiting access until some point in 2017. ” Google Pixel XL phone is manufactured by HTC. Everyone else will be allowed to publish apps “early next year.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2018

The project evolved over time and when in 2016 HTC released the Vive, they immediately thought about integrating VR into their solution. Judao’s experiences are developed with Unity and work with SteamVR headsets like HTC Vive. Me playing with some bones of a skeleton in VR. I love to create connections in the VR ecosystem!

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AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. Other teams in this group include Survios ( which is funded by investors to the tune of $50 million ) and Owlchemy Labs ( acquired by Google ). This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Following this 2016 World Tour , Kaleidoscope also organized a Summer Showcase, hitting six cities, one of which we hosted with Kaleidoscope here in Los Angeles. The full list of 2016 DevLab creators include: Aaron Bradbury. The team plans to expand DevLab next year and will open up submissions for the next class of creators.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Featured image from left to right: Rob Goodman (OpenVerse), Han Jin (Lucid VR), Amitt Mahajan (Presence Capital), Timoni West and Tony Parisi (Unity). And the reason, according to Tony Parisi , head of VR and AR strategy at Unity, is simple. You need a really good, new computer to run this stuff. Gamers buy hardware first.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

Throughout the past year, we’ve loved working in virtual reality — from in – house projects to our work with Google Daydream for IO 2016. As far as production software, we were torn between our familiarity with Unity and the rendering potential of Unreal. VR motion controllers. Defining Goals.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

Just in time for E3 2016, WorldViz will bring support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 on most popular devices such as Google Daydream VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Sony PlayStation VR. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device.

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MARCH 25, 2019

VR, gaming engines, Unity, Unreal and Epic were just some of the topics we touched upon. But perhaps the biggest of all was Google’s new game-streaming service Stadia. And I was playing Doom 2016 and was just like clicking the trigger, and then a half second later it was firing a shot. There were so many problems with it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Professionals and storytellers from across the volumetric video industry, including Pixar, Dreamworks, Autodesk, Google, Netflix, and YouTube, founded the company in 2016. It will do so to develop next-generation tools across its HoloSuite solution and other capture-agnostic platforms to produce and export content from all providers.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Game engines like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development, and for good reason. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. ” You know what, go learn Unity and coding and figure out how to actually make it. Paul, welcome to the show.

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