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GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More

Road to VR

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines.

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Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it Does

Road to VR

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. billion in 2016 alone. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA. These guys have invested billions.

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What to expect from next-gen HoloLens

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I guess they will steal some ideas from Magic Leap and provide a more comfortable headset (more cushions) and more customization options (more accessories to fit it on your nose, support for prescription lenses, etc…). I expect with this one to switch to at least 100K polygons in every Unity AR game. Image by Reddit).

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‘Modbox’ AR to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful & Fun AR Apps

Road to VR

The developers behind Modbox (2016) , the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something they say is a perfect fit for the Modbox software.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.05): Facebook to have $6B of losses for the VR business, investments in XR are on the rise, and more!

The Ghost Howls

and also why the $2+B investment in Magic Leap was not enough to bring it to success. Investors are pouring money into the XR market like in 2015–2016 when there was the hype for VR, and many XR companies got investments just because investors wanted to put some fiches on the technology.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

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. Apparently the $1.4B

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Hands-On: Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Is A Serious Improvement, Pre-Orders Now Shipping

VRScout

So, what exactly can users expect from this anticipated follow-up to the original 2016 device? This option gives you a headset plus $500 credit for Microsoft Azure , a three-month free trial of Unity Pro , and the PiXYZ plugin — giving you all the necessary tools to test, create, and launch enterprise apps for the HoloLens 2.

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