Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Further improvements over Assetto Corsa include driver swap support, motion captured pit animations, and a “well-structured ranking system” for multiplayer. The new systems will allow full 24-hour lighting transitions and dynamic weather.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

First introduced in 2017, ARKit is a suite of tools for building AR applications on iOS. With ARKit 3, the system now supports motion capture and occlusion of people. When waving, the avatar can be seen to tip forward in response to the motion even though the user doesn’t. Motion capture.

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2019

Secret Location , developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today announced they’ve brought their Philip K. Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. SEE ALSO Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game 'Thumper' is Coming to Quest at Launch.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Secret Location , developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today launched a Philip K. It’s a visually compelling experience that marries expert voice acting, motion capture, and classic movie-style pacing that will leave you wishing it were adapted into a fully explorable VR game.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Once fitted with a VR headset by a professional actor, the player interacts with a cast of live actors (using motion capture) and real-world objects throughout their experience. It’s a high-value production that includes a detailed Victorian-era set where only one audience member is allowed in at a time.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is being developed by Tequila Works , the developers behind The Invisible Hours (2017). Dubbed Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son , you’ll be able to jump back into the world of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, this time stepping into the shoes of Phil Connors Jr., Image courtesy Tequila Works.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2022

Though Apple has yet to reveal (or even confirm) the existence of an AR headset, the clearest indication the company is absolutely serious about AR is ARKit, the developer toolkit for building AR apps on iOS devices which Apple has been advancing since 2017. Better Motion Capture. Image courtesy Apple.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

CEO Tim Cook told The Independent in late 2017 that the company doesn’t intend on being first to offer a consumer AR headset anyway. “We At three successive WWDC dev conferences, the company has also showcased iterative versions of ARKit, the iOS-based augmented reality developer tool.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 2, 2017

A broad team of graphics researchers, universities, and technology companies are showcasing the latest research into digital human representation in VR at SIGGRAPH 2017. Advanced capture, rigging, and rendering techniques have resulted in an impressive new bar for the art of recreating the human likeness inside of a computer in real-time.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Noitom, just in case you didn’t know, are primarily a motion capture technology company, also behind the VR-angled Neuro Perception mocap suit. We witnessed some earlier VR experimentation leveraging their more traditional MoCap technology last year.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017). While it may have been delayed by the China-based Snail Games from the previously slated late 2017 release, the mix of dinosaur-themed factual and fictional elements has certainly tickled our curiosity. Also: you can ride a dinosaur.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The company behind the software is teaming up with various 3rd party manufacturers of motion capture suits such as Xsens , Rokoko and PrioVR to provide the tools necessary to bring the experience on a tour to locations across the U.S. Spectators can even view in-game live streams via PC, tablet, smartphone or HMD.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Supermassive Games, the makers of VR titles Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (2016) and Tumble VR (2016), are coming out with a new psychological horror game for PSVR called The Inpatient that seems to offer a level of realism thanks to some very well-tuned facial motion capture. Fade to black. image courtesy Supermassive Games.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

They’re fitted with a VR headset by a professional actor, and interact with a cast of live actors (using motion capture) and real-world objects throughout to create what the producers hope is a “spine-tingling journey of self-reflection and visual awe.”. “By

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

LA Noire VR draws upon the same foundation of impressive facial motion capture that was a hallmark of the original; the remake offers up several cases from the original game that have been reworked for VR. Release Date: December 15th, 2017. Noire which was released in 2011. Noire: The VR Case Files Details: Official Site.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Noire: The VR Case Files launched on PC VR headset back in 2017, offering up discrete slices of the original L.A. ” Not entirely unexpected for a title which was ported to VR from 2011 source material, we didn’t find the 2017 PC VR version of the game particularly compelling due to clunky gameplay and immersion-breaking design.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Now founder and CEO Rony Abovitz offers a bit more in his recent blog post entitled Creativity Matters , where he speaks about some of the changes coming to the company in 2017, and for what it’s worth, says it’ll be “a big year for Magic Leap.”

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2017

The simple $99 device represents a quick and easy way to add motion control to a host of VR experiences and even implement some pretty impressive full body tracking (see video below). Full Body Motion Capture With @HTCVive Trackers via @IKinema Full Vid: [link] pic.twitter.com/ScG51Ky8SY.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 22, 2017

Acting and motion capture app Mindshow is there at the event as well showcasing its intuitive method of creating animated projects in VR. Meta is showing Journey to the Center of the Natural Machine on its Meta 2 mixed reality glasses and the Synesthesia Suit which lets you feel the game is there too.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Nearly a year later, during July 2017, I visited Sandbox in East London for the UK launch of the “Star Trek Bridge Crew” game on SteamVR. Networked PCs allowed guests to try out the awesome new 1-4 player experience using a room full of HTC Vive VR headsets and motion controllers. Release date November 2017 18 SteamVR IR sensors (BS 1.0)

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2020

At the time, the studio expected to release the game in large chunks, starting with the first part in 2017, with more added “every couple of months.” Not oblivious, the studio poked fun at itself by writing on the site, “[ Beylon is] coming 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020!”

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. VRLA is happening this year on May 4th and 5th.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 31, 2019

Thanks to the advancement of #VR , indie developers can now have fully motion captured cinematic sequences in their games! pic.twitter.com/Nyj9UItxO7 — Sos Sosowski (@Sosowski) February 10, 2017.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?). We’ll have to wait until the end of 2017 to experience its first game, which is expected to be released on multiple platforms.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

At the beginning of the year, we addressed the idea of SteamVR Tracking potentially being 2017’s most important VR technology , and it is very encouraging to see it made available in such a way.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Commonly used for creating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, motion capturing (mocap) has rapidly become a mainstay in the extended reality (XR) market, employed on the latest headsets. In our discussion, we explore the rise of immersive motion-capturing technologies for the gaming industry.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

So in 2017, it seems like the market is getting traction.” Some of them are research, some of them are R&D for universities, but a lot of them are out-of-home experiences that are in Asia, Europe and growing in North America as well.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 6, 2018

When it launched in October 2017, over 1,000 teams registered their interest, with 250 submitting proposals for the Open Call. Completed in partnership with University of Portsmouth and The National Theatre.

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The Rift Arcade

MAY 3, 2017

A short five-minute video was released today both in the Oculus Store and on Steam, and it uses a combination of Unreal Engine graphics and motion capture to bring a Séance experience to life. Séance: The Unquiet might be just what you’re looking for.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Recent investments in VR by eSports companies, as well as TV networks that follow eSports only show how 2017 is shaping up. Live sports are one form of entertainment which will make full use of VR, 2017’s Super Bowl has already shown this. It will be interesting to see how the industry embraces such technological advances.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In 2017, there will be immeasurable sales. Under the leadership of companies such as Samsung, Sony, HTC, IDC, by the end of 2016, the total number of VR hardware will reach 9.6 million units, and sales will reach 2.6 billion U.S. To a large extent it is still a new item, which is a staggering number.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And back in 2017, we got some angel funding. So things like spatial audio, things like motion capture, but also really haptics is one of the key features in order to make VR more immersive. And there with that loan, we were able to build our first prototypes and to build the first stage of the company.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And back in 2017, we got some angel funding. So things like spatial audio, things like motion capture, but also really haptics is one of the key features in order to make VR more immersive. And there with that loan, we were able to build our first prototypes and to build the first stage of the company.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And back in 2017, we got some angel funding. So things like spatial audio, things like motion capture, but also really haptics is one of the key features in order to make VR more immersive. And there with that loan, we were able to build our first prototypes and to build the first stage of the company.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

By this June, Zero Latency will have 10 sites across the globe and 24 by end of 2017, including U.S. Patent-pending technology using more than 100 cameras and motion capture devices track each player in real-time as they move. locations in Orlando, Boston, Philadelphia, Wisconsin and the Poconos.

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JULY 20, 2017

Release Date: July 20, 2017. This is thanks to a number of factors including competent voice acting, obsessive work in character modeling, and excellent motion capture that puts her nearly on the other side of the uncanny valley. Lone Echo Details: Official Site. Developer: Ready at Dawn. Reviewed On: Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

It began with the opening of their first arena in June 2017 on the 16th floor of a back alley high rise in Hong Kong with leaky pipes, surrounded by private members clubs and other less salubrious neighbours. Haptic vests and physical items like a gun can add to the experience, as can extras like fans, heaters, water spray and hydraulics.

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