Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Lynx R-1, the upcoming standalone MR headset, has been delayed to late 2020, but a new update from the company says they’re targeting a lower price and now including Ultraleap hand-tracking. The post Lynx MR Headset Delayed to Late 2020 but Aims for Lower Price, Ultraleap Hand-tracking appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Because ARPost is a proud AWE USA 2020 media partner, readers can get 20% off of their ticket price by entering the promo code ARPOST20. See Also: Can AI and AR Be Put Together to Offer a Unique Experience? creative director BC Biermann. How to Get Tickets. There’s still time to purchase tickets, which are available through AWE’s website.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developed in collaboration with The Future Group , The Weather Channel’s Immersive Mixed Reality technology uses real-time graphics rendering and visual effects powered by Unreal Engine to immerse its hosts in the stories themselves, resulting in more impactful reporting.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

Now, Microsoft says Spaces is nearly ready for a general release to all SharePoint users, which is slated to happen at some point in the first half of 2020. Critically, users don’t need coding skills, or experience with game engines such as Unity of Unreal to make a simple VR environment.

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VRScout

APRIL 7, 2021

Originally revealed back in September 2020, HP’s professional-grade VR headset offers a variety of enhancements over the basic G2, including an eye-tracking & pupillometry sensor from Tobii, heart rate sensor, and face camera.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

The company says in the SDK’s developer release notes that both Unity and Unreal Engine support for Oculus Go has officially been dropped. Starting at $200 for the 32GB version, and later knocked down to $150 in January 2020, it still represents the cheapest way to get into reasonably good VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

” Built using Unreal Engine, the tool was used from the proof-of-concept phase all the way to final production. The organization has used XR to visualize several set productions since 2020. A virtual set was developed by Finnish studio ZOAN before being built IRL, saving time and money in the process.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2024

1 of 5 Image courtesy Cyan Worlds Image courtesy Cyan Worlds Image courtesy Cyan Worlds Image courtesy Cyan Worlds Image courtesy Cyan Worlds The studio has been an active developer of VR modes for a number of its games, including the Quest-native version of MYST (2020) , Firmament (2023) , and its first VR-supported game, Obduction (2016).

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Boeing also made the experience using 3D scans of the Starliner console on Unreal Engine. Unreal worked with the Microsoft HoloLens 2 to create an AR experience based around Apollo 11. NASA, Boeing, and Varjo. Connie Miller with Varjo headset.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. In 2020 Sony invested $250 million in Epic Games , and quickly followed on with an additional $200 million last month.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Posted earlier this month, the studio is looking for a Lead Level Designer with a proven track record in level design for console/PC action-adventure games as well as expertise in Unreal Engine. Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020, Vertigo Games is behind titles such as Arizona Sunshine (2016) and After the Fall (2021).

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The store page description reads "Download to test out the latest cloud streamed titles on Avalanche", and its images include screenshots of Lone Echo , a blockbuster Oculus Rift game from 2017 that hasn't been ported to Quest, as well as Beat Saber and the Unreal Engine's City Sample.

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. It’s headed by a 16-year-old futurist, inventor, and self-proclaimed “Kid Tony Stark.”

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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. In 2020 Sony invested $250 million in Epic with the goal of creating “real-time 3D social experiences leading to a convergence of gaming, film, and music.

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Road to VR

JUNE 30, 2021

Back in early 2020, Fannon attracted attention from the Halo studio in a profile piece , which may have been instrumental in his hiring. This obviously wouldn’t be possible to do on the original games themselves, so I used what I was learning to start working on a makeshift Halo VR world-viewer, built with Unreal Engine 4.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

The Cannes XR Virtual 2020 Award Ceremony / Image Credit: MOR. When I attended the first-ever Cannes XR back in 2020, the virtual event had its fair share of technical difficulties, but also many unforgettable experiences and learnings for the entire community. . ” Image Credit: NewImages Festival 2020.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2022

Fortnite on Quest 2 would not only stand a chance at eclipsing its largest VR-supported competitors Roblox and Minecraft, but also offer up competition to multiplayer VR experiences and games like Meta’s Horizon platform, Rec Room, VRChat, and Population: One (2020).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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. Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Our team has been working non-stop throughout 2020 to further push the envelope of what is possible in XR and VR. In terms of compatibility, the XR-3 plays nice with major software such as Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenXR, Autodesk VRED, Lockheed Martin Prepar3d, VBS BlueIG, and FlightSafety Vital just to name a few.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. See Also: The Future of XR’s Remote Events in the New Normal. ICHVR 2021.

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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. ” This would help “greenscreen [content] blend with the real and Unreal environment,” he noted. million USD in Series A funding to build its solution.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 2, 2023

Project partner Zoan created a digital twin of the opera stage using Unreal engine to provide a photorealistic and a real-time 3D (RT3D) “XR stage.” In 2020, FNOB first leveraged Varjo-brand XR products on a smaller-scale project to distribute immersive visualisations of seven opera productions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2021

pic.twitter.com/67dQvrNL13 — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) September 9, 2020. In case you use Unreal Engine, there are similar possibilities : here you can find an official blog post by Epic Games on how to shoot a 360 degrees trailer of your game inside the engine. The magic of #VirtualReality #VR ! Surreal Capture.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The strategic investments follow Librestream’s raise of $25M in venture investment in the fall of 2020. A Rec Room employee, Shawn Whiting, used the free social game’s download data to project Quest 2 sales could be as high as 3M since its October 2020 launch. The MetaHuman tool is powered by the Unreal Engine.

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ARPost

MAY 16, 2022

We spent a number of months rebuilding the Blippbuilder, our content, and authoring tool,” Galleria told ARPost in 2020, fresh off of the OnePlus Nord virtual launch event. Unity and Unreal are wonderful but heavy-weight systems … on the other hand, social media platforms are building within walled gardens.”. A Look at the AR Market.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

Since we’re focused on value creation in the enterprise and education space, Charlie Fink from Forbes described us as “ a new 3D game engine that means business “ The MetaVRse Engine was released on June 1, 2020, at Augmented World Expo (AWE). This is scheduled for a Q4 release. And some use cases? Header image by MetaVRse).

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2024

The studio has been an active developer of VR modes for a number of its games, including the Quest-native version of MYST (2020) , Firmament (2023) , and its first VR-supported game, Obduction (2016). We still only have a teaser to salivate to, although as soon as we see a proper gameplay trailer, you’ll be the first to know.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today at GTC 2020, NVIDIA has released three very interesting news that we in the XR sector should care about: New enterprise NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA A40 graphics card have been released; Cloud XR servers are now available on AWS; Omniverse, the collaboration tool for artists, enters open beta.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Another course named how to make VR experiences with Unreal Engine in C++ will train you how to develop apps for Oculus Rift and Steam VR. You also give 5% of net revenues per quarter although its free to use.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2019

and Unreal Engine 4. . LE and XE kits are slated to begin shipping in June 2020 , and those interested have until October 28th to join the Kickstarter. The Tilt Five team invites those interested in developing for the platform to contact them , as they can provide an SDK with ready-made plugins for Unity 5.5+ Image Credit: Tilt Five.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

The Metaverse Market is anticipated to grow 509% from $46 billion in 2020 to $280 billion by 2025 ( Strategy & Analytics Inc. ). HeadOffice.Space announced their premier space for connection, it’s the world’s first metaverse on the moon designed for the ever-changing way remote teams work, play, learn, and explore together.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The good news of the week is that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers at AWE USA 2020 ! Sebastian Ang, in a recent cool video of his, has made a review of the Pimax Artisan , the newest Pimax headset announced at CES 2020. And even if there won’t be an AWE, well, it is very flattering the same. Top news of the week. Who knows….

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

According to research, the VR education market will hit $200 million by the end of 2020 and $700 million by 2025. This costs them much less than more widely-used gaming engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine. Conversely, enterprise users employ major educational platforms such as ENGAGE XR and Arthur VR for their needs.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The stylus is expected to ship in February 2020 and supports SteamVR Tracking base stations 1.0 though these are not included in the price). Image courtesy Logitech. In addition to the stylus, Logitech is offering an optional ‘VR Ink Drawing Mat’ for $70.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a day of tech company cancellations following on from Facebook just confirming F8 2020 will no longer be taking place. Epic Games, Unity Technologies and Microsoft’s Game Stack team have all issued statements announcing their withdrawals from March’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020. .

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Upload VR

JUNE 3, 2024

We've known for several months that Cyan Worlds is remaking Riven , the 1997 narrative-driven puzzle game, promising "new puzzles, expanded storylines," and updated visuals in Unreal Engine 5. Following 2020's similar Myst remake, the studio confirmed its launching for Quest, PC VR and flatscreen platforms later this month.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

Last week, Epic filed for a temporary restraining order to prevent Apple from terminating all of Epic’s developer accounts and cutting the company off from iOS and Mac development tools, which would go into affect on Friday August 28, 2020. District Court for the Northern District of California heard… Read more.

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