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MARCH 15, 2023

Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 Released in April 2022, UE5 packs in two new tools called Nanite and Lumen. for apps built for the Quest platform.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine. In this article, we introduce you to Victoria VR, a hyper-realistic metaverse created and owned by users, and powered by Unreal Engine. Top AR/VR Trends for 2022. AWE 2022 Day One: An AR-Heavy Day Focusing on Presence. Why We’re Not All Wearing AR/VR Headsets.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

MetalGearSolid #VR pic.twitter.com/k2VZdhs8HX — Vapor Cephalopod (@mcghee_nick) August 17, 2022. Another developer going by the name of Vapor Cephalopod on Twitter is also working on a VR remake of the game using Unreal Engine. More information on that here. Image Credit: Holydh.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

One year after, on August 31st, 2022, Oculus will require that new applications be built with OpenXR, and the Oculus Mobile and Oculus PC SDKs will move to “unsupported” status. Once UE5 gets is full release, Oculus says that new VR projects for Oculus headsets built with UE5 will be required to use OpenXR.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One of 2022’s most talked about games looks absolutely stunning in VR. Earlier today, Reddit user elliotttate shared footage of the game being played in first-person on a PC VR headset using Praydog’s soon-to-be-released Unreal Engine VR Injector Mod.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Welcome to the November 2022 edition of VR Modding Monthly, a monthly article to keep you up to date about all the exciting things going on in the wonderful world of the Flat2VR Modding community! — Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) October 21, 2022. Universal Unreal Engine VR Injector Mod. — Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) October 21, 2022.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Welcome to the November 2022 edition of VR Modding Monthly, a monthly article to keep you up to date about all the exciting things going on in the wonderful world of the Flat2VR Modding community! — Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) October 21, 2022. Universal Unreal Engine VR Injector Mod. — Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) October 21, 2022.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Technology That Makes the Unreal Look Real. It combines live-action 3D footage taken using 9K cameras with computer-generated environments using Unreal Engine-based visual effects. They can experience “Enter Thee Hottieverse” in 10 cities in the United States from April to July 2022.

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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. With the company’s next VR headset not expected to launch until at least 2022, it’s unclear if the Sony took up the offer.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

Epic Games launched Reality Scan in April, a photogrammetry tool for the firm’s Unreal Engine suite. Capturing Reality (@RealityCapture_) April 4, 2022. Both firms provide the technology to speed up extended reality (XR) production pipelines. Reality Scan.

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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. The latest Oculus SDK (v19/1.51) no longer supports the company’s first true standalone VR headset. Facebook says developers can still use Oculus Integration v18.0

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2022

— HYPEX (@HYPEX) August 30, 2022. Still, Epic Games has been a big proponent of VR since the launch the original Oculus Rift in 2016, having pioneered VR support for its Unreal Engine whilst putting out one of the slickest VR arcade shooters to this day, Robo Recall (2016). Most likely proper VR support in the future.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Previously described as an incredibly ambitious journey rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, The Fragments of Fate is Mighty Eyes' remake of 2022's Wanderer. PC VR players will likely have a longer wait, as the Steam release date remains unconfirmed.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Snapdragon Spaces is slated for a more general release in Spring 2022. Snapdragon Spaces includes SDKs for Unreal Engine and Unity, and is based on OpenXR. Qualcomm isn’t leading the push with its own hardware though. Image courtesy Qualcomm Technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite & Lumen now work with virtual reality. Lumen and Nanite running in VR w/ Unreal Engine 5.1 — Alex Coulombe (@iBrews) September 16, 2022. But with Unreal Engine 5.1 UE5 shipped in April after launching in Early Access last year. at 90 fps and no crashing. pic.twitter.com/Sz49QcPAmw.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, Unreal Engine’s software allows users to use their phone cameras and an application to scan products or objects and upload them into a digital space. Some RT3D engines can then enhance these components with AI algorithms, to make the experience feel as realistic as possible.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Support for upgrades for OMS playback on Unreal Engine 5 is expected to roll out soon. To further advance technology in this field, it has announced a new $11 million round of Series A funding in November 2022. Unity users can now enjoy improved OMS playback with their HoloSuite plugins.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

million units for the second half of 2022. (1/5). Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) May 30, 2022. Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) May 30, 2022. Sony also invested roughly $1 billion into Epic Games, owners of the real-time 3D (RT3D) engine Unreal, to develop Metaverse projects and experiences. units shipments in 2H22.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. Safety and anti-harassment tools will be built into platforms as they become more decentralized.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But it is anyway great news and makes us hope for a great 2022 for the whole XR ecosystem. The headset is expected for Q4 2022 , with no preorders available. CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some months ago, it was announced that CES 2022 would have had a physical edition again. This is great.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

AI is then digitally embodied through Unreal Engine , Unity , Metahuman , or Ready Player Me. The icing on the cake from this summit was the announcement that the Immerse Global Summit will be returning to an in-person venue in 2022. The summit is scheduled to take place from December 5-7, 2022, in Miami Florida.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2025

Conversely, REMOSHOTs content creation platform leverages the famed Unity and Unreal Engine frameworks to deliver RT3D XR solutions for firms such as the National Medical Center, the National Fire Agency, and the National Police Agency. For example, in 2022, South Koreas Ministry of ICT, Science, and Future Planning pledged roughly $186.7

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 2, 2023

The esteemed European art institution premiered its Opera in person on January 27 2022, while hosting Turandot via a varjo-powered immersive environment. 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.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

There’s also plenty of new features coming in 2022, so stay tuned! When do you think web-based XR content can reach the same high level of standalone content made with Unreal or Unity? What is STYLY’s backstory? Styly logo (Image by VR Psychic Lab). It’s an interesting backstory, actually. You work with WebXR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Time & History VR (@TimeAndHistory) October 30, 2022. Currently, the project remains in the first of three beta stages. link] – ?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Developers designed the VR experiences using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 , arguably the world’s top immersive platform for designing and deploying immersive content. Time & History VR (@TimeAndHistory) October 30, 2022. Currently, the project remains in the first of three beta stages. link] – ?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the firm internationally debuted Horizon, a metaverse hub for socialisation, work, and education. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines. But now it’s 2023, and where does the firm’s Metaverse stand?

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? “At Patrick Wyatt, a C-suite veteran, has been appointed the company’s new CPO and “will be the primary lead for Varjo’s software and cloud development initiatives.”

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JULY 2, 2024

Sweeney made similar comments in 2022, calling Fortnite, "the kind of experience that involves intense motion and doesn’t work as well in VR." Back then, Sweeney also stated that introducing special modes would fragment the user base, also commenting on Robo Recall and Unreal Tournament. More details below.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the rumor, the headset is slim thanks to pancake optics , and It apparently features OLED microdisplays and Samsung’s own Exynos 2200 chip from 2022. These are the basic features that every new upcoming headset that wants to be serious on the market should have.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The percentage of Steam users using any VR headset at at all also increased significantly, from 1.84% in December to 2.24% in January - the highest since August 2022. UploadVR David Heaney

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

According to analysts, the Apple headset could reach 10M sold units in 2026… this means that in 4 years from now, it expects to have the sales that Quest had in 2021–2022. Unreal Engine 5 has brought two interesting features with its release: Lumen and Nanite. Magic Leap reveals prices and availability of ML 2. Other news. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

RP1 also is working on a demo with 100,000 people which should be ready by the end of 2022. At the same time, the developers of Myst have released on Road To VR a guest post about how they properly implemented a hand tracking interface in Unreal Engine for their game. Plus, RP1 used ONLY ONE SERVER. It is impressive. Other news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 18, 2023

The production premiered in person on January 27, 2022, and is broadcast in VR via a Varjo-powered immersive environment. Zoan created a digital twin of the opera stage using Unreal engine to provide a photorealistic and RT3D XR stage.

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