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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meta released a new Desktop Editor for Horizon Worlds in preview, giving world creators a Unity-style game development platform for the first time. The newly released Desktop Editor allows developers familiar with traditional game engines, such as Unity, to create and publish worlds. But that appears to be changing.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

G-Cloud 13 2022-2023 provides companies working with British public institutions such as the UK government, education, healthcare, police and first responders to supply goods while following UK institutional guidelines. Learning Awards 2023. The Road Ahead for Immersive Training in 2023 .

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MARCH 30, 2023

Croquet , the multiplayer platform for web and gaming, which took home the WebXR Platform of the Year award at this year’s Polys WebXR Awards , recently announced Croquet for Unity. The framework was demonstrated at GDC last week, while early access beta is arriving in April 2023.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions That Could Shape the Future of Tech 1. 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.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Emerging Trends in the VR Gaming Industry — 2023 Technology is evolving at a fast pace. 2023 is currently shaping up to be the year of promise for the VR gaming industry. A leading Unity 3d game development services provider explained that gaming is the biggest driver of VR and it will certainly continue in the near future.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Developers can already access a preview of the development environment for native, Unity, WebXR. million in 2023. I think the report is right in expecting a non-bright 2025 for XR and in forecasting a rebound in 202627, but honestly, I perceive that since 2023 the industry is slowly growing instead of shrinking (e.g.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 22, 2019

billion in 2023. billion in 2023, an 81 percent compound annual growth rate. Unity has begun to serve AR ads in its extensive in-game ad network and is worth watching closely for best practices. billion in products to be purchased through AR interfaces by 2023 (not counted as “AR revenue”)*. billion last year to $27.4

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Augmented World Expo , AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. Following that is a “Fireside Chat” with Unity CEO John Riccitiello. The agenda is still coming together but there’s already a lot to be excited about. Let’s take a look.

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MAY 4, 2023

XR Today’s Rory Greener sat with XR SME and Industry Expert Randy Nunez to discuss XR in the enterprise in 2023. The Most Promising Use Cases for XR in 2023 XR present countless trusted and emerging use cases to optimise workflows. ” The SME said that rendering engines provide a different mode of development.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Last week’s Unite 2023 event saw a massive amount of updates from Unity, the world’s largest real-time 3D (RT3D) gaming engine company. The Unite 2023 event, a meeting of minds for Unity developers, solution providers, and executives, explored the latest updates on the leading platform.

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JUNE 2, 2023

A new maps SDK compatible with Unity is also coming to 8th Wall. XR’s Inflection Point The panel discussion “How Immersive Storytelling Can Deepen Human Understanding of Critical Issues” brought together Unity CEO John Riccitiello, journalist Ashlan Cousteau, and TRIPP CEO and co-founder Nanea Reeves.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Croquet Corporation announced on Thursday last week it had launched its Croquet for Unity solution. The new JavaScript multiplayer framework integrates with Unity to provide a novel approach for developers. With it, people can create Unity-based immersive experiences without writing or maintaining multiplayer code.

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MARCH 27, 2023

In January, NVIDIA announced new products and innovations at CES 2023. The new NVIDIA CloudXR also makes it possible for developers to create custom user interfaces through the use of Unity plug-in architecture. Scalability in multi-platform use is another plus as broader options for CloudXR interface are likewise made available.

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MAY 2, 2024

Effective May 15, 2024, Unity is introducing Matthew Bromberg as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, President, and member of the Unity Board of Directors as the firm moves towards deploying its engine as an enterprise-grade RT3D design and collaboration – namely for game development and creating XR applications.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. In the case of Unity Personal, the thresholds are 200,000 downloads and 200,000 in revenues, and the fee is $0.20 per install. And this $0.2

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

pic.twitter.com/5uGEwGBulq — Nathie (@NathieVR) June 7, 2023 Apple to Support Unity Applications Rec Room is successfully porting over thanks to the service’s native Unity framework. Apple supports Unity applications as part of its software stack. You will be able to play it with hand tracking.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Vrgineers , the team behind enterprise-focused wide-FOV VR headsets, announced at CES 2023 this week that it’s releasing a wireless version of its latest XTAL VR headset. A prototype of the belt-worn transmitter is available at CES 2023, which is said to weigh 920 grams. Unity, Unreal and other game engines plugins.

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2023

Revealed during Mobile World Congress 2023, the 12.4-inch ZTE Corporation, a global information and communication technology company, has unveiled the nubia Pad 3D, a next-gen tablet device that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and lightfield technology to immerse users in a variety of 3D experiences. Discover #nubiaPad3D , with: 12.4

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MARCH 21, 2023

3D social and shared immersive space platform Spatial announced on Monday that its Unity Creator Toolkit had moved to its beta version. The new iteration of Spatial’s widely-celebrated extended reality (XR) platform now integrates Unity Technologies’ industry-leading solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

Then the management of the camera will happen through the functionalities exposed by Camera2 in Android and WebCamTexture in Unity, which are the ones developers have always used with smartphones. This is something absolutely impossible to have with Unity or Unreal. This will let Google enrich its content library pretty fast.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Unity plans to introduce a new 'Runtime Fee' next year and charging developers based on how many installs they reach. Effective from January 1, 2024, Unity confirms any games running the Unity Engine - comprised of Unity Editor and Unity Runtime - will incur this new charge based on revenue in the last 12 months and lifetime installs.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In 2023, Stockholm, Sweden-based gaming group Aonic acquired nDreams for $110 million. Notably, nDreams is known for a host of VR games over the years, including The Assembly (2016) , Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) , Fracked (2021), and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2023), and more.

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EON Reality

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Dubai, the epitome of innovation, recently opened its arms to global educators, tech aficionados, and futurists for a monumental discourse on the educational horizon at the EON Experience Fest 2023. This wasn’t merely a gathering; it was a monumental depiction of unity, collaboration, and a shared ambition.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

This week at Google IO 2023, the company added a brand new tool to its kit called Geospatial Creator. Built on a foundation of both ARCore and 3D data from Google Maps, it’s competes with Niantic’s Lightship AR platform , and is getting integrations for both Unity and Adobe Aero.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

January is a productive month for extended reality (XR) technologies following CES 2023; as February approaches, Meta and Shopify have introduced hand-tracking innovations for their customers, continuing the journey of XR innovation. Meta is releasing its hand-tracking update in April 2023.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Unity is considering allowing Quest passthrough in the splash screen instead of a black void. Currently when you launch a Unity mixed reality app on Quest you'll see two sequential black void loading screens, effectively temporarily blindfolding you, even if you were in passthrough in the home environment.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These are the improvements it applied: Changes in prices will start with the next Unity 2023 LTS, so existing applications will not be affected, at least while the use previous Unity versions Unity Personal will still be free (now up to 200K of revenues) and applications made with it will be subject to no fee at all.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2022

It should also be noted that Mocopi will be compatible with platforms such as Unity and Autodesk’s MotionBuilder , an animation and motion capture app. ” The Sony Mocopi will be available in Japan starting in January 2023 and will only be available through Sony’s dedicated stores for 49,500 yen ($360 USD).

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APRIL 17, 2023

The Most Relevant AR/VR Events in 2023 You Should Not Miss Here are some of the most important AR/VR events that are taking place until the end of this year. AWE USA 2023 When: May 31 – June 2 Where: Santa Clara, CA, US; and virtual Late spring/early summer is a great time to be in California.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Best Societal Impact Unity VP of Education and Social Impact Jessica Lindl said that “the world is a better place with more creatives in it,” as she prepared to award another of the evening’s most anticipated Auggies. The award went to Verizon for The Future of Training , an XR upskilling program.

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MAY 3, 2024

Unity 6 Preview is now available and includes new XR features like mixed, hand and eye input, and enhanced visual fidelity. The game and interactive experience creation engine, Unity 6, reportedly supports most popular XR platforms, such as ARKit, ARCore, Meta Quest, visionOS, Windows Mixed Reality, Playstation VR, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

There are still no words on the release date of the device, but rumors about a Q1 2023 release window are intensifying. Other relevant news. Image from the web). Apple WWDC may reveal something about Apple’s upcoming headset. Today is the day of the Apple WWDC event and maybe we can have more info about its upcoming headse t.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2024

It was revealed in early 2023 that Meta was internally cooking up a new Quest headset to ship in 2024, which the company mentioned it hoped would make the platform more accessible to consumers. Now, the naming scheme ‘Quest 3S’ has appeared in a recent app listing, seemingly confirming previous rumors of Meta’s next headset.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies can use engines from companies like Unity to recreate digital “twins” of products, buildings, and other items, combined with information from various data sources. This allows for the development of a highly immersive and interactive experience.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2023

The Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2023 was drafted by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) with the support of organizations like the XR Association (XRA), Talespin , Unity , Association for Career and Technical Education , Transfr , and HTC VIVE , among others. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Rep. million unfilled jobs.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community. Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

But there’s even more: Unity has already published a page about how it is possible to build for the Quest 3 using not only the XR Interaction Toolkit, but also AR Foundation. Unity page also confirms that the headset will provide plane detection, so you will be able for instance to detect the walls and the desks in your room.

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