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Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro

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Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it’s getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers , causing many to rethink whether it makes more sense to actually go with the main competition, Unreal Engine from Epic Games.

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Meta's Unity & Unreal "OpenXR" SDKs Block Other PC VR Headsets, Developers Report

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Meta's Unity and Unreal "OpenXR" integrations block other PC VR headsets, and developers aren't happy about it. But companies like Meta and Pico still also offer their own integrations for Unity and Unreal. OpenXR Toolkit was discontinued in 2024, as Bucchianeri encourages developers to integrate its features inside their apps.

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‘MYST’ Update Brings Stability & Performance Boost to PC VR Version, Quest Patch Coming “soon”

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The studio says in a recent Steam update that many of those performance woes have been resolved thanks to upgrading Myst from using Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2. Cyan Worlds has released its big 2.0

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New VR Games & Releases December 2024: Quest, SteamVR, PS VR2 & More

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Metro Awakening , Trombone Champ: Unflattened , Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and DIG VR led the charge, followed by Dumb Ways: Free for All , EXOcars , By Grit Alone , Ember Souls , Bounce Arcade and Augmented Empire. To say it's been hectic for new VR games recently would be an understatement, and November certainly didn't let up.

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HTC VIVE Holodeck to ‘Revolutionise’ Forensic Investigations

XR Today - Virtual Reality

VIVE offers a good amount of official documentation of their products regarding Unreal Engine and Unity development. HTC VIVE partnered with The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt, BLKA) to launch the ‘Holodeck’ VR platform that will ‘revolutionise’ forensic investigations.

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AmazeVR Expands Artist Network for 2024 VR Concerts

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Based on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , AmazeVR also developed its technical foundation with Roc Nation in 2020, leading to a further $15 million. Artists entering the platform include Avenged Sevenfold (A7X), aespa, and KAI , with the former set to release a volumetrically-captured VR concert in early 2024.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

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In its latest post, he stated that Meta plans to make the Quest 3 live as a medium-tier headset while releasing a new cheaper version of it in 2024 as the affordable option for the mass market. Because of these problems and the delays, a cheaper version of the Vision Pro, which was expected for 2025, may have been canceled.

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