TechCrunch VR

JUNE 23, 2022

It takes massive amounts of data to train AI models. But sometimes, that data simply isn’t available from real-world sources, so data scientists use synthetic data to make up for that. Image Credits: Amazon. That customer used the tool to simulate lots of malformed chicken nuggets to train their model. .

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I know that having data fluctuations is normal, and being a percentage number makes no sense until we know what was the starting number, but this still is not a good piece of news for our space. VR users were in September 1.60% of total, down from 1.92% in August … -16% in one month. Wait, what???

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It states, among other things, that “The company used its data advantage to create superior market intelligence to identify nascent competitive threats and then acquire, copy, or kill these firms”. Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5%

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

This means that while you have the Quest on, your microphone data will be always listened by the device, and you can imagine my profound happiness in knowing this. Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. Will it be available also on Western websites like Amazon? Isn’t it a cool device? Yes, it is!

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

Physics and realistic light simulation (ray tracing) You’d need a way to have a persistent world with data, continuity, rules, systems. For people who couldn’t realize their creativity in a sandbox or walled-garden — platforms like Unreal and Unity enable the creation of real-time, immersive worlds that simulate reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Helios , an Unreal-based social VR platform which actually came and went before I even had a chance to add it to the spreadsheet! Last October, Mozilla announced that it had decided to discontinue the Hubs Cloud hosting service, which ran on AWS (Amazon Web Services). April 1st, 2024: A tool to download your data will be released.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

The new system will combine BMW’s sensor data with Meta’s tracking systems and technologies to create a “car-locked” immersive entertainment console. These include driver assistance techniques like locating vehicles in car parks, alerting drivers to hazards, and displaying critical vehicle data.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry. Moreover, the collected data showcased how roughly 1.2bn users leverage AR/VR, and 606 million users leverage Metaverse services across 70 platforms – “so the Metaverse is not so dead after all,” Inbar remarked.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Amazon and Netflix also entered the market, with Netflix taking a different approach by offering downloadable game content on users' devices. Games are gradually becoming capable of producing photo-realistic levels of image fidelity in real-time – some of the most impressive being those built with the Unreal 5 engine.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Or we sell just the simulators to different integrators, and they're able to take our SDK and create their own experiences within Unreal or Unity. But there's actually some things you can buy on Amazon, and so those you can get for a couple of thousand, but it's not a full motion simulator. Alan: Amazing. So, those are our main goals.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This headset is basically identical to the Pico 4, but it features a more cleanable headset, additional sensors for eye and face tracking, plus enterprise services (dedicated assistance, device management, data security certifications, etc…) and an enterprise runtime (which offers kiosk mode, for instance). Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

To obtain it, Facebook had to use some CV magic that uses data on the cameras and the 3D data of the point cloud of the world detected by the device. We are also improving RenderDoc to report more performance data. Now you can measure the quality and impact of your art and product pitch, so you can test, refine, and improve.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because with products like 6D.ai, you’re now being able to — and we’ll unpack this in a second — but you’re able to create a point cloud map of the real world, overlay the data, and make annotations on that in real time. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because with products like 6D.ai, you’re now being able to — and we’ll unpack this in a second — but you’re able to create a point cloud map of the real world, overlay the data, and make annotations on that in real time. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine. Now, in what seems a desperate move to become relevant in a field dominated by Unity and Unreal Engine, it has made this engine opensource with the name Open 3D Engine. billion) and ARkit (1.25

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

Because with products like 6D.ai, you’re now being able to — and we’ll unpack this in a second — but you’re able to create a point cloud map of the real world, overlay the data, and make annotations on that in real time. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Personally, I think that this trend that every country wants to keep its data inside its boundaries in understandable, but it risks also creating a collection of walled gardens, as it is happening with USA vs China). Some people say that Facebook threatens to leave Europe, but I think this is never happening. Magic Leap may partner with AWS.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

UEVR is a universal VR mod, and it lets everyone easily convert every Unreal Engine-based PC game (including the AAA ones) into a VR experience. Taking the data of the Black Friday sales on Amazon, on a total of 132K Quest 2 sold, around 100K have been sold in the US and the other 32K in Japan and selected European countries.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Amazon Sumerian. I think just something so simple as a 360 video — which is very easy to capture now, the cameras are under $5,000, and that’s for 8k cameras — and then being able to overlay the data that you need.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Amazon Sumerian. I think just something so simple as a 360 video — which is very easy to capture now, the cameras are under $5,000, and that’s for 8k cameras — and then being able to overlay the data that you need.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. Amazon Sumerian. I think just something so simple as a 360 video -- which is very easy to capture now, the cameras are under $5,000, and that's for 8k cameras -- and then being able to overlay the data that you need. there's just all these tools.

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Building the Metaverse

APRIL 12, 2022

Whether we create something in Roblox, Unity or Unreal; architect an immersive space in VR; or build a decentralized application?—?we who wish to make use of unused cycles sitting in data centers and desktop computers. This is what composability is all about: creativity?—?with Composability is Compound Interest?

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. I think there's a lot of work that can still be done.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

In the future I expect to see a lot more information visualization, data visualization, finding completely new ways to analyze data, symbolically and spatially. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This confirms what the rumors, the leaks, and the info that data miners told us for months: Meta has an internal cloud rendering service codenamed Avalanche. He said the company is now in a good financial situation and is working on its next iteration of the Unreal Engine game engine. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

The technology behind it is pretty cool: you have some cameras (I guess RGB + depth) that scan yourself live in 3D , compress the data with a special Google algorithm, send it to the other peer, where it gets decompressed and reconstructed in real-time on a light field display. Quest 2 recalled from Amazon EU for skin irritation issue.

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