Remove Amazon Remove Information Remove Unreal
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Notice that Apple talks about “future VR features” that it is going to implement.

Unreal 504
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2020.05.17): Apple Glasses are sleek, UE5 rises hype, NVIDIA releases CloudXR SDK, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And for sure there are many internal prototypes that will lead to nothing; Apple also spreads false information. Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. Other relevant news.

Apple 373
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

MetaVRse is the XR engine for enterprise

The Ghost Howls

Unity and Unreal are both incredible game engines and both require specialized training and/or teams to develop for. It feels abandoned in the overall Amazon ecosystem and the rendering technology is older and inefficient. This is scheduled for a Q4 release. As for Sumerian, it is quite complex with a long learning curve.

AR 493
article thumbnail

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

The Ghost Howls

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. Learn more Some XR fun Should you buy a Quest 3 or a Virtual Boy? Wait, what???

Apple 407
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

So I guess that someone at Pico is leaking information to indirectly say “Don’t buy the Quest 3, we are going to release something better soon”. And this makes me believe that the information is authentic. 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.

Unity 402
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Yes, Facebook has never enforced this rule, but legally, it could have.

Sony 412
article thumbnail

Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

VRScout

I don’t think there are any Humech robots in that story like the Scraper: The Rise of Cifer novel, which is available on Amazon. What informed your decision to start the series off with a novel, vs. telling the story in a visual medium such as a webcomic or a series of shorts? I wanted a well-known sci-fi author to help with the book.