Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

At Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference today, the company made a major shift in their embrace of virtual reality with several new VR announcements during the event’s opening keynote. Today marks a major shift in Apple’s public support for virtual reality. Photo courtesy Apple.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS , along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR as part of its ecosystem. SEE ALSO Report: Apple Acquired VR Headset Startup Vrvana for $30 Million.

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

XR experiences in general, have proven themselves to be an amazing tool for everything from workforce training and digital marketing to product visualization, entertainment, and immersive online education. Discover and play indie VR/AR content without having to make a single download.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

At the company’s annual WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed ARKit 3, its latest set of developer tools for creating AR applications on iOS. Apple also introduced Reality Composer and RealityKit to make it easier for developers to build augmented reality apps. Apple Pay in AR Quick Look. People occlusion.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2022

In this blog, we will cover some highly popular software development tools used for AR app development. We have a plethora of AR app development tools available in the market. You should consider the following parameters before choosing a suitable tool for your AR app development. Top 5 Tools for Developing AR Mobile Apps.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. Since the rumors about the upcoming Apple headset were not enough, the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has thought well to release rumors about the next-generation headset. Other relevant news. Image from the web). Anyway, we’ll see… these are all speculations.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Apple is jumping firmly into the world of augmented reality. Announced during WWDC, ARKit brings AR development tools to iOS, allowing your phone’s sensors to detect things like depth, ambient light, and motion. Apple also showed off what the new development tool would look like with the popular AR game Pokemon Go.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 1, 2025

In the premium headset space, Apple is revolutionizing sectors with spatial computing systems like the Vision Pro, while Varjo offers some of the worlds best VR and MR solutions for training, design, visualization, and simulation. Plus, there are tools like VIVE Business+ for end-to-end device and app management.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2017

In an answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit , a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2018

Earlier this month at Apple’s annual WWDC conference, the company introduced their latest operating system, macOS Mojave (10.14). SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS as Apple and Valve Forge Ahead. ski visualizes below: Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. In short, Gasi?ski

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Road to VR

JULY 1, 2017

With Apple’s increasing interest in VR on Mac , the company is adding essential features to its new Metal 2 graphics API to support high performance VR on MacOS. ” SEE ALSO Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS. Single-pass Stereo.

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

Unreal Engine 4.20 adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 Unreal Engine 4.20 The feature supports video input, calibration, and in-game compositing (including occlusion), though it doesn’t directly handle capture, so a third party tool will still be needed for capture or streaming. The post Unreal Engine 4.20

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2017

During Apple’s June developer conference, we finally got a glimpse of what we’ve all been patiently waiting for—Apple embracing VR. And with the launch of the new iMac Pro today, Apple is positioning it as the ideal machine for VR development. Its simple and intuitive, something we expect from an Apple product.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2018

Called Project Aero, the newly announced AR authoring tool and multi-platform system that will soon deliver a way for developers to build simple AR scenes and experiences for Apple’s ARKit. The integration of usdz support was first announced at Apple’s WWDC, which saw the release of ARKit 2.0.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 6, 2017

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, arriving this fall, will be a huge boost to the emerging AR industry. With both Unity and Unreal integrating with ARKit for iOS, the two major tools for creating virtual worlds are now available to developers for building apps on hundreds of millions of Apple handhelds.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. Other news.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

Unity vs Unreal: Which is the best option for companies creating content for extended reality ? Unreal, or “Unreal Engine”, on the other hand, excels at enabling the creation of visually stunning graphics. They both offer creators access to various tools that enable the creation of immersive experiences in various environments.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Since summer 2023 , Meta has been providing desktop tools to select game studios, including an internal studio it spun up called Ouro Interactive, to build higher fidelity worlds using traditional 3D asset creation pipelines and textual scripting. 0:00 / 0:14 1 Meta preview of upcoming model, texture, and animation AI generation.

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AR Insider

JUNE 3, 2020

Know your tools. Since the emergence of AR on smartphones, tablets, and AR glasses, a new breed of authoring tools has emerged to accommodate the needs of these new “mobile” devices. We all like free tools and the good news is that there is lots of free authoring software out there. Know your resources.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education. More Accessible Developer Tools VR solutions are becoming more popular in commercial settings and it’s expected that developing such solutions will become simpler in the coming years.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Reading the article excited me a bit, because when an experienced VR journalist says that something impressed him, well, I know that thing is super cool for real Vicon , which is a leading company in mocap systems, showcased for the first time its markerless mocap tool.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027. What a time to be alive! Matt Miesnieks said that the rumor aligns with some things he heard.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

Altspace was pretty unique because it offered amazing tools to create groups and communities, so people being part of it had many connections inside the platform. First of all, it seems that the headset is not a new product, but that Apple has been working on it for 7 years. And that now t here is some pressure to release them.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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MAY 2, 2024

Tim Cook just officially announced that more than half of Fortune 100 companies have bought at least one Apple Vision Pro headset. Enterprises including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, SAP, Porsche, Lowe's, and EnBW have publicly confirmed using Apple Vision Pro with custom visionOS software. Vision Pro launched exactly three months ago.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2020

Last week, Epic filed for a temporary restraining order to prevent Apple from terminating all of Epic’s developer accounts and cutting the company off from iOS and Mac development tools, which would go into affect on Friday August 28, 2020. District Court for the Northern District of California heard… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

Epic tried to establish that Apple is an “essential utility,” meaning infrastructure that can be uncompetitively withheld, like a bridge, but it just wasn’t landing. On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

RT3D developmental engines such as Unreal, Unity, and Omniverse also leverage genAI to optimize developmental workflows, notably for budding XR content creators. Moreover, the firm is adding new developer templates and resources to lower the entry for using the new OpenUSD tools.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Could Apple Vision Pro be a serious competitor in the enterprise AR market? While Vision Pro was mainly pitched as a consumer product when revealed at WWDC in June, Apple also teased enterprise use cases, including room-scale augmented reality apps. I almost get so blasé about VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

The demand for easy-to-use 3D creation tools is growing rapidly as demonstrated by a report by Hired that showed demand for VR/AR engineers grew by 1400% in 2019. With the One App, creators have access to the full power of ARCore and ARKit for the best possible AR experiences. ( Apple Store ) ( Play Store ).

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Until now, building even a simple app for Quest headsets required using a full-fledged game engine like Unity, Unreal, or Godot. These are heavy tools that require importing swathes of assets or reinventing the wheel to achieve simple interfaces and interactions. Meta Spatial SDK is now available for developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

For who wasn’t doing AR at that time: Metaio had an amazing SDK for phone-based AR, but then it got acquired by Apple and it disappeared from the market. We so started working on some prototypes for virtual events by using the VRChat SDK and by trying the many tools that the VRChat community had created and shared for free.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus. More immersive.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Today, SyncReality, providers of XR design tools, announced a new application ready for Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 devices ahead of each product’s release. ” SyncReality Home Design will soon debut on Apple’s Vision Pro headset and will be compatible with iPhones and iPads.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

There’s plenty of great software available for developers who want to build impressive virtual worlds, like the Unity and Unreal kits. It’s worth considering the resolution that top-end VR devices like the Apple Vision Pro can support when making your choice. Creators get built-in tools for editing on Mac, PC, and mobile devices.

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