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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

I’m very tired because yesterday I was ironing out bugs on HitMotion: Reloaded together with the game designer Max until 3.40 A piece of completely unexpected news was Facebook’s acquisition of BigBox VR, the development studio behind Population One, one of the most popular VR games of the moment.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

Apple also introduced Reality Composer and RealityKit to make it easier for developers to build augmented reality apps. This would break the illusion of augmented reality by showing conflicting depth cues. Reality Composer. Today during the opening keynote of WWDC in San Jose, Apple revealed ARKit 3.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. This feature is not available on Unity, but there is a dev that is trying to build a plugin with similar functionalities: dubbed “Nano-tech”, this plugin aims at letting you use the models you want in your project, even in VR ones. Of course, this is good news for all the VR gaming ecosystem.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. From upper funnel to purchase, brands are increasingly turning to Augmented Reality to market their products and services online,” was the tale I spun a year ago. Tony Parisi is Head of XR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

I’m trying to do my best… I hope you’ll appreciate that Before leaving you to the news… I’m hosting a giveaway of Gang V keys… it is a cool VR battle royal game with strong GTA V vibes that has just been released in Early Access on Steam ! This game will attract many fans of the saga to the Quest, increasing its sales even more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. DLCs and IAPs are two new ways that indie developers that are on App Lab can use to monetize their games. (Image by Lynx).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

Also, another startup showed how it is able to change the texture of a moving piece of clothing in augmented reality in a very realistic way. New connectors are in development and finally also popular software like Unity and Blender will be able to connect with Omniverse. Many people that tried it came out impressed by it.

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2020

Our jobs as Augmented Reality designers and developers is to enhance that environment with virtual content that can prove useful for the user. Through a Smartphone’s camera or Augmented Reality Headsets. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Sure, Zuck is right, the Meta Quest 3 has better games, is cheaper, and is an all-in-one device without any wire, but he seems not to grasp that the Vision Pro is the first edition of a new line from Apple, the company that with his powerful brand and its magical UX is able to dominate many markets.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 7, 2018

When you mention “Pokemon Go,” everyone remembers bumping into walls, people and maybe even cars, trying to catch rare AR characters from their phone, but there is a lot more to Augmented Reality than crossing the road without paying attention as you’re chasing little creatures on your screen.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The main trigger can give adaptive force-feedback, applying a different force on the index finger depending on what is happening in the game. Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. Maybe are they talking about the games by Ubisoft? News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Many people are complaining that the lineup of games for the launch of PSVR 2 is quite small. This is impressive, but according to the experts, much time is still needed before a system like this can replace the 3D artist of a PC game. Thanks Louis Cacciuttolo for the tip). Discover Road To VR and Upload’s games of the year.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But not all the applications work well with hand gestures: for instance, most action games would suck with it. We have a couple of projects underway that are very exciting for us, in terms of creating some sort of game-type metaverse which can have collaboration with other parts of Sony,” Ryan added.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Dubbed “The Metaverse Fund”, it is a plan to invest up to $100 million in studios w orking on gaming, health, media, entertainment, education, and enterprise applications for headsets. Exit Games finally announces Photon Fusion. One of the most awaited games of 2022, Moss 2, has finally a release date: March, 31st.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

A research project from Facebook (not to be released anytime soon) used “super-resolution” to reduce the computational power needed by games running on Quest. Unity’s HDRP is now VR-compatible. Unity High Definition Rendering Pipeline is now compatible with Virtual Reality projects. Merging Realities event is back!

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Game Development You should have a basic idea of any one of them atleast. Optimizing 3D models for Augmented Reality 3. Augmented Reality VR i.e Virtual Reality MR i.e Mixed Reality Here is a course from the University of Michigan. 3 types of Software Development are pretty mainstream?—?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It seems that the latest version creates some stuttering while playing VR games , and this is creating discomfort for some users and making the devices unusable for others. They couldn’t describe the game, but they revealed that it is astonishing on the graphical side and UX. The possible applications are endless.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I’m super excited that this week I’ve shared the news that we of NTW are going to launch our game HitMotion:Reloaded on November, 27th. Insomniac Games has released this week Stormland , an Oculus exclusive title that was one of the most awaited games of the year. Oculus and Unity partner for a course on VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Established in 2015, Circuit Stream has helped over 40,000 people learn to design and develop virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. Table of Contents.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?), It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I didn’t know that the name of that thing was “augmented reality”, but it impressed me a lot. So many memories, guys.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Pre-order customers will also receive a free set of Pico Motion Trackers as well as four games : Blade & Sorcery Nomad, Infinite Inside, Let’s Get Fit VR, and FootPool. lets you play board games with your friends either locally or online. The headset is available on the Pico Website and through selected resellers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

This is your time to hit the ground running and build an awesome project like: Learning Earth Science through Gaming. The Leap Motion Controller is a small USB sensor that tracks how you naturally move your hands, so you can reach into the world beyond the screen – in virtual reality, augmented reality, Mac or PC.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2022

Thanks Edimo Pereira for the tip). Thanks Rob Cole for the tip). This game has been a huge success until now : while not perfect, it is getting very positive reviews, and many users went on Twitter to share the fact that the game had already hooked them. Image by Unity). We are close, but still not there.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info Rokid is now a unicorn Chinese manufacturer Rokid , who produces augmented reality glasses, just received a huge investment round of $112M to help the development of its XR products. Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!) This game seems very interesting and in fact, some of its GIFs went viral on many subreddits.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg, but also Unity CEO John Riccitiello) that should mark the beginning of the serious adoption of new technology. It has more than 40M daily active users , and a thriving ecosystem of content creators that make a living by creating games for it. It is one of the most relevant 3D social spaces, together with Fortnite.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

It comes in two flavors: one that works with physical disks and the other one with an internal hard drive to download games from the store. Add to it the great exclusive games by Sony , like Resident Evil 8 that has been announced and most probably will have VR support, and you obtain the perfect mix for the success for PSVR 2.

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Leapmotion

JULY 28, 2015

the use of image passthrough effects to blur the border between virtual and augmented reality experiences. Flight and space simulator games already make heavy use of complex physical controls such as HOTAS rigs to increase controllability, realism, and immersion. Why a space simulator? Leap Motion + HOTAS Gamepad.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! New Oculus Avatars are currently supported only in three games: Epic Roller Coasters, PokerStarsVR, and Topgolf with Pro Putt.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

VR fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded has just added support for LIV and bHaptics suit , and it is a total blast with haptic feedback! The game was announced in 2018, and then it became a mystery bigger than Half-Life 3. Let’s start this roundup with a roundup of news about me, that this October I’m doing so many things!

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

Before starting, my friends at FXG and at Leenzee Games are promoting the Chinese mystery VR game A.D. Subscribe to my newsletter , then write me an e-mail to tonyvt AT skarredghost DOT com and I will give you one so that you can play this game for free! Resolution Games steps back from implementing ads inside Blaston.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today Tilt Five is launching its Kickstarter campaign for its innovative augmented reality glasses for tabletop gaming. I know it’s not your first rodeo with augmented reality…) ( 0:36 ). That’s where I got started with augmented reality. Tell my readers who you are and what’s your background!

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