Voices of VR

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale Anthropologist Lisa Messeri spent a year doing field work in Los Angeles in 2018 studying the political ecology of the VR community, and will be releasing her landmark book called In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles on Friday, March 8th.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

A few friends of mine suggested I visit the booth of XCOM Labs , so I booked a meeting to try their solution in one of their private rooms. It exploits the graphical power of Unreal, streamed with cloud rendering so it can run on all platforms via the browser. XCOM Labs.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Will it be compatible with Unity and Unreal Engine for development? Yes, it will be compatible with both Unity and Unreal via the BrainFlow SDK. I’ve always been more of a Ready Player One guy (the book more-so than the movie). We’re actively discussing partnerships with other device manufacturers.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The MetaHuman tool is powered by the Unreal Engine. See his books here. The tool can help power more realistic body movements and facial animations. It can be used with motion capture and animation techniques. Zoom adds facial effects during meetings. You can find it on podcasting platforms Spotify , iTunes , and YouTube.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Also reading books helped me in improving my writing skills. It doesn’t even really matter how you get started, just start, today, with whatever tool you find most suitable : it may be an online tutorial, it may be an evening course, a master, it can be a book… whatever you do want. Start learning VR, start doing VR.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

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. See his books here. So far, it appears Epic has done an unconvincing job portraying themselves as powerless entrepreneurs being oppressed by the greedy man. We were not confused.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The same can be said of books, and despite our large personal library, I know that I relish being able to open an app and have access to hundreds of titles anywhere I go. . and Unreal Engine 4. . My fiancé and I personally have a large stack of them in our entryway closet, and I fear the day an earthquake sends them tumbling down.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Logitech currently lists VR Ink Pilot Edition support for Flyingshapes, Vector Suite, VRED, Mindesk, Gravity Sketch, MARUI (Maya plugin), IrisVR, and Tilt Brush, with integrations for Unreal Engine and Unity so that developers can adapt more applications to the stylus.

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AR Insider

APRIL 19, 2021

The maker of the mega-hit game and Unreal Engine game development platform has landed another cool billion in a new round of funding. See his books here. This week we look at Fortnite’s billion-dollar metaverse, surgical robots, XR art, immersive concerts and Nvidia’s latest. Let’s dive in… . More from AR Insider….

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

I say “introduced” because you as the player act as an entity in the world, a helpful spirit that characters refer to as “The Reader,” which makes sense within the game’s expository context, where you ‘read’ the tale of Quill from a book. Image captured by Road to VR. Image courtesy Polyarc.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

More info (Article about the metaverse in China) More info (Article about Chinese cities’ attitude towards the metaverse) More info (Animoca Brands getting 75M) More info (Metaverse books reading list) More info (Web3 platforms issues). Unreal Engine 5 has brought two interesting features with its release: Lumen and Nanite.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware. This echoed some of the advice given by VIVE’s Bjorn Book-Larsson in last week’s talk on developing for VIVEPORT. “ Tips on Incorporating Hand Tracking.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Scraper: A Novel About Punk, is a great book about a young rocker in the early 80s and his band. I wanted a well-known sci-fi author to help with the book. As I began writing down the characters, events, timeline and world makeup, I realized there is no way this could be covered in one book or one game. No relation at all.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

Its first VR concert tour springs from years of R&D that resulted in proprietary 9K cameras and software that can automate complex unreal engine-based VR concert visual effects (VFX) modules and run more than 100 headsets at a time. I had very high expectations, considering everything I had read about it.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

“There was a lot in there that people liked, such as the action, the feel, the not too serious tone, it was very over-the-top like a comic book movie. . “When making Robo Recall, we started with the base of Bullet Train as it stood,” said Nick Whiting, Technical Director at Epic Games during a phone interview.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2019

I’m by no means a digital artist who spends every day with a Wacom tablet, but I’ve used my fair share of tablet PCs with active digitizers (including the Surface Book as my primary laptop), and VR Ink’s drawing and pressure sensitivity felt very comparable.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

There’s no two ways about it; Robo Recall is looking gorgeous, no doubt thanks to the intimate knowledge the developer has with its popular development toolkit, Unreal Engine. Tagged with: Bullet Train , Epic Games , FPS , oculus rift , robo recall , touch , Unreal engine.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Ryder has over 80 books to his credit , mostly in the Star Wars, Transformers and Indiana Jones space. The book ends right where the game begins and builds up the world, characters and story brilliantly. We’ve also included the book in game with a VR reader. Each game will have 5 Episodes, or 15 in total.

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MAY 11, 2017

Creating a future where the technology imagined in books like Ready Player One and movies like The Matrix actually exists is going to take a lot more than solid virtual reality headsets. It’s also going to require insane computing horsepower and new methodologies for the creation and exploration of computer generated worlds.

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AR Insider

APRIL 30, 2020

But it’s made by Epic Games whose Unreal Engine is used in VR development. Charlie Fink’s next book Remote Collaboration and Virtual Conference, The Future of Work is in progress for a planned Q2 launch. To clarify, this isn’t VR. Could this, or something like it, portend the future of VR events? Inherent Scale .

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MAY 4, 2017

Spacetours VR, meanwhile, allows you to explore our solar system, visiting eight planets realistically recreated with the help of NASA imagery and Unreal Engine 4. Moriarty Endgame VR is an interesting concept, based off of an Image comic book experience and putting you inside its environments.

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ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

Let’s take the Disney coloring book. A few years ago, Disney created technology that projects coloring book characters in 3D. Disney is using augmented reality to bring coloring books to life The Weather Channel is now using technology to illustrate the weather and its effects. It is an answer to Apple’s ARKit. What is Vuforia?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

In the book The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, available on Steam , it is possible to discover much interesting information about Alyx. Basically this means that we’ll be able to save and stream 360 videos for our VR headsets while employing less data, paving the way to streaming of high quality videos (8K) for our VR headsets.

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Upload VR

MAY 30, 2024

from ILM Immersive serves as an incredible demonstration of the graphical prowess of Epic's Unreal Engine 5 and Apple's M2 chipset. This classic comic books series allows Marvel to explore far out alternative scenarios with well-loved characters, like Agent Peggy Carter's turn as Captain Carter. So what exactly is What If.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. Additionally, Unreal Engine is one of the premier VR development ecosystems and new advancements on the technology side of the company will likely be announced as well.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. You can now upload a 360 degree photo to the Book of Face just like you would with a normal photo. Two well-established companies with serious Hollywood money are joining forces. Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

These representatives of the best of both PC and mobile VR are bound to have a few answers, as will the makers on Unreal Engine 4. State Of Unreal: Epic Games’ Opening Session. What can be done to simplify VR development now that there are so many headsets out there? Experiments in Social VR. Room 134, North Hall, Who?:

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Mashable VR

JULY 21, 2022

million in realized and unrealized gains. On May 15, Wahi booked a one-way flight to India but was stopped by law enforcement prior to boarding. The scheme allegedly made the three approximately $1.5 Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab). Wahi told his employer that he would attend.

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ARVR

MAY 27, 2021

Most recently, he was the Creative Director of Color Space, the VR coloring book that Bittman designed entirely with VR creative tools. This ideally would be some kind of VR editor in a gaming engine, but luckily Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender are all deep in development on this. Danny Bittman?—?Hyundai Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

It is one of the most famous conversations from one of the worlds most famous books. AliceVR was built in Unreal Engine 4 and its use of lighting, shading, and effects are therefore what we’ve come to expect from this top-of-the-line developer tool. The above is a quote from the literary classic Alice in Wonderland.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

I was at ILMxLAB developing a project on the life of Darth Vader (they’re going to release something next year, but I don’t know if it is the same I started working with)…let me put it this way: when you write a book, you create a fictional story.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Initially, the interview should last 30 minutes, but he was saying so many interesting insights, that I went on until the end of the time I booked with him. Or Unreal if that’s your language. I thank him so much for all the time he has dedicated to me. I loved speaking with him. I learned how to do the coding.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

APRIL 29, 2021

A decade on and there is a new kid on the block from Epic/Unreal called Metahuman. The animation rigging of the body is joined by very detailed facial feature rigging allow these to be controlled with full motion capture live in the development environment of Unreal. Roisin from Reconfigure and Cont3xt in Unreal engine.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

We prefer the Unreal Engine to build all of our expenses of this kind. You mentioned Unreal Engine. There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. We have been working in Unreal for a long time, and we’ve certainly built a team around that. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal?

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VRWorld

JUNE 22, 2016

For VR engines, we have CryEngine, Unity Engine and Unreal Engine. We considered using Unreal, but it was not a project goal. Moving forward, we are working on a new project and for that project we selected Unreal Engine… but we’re not ready to discuss any details. Let’s go for a story book or hyperreal, visual language.

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