The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! Let’s create a new Unity 3D project, and call it TestQuestHands.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 8, 2017

So to assist those looking to take advantage of this desperate thirst for VR and AR developers, massively popular cross-platform game engine Unity has teamed up with celebrated online learning company Udacity to create their VR Developer Nanodegree Program as well as their all-new Learn ARkit Nanodegree Foundations Program.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

As the camera panned out, a person could be seen standing next to the avatar, wearing a VR headset and waving controllers through the air. To me, this video was one of the most compelling examples of how immersive technologies could work together to enable social interactions across realities. Image Credit: Normal VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Circuit Stream , the company he works for, offers a full platform of AR/VR training and learning services to help people master immersive technology. It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX. Table of Contents.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The device employs a variety of features completely unique from that of conventional VR headsets, including a 3D audio system, immersive haptic feedback, and a distinctive control system. As for controls, players interact with the in-game world using a pair of sensors mounted to the base of their feet. Image Credit: Diver-X.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Quest Pros controllers, the Touch Pro, are still available for purchase , though, because they can still be connected to the other Quest headsets. This means you can not buy a Quest Pro on the Meta website anymore : if you go to its store page, you find a statement that suggests you buy a Quest 3, instead.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2025

But it launched with a 3DOF controller and hit the market too late to change Daydream’s fate. By partnering with Unity and focusing on open standards like OpenXR, we’re providing a clear path for immersive experience developers to easily take advantage of our platform.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Virtual reality accessories are transforming the immersive technology landscape. Let’s look at some of the best solutions to unlock new levels of immersion. Others open the door to new opportunities for VR content development, training, and immersion. VR controllers have grown increasingly intuitive in recent years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For instance, there’s the Meta Immersive Learning Academy, where creators can develop their skills in Meta Spark. Users can tap into Unity software to build new apps and tools. However, in the past, many early adopters struggled to introduce immersion into classrooms at scale.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2017

to immerse your mind and hands in VR. In providing developers a way to incorporate scanning technology into Unity, Leap Motion enabled a new breed of VR experience—one where participants used their own hands to interact with digital objects rather than controllers. So how does it work? Photos courtesy of Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Apple Vision Pro has brought new ideas to the table about how XR apps should be designed, controlled, and built. Like a 3D map, or small game that floats in front of you rather than being fully immersive. Spaces are fully immersive experiences where only one app is visible. Or use a bluetooth trackpad or video game controller.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Quickly create immersive scenes and populate them with 3D assets using this easy-to-use VR development app. It’s also game engine friendly, which means you can port your project into something like Unity. Your Touch controllers are used to access a menu of pre-made parts and functions. Image Credit: Tvori.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is called “First Hand” because it has been roughly inspired by Oculus First Contact , the showcase demo for Oculus Touch controller released for the Rift CV1. This makes sense considering that controllers shine with different kinds of interactions than the bare hands , so the applications must be different.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Developed as part of Y Combinator’s most recent class of start-ups, Plexus Immersive Corp’s haptic gloves are an intuitive new solution to VR & AR control that utilize a generous selection of compatible baseplates to work cooperatively with most major VR controllers. Compatibility: Unity, Unreal Engine, C++, C#, Python.

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ARPost

APRIL 14, 2022

As a reflection of that, there has been a significant rise in immersive art galleries, with some organizations providing that particular service. Here, we will look at two immersive art galleries currently open, one from Spatial and one from Liquid Avatar Technologies. See Also: Sabby Life is Changing the Way We View Art With VR Art.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. Let’s jump in. Industry Announcements.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

RGB Haptics is a new Unity-based tool that aims to make it easier for developers to create and implement haptic effects in VR games. Used correctly, haptics make VR games more playable and immersive. Custom waveform editor window, allowing you to design waveforms without ever leaving Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

For this reason, I gained a good expertise in immersive collaboration tools, and one of the VR platforms that I love the most in this sense is Mozilla Hubs. Mozilla Hubs is an immersive meeting tool that lets you meet online with other people, and speak with them. Why not a Unity exporter?

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VRScout

JUNE 15, 2021

Donkey Kong VR is a fully immersive VR experience built specifically for the Oculus Quest 2 that has you playing the role of Mario as you face off against the giant gorilla in your quest to save Pauline. In order to develop his next-gen homage, Nathan employed the Unity game engine to transform the 2D arcade game into a 3D VR world.

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ARPost

MARCH 27, 2023

The new NVIDIA CloudXR also makes it possible for developers to create custom user interfaces through the use of Unity plug-in architecture. More Deployment Options With the Use of the Unity Plug-in – Developers can build on the Unity engine and create a full-featured CloudXR Client using Unity APIs.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In a video posted by CBS Los Angeles , we see Rams COO Kevin Demoff guiding a reporter through the VR tour of the jaw dropping venue using an Oculus Rift headset with Touch controllers (photos also show an HTC Vive being used). It’s clear that the potential for VR to dazzle, surprise, and immerse an entirely new audience is huge.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. Unity itself is a highly accessible graphics engine ready for a range of developers.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Last week we had a first look at the controllers, while this week we had quite a confusing leak about its product line, which, if confirmed, would show an ambitious plan by the Chinese company. Immersed is a reliable company, but it never shipped a headset, so I’ll feel more confident when the first people receive their units.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

The Pico G2 4K Enterprise is packaged quite well: nothing special or mindblowing, but an ordered box with the headset, the controller and the accessories inside. On the right, you can see the 3 buttons that let you interact with the headset even if you don’t have the controller. Controller. Top view of the controller.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2018

Plexus Immersive Corp, a San Francisco-based startup, announced a pair of VR gloves that integrate haptic feedback and interface with multiple tracking standards, including SteamVR, Oculus Rift, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR. ” Image courtesy Plexus Immersive. Image courtesy Plexus Immersive.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In this article, I’m going to tell you everything I know about this new headset , plus I will give you my thorough hands-on review on its 6 DOF Controllers , that I have tried with the 6 DOF devkit. Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus. The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Alvin Wang Graylin.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

Brandon Bray, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, took the stage at Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 to show a little more of what Microsoft has planned for the VR side of things when the first Windows Holographic headsets come later this year. image courtesy Unity Technologies.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2020

With an unrivalled price point, the ZapBox kit includes controllers, two phone camera adaptors, world anchors, a content library of both pre-released and original experiences, and a Unity plugin for developers.

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ARPost

JANUARY 16, 2023

Arcturus , volumetric video editing and streaming tools provider, has been at the forefront of virtual production, revolutionizing immersive content experiences across a vast range of verticals. Unity users can now enjoy improved OMS playback with their HoloSuite plugins. Framing the Future of Video.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2023

Unity developers can build spatial computing experiences for visionOS that blend digital content with the physical world using Unity PolySpatial. Through this beta program, you and other creatives will be able to create experiences using Unity editor that can run on the Apple Vision Pro MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps. I can only imagine the possibilities of mixing this with immersive headsets : you could visit every city in VR in a much more realistic way than the one shown by Google Earth VR today. Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Japanese startup Diver-X is looking to launch a SteamVR-compatible headset that seems to be taking a few ideas from popular anime Sword Art Online, which prominently features a fully immersive metaverse. To immersive the other senses, HalfDive also features four speakers—that’s two more than basically all VR headsets out there.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

also improves controller-free hand tracking. Hand Tracking & Controller Improvements • Improved hand tracking response speed. Improved controller tracking speed when returning to the field of view from blind spots. Improved the design of the playback control bar and settings page. is improved passthrough. .

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2020

Over the past five years we’ve seen numerous advancements in immersive technology that have helped open the doors to a wide range of possibilities. The company will also be providing their own Unity Software Development Kit, allowing developers access to the raw data from both the sensors as well as the haptic feedback motors.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback. Even the controller, with its nice rounded design, looks cute. On top of it, you can see the controller. Notice that in this photo there is not the controller on top of it. Design-wise, they are very cool.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Even outside of the hardware market, Google has given companies access to AR app development kits and immersive software for some time now. Already, the company is partnering not just with Samsung and Qualcomm but with countless heavyweights like Sony, Magic Leap, and Unity.

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