Road to VR

JULY 7, 2016

Nvidia says the tech is soon to come to Unreal Engine and Unity. So far we’ve only seen SMP built into a few tech demos, but it’s soon to get a potentially huge boost thanks to integration with Unreal Engine and Unity, the two biggest game engines and the primary tools used to create VR content.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

.” SteamVR will also be joined on Mac systems by the Unreal and Unity video game engines, all tying directly into today’s newly announced Metal 2 video-processing API. Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In the demo I had on the show floor, I could only use the controllers to point and click at 2D interfaces. Then I sneaked into a relax room because I’d been told the Surreal guy was trying to do demos there because the Wi-Fi was better and I was finally able to try Beat Saber on the Apple Vision Pro streamed from a PC.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2017

The post 4 Dev Demos Showing Off Apple’s New ARKit Tracking appeared first on Road to VR. This appeared to deliver fairly stable tracking, without the need for dedicated hardware, unlike Google Tango, which uses a suite of cameras and sensors.

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2020

Each team member can be seen operating the body of their own unique avatars in a custom tech demo environment built on the Unity platform. The content for the technical demo was created in Unity. Image Credit: Antilatency). Antilatency’s full-body tracking is available for purchase now via antilatency.com.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2018

Kimball said that the Unity and Unreal engine integrations for Magic Leap do much of the core balancing optimizations (between the available A57 cores and Denver 2 core) for developers already. The headset also has a 6DOF controller, but it isn’t shown in this demo.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

With the same money, I think they could have made a more impressive demo with exotic waveguide materials that didn’t seem so far off in the future. He said the company is now in a good financial situation and is working on its next iteration of the Unreal Engine game engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community. Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

” The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows , alongside three new demos to try it out for yourself. The post Leap Motion Releases Major Tracking Update and New Demos to Show It Off appeared first on Road to VR. Better hand pose stability and reliability. Improved Developer Tools.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

With Pumori.io , I had created 6 Unity apps that demo UI/UX concepts on the Project North Star headset. However, I had to manually switch between unity packages to demo different apps which led me to taking on and off the headset constantly. . developers compared to the amount of Unity/Unreal devs is far less.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

Google have announced that developers itching to get started on building Android VR games using the Unity game engine can do so right now using a Daydream plugin. Initially, Unity support for Daydream will be available via a plugin, with native support arriving some time in the Summer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

One big part of its showcase will be a new VR tech demo from PlayStation Magic Lab, the division of the company that’s worked on the headset for the past few years. This demo will focus on “simple 3D prodcedural spatial behaviors for VR characters.” A new talk based on the controller has been scheduled too.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. ” He went on to talk about Facebook’s social VR demo that debuted at Oculus Connect 3 last month, revealing that both it and Oculus’ own Rooms and Parties social software had been made with Unity.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 30, 2022

ARPost demoed Cupixel, a new app that uses AR and AI to help anyone realize their artistic potential. Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine. In this article, we introduce you to Victoria VR, a hyper-realistic metaverse created and owned by users, and powered by Unreal Engine.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You can then use the HoloPlay Studio software to easily drag and drop new holograms onto the device, develop applications using plugins for programs like Unity and Unreal Engine, and more. Looking Glass Portrait comes with a generous selection of demo holograms you can try right out of the box.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

A second demo from Wingnut AR showed how ARKit could place an entire imaginary world on top of a real-world platform on the stage. The more sophisticated demo, made in Unreal Engine, shows a complex world war taking place with spaceships and explosions. The demo is expected to be released as a game “later this year.”.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

ShapesXR is game engine-friendly, allowing you to easily export your projects to popular platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine. Developer XOCUS released a demo for its fast-paced VR racer on Quest back in August. The Z-Race demo is available free on Oculus (Meta) Quest via the App Lab. Z-RACE (New Map & Ship).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Curiously enough, he let us also the journalist Janko Roettgers try Cambria for a very short demo. Weirdly enough, most of the demos he showed were games. Soon a demo of it for Quest 2 will be released on App Lab, but this demo is meant to shine with Project Cambria Zuckerberg is still committed to the Metaverse.

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

Much like the popular third-party platform SideQuest, XR Swim could be huge for Web-based immersive content by offering independent creators a place to showcase their projects, whether it be a fully developed game or a simple tech demo. Steam provides an excellent service and can charge developers because of their huge install base.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

One leading XR streaming solution provider is Innoactive, which leverages RT3D engines from Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA to promote the adoption of workplace XR services – allowing clients to distribute XR applications directly to a range of end-devices with the compute processing happening remotely on the cloud.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The company is also providing compatibility with Unity and Unreal Engine 4, making it easier to export 3D content using its own SDK. In the meantime, you can sign up here for a virtual webinar demo of the device.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Earlier this week Unity’s Editor VR platform evolved from a novel new way of making videogames into potentially the most forward-thinking VR development platform, and its all to do with Tools. According to VP of Unity Labs Sylvio Drouin, that’s a very real possibility. Interactivity.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Vive Demo on Stage. To show the audience the power of the company’s new VR Ready 27-inch iMac—and a taste of what it’s like to be in VR—Apple showed a demo running on the HTC Vive that was created by Industrial Light and Magic. Unity and Unreal VR SDK Support. Metal for VR. Photo courtesy TIME.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

But the news of the day is that Meta should assemble only around 1000 units and keep the glasses for internal usage and demos. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet.

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Upload VR

JUNE 18, 2024

The scans can be viewed in the Varjo Teleport PC VR app, or exported for use in Unity and Unreal. I was able to try a brief demo of Varjo Teleport last week, and found the quality to be slightly but notably superior to Gracia on PC viewing captures from Luma. And they are measured in megabytes, not gigabytes.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

So, I taught myself Unity late at night after my son and wife went to bed. I called in for help and we made a great demo game.”. The reaction has been unreal. Nighttime became YouTube university time. I did my first tutorial and then I was on to learning what a skybox was. Image Credit: Insta360.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

The creator studio, which I was shown in a remote demo, consists of text inputs, toggles, and sliders. Once the character is complete in both mind and body, they can be integrated into virtual environments created using Unreal Engine or Unity. They call this model “Bring Your Own Avatar.”. A Bigger, Better, Metaverse.

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

While that funding campaign still has a ways to go and we’re an estimated month away from a functioning XR headset demo, Walker Industries founder, Herman Remy, reached out to ARPost to talk about his company and his passion. Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I saw myself inside the Tuscany demo, and I felt in love with VR, like IMMEDIATELY. The weakness of the gamedev community disappointed me, but I decided that since everyone was using Unity, I should learn it myself.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2022

I told him “no way this can be true”, so he invited me to his demo to prove that he was saying the truth. And RP1 is actually not stopping there: they plan to expand the current network architecture so that the next demo should feature 100,000 people in 20 square kilometers , with also the ability to deploy gaming modules.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Going into 2025, WEART will showcase TouchDIVER Pro demos worldwide, matching a forecasted surge of enterprise XR interest. To help adopters leverage TouchDIVER Pro in business situations, WEART is also deploying a supporting Unity and Unreal-ready SDK for creating custom hand-object interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

After that, I was required to try the VR demo, in which I could wear a Vive Focus 3 , always with some special network accessory attached, and enter into a sort of physical square ring and see around me a very complex virtual panorama, with some plants growing if I went around waving my hands. I’ve found it to be a cool solution.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Now, however, countless companies and developers are beginning to embrace this model, including Varjo (with Varjo Teleport ), Unity, and Unreal. Developers are also rolling out plugins for popular platforms like Unreal Engine, Unity , and Nvidia Omniverse. We’ve already mentioned Unity and Unreal, for instance.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

The demo is kinda mindblowing because it shows a real room, and then by pressing a button, you can see the same room, but without all its pieces of furniture. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity. Unreal Engine 5 has brought two interesting features with its release: Lumen and Nanite. See Unity running on Quest.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

XLA announced on Tuesday that it had launched its Metasites modular 3D internet framework, with subsequent demos taking place at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023. Users can also analyse text semantically, create 3D scenes, and deploy content or connect to XLA’s ecosystem using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Federighi says that ARKit provides fast and stable motion-tracking, plane estimation with basic boundaries, ambient lighting estimation, scale estimation, support for Unity, Unreal, SceneKit and Xcode app templates—all available on “hundred of millions of iPhones and iPads […] making overnight ARKit the largest AR platform in the world.”

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