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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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From real to unreal, from unreal to real. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine 5 is now enhanced with the dynamic global illumination power of Lumen.

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Unreal Engine Apps Can Now Be Built with Quest Hand-tracking

Road to VR

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. At the time, the company had only added support to the Oculus Unity integration, meaning that developers building apps in Unreal Engine didn’t have access to the feature.

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Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

Road to VR

Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 Meta will support critical bug fixes for UE4 until the end of 2023, although devs can access UE4 resources and documentation on Meta’s GitHub repository even after the support is scaled back. for apps built for the Quest platform.

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Meta Releases New Audio Ray Tracing Tool for More Immersive Soundscapes on Quest

Road to VR

Released in the Audio SDK for Unity and Unreal, the new Acoustic Ray Tracing tech is designed to automate the complex process of simulating realistic acoustics which is traditionally achieved through labor-intensive, manual methods. You can find out more about Meta’s Acoustic Ray Tracing here.

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Oculus is “All in on OpenXR,” New Developer Features Will Come to OpenXR Only

Road to VR

” According to Oculus, that means only its OpenXR SDK will receive “full support” (like QA testing, bug fixes, and up-to-date documentation). The move begins with the v31 SDK update, in which Oculus is shifting to OpenXR as the “preferred API for all new applications going forward.”

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Unreal Engine 4.20 Ships With Native Mixed Reality Compositing for VR, New AR/VR SDKs

Road to VR

Unreal Engine 4.20 Unreal Engine 4.20 Documentation for the feature can be found here. For developers using Unreal Engine to build titles for the Rift, UE 4.20 The post Unreal Engine 4.20 officially launched today with heaps of updates. On the AR front, UE 4.20 adds supports for Apple’s ARKit 2.0 Now UE 4.20

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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers 

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Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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