Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

If you’re unfamiliar with visual scripting environments, such as Unreal Engine’s ‘Blueprints’ for example, it’s a way to visually represent objects, actions, properties etc. This new feature, is called LogiX. And to get you started, the developers have produced a series of LogiX video tutorials too.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

You may wonder what it is and why we should care… and honestly, I was in your exact situation when NVIDIA during the presentation pitched Omniverse to us as “The Google Docs for artists” But then I took some time to analyze the matter, and when I understood, I went in awe. Basically, it is like Google Docs for artists.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. But now you can: Download the mesh , so that you can use it for instance inside game engines or animation movies; Use a code-free visual editor to add content (e.g. More info (Mesh download) More info (DisplayLand Studio editor). Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Game engines such as Unreal engine, Source, and RPG Maker provide the framework for visual, aural, AI, and other crucial elements for many of the games we play today. There are bugs to be expected considering alpha tests are largely incomplete works of software, but if you’re interested you can register here for the download.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

This will help in making people less scared about downloading an App Lab game. And even more, when you open the page related to the game, you don’t find anymore that annoying popup that warns the user that it is a potentially dangerous App Lab game, but there is just a little warning printed on it. I’m very happy about it.

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AR Insider

JUNE 3, 2020

It may, however, not be as obvious that the difference in your approach may vary significantly between designing 3D AR experiences for consumption on a webpage (web AR) compared to AR in a downloadable app. A great alternative to Unity is Epic’s Unreal Engine by the way. Are you planning on showcasing one or two AR experiences only?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

After announcing Daydream earlier this year, Google’s platform for high-end virtual reality on Android, the company has now says the Daydream VR SDK has reached version 1.0 and is now ready for download. Building upon the prior Cardboard SDK, Google has now combined both Cardboard and Daydream development into the Google VR SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

If Microsoft commits to building this platform and doesn’t abandon it (a la Google), it can become an incredible tool for us developers. Google stops selling Cardboard viewers. Google had already abandoned the Daydream and Cardboard platforms, leaving the source code for Cardboard to the community to maintain.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 13, 2020

When it comes to developing virtual reality (VR) videogames there are two primary engines studios use, either Epic Games’ Unreal Engine or Unity by Unity Technologies. will end support for Samsung Gear VR and Google VR, while OpenVR compatibility will be phased out. As the company previously announced Unity 2019.3

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Story Studio is also the creator of Quill — a VR artistic creation platform similar to Google’s Tilt Brush. Story Studios’ more complex applications like Quill will continue to be available and maintained in the Oculus Store and its VR films (Lost, Henry, and Dear Angelica) will continue to be downloadable there as well.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Both are free to download and try. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS. He teaches yet another course on how to tackle different VR projects using Google VR for Android.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” So today’s metaverse-like fiefdoms we can point to as examples include MMOs Roblox and Fortnite, which is made using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Years later, in 2014, my previous classmate Gianni Rosa Gallina called me because he wanted to create a startup about all the fancy things we were discussing in that period, in particular Google Glasses and my obsession about seeing virtual objects on top of the real world. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Head to SideQuest and try to download an indie game from there and if you liked it, share a social media post about it.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars’ Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. What’s more, it’s coming to VR soon and you can download the demo now. ” The team have made the demo available to the public to download now.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

CCP Games has announced that Gunjack 2: End of Shift – the sequel to one of the best-selling mobile VR games of all time, the critically-acclaimed Gunjack – is launching today for Gear VR on the Oculus Store, available to download for $8.99 SRP to $8.99

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Googles solutions allow developers to quickly optimize their augmented reality experiences for android devices, with a convenient Software Development Kit (SDK). Companies can also take advantage of real-time and historical analytics from all of their campaigns.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

That being said, you can now download WebXR Viewer on iPhone or iPad and experience simple to complex web-based AR experiences on your mobile device?—?the For example, the Google Cardboard headset is only $20 !!! Another industry standard is Unreal Engine, however, it is widely considered to have a steeper learning curve than Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. We Unity developers have still to use the current Unity tools that make us develop once, but then build for every different platform (like the ones I describe in this article ).

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ARVR

AUGUST 16, 2021

These games will usually be free to download, but they will have a very well-planned out monetization system. On the Google Play Store, this number is 477,877. Because of the added features, the video game development costs will increase to somewhere between $60,000?—?$120,000. Large games ?—?Large Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Every device used to enter the extended reality landscape needs to be able to access content from somewhere. In the past, companies have had to download and process huge amounts of data on their own computers and other devices, to enable XR experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix. We’re now bringing that directly to developers, who can download the software development kit (SDK) for Unity or Unreal Engine.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Helios , an Unreal-based social VR platform which actually came and went before I even had a chance to add it to the spreadsheet! April 1st, 2024: A tool to download your data will be released. Demo users and subscribers will be able to begin downloading their data. The demo server will continue to function as normal.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

You should be downloading those regardless. It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league. The age of consumer grade video game console-powered virtual reality arrived early last month with the release of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Download the recommended Firestorm viewer here. The easy-to-use Dreamworld OpenSim installer has been downloaded 685 times since it was released late this summer — that’s more than 300 new downloads this past month, according to developer Fred Beckhusen. A list of hosting providers is here. Popularity.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Download the recommended Firestorm viewer here. OutWorlds also provides OpenSim users with free mesh items , OARs and free seamless textures that you can download and use on your grids. There’s no centralized way to find OpenSim grids, so if you don’t tell us about it, and Google doesn’t alert us, we won’t know about it.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Unreal Engine 5 may change the rules of game development. Out of nowhere, Epic Games has teased the next version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5, due to be released in 2021. It means that you can take whatever model, even with billions of polygons, and put it in your Unreal Engine project. Other relevant news.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Gaming On-Demand Google's Stadia streaming gaming service may not exist in 2023 - it proved to be a great idea, backed by solid technology, that just didn't catch on with consumers. Amazon and Netflix also entered the market, with Netflix taking a different approach by offering downloadable game content on users' devices.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And that was really unique; they had basically taken what would normally mean millions and millions of internal R&D dollars, and turned it into this tool that pretty much anyone can download for free. ” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. .”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And that was really unique; they had basically taken what would normally mean millions and millions of internal R&D dollars, and turned it into this tool that pretty much anyone can download for free. ” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. .”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality). News worth a mention.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And that was really unique; they had basically taken what would normally mean millions and millions of internal R&D dollars, and turned it into this tool that pretty much anyone can download for free. So, in our world, Unity -- and let's not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there's Unreal. There's these other engines--.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

Download the recommended Firestorm viewer here. The following 11 grids were suspended this month: Bess Research , HyperWild , KoolPheller Estates , Montefiorino , Open Dream , Osirus , Regno Di Camlaan , Second World , Unreal , Virtual Final World , and Watcher’s World. A list of hosting providers is here. Popularity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. So that was a problem that, in the past, could only be solved with expensive depth cameras or Google Street View-style cars, or take a thousand photos and wait a day for it all to be processed. Matt: Just on Medium.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. So that was a problem that, in the past, could only be solved with expensive depth cameras or Google Street View-style cars, or take a thousand photos and wait a day for it all to be processed. Matt: Just on Medium.

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