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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

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The media and entertainment metaverse , complete with 3D avatars, is no longer a distant prospect. A Closer Look at Metaverse Entertainment. In the entertainment industry, the Metaverse has and continues to connect audiences in shared virtual spaces via headsets and their respective or third-party virtual spaces. VR Theme Parks.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Art and Entertainment in 2022

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Like virtually all sectors, the art and entertainment industry has been exposed to significant pressure in recent years. With lockdowns and pandemics changing the way people seek out entertainment and inspiration, companies have been left searching for new ways to engage their audience.

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Unity Gets $400 Million Investment From Silver Lake

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Unity Technologies’ Unity Engine is playing an increasingly important role in the VR industry, and new funds announced today should help it grow further still. Unity Technologies is getting $400 million from private equity firm Silver Lake. That is if regulators approve the deal, taking its valuation to $2.6

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

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Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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Miranda: A Live Steampunk VR Opera Where You Play As Judge & Jury

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Using Unity and Photon , the team pioneered a new software framework designed for producing live musicals and operas that could be used in future productions. While they don’t anticipate any problems, this is live entertainment baby; anything can happen. As such the team is asking for forgiveness in case something does go wrong.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.19): Quest 2 adds Air Link and Resident Evil 4, Pico and HTC are ready to launch, and more!

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NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2. More info (NVIDIA CloudXR upgrade) More info (NVIDIA CloudXR on Tencent Cloud) More info (NVIDIA VRSS v2) More info (DLSS integrated inside Unity) More info (Jarvis) More info (NVIDIA RTX cards shortage). Learn more and sign up.

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing. An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github.

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