XROM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In Microsoft Mesh, the immersive content you create is experienced by users on a desktop PC or in VR. The toolkit supports Unity so you can build environments in a familiar way and leverage existing scenes and assets to build experiences in Mesh. It also works without a server deployment, making it simple to get started.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Microsoft again, because some time ago they bought AltspaceVR , a VR social platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy. Unity (Nasdaq: U) for 3D Modeling and Animation Tools. These are just examples to better clarify what I mean. Guest Post.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. For example, how does someone with Parkinson’s navigate gesture controls? HP and Microsoft. Meanwhile, Joanna Popper and John Ludwig of HP, and Mark Bolas of Microsoft announced the HP Reverb Gen 2 , which was developed in collaboration with Valve.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 26, 2023

This month, Microsoft will deploy an upgraded version of its dormant HoloLens 2 headset for US Army soldiers. Microsoft’s US Army contract sees the firm deploy 20 custom “Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)” HoloLens 2 MR headsets for field testing. Microsoft IVAS: What’s New? The IVAS version 1.2

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Arcturus’s Dimension Studio Arcturus will also provide licence and expertise support for studios seeking to partner with Microsoft’s MRCS network.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

MUSE Museum AR Experience on a mobile application Finding the best platform for your WebAR project Introduction I have been building Augmented reality apps since 2006, and I have worked with various systems: PC, Mobile, Adobe Flash FlarToolkit, Depth sensors, RGB Sensors, Magicleap, Microsoft Hololens, Google Tango andARCore, and Apple AR Kit.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Toyota makes mixed reality magic with Unity and Microsoft HoloLens 2. This includes the use of Unity’s real-time 3D development platform across its automotive lifecycle. Its virtual pipeline starts by importing vehicle data into Unity using Pixyz. Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Nick Davis.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I don’t know for whom this is “affordable”, maybe Tim Cook, Bill Gates, or people that have sold both kidneys… More info Microsoft completes the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard After many months of legal disputes, Microsoft has finally received the green light to acquire Activision-Blizzard.

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Cats and VR

JULY 15, 2016

The build was created in Unity with the HoloLens SDK" "For now the Pokémon are randomly generated within a mapped environment. For example, like opening your inventory or activating your map and zooming in and tilting your map. We are now focusing on how to use different gestures for specific interactions. Cats And VR .

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This year was a busy one for the XR industry; following a lull in faith towards the start of the year, groups such as the OEP, Microsoft, and Meta worked to bring new life to the sector via substantial workplace XR solutions. The Unity integration also enables the OEP to integrate other related solutions into the product.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Here are just some of the most recent customer success examples worth checking out right now. Unity and Deckers. The company decided to leverage the services of RestAR and Unity to scan and render physical products in a digital environment. Microsoft and Wurth. Varjo and MUJI.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2021

Unity asked more than a dozen industry experts – including yours truly – to share their thoughts on how immersive technologies would be embraced for a report entitled Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR. How Immersive Technologies are helping us reimagine personal interactions in a post-COVID world. .

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

For example, some of the cloud services that we’ll look at are cloud storage solutions. As this article was being written, Varjo further expanded its cloud with Unreal and Unity engine integrations. For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now. But, what is the cloud anyway?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel. He gave examples of some applications of VR that have nothing to do with gaming, such as house tours, and meetings.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. If you want to take VR into another room, for example, you have to find places for the sensors again.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2022

NVIDIA joined Meta , Epic Games, Khronos Group, Avataar , Microsoft, Unity, XR Association , and many other founding members to lead the development of interoperability standards to drive the growth of the metaverse. As big tech is racing toward the development and adoption of extended reality, the debut of the metaverse is nigh.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

For larger companies looking to connect their entire team with HoloLens 2 headsets, Microsoft is offering a package that includes Dynamic 365 Remote Assist on each MR headset at the cost of $125 per user – per month. If you’re a developer working on your own, Microsoft offers the HoloLens 2 Development Edition.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. The latest example of this is PUBG, which surprisingly is hosting a concert by the Korean band Blackpink.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, companies will need to develop and deploy benchmarks and evaluation standards. For example, NVIDIA has long remained associated with AI , namely, as it continues to refresh its portfolio of solutions for immersive collaboration and design.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen. For example, an app that can digitally change the color of your couch could be considered superimposition AR. This technique is useful for cause-and-effect demonstrations.

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AR Insider

JULY 6, 2021

Unpacking that a bit, Toyota’s virtual pipeline starts by importing vehicle data into Unity using Pixyz. By comparison, previous processes involved training machine learning models on Microsoft Azure to recognize mistakes. For Toyota, this kind of time and cost savings is an ideal example of Kaizen in action.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

That’s the consensus that seems to emerge from “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR” a report published today by Unity Technologies, where 15 industry experts (yours truly among them) outlined how Mixed Reality (or XR depending on what flavor acronym you favor) will supercharge and transform the world of work. Look no further!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For example, a Metaverse platform could provide users with a series of remote MR collaboration applications. Both Microsoft, AWS, and Meta are sailing the industrial Metaverse ship into 2024, with leading Meta representatives urging enterprise clients to adopt immersive services today. But how did Microsoft get to this point?

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

With that backdrop, the latest examples are rolled up in a new report from Unity. That last example will be particularly valuable in industrial AR, given that it can automate knowledge transfer. See the full report from Unity, including more data points and case studies. Header Image Credit: Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Congress is stopping the acquisition of more Microsoft IVAS headset. The story of the IVAS, the modified HoloLens system that Microsoft is building for the army, is becoming always more similar to a soap opera. This is a decision that is not going to make Microsoft happy. Unity adds OpenXR hand integration package.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 19, 2018

without limitation, Oculus, Google, Microsoft, Valve, Steam, HTC)”, venture capital, or crowdsourcing. ” SEE ALSO Facebook Founder Says Company Invested $250M in VR Content, Will Invest $250M More. The post ‘Oculus Start’ Program Aims to Help Indies Jump into VR Development appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

When I tried to use ChatGPT to create Unity scripts, it managed to write something good, but often I had to correct it. I’m a Unity developer, and for instance, I use a lot the Unity XR Interaction Toolkit and the features of the new Unity Input System to develop content for all the headsets using just one Unity project.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

It boasts a 17″ display that’s available either in 1600×900, 1080p or 4K, for example. Considering how quickly VR is becoming a part of productivity apps and being integrated into engines like Unity, for example, there may be a valid purpose to utilize workstations that support headsets like the Vive and Rift.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Varjo’s technology, alongside integrations with Unity and Unreal Engine has allowed the construction leaders at Sellen to boost communication between teams, and enhance the development of amazing virtual reality mock-ups. Microsoft and the Haas Group. The Haas group can even offer virtual tours for buyers using Microsoft tools.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Example of BVH for a 2D scene: on the left you can see the geometry of the scene (the green triangles) and the bounding elements enclosing them (those orange squares) and on the right the resulting BVH tree, that the GPU has to traverse (Image by NVIDIA). RTX games use the Microsoft DX12 DXR ray tracing API. What about Unity, instead?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

Unity continues to enhance its XR Interaction Toolkit (XRI) this week as the RT3D graphics engine provider works towards establishing its product as a tool for immersive enterprise and consumer application development. On the hand-tracking side, Unity adds a series of “additions and updates” to improve hand detection and feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. There have been a few key announcements at Connect: Meta has launched Quest Pro , its new premium headset, for $1500 Meta announced its focus on a new vertical, productivity Meta has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to tackle the XR enterprise world.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

Earlier this year , I wrote about how Microsoft and other companies have pulled back on their VR and AR plans. It’s all Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, and occasionally Microsoft Teams. I watched the Game Developers Conference presentations from Nvidia , Unreal Engine , and Unity. And it’s not just Unreal and Unity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 11, 2024

For example, if a Quest developer accessed the Ocean kit, they would be able to better integrate features such as gesture tracking, microphone input, and an external camera for the various supported end devices.

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JULY 5, 2017

You can see those examples in action below. Currently you can see a similar solution with Microsoft’s HoloLens, where users pinch their fingers to interact with virtual objects and interfaces in the real world. On paper, that means ARKit could get simple, accessible control options when it launches in full with iOS 11.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Nreal SDK runs on the Unity-based Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), and applies to Nreal’s Air and Light smart glasses. Nreal built the hand-tracking update using two open-source MRTK applications, “Hand Tracking Hub” and “Startup Scene,” available via Microsoft Design Labs.

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