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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

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In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. The data is sent to a computer via UDP packet over Wi-Fi, and the results are displayed using the game engine Unity, as shown in the brief demonstration video heading this article.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

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IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. How do astronauts exercise in space? It was a trust exercise.

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Creating VR Content With Zero Coding Skills

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But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. In that regard, Sumerian is more similar to standard development software, such as Unity, than it is to software such as BioVR. The Varwin software interface is based on Google’s Blockly visual language.

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Best Places To Learn AR and VR Development Online in 2020

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Although Unity 3D is undoubtedly the most common and trained standards for developing and deploying augmented and virtual reality application for both beginner or expert developer, it is cannot be employed for developing content for some headsets. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS.

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Google’s ‘Expeditions’ Initiative is Leading Innovation in the Future of Immersive Education

Road to VR

Google’s overarching mission is to organize all of the world’s information, and so it’s a natural fit for the company to be one of the leading innovators for using VR for immersive education. SEE ALSO For Google, the Future of VR Is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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What Are The Biggest Myths About AR Advertising?

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I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. To get the most information out in the most fun way in a short session, we decided to frame our panel discussion as a myth-busting exercise. Tony Parisi is Head of XR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies. by Tony Parisi.

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Can Advertising Scale in VR? (Yes and No)

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These include video, social media, mobile apps, and games (just ask Unity). across Google’s display ad network. The above ad revenue exercise is also framed in today’s ad market standards. Historical evidence also suggests that VR could follow a path towards ad monetization.

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