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Should you attend XR events? Pros and cons of going to exhibitions

The Ghost Howls

I’ve traveled really a lot, visiting countries like Italy (my country), China, the USA, Finland, England, Germany, and the Czech Republic, to name a few. For instance, this year, on my last trip to Finland, I was also able to visit a bit of the Lapland, see a reindeer farm, speak with the people there, and learn how life is for them.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.11.26): Valve Roy controller leaked, VR Black Friday deals, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The trip to Finland left me with a bad cough, but especially with many sweet memories of the experiences I had there and the amazing people I spent my time with. As a Unity developer (also knowledgeable of VRChat), I’m not surprised at all, honestly. I’m back in Turin, Italy! And that I also visited a chocolate factory?

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HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US

Road to VR

Now Microsoft is expanding the regions where it will sell HoloLens 2 to 15 new countries: Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. 3-month Unity Pro license. ” Image courtesy Microsoft. Value (MSRP; in $USD). HoloLens 2 device.

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Meta Horizon Desktop Editor Now Publicly Available In Early Access

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Meta's (Limited-Scope) Unity Competitor According to creators who have been testing the closed beta version, the Meta Horizon Desktop Editor has an interface resembling a simplified version of game engines like Unity, reminiscent of Apple's Reality Composer Pro, the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), or the Roblox Creator Hub.

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Varjo Promises Human-Eye Resolutions For VR This Year

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I am standing in a virtual living room rendered via Unity. Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. My experience in that Unity-based living room and other demos, using what Varjo is calling the “20/20” prototype, shows that they are working in the right direction.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info A Universal Unity VR injector may be in the works, or maybe not Raicuparta has just added an old simple Universal Unity VR Mod tool to its Rai Pal tool. If all the existing flatscreen Unity games could become VR-compatible, that would be huge. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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How MeKiwi ported Cave Digger to 7 different VR platforms

The Ghost Howls

MeKiwi is a very interesting indie studio in Finland : they have published a very popular VR game like Cave Digger, and they have also experimented with something artistic with ArtPulse. Going deeply technical, how you managed your workflow for handling so many different Unity projects? Git is of course a god-send.

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