XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2023

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Instant Preview.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Google today released a new spatial audio software development kit called ‘Resonance Audio’, a cross-platform tool based on technology from their existing VR Audio SDK. Google’s existing VR SDK audio engine already supported multiple platforms, but with platform-specific documentation on how to implement the features.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A VPS system detecting visual features in the surrounding environment (Image by Google) VPS stands for Visual Positioning System. GPS together with the sensors on the phone is all that we need to orient ourselves on a 2D map like Google Maps that we use every day. What is VPS? How do you develop an application using VPS?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

All these buttons replicate the buttons of a standard gamepad, and this would allow players to play their whole Steam library on the Deckard headset , not only the VR games. Plus this would make the Roy controllers offer a totally different input scheme that would be a disaster for us developers that want to make cross-platform games.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Google released a preview version of ARCore for Android yesterday, the company’s answer to Apple’s ARKit. Built by George Michael Brower with friends at Google Creative Lab. Built with Unity and ARCore. Built by Jane Friedhoff with friends at Google Creative Lab using Unity and ARCore. Portal Painter.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Starting this fall, Ohio University is offering a Virtual Reality and Game Development (VRGD) undergraduate major. Virtual Reality and Game Development Major – a Needed Addition to the Educational Offer. The Virtual Reality and Game Development major will be available at the Scripps College of Communication in the J.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 21, 2025

And be sure to read it until the end, because today I have a giveaway of keys for BEATABLE, the innovative rhythm game by XR Games! Honestly, I wasnt expecting a Vision Pro headset until next year, but Apple is probably launching a new device to take measures against the upcoming release of Googles Project Moohan. Stay tuned!

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2020

Valve just took a big step in prepping Steam game developers for the full arrival of OpenXR, the new industry-wide open standard for AR and VR headsets. With today’s news we’re hoping Oculus Store game developers will be getting that prototype sooner rather than later. version of OpenXR.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

During the first-day of the Unite 2016 conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Unity Technologies unveiled a number of new updates and features to help support VR and AR creators around the world developing interactive 3D, VR and AR experiences. Recruiters can also post jobs and target a pool of highly-sought Unity talent.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2017

In an answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit , a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore. Nougat and above.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 15, 2025

This week, we had quite a lot of interesting news about all the major players: Apple, Meta, Google, and Valve. There is a lot to unpack, so make sure to read this roundup of news till the end where there will also be a giveaway of keys for a cool mixed reality game! Another device they are working on together is XR glasses.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Two months ago Google launched their Blocks VR creation tool that enabled anyone to 3D model low polygon objects with little modeling experience required. You can intuitively create objects or characters in Blocks and bring them into Unity, changing the way developers may approach building their next VR game or scene.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Basketball games used to be about more than basketball. More people play basketball than professionals and, in the 1990s, basketball games reflected that. These games were about the sport, but were also about the life and style of everyday lovers of the game. Vinci Games and Blacktop Hoops.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

Google has announced an upcoming AR game, Space Invaders: World Defense , which is built as a showcase of the company’s latest AR tool. Over the last few years Google has been steadily working on its AR developer toolset, ARCore.

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2023

Space Invaders is a shooting video game created by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978 and manufactured and sold by TAITO. It was the first fixed shooter video game and is considered one of the most iconic arcade games ever. It means that the AR game adapts to the player’s real-life surroundings.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2017

Last month, Google launched their Blocks VR creation tool , enabling anyone to 3D model low polygon objects with no prior modeling experience required. Now Google’s Daydream Labs is giving us a glimpse into just that. Image Credit: Google VR. The post Animating VR Characters in Google Blocks appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

Now App Lab games appear if you search for a game in the Store: they are still flagged as experimental App Lab games, but they have become visible. I’ve tried looking for “HitMotion” and our game “HitMotion: Reloaded” appeared. It is fantastic because it means that finally, indie VR games have become discoverable.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. This week Google has performed another strategic move towards the development of its future XR glasses. Exit Games finally announces Photon Fusion. More info (Quest 2 new parental controls?—?Road Upload VR).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The gamification trap… XR is always linked to gaming, whether business like it or not. The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. For example, Unity is a critical component of the workplace-focused Vision Pro.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2019

VR games need to achieve high, stable performance to look good and play comfortably. In nine minutes, this crash course offers up an indie-dev focused overview of optimizing VR games built in Unity for mobile hardware like Oculus Quest. The video is focused toward novice VR developers who are working in Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Apple Intelligence on the Vision Pro would be a big deal, and especially it would let Apple compete better with Google , which made the integration with Gemini one of the best features of its Android XR operating system. Hand tracking fits very well with the magic-based combat system of the game.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2022

Unity support – It is an important parameter for any AR development app. Unity is unarguably the most powerful and prevalent game engine worldwide. Google ARCore. ARCore is developed and launched by Google. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. Supported platforms : iOS, Android, and Unity.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Google has announced the launch of Android XR, a platform designed to support the creation of mixed reality (MR) applications. The initiative builds on ARCore, Googles existing augmented reality framework. Google has partnered with several hardware manufacturers for Android XR, including Samsung and Qualcomm.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 11, 2023

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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VRScout

JANUARY 18, 2020

While many of us spend almost all day in front of a table, there are no apps/games taking advantage of this providential armrest. unity @Oculus #OculusQuest #MadeWithUnity #XR #SpatialComputing cc: @mitrealityhack pic.twitter.com/wypOFEJcNx — Greg Madison (@GregMadison) January 17, 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Since I loved gaming (who doesn’t love gaming?), It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. The weakness of the gamedev community disappointed me, but I decided that since everyone was using Unity, I should learn it myself.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

This week, we had Tilt Brush artist Steve Teeps in the studio to show us behind the scenes of what it takes to create dark and mysterious Tilt Brush art and character designs, and on Friday, we had all our friends and family from the Upload Collective companies hang out on on beanbags and play Google Earth. Calling all Developers!

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2023

One of the most famous video games of all time returns as an immersive AR experience for smart devices. According to Google, enemies will appear from behind nearby buildings and landscapes and react to real-world conditions in real time. This includes everything from your local time and weather to your physical location. .

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity’s xR strategy is Tony Parisi, who is a co-founder of VRML and a long-time open web advocate.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2023

Today I want to take you on a journey on one of the coolest prototypes I’ve ever worked on, which is about creating Unity applications that can dynamically modify their logic at runtime depending on the user’s needs thanks to generative artificial intelligence. This vision can be expanded to all fields.

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

Games, Education, Enterprise, Entertainment and WebAR are all part of the platform,” Staber adds, “it also has a cool section for Experiments, where developers can publish content that might not be a full game, but has interesting and useful functionality.”. You’ll even find Chicken Waffle themselves on XR Swim!

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Cloudhead Games is one of the most successful and senior VR studios in the industry. Guest Article by Denny Unger Denny Unger is CEO and CCO at Cloudhead Games. Will Cloudhead Games be buying one to better understand Apple’s approach? AVP is a development platform also serving an enthusiast demographic.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Presented by Epic Games Head of Brands and Advertising, Raffaella Camera, Best Campaign Auggie Award went to Countdown Super Insects by Zappar. The award for Best Consumer App was presented by Hopscotch Interactive CEO Emily Olman to Google Maps Live View by Google. Best Game or Toy. Best Art or Film. Best Campaign.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Owlchemy Labs and Resolution Games announced they’re adopting support for Android XR, bringing some of their most popular titles to Google’s upcoming XR operating system. ” The story is the same for Resolution Games. ” The story is the same for Resolution Games. .

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