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Unreal Engine’s New Virtual Production Tool Is Reshaping Cinematography

VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2019

Unreal Engine is changing how filmmakers and advertisers are making movies and commercials with a new virtual production tool that allows them to add special effects in real-time. Image Credit: Epic Games. Image Credit: Epic Games. Image Credit: Epic Games. Is real-time VR technology the future of filmmaking ?

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ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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AUGUST 15, 2022

From real to unreal, from unreal to real. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine blurs the distinction between the real world and the virtual world. of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine 5 is now enhanced with the dynamic global illumination power of Lumen.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

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APRIL 10, 2022

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a. Image by Epic Games).

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This VR Tool Knows What You’re Thinking Before You Do

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JUNE 2, 2021

Theia Interactive’s new VR tool takes the guesswork out of designing products and campaigns. . Beyond the obvious use-cases of gaming, socialVR, workforce training, and education, VR can also be used to collect deep marketing data in new and exicting ways. These same tools could also prove useful within the gaming sector.

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Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.27, brings “production-ready” support for OpenXR. You may recall news back in May that the early access version of Unreal Engine 5 includes improved support for OpenXR. That makes Unreal Engine 4.27 Epic says that the OpenXR support in Unreal Engine 4.27

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VR Modding Monthly: Heaps of AAA Unreal Engine Games Soon to be Unlocked for VR – August 2022

Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For VR enthusiasts, the idea of picking up a brand new AAA flat game, pressing a button and then ‘magically’ being able to play that same game in full 6DOF VR natively-in-the-engine if they wanted to seems more like a thing of science fiction than reality. Praydog’s Universal Unreal Engine VR Injector Mod.

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Create A Digital Human In Less Than An Hour With Epic Games’ MetaHuman Creator

VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Despite not yet being available, Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator is already making people talk. Back in 2016, we saw our first look at Epic Games’ game-chaning digital human technology with its Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice preview at the Game Developers Conference. HD stubble // Image Credit: Epic Games.

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Unreal Engine is Now Royalty-free for the First $1 Million in Revenue

Road to VR

MAY 14, 2020

The Unreal Engine 5 tech demo on PS5 wasn’t the only news Epic Games revealed today. Alongside the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, Epic Games today also announced a change to the pricing of Unreal Engine. Previously the cost to use the engine for building games was a 5% royalty on gross revenue of the game.

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How Epic Games’ Lawsuit Against Apple Could Impact The Future Of VR/AR

VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2020

Apple threatens to withhold support for ARKit and upcoming VR technology on Unreal Engine. Well, it certainly has been an interesting few days for the gaming community. Details here: [link] — Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) August 17, 2020. We are asking the court to stop this retaliation.

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Unreal Engine Apps Can Now Be Built with Quest Hand-tracking

Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. At the time, the company had only added support to the Oculus Unity integration, meaning that developers building apps in Unreal Engine didn’t have access to the feature.

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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2020

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking.

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Unity Promises Day-one Support for Android XR, Including Easy Ports for Existing Quest Content

Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meta Quest developers looking to port their Unity-based apps to Google’s newly unveiled Android XR operating system shouldn’t have a tough time of it, Unity says, as the game engine creator today released all of the tools devs need to get cracking. “This is as simple a port as youre ever going to encounter.

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Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo on PS5 Shows Where Next-gen Graphics are Headed

Road to VR

MAY 13, 2020

Epic Games today revealed a PS5 tech demo built with Unreal Engine 5, the next-gen version of the company’s game engine. With new features for advanced lighting and unprecedented geometric detail, Unreal Engine 5 hopes to enable a generational leap in real-time graphics. Image courtesy Epic Games. While UE 4.25

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Meta Ditches Its Own Tools in Favor of LIV Partnership for Mixed Reality Capture on Quest

Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2024

There are a few great ways to market VR games, but there’s arguably none better than by showing real people immersed in virtual environments thanks to mixed reality capture. for similar Unreal-based apps will also arrive, with official release of both Unity and Unreal versions coming sometime in Q4 2024.

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Meta’s Twisted Pixel Studio is Building an Unannounced VR Title with Unreal Engine

Road to VR

JULY 4, 2023

Following the studio’s acquisition by Meta late last year, we haven’t heard much about Twisted Pixel, a veteran VR game studio which made several exclusive titles for Meta. Following the launch of several non-VR games, Twisted Pixel Games in recent years has become largely focused on VR.

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Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2023

Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 In a dev blog post announcing the news, Meta says developers who choose to work with Epic’s game engine should start thinking about using UE5 for their Quest apps. Released in April 2022, UE5 packs in two new tools called Nanite and Lumen.

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WEART, MAIZE Partner to Drive Immersive Training Adoption and Innovation

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 20, 2025

Leading into the new year, virtual reality training is growing as the broader XR market also emerges as a tool for work and everyday life. The duo deployed realistic digital training tools to MAIZEs deep client list. It also supports XR experiences built on Unity and Unreal Engine SDKs.

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Meta Releases New Audio Ray Tracing Tool for More Immersive Soundscapes on Quest

Road to VR

JULY 31, 2024

Meta announced its released a new Acoustic Ray Tracing feature that will make it easier for developers to add more immersive audio to their VR games and apps. You’ll also find documentation on Meta’s Audio SDK ( Unity | Unreal ) and Acoustic Ray Tracing ( Unity | Unreal ).

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Epic’s MetaHuman Avatar Tool Can Now Import Scans of Real People… Maybe You One Day

Road to VR

JULY 6, 2022

Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real people for use in real-time applications. A 3D character made with MetaHuman | Image courtesy Epic Games.

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Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants

Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2019

At Unreal Engine Build: Detroit 2019, Magic Leap today announced that the company will be giving away 500 Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets as part of the recently unveiled Epic MegaGrants. The post Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants appeared first on Road to VR.

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Unity Releases 1.0 Tools for Vision Pro App Development

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

support for visionOS, making its now Vision Pro-compatible game engine available to all Unity Pro, Enterprise, and Industry subscribers. Tools for Vision Pro App Development appeared first on Road to VR. Unity has officially launched 1.0 The post Unity Releases 1.0

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ARWall, Soapbox Films Debut XR Virtual Production Tool

XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The installation also features an integrated ARFX Pro Plugin and ARFX Launcher collaboration tools that increase efficiency by dramatically reducing downtime on set. UE5) tackles the most demanding tasks from RT3D productions by providing 3D designers with tools to create hyper-realistic renders for film, gaming, and XR productions.

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Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines

Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2018

Limitless, a company developing content and tools for creating cinematic VR experiences, has joined Lytro to build out tools for combining light-fields and real-time rendering directly in game engines. The post Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines appeared first on Road to VR.

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Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 14, 2023

Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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Epic Releases Unreal Engine 5 But Its Headlining Features Aren’t Ready for VR

Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2022

This week Epic Games released the latest version of its next-gen game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Though the new version brings improvements in many areas, its most notable features are Lumen (global illumination) and Nanite (micro-polygon geometry), which could be game-changers for VR immersion.

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VR Support Planned for Serene Photography Game Built with UE5

Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2024

Lushfoil Photography Sim , a serene photography game built on Unreal Engine 5, is expected to get optional PC VR support following its initial release. ” A demo version of the game was released this week as part of Steam Next Fest.

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Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab, the Massive 3D Object Library Compatible with AR/VR Headsets

Road to VR

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab , the platform that lets you view, share, and download 3D models via traditional monitors and AR/VR headsets, today announced its been acquired by Unreal Engine creators Epic Games. Sketchfab says it will continue to support other game engines, Unity included.

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OpenBCI: games using brain-interfaces are coming in 3 years

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

OpenBCI has been making open-source tools for neuroscience and biosensing since 2014. We’ve also talked a lot around the office about zombie or horror games that react to your heart rate, building on the kind of thing companies like Flying Mollusk demonstrated. NeverMind, a game by Flying Mollusk. Can you make us some examples?

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Varjo Reality Cloud Supports Unity, Unreal Engine

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The enterprise-grade immersive software-as-a-service (SaaS) now supports RT3D design projects from Unity and Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). Reality Cloud’s integration enables businesses to stream more XR projects for use cases in gaming, entertainment, and healthcare.

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5 Free VR Games On Oculus Quest 2 – November 2021

VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Watch YouTube with friends, mix your favorite music, or go head-to-head in a variety of classic board games. Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. Never Board is a board game lover’s dream. ShapesXR can best be described as a design and rapid prototyping tool.

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Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and Beyond

Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Going Beyond Gaming. There’s no better example of this than the revolutionary entertainment experience, Fortnite.

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Mosaic Opens Photogrammetry Tool Pre-Sales

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2022

Users can view and edit their captured data in graphics engines such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Martin added, “Many companies have primarily used Lidar technology for point cloud creation and are looking for cheaper, easier-to-manage solutions” New Tools for a Range of Industries. ambitions.

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CBS Uses Insta360 Cameras For VR Game Development

VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

There, players could step into an interactive VR experience based on the popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ and compete in a game of “CarPong” for the chance at winning some sweet prizes, including Insta360 cameras, t-shirts, even a few Oculus Quest’s. I called in for help and we made a great demo game.”.

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New Official Dev Tool Tests VR Apps Against Oculus Platform Guidelines Before Submission

Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2018

Up until now, developers wishing to get their VR app on the Oculus Store had to submit to a manual review process by which their game or experience was washed through two stages; a tech review to see if the app passed minimum standards and a content review to determine it was a complete and polished experience. image courtesy Oculus.

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Facebook (Meta) Is Improving Its Developer Ecosystem

VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The company puts a focus on community building with a new suite of developer tools. The social media company is doubling down on its vision of the metaverse with new tools, games, and experiences, and a reinvigorated focus on social, fitness, and work. . Last week was quite a busy one for Facebook, or should I say Meta.

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NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The article is a summary of the most interesting information that came from our chat… including the mind blowing moment when I realized that with this technology, people in Unity and Unreal Engine could work together on the same project :O. Omniverse is the collaborative and simulation tool by NVIDIA. NVIDIA Omniverse.

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XR Swim Platform Wants To Become The Steam Of WebXR Content

VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

XR experiences in general, have proven themselves to be an amazing tool for everything from workforce training and digital marketing to product visualization, entertainment, and immersive online education. Chicken Waffle launched the platform with an impressive library of free games and experiences that you can try right now.

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Microsoft’s VR Maker Tool ‘SharePoint Spaces’ to Launch in First Half of 2020

Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

Back at Microsoft’s annual SharePoint Virtual Summit in May 2018, the company announced it was getting ready to ship a new VR maker tool set called Spaces for SharePoint, the web-based collaborative platform for enterprise customers. ” The news was first reported by German VR publication MIXED.

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Unreal Engine 4.20 Ships With Native Mixed Reality Compositing for VR, New AR/VR SDKs

Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

Unreal Engine 4.20 Up to this point, mixed reality video compositing has generally required third-party programs and game implementations. Unreal Engine 4.20 brings this sort of functionality directly into the engine, simplifying the work required for developers to make their game support such features. as of UE 4.19).

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Best AR/VR Certifications to Kickstart Your Career in 2021

ARPost

AUGUST 18, 2021

Unity is one of the most popular and powerful engines for creating VR games. The Unity organization is keen on training and certifying professionals who will put their tool to the best possible use. Professional Certificate in Unreal Engine Foundations. Certified AR Expert.

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Groundbreaking UEVR Mod Injects VR Support Into Almost Any Unreal Engine PC Game

Upload VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

A new free tool injects VR support into almost any modern PC game made with Unreal Engine. If you've been in the consumer VR scene since the early days you may remember VorpX, a paid injector tool that promised to let you play hundreds of PC games in your VR headset. and above, including Unreal Engine 5.

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Epic Games to Award $100 Million to Devs with New ‘MegaGrants’

Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2019

Epic Games today announced at GDC that the company is set to turbo-charge their long-running developer grant initiative with ‘MegaGrants’ and the largest pool of funds yet, $100,000,000. Developers can also apply for a grant to help transition existing or in-development games to UE4. Interested?

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Reality Scan Vs NVIDIA NeRF – Photogrammetry for Developers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

In April, real-time 3D (RT3D) engine developers Epic Games and NVIDIA debuted easy-to-use photogrammetry tools to streamline the creation of RT3D assets. Accessible photogrammetry tools also allow developers to facilitate system-intensive RT3D production pipelines using consumer-grade hardware and software. Reality Scan.

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

ARPost

APRIL 27, 2022

In this blog, we will cover some highly popular software development tools used for AR app development. We have a plethora of AR app development tools available in the market. You should consider the following parameters before choosing a suitable tool for your AR app development. Top 5 Tools for Developing AR Mobile Apps.

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Unreal Engine’s New Virtual Production Tool Is Reshaping Cinematography

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Brings Real-World Data Into Unreal Environment

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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

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Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo on PS5 Shows Where Next-gen Graphics are Headed

Meta Ditches Its Own Tools in Favor of LIV Partnership for Mixed Reality Capture on Quest

Meta’s Twisted Pixel Studio is Building an Unannounced VR Title with Unreal Engine

Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

WEART, MAIZE Partner to Drive Immersive Training Adoption and Innovation

Meta Releases New Audio Ray Tracing Tool for More Immersive Soundscapes on Quest

Epic’s MetaHuman Avatar Tool Can Now Import Scans of Real People… Maybe You One Day

Magic Leap is Giving Away 500 AR Headsets as Part of Epic’s $100M Unreal MegaGrants

Unity Releases 1.0 Tools for Vision Pro App Development

ARWall, Soapbox Films Debut XR Virtual Production Tool

Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines

Unreal Engine 5: A Tutorial for VR Designers

Epic Releases Unreal Engine 5 But Its Headlining Features Aren’t Ready for VR

VR Support Planned for Serene Photography Game Built with UE5

Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab, the Massive 3D Object Library Compatible with AR/VR Headsets

OpenBCI: games using brain-interfaces are coming in 3 years

Varjo Reality Cloud Supports Unity, Unreal Engine

5 Free VR Games On Oculus Quest 2 – November 2021

Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and Beyond

Mosaic Opens Photogrammetry Tool Pre-Sales

CBS Uses Insta360 Cameras For VR Game Development

New Official Dev Tool Tests VR Apps Against Oculus Platform Guidelines Before Submission

Facebook (Meta) Is Improving Its Developer Ecosystem

NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

XR Swim Platform Wants To Become The Steam Of WebXR Content

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Unreal Engine 4.20 Ships With Native Mixed Reality Compositing for VR, New AR/VR SDKs

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Epic Games to Award $100 Million to Devs with New ‘MegaGrants’

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