Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. While other platforms exist, they are not all designed for the way that people actually collaborate and work.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. development at Carleton University, image courtesy VR First.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

You may wonder what it is and why we should care… and honestly, I was in your exact situation when NVIDIA during the presentation pitched Omniverse to us as “The Google Docs for artists” But then I took some time to analyze the matter, and when I understood, I went in awe. Basically, it is like Google Docs for artists.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

HoloLens or Magic Leap One ), but to create a headset that is: Affordable; Completely open, both from a software and hardware standpoint. And while I love assembling hardware, personally, I also think. There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. You must buy yourself the various components.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. However, it could be argued that this has always been the case for industry veterans and enthusiasts—from Google Glass to Samsung VR and the original Oculus models.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables. A very interesting article on CNET highlights some of the experiments that Google has made with 1D glasses, smart tattoos and other cool stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

This week, Xiaomi actual unveiled the real hardware that should make that vision become real: dubbed Mijia AR Glasses , these glasses have a nice set of features. There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. An internal 1,020mAh battery. A post worth reading.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. He also said that other OEMs are going to launch headsets with AVP-matching hardware for $1500 this year. What a time to be alive!

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Peter Graham

MARCH 13, 2020

When it comes to developing virtual reality (VR) videogames there are two primary engines studios use, either Epic Games’ Unreal Engine or Unity by Unity Technologies. will end support for Samsung Gear VR and Google VR, while OpenVR compatibility will be phased out. As the company previously announced Unity 2019.3

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Story Studio is also the creator of Quill — a VR artistic creation platform similar to Google’s Tilt Brush. This helps us turn our internal research, development, and focus towards exciting but unsolved problems in AR and VR hardware and software.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Although countless other companies are working on developing robust app markets for headsets (Google even announced its own Android XR system in 2024), Meta still has the most variety to offer. Meta makes it easy to create VR experiences with existing platforms like Unity and Unreal.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? SteamVR is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headset, or any other supported VR headset and controllers. ? SteamVR ? —?SteamVR

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Google: RawNeRF. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. NVIDIA Instant NeRF.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

Years later, in 2014, my previous classmate Gianni Rosa Gallina called me because he wanted to create a startup about all the fancy things we were discussing in that period, in particular Google Glasses and my obsession about seeing virtual objects on top of the real world. This is how I got started with Virtual Reality development.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. EON Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Epic Games: Reality Scan In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. This partnership is sure to make major waves and shake up expectations for mixed reality content as well as hardware.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 23, 2017

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. On the hardware side, we don’t expect much news. We’re still waiting for an Unreal Tournament or Gears of War-caliber game from Tim Sweeney and company.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 Last year, Google also acquired North, an AR smart glass manufactures.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Googles solutions allow developers to quickly optimize their augmented reality experiences for android devices, with a convenient Software Development Kit (SDK). Companies can also take advantage of real-time and historical analytics from all of their campaigns.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Using the Unreal Engine 4, NASA has created an extremely detailed and realistic VR model of the interior of the ISS, and astronauts use the Manus gloves in the model for training simulations. Manus VR is a company developing virtual reality gloves – so instead of using controllers as data input, we use what comes naturally: our hands.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. Of course, he said that after having tried Google products, they also took inspiration to improve their ones to try to keep pace, but this was surely a bad news for them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

For instance: Meta: Meta’s Oculus devices not only work alongside a wide range of different hardware solutions, but they’re also designed to support countless different types of software too seamlessly. The solution also integrates with Unity, Unreal, and even the iOS environment in some cases.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Now, however, countless companies and developers are beginning to embrace this model, including Varjo (with Varjo Teleport ), Unity, and Unreal. He did develop a few algorithms to demonstrate his theory, but at the time, the tech space’s hardware couldn’t process them. We’ve already mentioned Unity and Unreal, for instance.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. People at Kura love to experiment with hardware going very hands-on the technology (Image by Kura Technologies). The official computational unit runs Android. for fitness).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The aim in developing the PanguVR engine was to equip content producers to create immersive and interactive content, in UE4 (Unreal VR Engine), automatically meaning without any learning curve. But perhaps we will come back to it since there are many innovations appearing in AR such as those seen in the new Google Pixel 3. What is it?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. Where OpenVR stands between our application and the hardware (Image by Valve). You may be saying “Come on! Stay tuned!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Unfortunately, even as hardware and software solutions in the MR, AR, and VR landscapes continue to evolve, there’s something holding XR evolution back: streaming. In 2021, US technology giant Nvidia announced it was starting its journey into the cloud streaming world with help from the Google Cloud.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 29, 2024

However, it can help to have foundational knowledge of: AR development tools: Understanding how platforms like Unity, Unreal Engine, and similar solutions work can be helpful when learning about augmented reality. It teaches students how to use standard tools for AR development, like Google’s own ARCore kit.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Moreover, Web3 is sustained by increasingly powerful hardware like smart glasses. As AR hardware designers work to increase smart glasses’ connectivity, portability, and usability. Also, firms like RealWear and Arvizio offer hardware-agnostic solutions that prompt cross-platform industry 4.0 work procedures.

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