The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In the first instance, a creator familiar with Unity and 3D modelling softwares can create an XR scene and then upload to STYLY through our Unity Plugin , where a multiformat version of the scene will automatically be created and hosted, allowing anyone to view the scene using a VR HMD, AR smartphone or even WebXR through their browser.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Image courtesy Khronos Group. version of the standard was announced in 2019 and has been slowly but steadily finding its way into key VR platforms and game engines like Oculus Quest & Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, Unity, Unreal Engine, SteamVR, and more. SteamVR version 1.16

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APRIL 14, 2022

Image courtesy Khronos Group. in 2019, and picked up significant steam in 2021 with official support on SteamVR , Meta going “all in” on OpenXR, “production-ready” OpenXR support in Unreal Engine , and more. OpenXR has seen a slow but steady adoption since reaching version ‘1.0’

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2021

Despite being among the early supporters of the OpenXR consortium—the industry group building the open standard for XR devices—Sony so far seems to have avoided making a specific commitment to implement OpenXR on PSVR or its next-gen headset. OpenXR is an open standard developed under the Khronos Group. Image courtesy Khronos Group.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2021

If you are a Unity developer like me, you can use the awesome Unity Recorder package to shoot videos of your experience, both 2D videos and 360 videos. Basically in most cases, you set the Recorder settings, you play your game inside Unity, and you have the video ready without any hassle. Surreal Capture.

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ARPost

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Khronos Group member company offers interior solutions like asset centralization for remote collaboration on models, but they also offer models that can be used on a company’s website front-end for e-commerce. Let’s meet them both and talk about what their partnership means for AR and e-commerce. Meet VNTANA. VNTANA 3D web viewer.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2024

Facilitated by the standards body Khronos Group, OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Image courtesy Khronos Group Following the OpenXR 1.0 release in 2019, this week’s release of OpenXR 1.1 “OpenXR 1.1

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies have been actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Due to the response from the Hollywood and Silicon Valley communities, this year’s event will require double the sound stage capacity to hold our group and the demonstrations,” said Jim Chabin, President of the Advanced Imaging and VR Societies, in a statement. Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Steam is widely considered the de facto platform for PC games, VR or otherwise, but Unreal Engine creators Epic Games want change that with a new storefront that they say will leave more revenue to developers than Steam and other major digital distribution platforms. Image courtesy Epic Games.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

” Both roles are part of Apple’s CoreMedia team within their Interactive Media Group (IMG). .” The latter is looking for someone with “Direct experience with implementing and/or designing VR or 360 video playback systems.” ” See Also: Microsoft is Building VR MMO for Xbox and PC, Job Listing Indicates.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

Talking about the actual implementation, are there any libraries and plugins already available for Unity/UE4 that can give indie studios accessibility solutions already ready out-of-the-box? Here you are some: Open XR: [link] UI Accessibility Plugin (Unity): [link] Set Color Deficiency Type (Unreal Engine): [link].

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

million from the Finnish business development group Tekes to continue development on their “human eye-resolution” display for VR headsets. ” Varjo prototypes are also being shipped with both Unreal and Unity plugins to enable content creation.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. This, he thinks, will prompt the growth of the number of VR consumers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In my humble opinion, since it looks like a draft page, I believe that someone at Meta created an App Lab app to test the service with some test groups, being sure that the app was hidden because App Lab apps were unlisted. Unreal Engine 6 will feature the full power of UE5 with the ease of use of UEFN (Unreal Engine for Fortnite).

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2024

Meta is funding a group of Godot veterans to improve the engine's support for OpenXR and Quest feature extensions, as well as to build high-quality samples and documentation. If you're not familiar with it, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In a trio of announcements, Apple revealed that Valve would be bringing SteamVR and HTC Vive to the new iMac, Unity and Unreal Engine were coming to Mac, and Final Cut Pro X would finally support VR video editing. It was a strong nod to VR creators. And Final Cut Pro X runs butter smooth on the new iMac, so there’s that.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Haptics Studio and SDK leverage Unity and Unreal RT3D engines for creating AR/VR/MR content; Meta’s tools allow developers to integrate haptic experiences into Quest applications. What is Haptics Studio by Meta? Notably, the studio is future-proofed for upcoming Quest devices and legacy ones.

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ARVR

JULY 22, 2020

If you count yourself among that group, you need tools that you can use. Developers build everything in Unity or Unreal, including all training modules. The only path would be for you to become a Unity or Unreal developer. The developers code and create that content in Unity or Unreal.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

In a similar fashion as to what Unreal Engine offers to round up users, these above-mentioned platforms are free to use but come at the cost of royalties or in-game purchases. It’s a fast-acting group of problem solvers from which the VAR industry, startups, and tech giants alike can learn a great deal.

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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. For example, Unity is a critical component of the workplace-focused Vision Pro. The gamification trap… XR is always linked to gaming, whether business like it or not.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

The platform has been a critical building block for developers across productivity, gaming and entertainment, health, education, training and other verticals to deliver innovative apps based on the world’s most popular development engines: Unity and Unreal.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ars Technica reported : For years, the Unity Engine has earned goodwill from developers large and small for its royalty-free licensing structure, which meant developers incurred no extra costs based on how well a game sold. ” “Unity is quite simply not a company to be trusted.” What has happened?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The result is UltimateXR for Unity. We hope to soon port it to other platforms as well (Unreal, Web…?). We decided to develop a full-fledged hand-pose editor inside Unity that would allow us to adjust hand-poses directly from the world editor. Adult hands can mostly be grouped in any of these two.

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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2019

The Looking Glass Pro is now available for shipping worldwide at $6,000 and is compatible with both Unity and Unreal Engine, as well as a handful of 3D modeling and printing applications. Users can upload multiple file formats, including OBJ, gITF, GLB, and STL.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. First of all, the labs are dedicated only to devs who are already developing applications for the Vision Pro , which is a very expensive headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

The last days of AltspaceVR have seen many events happening in the platform where people said farewell not only to the platform, but also to the communities and the groups they were part of. Now all these groups of people do not have a house anymore: some of them will migrate to other social VR platforms (e.g.

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ARPost

JUNE 2, 2023

” Magic Leap’s big announcement wasn’t to do with AI, but it will still be thrilling to developers: an Unreal Engine plugin is coming in August. A new maps SDK compatible with Unity is also coming to 8th Wall. . “The ability to provide contract input and get contextual output will really be a game changer.”

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

If you're not familiar with it, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal. Back in March, a startup composed of a group of Godot veterans announced that Meta was funding it to improve the engine's OpenXR and Quest (now Horizon OS) features support.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration. The new stereo-foveated rendering improves eye-tracking features, and the feature is widespread – already finding a home on Unity, Unreal, and NVIDIA Omniverse.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Plus, it means groups of people can share the same aligned XR interaction. Companies can use engines from companies like Unity to recreate digital “twins” of products, buildings, and other items, combined with information from various data sources.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

One leading XR streaming solution provider is Innoactive, which leverages RT3D engines from Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA to promote the adoption of workplace XR services – allowing clients to distribute XR applications directly to a range of end-devices with the compute processing happening remotely on the cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I think that for a small startup that is shipping its first product, it may make a lot of sense: for a company of that size, it is better to handle a smaller group of high-paying customers than doing the opposite. Also the price is getting closer to that plan, with the device now expected to retail for $1300.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 5, 2023

And, last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Disney shut down its metaverse team and the Truth in Advertising nonprofit advocacy group reported that Walmart had shut down its Roblox virtual experience. I watched the Game Developers Conference presentations from Nvidia , Unreal Engine , and Unity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

XR World Reacts to New Unity Runtime Fees Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community, with many Unity developers slamming the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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