XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 5, 2023

The Omni One product allows users to explore VR by walking on the treadmill in any direction to reach complete immersion. Jan Goetgeluk, the Founder and CEO of Virtuix , sat down with XR Today earlier this month to discuss the development of the product while also giving insight into creating VR hardware for consumers and commercial markets.

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ARPost

JUNE 20, 2019

One of the big events at this year’s E3 was the Unreal Garden and, if you weren’t at E3, you may still be able to see it. What Is the Unreal Garden? The Unreal Garden is an AR experience developed by onedome. It’s been around for a while and has a couple of experiences other than the Unreal Garden. What Makes It Special?

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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. ” What’s the Holdup?

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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 enables immersive developers to easily share their creations across a design team, enabling a company to scale a service exponentially. Leveraging Interoperable Cloud-XR Streaming.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 2, 2023

In late January, extended reality (XR) hardware provider Varjo and partners The Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) debuted an immersive opera experience of acclaimed production: Turandot from classic composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano.

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VRScout

APRIL 4, 2023

Available for purchase next month, the ELF-SR2 is a 27-inch 4K display that can supposedly deliver immersive 3D content without the need for additional hardware, such as augmented reality (AR) glasses or a VR headset. Sony announced a new addition to its growing lineup of Spatial Reality Displays. For more information visit here.

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ARPost

AUGUST 18, 2021

They want to learn how to create immersive experiences and enjoy a rewarding career in this industry. Their VR Developer certification is, therefore, one of the best AR/VR certifications you can obtain if you are passionate about creating immersive games. Professional Certificate in Unreal Engine Foundations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Virtual reality accessories are transforming the immersive technology landscape. Let’s look at some of the best solutions to unlock new levels of immersion. Others open the door to new opportunities for VR content development, training, and immersion. They encompass a broad range of powerful tools.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Positional audio for VR experiences—where noises sound as if they are coming from the correct direction—has long been understood as an important part of making VR immersive. But knowing which direction sounds are coming from is only one part of the immersive audio equation. Photo courtesy NVIDIA.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 30, 2022

From top XR trends and must-have skills for an AR/VR career, to XR hardware reviews, to the potential of the metaverse in various industries, to discussing why we’re not all wearing AR/VR headsets, these are the 22 stories ARPost readers clicked on the most this year. KKCOBVR Quest 2 Strap and Battery Pack: Hands-On Hardware Review.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This live production was built from the ground up using immersive technology. XR hardware manufacturer Varjo has partnered with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) to help produce a new opera using VR technology. The show itself was developed from start to finish using the Varjo Aero, a professional-grade VR headset.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Earlier this morning, VR hardware manufacturer Varjo revealed the latest additions to its lineup of human-eye resolution mixed reality headsets, the Varjo XR-3 and Varjo VR-3. By working with Varjo, Unity continues to power the next level of photorealism and immersion for industrial design, simulation, training, and more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

The companies are designing solutions that enable developers to create accurate digital twins for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) immersive experiences as well as other industries. Epic Games launched Reality Scan in April, a photogrammetry tool for the firm’s Unreal Engine suite. Reality Scan.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2017

The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh, they’d seen some AR demos of some new hardware and were really excited about the creative possibilities,” said Wingnut Creative Director Alasdair Coull, speaking to BBC Click.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Interactions in the immersive environment become increasingly realistic. Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini. Introducing Ultraleap’s Fifth-Generation Hand Tracking Platform .

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Namely, within the XR space, the firm works on many related immersive technologies to boost Meta’s hardware and software offerings, from AI to avatars. It is a space early in its development yet key in providing advanced levels of immersion, input, and feedback during enterprise operations such as training sessions.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our team has been researching and developing open-source hardware and software to help our larger community of independent researchers, academics, DIY engineers, and businesses at every scale create products that bring us closer to solving society’s greatest challenges , from mental health to the future of work. On what hardware will it work?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 22, 2022

Epic Games, the parent company of the popular real-time 3D (RT3D) development suite Unreal Engine 5, recently released MetaHuman, a framework for creating highly realistic digital human avatars. MetaHuman enables users to distribute their creations to Android devices and gaming hardware like the PS5. Flexible Distribution.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2022

Mosaic X is a mobile device that enables users to capture real-world environments as 360-degree immersive environments, photos, or videos. 360 photographers can use the hardware to create real-time 3D (RT3D) digital twins of locations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 19, 2022

ARWall (augmented reality) delivered the hardware that provides Soapbox with a virtual production facility. What may get pricey is if you purchase some assets there, but need someone to light it and put it together, which still isn’t that bad because the assets already exist” Unreal Engine 5.0 (UE5)

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Japanese startup Diver-X is looking to launch a SteamVR-compatible headset that seems to be taking a few ideas from popular anime Sword Art Online, which prominently features a fully immersive metaverse. To immersive the other senses, HalfDive also features four speakers—that’s two more than basically all VR headsets out there.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As developers explore the limitless potential of VR, performance and efficiency continue to be an essential focus of hardware and software. Features like ‘multi-res’, and ‘lens match’ shading (MRS/LMS) are indispensable tools in the quest to make beautiful, interactive, and deeply immersive virtual worlds.”

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ARPost

JANUARY 17, 2023

However, “possible” and “impossible” are constantly shifting landscapes in immersive technology. Some high-end waveguide headsets – almost exclusively used in enterprise and defense – achieve more immersive AR, but the virtual elements are still on a single focal plane. Holograms have been largely deemed impossible.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel. That’s because VR is capable of creating such immersive, interactive, and social experiences.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 25, 2022

HaptX has been one of the most promising XR hardware companies to watch. Their gloves for more immersive XR experiences and interactions are one of the most promising pieces of kit in the ecosystem. However, while the company has released two generations of developers’ kits, a mainline product has yet to arrive.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Despite its many features, the device is relatively easy to use, even for those brand new to immersive technology. You can then use the HoloPlay Studio software to easily drag and drop new holograms onto the device, develop applications using plugins for programs like Unity and Unreal Engine, and more.

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ARPost

APRIL 10, 2023

ARPost typically reports on the Finnish XR company’s groundbreaking hardware and software developments, but the company also helps develop and distribute XR experiences and solutions ranging from operas to flight simulations. That use case is about to get a big leg up as the company recently announced support for its hardware on Twinmotion.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Apple may not hold the majority of the PC market, but among certain sectors its hardware and software are nearly industry standards. With the new Vega GPU, iMac Pro lets you do more than just immerse yourself in VR worlds. SEE ALSO Report: Apple Acquired VR Headset Startup Vrvana for $30 Million. Virtual reality gets real.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook’s VR headset subsidiary Oculus is finally integrating a native tool that will let you capture and share your Rift experiences through 360 photos and videos—one that developers can integrate into Unity and Unreal Engines, and across NVIDIA and AMD GPUs— and it’s available today on GitHub.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Additionally, I would highly recommend buying this head padding kit from Knox Labs as it will dramatically increase comfort as you wear the headset, especially for longer periods of time as you will be immersed within the Triton. Is this the only supported programming language or devs can also use Unity and Unreal Engine?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Virtual reality is quickly becoming a mainstream technology, not just for consumers, but for businesses investing in new strategies for immersive collaboration , too. There’s plenty of great software available for developers who want to build impressive virtual worlds, like the Unity and Unreal kits. We need incredible content.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 27, 2021

Meanwhile cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), game engines (Unity and Unreal) and AR platforms ( Niantic Lightship ) are increasingly focused on location data. Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences? For example, LiDAR , is now in high-end smartphones but will soon trickle down to commodity hardware.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Spatial Mapping (static and dynamic meshes). Placing virtual objects in the foreground or background. Live interactions with virtual objects and simple hand interactions. The post Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

To learn more about the collaboration as well as each festival’s unique approach, I caught up with Michael Swierczynski, Director of NewImages Festival; Guillaume Esmiol, Deputy Director of Cannes’ Marché du Film; and Loren Hammonds, Vice President of Immersive Programming of the Tribeca Festival. We are using hardware that is shared.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

He noted that the immersive opportunities for business are endless thanks to HaptX Gloves G1 hardware. The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 26, 2016

Room-Scale tracking is currently the pinnacle of immersive VR, but why stop at your living room? That’s what WorldViz is asking today as it introduces Unity and Unreal Engine support for its self-labelled ‘Warehouse-Scale’ VR technology.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Whether an end-user is operating from an industrial, manufacturing or office workspace, XR hardware and software could present opportunities to enhance a worker’s experience. One is “design visualisation,” the ability to take digital content and reproduce it in an immersive environment.

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