Road to VR

JULY 31, 2024

Released in the Audio SDK for Unity and Unreal, the new Acoustic Ray Tracing tech is designed to automate the complex process of simulating realistic acoustics which is traditionally achieved through labor-intensive, manual methods. “One of the standout benefits of our new acoustics features is their performance on mobile hardware.

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Despite not yet being available, Unreal Engine’s MetaHuman Creator is already making people talk. Behind the scenes, however, the project proved incredibly time-consuming, requiring a specific set of skills as well as the right hardware and software in order to operate. There’s no avoiding it, digital humans are here to stay.

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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. The installation also features an integrated ARFX Pro Plugin and ARFX Launcher collaboration tools that increase efficiency by dramatically reducing downtime on set. Leveraging RT3D Graphics for Film Productions.

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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. Available as of this week for all developers , Unreal Engine 5 promises to usher in a new era of game development which makes it easier for developers to create games with extremely high quality assets and realistic lighting.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2022

360 photographers can use the hardware to create real-time 3D (RT3D) digital twins of locations. Users can view and edit their captured data in graphics engines such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Inside an RT3D graphics engine, an immersive content creator can edit the lighting of a scene, add visual effects, and place avatars.

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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). Therefore, allowing employees to adopt XR across new roles, locations, and hardware for broader use cases. The Unity and UE5 RT3D engines power several enterprise-grade services.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro’s stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to capture depth, spatial mapping data, hand input, and seamlessly shift between VR and AR worlds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 5, 2023

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. Goetgeluk explained that the hardware provides increased immersion while adding “ a lot to the fun factor of VR.”

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour. The platform has special tools for displaying and viewing virtual models. The update brought Unreal Engine 5 to the platform (Did we mention that Unreal is a tech partner?), What Is Mytaverse?

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players. OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

XR hardware manufacturer Varjo has partnered with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) to help produce a new opera using VR technology. Credit: Varjo, Finnish National Opera and Ballet Immersive technology was used by the creative team to develop a design visualization tool they call “XR Stage.”

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ARPost

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Unity organization is keen on training and certifying professionals who will put their tool to the best possible use. Among other things, this course’s modules cover: 3D graphics; Mapping; Human factor; VR hardware and software; Advantages and VR use cases; Prerequisites of VR. Professional Certificate in Unreal Engine Foundations.

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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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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. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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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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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The software tool kit focuses on performance and low power, and provides the sort of environmental and human interaction stuff it hopes will give AR developers a good starting point. Qualcomm isn’t leading the push with its own hardware though. Snapdragon Spaces includes SDKs for Unreal Engine and Unity, and is based on OpenXR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Well, now he has amazing hardware, a very good operating system, a profitable store, some of the best XR games, full control of the user accounts. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release I think his world domination plans are going as expected.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

OpenBCI has been making open-source tools for neuroscience and biosensing since 2014. Galea is a hardware and software platform for bringing advanced biometrics to HMDs. VR has been an increasingly popular tool among neuroscientists as well. On what hardware will it work? What are its possible applications?

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2019

Now, Survios CTO and co-founder Alex Silkin is set to share his experience by teaching a full semester course on expert-level Unreal Engine VR development. Course Name : Unreal Engine VR Master Class. Target Student Demographic : Expert-level Unity (or other game engine) developers who want to master Unreal Engine 4 for VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Industry-caliber VR/XR specialists Varjo today announced their latest hardware release, the Varjo VR-1. Varjo hopes these hyper realistic environments will serve as the perfect tool for fields such as architecture, construction, engineering, industry design, training simulations, and other industries where accuracy is paramount.

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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. I was curious to test the tools; wild stuff. (3D MetaHuman designers can choose a base avatar model from online content libraries.

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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. We’re excited to see how the newest Varjo hardware will continue to drive innovation and enable new possibilities.”.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

We took these incredible tools and “workified” them, making them persistent, secure, and integrated with the most important business and communication tools, for the optimal headquarters.” ” Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space. HeadOffice.Space offers 20+ spaces to choose from. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

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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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Voices of VR

APRIL 3, 2023

But it wasn’t a prank, and they’ve been building a real-time audio engine compatible with Unreal Engine in order to meet the live performance standards of professional DJs to mix, sync, and modulate music in real-time.

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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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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. Haptic feedback comes in many hardware forms, such as gloves or controllers. Another technology space, Meta, is keen to crack the haptics market. What is Haptics Studio by Meta?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education. More Accessible Developer Tools VR solutions are becoming more popular in commercial settings and it’s expected that developing such solutions will become simpler in the coming years.

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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. That means that video editing’s leading tools, Final Cut Pro X and Adobe’s Premiere Pro, will both offer 360 video editing capabilities. — Philip Schiller (@pschiller) December 12, 2017.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For November’s batch of free VR experiences, we have everything from a VR board game experience and collaborative design tool to an old-school DJ simulator. Couch , offers a straightforward and pain-free method for watching YouTube videos on Quest; no additional hardware required.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Though well loved, Apple’s computer lineup got somewhat left in the dust at the launch of the Rift and Vive, both of which had hardware requirements that exceeded what Apple had on offer. Using Epic’s Unreal Engine VR Editor, they showed how developers could build VR content inside of VR itself, using Star Wars assets.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 19, 2018

” SEE ALSO Facebook Founder Says Company Invested $250M in VR Content, Will Invest $250M More.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

” The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows , alongside three new demos to try it out for yourself. Improved Developer Tools. Updated Tracking. The company details the developer-level changes on their blog here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

And why should a creator use STYLY and not a social VR world with building tools like Horizon Worlds or VRChat? And the supported creators tools? Tools STYLY is compatible with. When do you think web-based XR content can reach the same high level of standalone content made with Unreal or Unity? You work with WebXR.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 27, 2021

It provides the enabling tools to build 3D mapping for various use cases. Meanwhile cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), game engines (Unity and Unreal) and AR platforms ( Niantic Lightship ) are increasingly focused on location data. For example, LiDAR , is now in high-end smartphones but will soon trickle down to commodity hardware.

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