XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 1, 2025

HTC vs. competitors: Which XR vendor should you look at for the best enterprise-grade hardware? Plus, Varjos headsets are compatible with most enterprise-grade software and XR development platforms (like Unreal Engine and Unity). Varjos headsets offer a visual experience similar to that of premium devices from HTC VIVE.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2025

Stress Level Zero’s physics-based sandbox follow-up BONELAB (2022) has done spectacularly well on Quest, although the studio still hasn’t brought its award-winning physics action puzzler BONEWORKS (2019) to Meta’s latest standalone hardware generation. That’s about to change.

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Upload VR

MARCH 7, 2025

Meta will recommend that developers use the built-in OpenXR support of Unity and Unreal from next week. The ideal of OpenXR is that developers can build apps that run on any headset, without needing to use vendor-specific core APIs for different hardware. For Unity, the company says that version 1.14 What Is OpenXR? Meta writes.

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Upload VR

MARCH 6, 2025

Meta's Unity and Unreal "OpenXR" integrations block other PC VR headsets, and developers aren't happy about it. The ideal of OpenXR is that developers can build apps that run on any headset, without needing to use vendor-specific APIs for different hardware. But the reality, today at least, is more complicated.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2023

” At MWC Shanghai, state-owned China Mobile announced the first batch of 24 members of the alliance, including Huawei, Xiaomi, HTC Vive, Unity China, NOLO, XREAL (formerly Nreal), AI company iFlytek, video streaming platform MGTV, and cloud streaming platform Haima Cloud. ” China Mobile isn’t new to the space.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is a leading RT3D Metaverse platform for various hardware, including web browsers and XR headsets. Spatial Hits Big at GDC 2023 In March, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 in San Francisco, Spatial announced the platform’s new Unity Creator Toolkit is entering its beta stages.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It needed to find a way of integrating multiple users into an application, which also allowed them freedom of movement, but hardware limitations hampered the early stages of development. VIVE offers a good amount of official documentation of their products regarding Unreal Engine and Unity development.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX. First, let’s start with installing Unity hand-tracking. How to Set Up Hand Tracking in Unity 3D. Let’s start there—let’s download Unity and set it up for hand-tracking.

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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). The platform now supports design projects running on Unity and UE5, streaming VR/XR content at human eye resolution. The Unity and UE5 RT3D engines power several enterprise-grade services.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2023

Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor. Geospatial Creator for Unity currently offers visualizations of more than 2,500 cities in 49 countries.

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ARPost

AUGUST 18, 2021

Unity VR Developer. Organization: Unity. 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. Before you take the exam, you can use the Unity Learn platform for practice.

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2023

The Attestation API includes things like secure device authentication, hardware-based app bans, protection of financial and enterprise app data, prevention of external data misuse, and other anti-piracy measures. Meta has published documentation for both Unity and Native.

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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

JUNE 3, 2022

” Even more was revealed by Jared Ficklin, Chief Creative Technologist at argodesign , who helped develop the Magic Leap 2 hardware. The idea is that it’s a garment, not a piece of hardware. You can’t just have hardware, you can’t just have software, it’s the whole ecosystem that’s necessary,” said Kling.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 20, 2025

Moreover, as the digital training sector moves towards hand-tracking and haptic gloves, the need for controllers and the difficulty of worker VR hardware familiarity will decrease. It also supports XR experiences built on Unity and Unreal Engine SDKs.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

While the spotlight is all on Oculus and its Quest, actually Pico and HTC are evolving their hardware and software offerings without almost no one talking about it. I’ve made a nice Youtube video with me saying random stuff and exploring the Vive Hand Tracking SDK at first in Unity and then in action using my hands in VR.

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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. Varjo has pushed the boundaries of high-resolution mixed reality for professionals across various industries,” said AC Mahendran , Director, XR, Unity. “By

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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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AR Insider

JANUARY 30, 2020

That includes lots of moving parts and sub-sectors including consumer, enterprise, hardware, software, advertising and LBVR. This includes VR hardware and software spending from enterprise buyers. This includes VR hardware and software spending from enterprise buyers. Availability and economics of that hardware (e.g.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

With Pumori.io , I had created 6 Unity apps that demo UI/UX concepts on the Project North Star headset. However, I had to manually switch between unity packages to demo different apps which led me to taking on and off the headset constantly. . Is this the only supported programming language or devs can also use Unity and Unreal Engine?

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2021

At the time, however, this was one of the most advanced pieces of consumer electronic hardware you could buy for under $600. . He then offered to send me the Unity Project files! I am a total C# and Unity noob so I learn as I go. to 17 million units sold. This time he did respond. “He This was the most thrilling part!”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Notably, SpectreXR is collaborating with UltraLeap in a “ shared goal ” to enhance immersive training by leveraging UltraLeap hardware alongside “OctoXR” – the firm’s first-party hand-tracking SDK. Unity itself is a highly accessible graphics engine ready for a range of developers.

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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. In Unity, OpenXR support is still considered “experimental.” Image courtesy The Khronos Group.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Learn the ins-and-outs of Unity development and have your project reviewed by Oculus experts. From the initial prototyping stages to testing and final submissions, students will be guided through every stage of VR development for Oculus Rift/Rift S and Oculus Quest headsets on the Unity platform. Image Credit: Oculus, Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It is its Reality Labs division, the same one working on XR headsets, that is developing the hardware and the software for these AI-powered robots that can handle everyday household tasks. Microsoft will still provide the Azure cloud, but all the hardware and software should be provided by Luckeys startup.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2021

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

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

According to reports, Rec Room is working with Apple to create an updated version of the Metaverse service that leverages the device’s hardware features like body tracking. Apple supports Unity applications as part of its software stack. Here’s a first look at Rec Room running on the Apple Vision Pro.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2020

With an unrivalled price point, the ZapBox kit includes controllers, two phone camera adaptors, world anchors, a content library of both pre-released and original experiences, and a Unity plugin for developers. Inspired by Google’s cardboard headset, ZapBox was conceived in 2014 as a way to meet consumers where they were at.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

I hoped that the setup of SenseGlove gloves could have been a bit easier , but being a development kit of experimental hardware, it is not strange that it requires some time. As you can see, the hardware setup is not plug and play. As a developer, I gave a look to their Unity SDK, that you can find on GitHub here. Applications.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2022

You know that I’m a huge fan of brain-computer interfaces, that’s why I am following very closely the developments of Galea, a new software+hardware framework for VR headsets developed by OpenBCI , one of the leading industries in the field. OpenBCI’s Galea. Placement of sensors on the Galea headset (Image by OpenBCI).

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made, and we are looking forward to working with software and hardware partners to bring hand tracking to the masses.” . Gemini Supports Popular XR Toolkits. Also, Gemini has already been integrated into Varjo’s XR-3 and VR-3 headsets , as well as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

The cool news of these runtime updates is that they are compatible with all available UltraLeap sensors , both the v1 Controller (that most of us have) and the new Stereo IR 170 (the one embedded into headsets like XTAL), so you don’t need to change your hardware to appreciate the new tracking fidelity. UltraLeap Unity SDK.

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