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How to build and run OpenXR applications in Unity

The Ghost Howls

After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something new, not to miss the new features that Unity has implemented these years. I have so started using Unity 2021.3 Let’s see how to build a Unity 2021 application with OpenXR. It is a Unity 2019.4 LTS (2021.3.5

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AWE 2022: Unity CEO talks about his vision of the metaverse

The Ghost Howls

With the show floor still closed, the highlight of the day has been the speech by Unity CEO John Riccitiello that spoke about the metaverse , telling us what he thinks it is and how he thinks it can evolve. The Unity CEO talks about the metaverse. The Unity CEO on AWE stage to talk about the M-word. That was totally insane.

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Unity ‘Accelerating efforts’ on OpenXR Support, Preview Expected by End of Year

Road to VR

Unity has long been a public supporter of OpenXR—an industry standard designed to streamline VR development by making it easier for apps to support a wide range of headsets—but the company has yet to deploy support for the standard. This inflection point has accelerated our efforts to enable OpenXR in Unity,” writes Matt Fuad , Sr.

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How to easily make a cross-platform VR application in Unity for Oculus, Wave, and SteamVR

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, I was looking at the code of HitMotion: Reloaded , the fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers developed some years ago for the Vive Focus Plus, and all the intricate system I had to make in Unity to have a cross-platform VR game … and I wondered: “Is all of this mess still needed today?”

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This New Unity Partner will Enhance XR Content Streaming

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, unity, a leading XR and RT3D content creation engine, unveiled a new partnership with 3D content streaming experts Vagon. Additionally, the market and leaders like Meta are exploring ways to make XR head-mounted devices seamless to push emerging hardware like smart glasses forward.

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Leveraging Unity 3D for VR Development 

XR Today - Virtual Reality

As a result, platforms have begun to emerge to provide innovators with new ways of creating their own VR experiences. Unity, one of the world’s market-leading development platforms, is among the better-known solutions built to enable the creation of 3D, immersive content. What are the Tools Unity Can Provide for VR Development?

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Oculus Makes Improvements to Iteration Time for Unity Quest Developers

Road to VR

Oculus has introduced three changes to significantly speed up the iteration process for developers building Quest applications with Unity. SEE ALSO Dev Shares Crash Course on VR Game Optimization for Oculus Quest & Mobile Hardware. Two of the three changes are available with Unity 2018.1 Image courtesy Oculus.

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