Road to VR

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab , the platform that lets you view, share, and download 3D models via traditional monitors and AR/VR headsets, today announced its been acquired by Unreal Engine creators Epic Games. Sketchfab says it will continue to support other game engines, Unity included.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Creating more believable virtual characters will play an essential role in further immersing us in single-player VR experiences in the future, and Sony intends to demonstrate that on PlayStation VR (PSVR) this GDC. There are scheduled Unreal Engine 4 and Unity Engine PSVR demonstrations too.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many industry innovators are leveraging immersive technology to replace or enhance filmmaking techniques, such as backdrops and shooting within moving vehicles. Virtual production hardware enables on-set staff to leverage immersive solutions, such as high-quality LED walls or volumes, to create realistic environments for actors to perform.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles. A tweet by XR analyst Brad Lynch revealed Sony’s manufacturing partnership, also reporting that the Goertek is producing parts for Meta’s Project Cambria, Apple’s upcoming XR headset, and Pico devices. units shipments in 2H22.

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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

JULY 13, 2022

Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. A Colorful Background. A Look at Inworld AI.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RT3D engines such as Unity and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. A developer then imports the photogrammetry asset into an RT3D engine to use it as a component for many projects, including virtual reality (VR) immersive experiences, augmented reality (AR) objects, and movie VFX sequences.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

As extended reality experiences continue to gain popularity in virtually every industry, solutions are constantly emerging to help developers and companies design their own immersive experiences. Sony Mocopi As one of the current gaming and entertainment leaders, it’s little surprise that Sony would want to introduce its Mocap technology.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

RT3D engines such as Adobe Substance, Unity, and Unreal significantly streamline XR production pipelines with easy-to-use tools. Google uses the RawNeRF platform and data to power its immersive maps and 3D street view services. Sony is also empowering the emerging industry 4.0 NVIDIA Instant NeRF.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Jim Chabin, President of the Advanced Imaging and VR Societies, explained that the latest edition of the conference has expanded to match the explosive growth of immersive technologies as a whole. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company). Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2024

Meta designed the layout application, following similar immersive customer experience innovations from groups like Ikea. RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration, leading to seamless OpenXR application usage.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Swedish immersive firm Hiber announced on Wednesday it had launched its collaborative integration with avatar platform Ready Player Me. Ready Player Me’s highly-bespoke, Unity and Unreal Engine-compatible avatars facilitate rapid creations with a large catalogue of customisation options and features. Changes and Upgrades.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Its upcoming release, Cities: Skylines II, will feature characters developed from Popul8’s immersive technologies. The Porto, Portugal-based company and attendee of the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami will announce further partnerships in due course. This also includes Amazon Polly, Mixamo, Apple’s ARKit, and many more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Moreover, RT3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

More info (PSVR 2 sales — Road To VR) More info (PSVR 2 sales — Upload VR) Sony announces many new pieces of content at its Gaming Showcase A few days ago, Sony held its Gaming Showcase event, where it announced some cool pieces of content arriving for PSVR 2. You can still replay the awards ceremony on Youtube, though.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 14, 2023

The Los Angeles-based firm boasts a team of veteran technologists from SONY, Apple, Disney, Marvel Studios, and others. Qualcomm and the Snapdragon AR2 Platform The news comes after XR Today interviewed Vogelsang on the sidelines of the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami. Mirrorscape also plans to demo it at conferences in the future.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. It is sold by Sony, but actually, the idea behind it comes from Impulse Gear , that studio that developed Farpoint. Here you can find the link: [link] Thanks a lot []-).

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

(Image courtesy Sony) Finally, while not exactly “consumer electronics”, Sony announced plans for a series of immersive, VR concerts this year, initially kicking off with a Madison Beer concert available later this year for Oculus, Playstation VR, and others.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The demo was a modified Unity XR Interaction Toolkit sample, because the device has already an SDK for Unity (while the Unreal one is still in the works). I was even more impressed now: “Oh, so is it the Sony display headset that the Vision Pro mounts?” She started telling me that the display was the same as Vision Pro.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

For example, Sony Music is recruiting a team “dedicated to reimagining music through immersive media” that will leverage Sony Music’s catalog and impressive roster of artists to implement a new category of music experiences using the Unreal Engine.

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

In just a few weeks, the world of Virtual Reality Experiences (VRX) is going to get super immersive add-on. The experience was created by taking over 300,000 images and creating a 3D mesh with textures, all powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. The post Is Everest VR the Most Immersive VR Experience?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Immersive solutions manufacturer HTC VIVE teased its audiences on Wednesday with a photo of an upcoming headset on Twitter. Additional competitors in the VR market include Sony’s PSVR 2 and Meta’s acclaimed Quest 2 headsets. Go small or go home. pic.twitter.com/PUqqKn4V5E. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus. America’s largest employer recently spent $2.7B

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Horizon is also the immersive framework behind the firm’s Worlds metaverse platform. The OpenXR API is essential for many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Meta is a crucial parenting in the OpenXR update.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

As companies search for more immersive ways of connecting with their clients in a digital world, AR represents one of the most accessible forms of extended reality. With this technology, we can all create and enjoy more immersive experiences. Additionally, beginners can reference the guides to launch their immersive environments.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. Created by Fable and Oculus and powered by Unreal Engine, the film has been to Tribeca, the Chicago Film Festival and the Emmys. This year’s winner is War Remains by MWM Immersive and Flight School Studio. VR Social Impact.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 13, 2017

Immersive computing is poised to change the way people see the world and interact with each other. Gaming is likely to be the bridge to that change — the content that offers a reason to buy it and helps put immersive hardware in millions of homes. Things are changing though.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Based in London, the creative has previously collaborated on massive projects with major entertainment firms such as BBC, Sony Pictures, and NBCUniversal. He also works jointly with other industry-leading tools, including Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, Autodesk Maya, and Blender.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 8, 2017

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest. Things are changing though.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. The result was the one of having Alex Kipman as if he was really in front of you , a fantastic immersive feature for an XR event. Sony announces new games for PSVR. Top news of the week. Image by OceanX). Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony is closing its Manchester-based game studio, that it opened in 2015 to produce ‘AAA’ PSVR exclusives.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. According to a recent report, the successor of the first Vision Pro may come in 2026 and have a price comprised between $1500 and $2500.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami concluded on Wednesday, where some of the biggest players in the tech industry gathered to explore the future of Web3 technologies. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion. What are your general thoughts on this?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Metaverse relies on the ingenuity of firms capable of deploying serious gaming technologies to provide enterprises, clients, and users with interoperable, persistent, and secure immersive experiences. billion acquisition in late January, and Sony bought out Halo creators Bungie for a respective $3.6

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Road to VR

MARCH 26, 2019

Ubisoft’s latest VR game is however closer linked to an earlier breed of shooter and much less so than its contemporary brethren of today—ostensibly an homage to the founders of the genre like Unreal Tournament (1999) and Quake (1996). SEE ALSO Sony Announces 4.2 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Sony and Verizon have partnered to create the next generation of VR concerts and have announced this partnership at CES. The environment where she has performed in was made in Unreal Engine and the modeling and the shading was so good that for a moment I thought it was a real studio. Read more about this news on The Verge.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.

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