Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The latest version of the Oculus Integration for Unity, v23, adds experimental OpenXR support for Quest and Quest 2 application development. OpenXR Support for Oculus Unity Integration. OpenXR Support for Oculus Unity Integration. Phase Sync Latency Reduction in Unity and Unreal Engine. Image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Unity has officially launched 1.0 support for visionOS, making its now Vision Pro-compatible game engine available to all Unity Pro, Enterprise, and Industry subscribers. Some of the key features of its Unity’s 1.0 The post Unity Releases 1.0 Check out the full guide here.

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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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Upload VR

MARCH 7, 2025

Meta will recommend that developers use the built-in OpenXR support of Unity and Unreal from next week. OpenXR is the open standard API for AR/VR/MR, supported by the vast majority of the industry. For Unity, the company says that version 1.14 What Is OpenXR? Meta writes.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2023

Today, companies from almost every industry are discovering the benefits of bringing immersive technologies into their operations. Here’s how professionals can get started with Unity 3D tools for VR development. What are the Tools Unity Can Provide for VR Development?

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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. OpenXR is the open standard API for AR/VR/MR supported by the vast majority of the industry. But companies like Meta and Pico still also offer their own integrations for Unity and Unreal.

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APRIL 8, 2025

A developer ported the first scene of Half-Life: Alyx to Unity to experience it running standalone on Quest 3. But a long-standing unanswered question looms in the VR industry: when will it be able to run on standalone headsets, without a PC? Valve's award-winning AAA VR game is currently for Windows PC VR only.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Unity Developer Bootcamp will run from October 11, 2022, to April 8, 2023. Why the Unity Developer Bootcamp Is Being Launched. See Also: XR Technology for Industry According to Unity’s Andre Gauthier. But how do you break into the industry and prepare for the future?

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

What about Walker Industries? Walker Industries is … let’s call it “the startup’s startup.” While that funding campaign still has a ways to go and we’re an estimated month away from a functioning XR headset demo, Walker Industries founder, Herman Remy, reached out to ARPost to talk about his company and his passion.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

PICO introduced the news in a recent press release: “This achievement highlights our commitment to advancing industry standards and delivering seamless interoperability for developers and users. specification by collaborating with industry leaders, providing key insights, and actively participating in the development process.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Emerging Trends in the VR Gaming Industry — 2023 Technology is evolving at a fast pace. 2023 is currently shaping up to be the year of promise for the VR gaming industry. Let’s take a quick trip to learn about the impending trends in the VR gaming industry. Imagine if we could pick the visions and ideas and make them come true.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

15 industry experts contributed their perspective on why we’re approaching a tipping point with Enterprise XR. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, enterprise stakeholders will increasingly have the information and expert guidance at their disposal to tailor and customize solutions optimized for their specific industry, goals, and needs.

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ARPost

MARCH 30, 2023

Croquet , the multiplayer platform for web and gaming, which took home the WebXR Platform of the Year award at this year’s Polys WebXR Awards , recently announced Croquet for Unity. Effortless Networking for Developers Croquet for Unity alleviates the developers’ need to generate and sustain networking code.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2025

While StadiaGoogle’s short-lived cloud game streaming serviceis probably the most recognizable example in recent years, the XR industry already has first-hand experience with the practice. We never sort of disengaged with this community and this industry,” said Izadi.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2024

evolves the standard by incorporating new functionality that was important to the industry but previously not standardized. The update shows the standard evolving as industry needs emerge, an outcome that’s part of the standard’s design. Image courtesy Khronos Group Following the OpenXR 1.0 “OpenXR 1.1

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. See Also: Is Apple Vision Pro Ready for Mainstream Use?

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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

MAY 12, 2023

The report, which analyzed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia, found that the Metaverse could have a significant impact on a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, education, and healthcare.

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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. Unity VR Developer. Organization: Unity. Unity is one of the most popular and powerful engines for creating VR games. Before you take the exam, you need to: Pass the Unity Certified User: Programmer exam.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2023

MRTK was a Microsoft-driven project that provided a set of components and features used to accelerate cross-platform XR app development in the Unity game engine. The developing team behind MRTK was unfortunately disbanded, as Microsoft cut both MRTK and the AltspaceVR teams earlier this year in a wide-reaching round of layoffs.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2022

Bridging the gap between passion and opportunities is all that’s needed to flourish in the XR industry. Immersive technology has yet to hit the mainstream market, but investments in the broad XR industry are already predicted to exceed a market value of $250 billion by 2028. XR Development With Unity: A 10-Week Course.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Designed for use by a wide rand of industry professionals, from pilots and engineers to surgeons and researchers, these professional-grade headsets feature a variety of enterprise-focused tools. 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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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

Industry Direct by the Snapdragon Spaces Team Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to VR editorial team. Industry Direct sponsors help make Road to VR possible.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

Oculus is making hard shift away from its proprietary developer APIs in favor of OpenXR, an industry-backed project that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications. In Unity, OpenXR support is still considered “experimental.” Image courtesy The Khronos Group.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2022

Although most people still consider AR as an entertainment technology, we can see its practical implementations in various industries like e-commerce, healthcare, architecture , training, and many others. AR-aided apps can transform industries ranging from e-commerce and tourism to training and education. Pricing : Free. Google ARCore.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With the new sponsorship, the company aims to boost “the potential of immersive technology in industry and education,” it said in a statement. Virtualware will also serve as the exclusive sponsor of the event to unite “Unity instructors and workforce development professionals,” according to a press release.

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AR Insider

JULY 1, 2020

Learn how industrial giant ABB is using Unity and augmented reality to transform field maintenance procedures into a completely paperless process. Kielar, to walk us through how they used Unity to develop a new digital field operator system. Best practices for bringing AR applications to the field. by Nick Davis.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Developers can already access a preview of the development environment for native, Unity, WebXR. I think the report is right in expecting a non-bright 2025 for XR and in forecasting a rebound in 202627, but honestly, I perceive that since 2023 the industry is slowly growing instead of shrinking (e.g.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

That’s the consensus that seems to emerge from “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR” a report published today by Unity Technologies, where 15 industry experts (yours truly among them) outlined how Mixed Reality (or XR depending on what flavor acronym you favor) will supercharge and transform the world of work.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Unity is also supported through a new Android XR Extension, as well as WebXR and OpenXR. For devs building with Android Studio, a new Jetpack XR SDK extends that workflow to help developers create spatial versions of their existing flat apps. This includes a new Android XR Emulator for testing Android XR apps without a headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. Apple supports Unity applications as part of its software stack.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 30, 2020

Software includes apps for things like industrial design and training. This category is best exemplified by its market-sare leader, Unity. As for enterprise VR use cases, it won’t add as much value in industrial settings (where AR shines) as it does in corporate contexts such as data visualization and industrial design.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. Industry Announcements.

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ARPost

JANUARY 16, 2023

Our new tools will open up a huge range of potential uses across multiple industries, and soon we will begin to see content unlike anything that’s ever been seen before.”. Unity users can now enjoy improved OMS playback with their HoloSuite plugins. See Also: How VR and 3D Visualization Services Are Changing Construction Industry.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 5, 2025

If youre passionate about fine-tuning Unity components and creating groundbreaking AR experiences, we want you to be a part of our team, shaping the future of engagement.

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VRScout

APRIL 4, 2023

According to the company, the device is designed for use by architects, engineers, industrial designers, software and game developers, and various other professions. In terms of SDKs, the device is compatible with Unity and Unreal Engine and supports development using Open GL and DirectX11/12 (Open XR coming later this year).

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