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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. It’s going to be very interesting and very busy… I hope to meet you in Laval!

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Adding Mixed Reality Capture Support to Unreal Games

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Now Unreal Engine developers can finally open up their projects to mixed reality capture with a new plugin created by HTC Vive developer Foo Hoang. Developers who enable the Unreal Engine Mixed Reality Plugin for their applications will allow fans like us and other content creators to capture gameplay in an entirely new way.

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Marc Petit, Unreal Engine at Epic Games

Everything VR & AR

Marc Petit, VP of Unreal Engine Ecosystems at Epic Games, shares his journey that started with his career in early graphic content creation in the late 80s and has now led to the creation of immersive content at Unreal Engine. Email vicki@thevrara.com and let us know!

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NASA Needs Your Help Building A VR Mars Simulator

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Built using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, the Mars XR Operations Support System is a virtual environment developed by NASA in collaboration with Buendea that simulates life on the planet Mars. For more information on the competition visit here. ” Credit: HeroX. Image Credit: NASA.

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How Epic Games’ Lawsuit Against Apple Could Impact The Future Of VR/AR

VRScout

Apple threatens to withhold support for ARKit and upcoming VR technology on Unreal Engine. Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store and has informed Epic that on Friday, August 28 Apple will terminate all our developer accounts and cut Epic off from iOS and Mac development tools. We are asking the court to stop this retaliation. .”

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Stray VR Mod Lets You Live The Life Of A Cat

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Earlier today, Reddit user elliotttate shared footage of the game being played in first-person on a PC VR headset using Praydog’s soon-to-be-released Unreal Engine VR Injector Mod. For more information check out the Flat2VR Discord or follow their Twitter. Here’s hoping “cat locomotion” is on the way soon.

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Unreal announces Google Daydream support!

Cats and VR

Daydream is Google's new Android-powered VR platform, and Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4 support for it. Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri announced on the Google I/O stage support for Daydream to Unreal Engine 4. Technical Director Nick Whiting discusses several details on the Daydream VR plugin for Unreal Engine 4.

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