Road to VR

JULY 24, 2019

Despite securing $280 million from Japan’s largest telecom earlier this summer, we’ve heard surprisingly little from the multi-billion dollar AR startup of late regarding its flagship headset, Magic Leap One. binary builds for Unreal available through the Epic Launcher). Officially support for Unity 2019.2

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JULY 26, 2023

As one of the top AR SDKs , the other prominent capabilities of ARCore include tracking the orientation and position of the user’s device, matching the lighting of virtual objects with their surroundings, detecting the location and size of various surface types, and integrating with existing tools like Unreal and Unity.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2019

That was when they announced partnerships with Unreal and Japanese telecommunications firm DOCOMO. In January, DOCOMO will become the exclusive distributor of the Magic Leap 1 in Japan. However, the Magic Leap One – released last summer – remains one of the most desired headsets in the XR world.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The standard rate will apply to installs across 18 countries, including the United States, Australia, UK and Japan. Some expressed interest in alternative game engines like Godot or Unreal, while others questioned the wider implications for current releases. However, emerging gaming markets like India will receive a discounted rate.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). This means that now with Unity you can create visually stunning VR experiences that before you could obtain just by using Unreal. Who knows….

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5%

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, then took to the stage to say that Unreal Engine 4 support would also be arriving on the HoloLens 2. First shipments will begin this May in the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2017

The experience was created in honor of the upcoming Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) film, and will be first made available in Japan and Korea starting January 31 with availability ending July 31, 2017. If you’re in either Japan or Korea, you can download the experience here or visit.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. With the solution, users can leverage the following tools: FreeD plug-and-play capabilities for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2016

With Fove tightening down on ergonomics, which they say is an effort to bring eye-tracking to virtual reality “while remaining a lightweight VR headset,” it certainly feels like the Japan-based company is inching closer to a launch date.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 23, 2017

While at Zynga, he co-created the hugely popular game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. He was also founding engineer at Fig , the crowdfunding and equity funding platform for indie games.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

The company will also be developing software compatibility to support MacOS, iOS, and Unreal Engine in the near future. The company was founded in November 2015, as a spin-out from the University of Tokyo, with offices in Tokyo (Japan) and Worcester, MA (USA).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The company has already released their SDK which allows developers to integrate FOVE support for projects built-in Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryEngine. The company, now headquartered in San Francisco, will be showcasing the final version of the headset during the Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) this week in San Francisco.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Matt Miesnieks has suggested parallels such as recording indicators (already implemented on Snap Spectacles) or audible clicks when taking photos (mandatory in some countries like Japan).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In the blink of an eye the world around me dissolves and the restaurants of East Fourth Street are replaced by the brilliant purple face of Japan’s Mt. I haven’t seen my hometown in almost a year but even the pull of nostalgia isn’t enough to keep me entertained forever.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The following 12 grids were marked as suspended this month: 2nd Oakdene , Alluris Estates , Américas Worlds , CINECA GRID , Kingdom of Creation , KRRRL , Lupopas Welt , PTDE , TUIS Open Grid , UFSGrid , Unreal , and Virtual-EPI. Japan Open Grid : 165 regions. GerGrid : 224 regions. Island Oasis : 203 regions. EdMondo : 172 regions.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

The following 11 grids were suspended this month: Bess Research , HyperWild , KoolPheller Estates , Montefiorino , Open Dream , Osirus , Regno Di Camlaan , Second World , Unreal , Virtual Final World , and Watcher’s World. Japan Open Grid : 170 regions. Island Oasis : 213 regions. Craft World : 210 regions. EdMondo : 155 regions.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The following 23 grids were marked as suspended this month: 2Worlds2Go , 3DHappiness , Admeja , AvatarHaven , Avi Brasil , Avination , AviWorlds , CINECA GRID , Cuon , Dreamworldz , GEA , Homeland , HyperWild , Ingen-Lab , Ipsofacto , JamGrid , Kea Nation , Mystery , Pseudospace , Revo Grid , SimGrid , Traduverse , and Unreal.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

who first immigrated to Japan over 25 years ago. teams for Japan. As of 2019, we are an expanding private company with about 40 people based in Japan and funded by Japanese venture capitalists. Go on reading, I bet you will enjoy this journey into the present and the future of location-based augmented reality entertainment.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I think that it's in Japan now, that we are trying to rent out furniture. Martin: And I would guess that more than half of them -- or even 80 percent of them -- are based on one or two of the game engines that are out there. Martin: That's what I've found, too.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I think that it's in Japan now, that we are trying to rent out furniture. Martin: And I would guess that more than half of them -- or even 80 percent of them -- are based on one or two of the game engines that are out there. Martin: That's what I've found, too.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Diver-X Half Dive is an interesting headset from Japan. We don’t know when these glasses will release and for what price , but the fact that such a big consumer-oriented giant has got interested in glasses is a positive sign that we are on the right (long) road towards the release and adoption of consumer-oriented AR glasses.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. 14- Kai Liang. Kai holds several International Business director positions in VR educational companies and VR, AR hardware companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Alan: Actually, I would say all of them are based on Unity or Unreal. And I think that it's in Japan now, that we are trying to rent out furniture. Martin: And I would guess that more than half of them -- or even 80 percent of them -- are based on one or two of the game engines that are out there. Martin: That's what I've found, too.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In Japan, new PSVR bundles will include an adapter in the box, while in the West the adapter won’t be included, but it will be given for free to existing PSVR users. More info (PSVR bundles in Japan) More info (PS Camera adapter will be given for free). Sony has answered this question in the weekend. News from partners (and friends).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The first one comes from Japan (of course), and it is the prototype of a “lickable TV” (that you can see in the header image of this post): basically, the system prepares at exact timings a flavor mixing various liquids and then lets it slip on a screen, onto which is installed a special film. Two crazy and cool inventions.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

She continued that “unrealized gains and income” could fall under this taxable financial activity. Doing so could allow governments to tax income in real time, triggering sweeping changes across tax laws in the United States. US tax laws in the Metaverse should tax financial activities like monetary withdrawals and purchases.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I think that if HIKKI wants to expand beyond Japan, it should do something different. VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. Moved by curiosity, I wanted to give this world a look, but downloading the experience from Italy was too slow and I had to give up. VR Modding reaches a new milestone.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The short-term goal is to provide better tools to professional video creators , so Unity can compete better with Unreal Engine, which is already used in Hollywood productions. Some weeks ago I told you about the Half-Dive headset, a weird HMD coming from Japan that is meant to play virtual reality while you are lying on the bed.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

UEVR is a universal VR mod, and it lets everyone easily convert every Unreal Engine-based PC game (including the AAA ones) into a VR experience. Taking the data of the Black Friday sales on Amazon, on a total of 132K Quest 2 sold, around 100K have been sold in the US and the other 32K in Japan and selected European countries.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Let’s see… More info (The specifications of Orion from the TESTED video) More info (Porting games to Orion is difficult) More info (Karl Guttag’s analysis about Orion) Epic Games is already envisioning Unreal Engine 6 In an interview with The Verge, Tim Sweeney talked about the future plans of Epic Games.

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