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Madonna Performs Alongside AR Clones During Billboard Music Awards

VRScout

Brought to life using a combination of Unreal Engine and volumetric capture, these augmented holograms would appear sporadically throughout the performance, disappearing into puffs of smoke around the original Madonna seemingly at random. Volumetric capture adds a layer of depth to the pop legends latest performance.

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Free UE4 Template Makes Creating More Realistic VR Hands a Snap

Road to VR

The open-source demo offers a framework for use in any Unreal Engine project, as well as a ‘Playground’ scene containing an underground bunker and shooting range to showcase hand interactivity. The framework is released under the CC0 license, meaning it can be used by anyone without restriction.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. What is interesting for us is the last line “adoption and support of ARKit features and future VR features into Unreal Engine by their XR team”. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Notice that Apple talks about “future VR features” that it is going to implement. This is huge.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.24): Pico 4 Enterprise launched, Meta under criticism, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen. Other news. App Lab now features more than 1400 apps. Learn more. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.03.11): Samsung headset may launch in Q3, Animal Company is the most grossing game on the store, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (TCL RayNeo X3 Pro hands-onToms Guide) More info (TCL RayNeo X3 Pro hands-onPC Magazine) More info (TCL RayNeo X3 Pro hands-onCNET) VisionOS 3 will be a feature packed release According to Mark Gurman, VisionOS 3 will be a feature packed release.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Chinese magazine VRTUOLUO has published some photos of what looks like an early prototype of the device. Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it.

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Epic’s New Action-packed ‘Robo Recall’ FPS is Beautiful, Brutal Arcade Fun

Road to VR

To get a sense of the sort of arcade styling of the game here’s an example: You start with two basic pistols holstered at your hips; once their clips are spent, instead of reloading with a new magazine, you’re encouraged to simply throw them aside, as a new pair will simply be teleported to your holsters.

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