Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Aftermarket solutions like OptiTrack’s IR-reflective positional tracking system, which uses traditional motion capture tech, would be a likely candidate for large-scale, out-of-home facilities looking to use Sensics system however. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

With ARKit 3, the system now supports motion capture and occlusion of people. When waving, the avatar can be seen to tip forward in response to the motion even though the user doesn’t. Motion capture. Human Occlusion & Body Tracking. Faster reference image loading. Auto-detect image size.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

Its Flipside Studio solution will empower content creators to create engaging videos via real-time motion capture (mocap) and production tools. It can also swap and edit real-time 3D (RT3D) objects without gaming engines like Unity or Unreal Engine.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest funding will be used to intensify R&D for AXIS , a wearable and game-oriented full-body motion capture solution. To make it accessible to game developers and content creators, Refract’s software suite is compatible with platforms like OpenVR, OpenXR, Unity and Unreal engines, and existing VR systems and applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 31, 2023

He discussed his experiences with developing workflows on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , the future of immersive filmmaking, and his creative processes to create immersive media. XR Today: How easy was it for you to use Unreal Engine, and how did it facilitate the creative process for developing the video?

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Compatible with HTC Vive and other SteamVR headsets, Manus Polygon will be compatible with Unity when it officially launches in June 2020. The company also plans to release an Unreal Engine 4 plugin later this year as well as expanding compatibility for more motion capture hardware.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

APRIL 29, 2021

Way back in the dim and distant era of 2009 I was exploring a lot of tools to help me build virtual environments with avatars and characters that could be animated, typically in Unity. A decade on and there is a new kid on the block from Epic/Unreal called Metahuman. Roisin from Reconfigure and Cont3xt in Unreal engine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

They’re excellent for capturing and recording detailed hand movements for XR game and app development. Plus, the gloves are compatible with various software platforms, such as Unity and Unreal Engine. These gloves are handy for motion capture purposes in VR content creation.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. On GitHub has appeared a new project called “Simple WebXR” aimed at letting you develop WebXR experiences inside Unity. It looks very interesting, and as a Unity developer, I want to experiment with it. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Options range from the Tobii Pro Nano and Spark systems to Tobii Pro Spectrum and Fusion. Realistic, intuitive, and immersive interactions are at the core of SpectreXR’s thesis.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Options range from the Tobii Pro Nano and Spark systems to Tobii Pro Spectrum and Fusion. The software comes with Exotendon force feedback solutions, to help deliver immersive touch-based experiences to customers through haptic gloves.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?). Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code name: Moss. Bitmovin announced a $10.3M

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

What is important is that companies such as Emteq are able to garner enough support from developers and produce the required plugins for game engines such as Unity and Unreal to unlock its true potential. The post Emteq Aims to Humanize VR by Capturing Your Facial Expressions appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

A year later, the team had upgraded the platform to six players combating virtual reality zombies with assault rifles in the Unity-developed Outbreak game. Patent-pending technology using more than 100 cameras and motion capture devices track each player in real-time as they move.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The SDK offers native APIs, but also supports popular game engines like Unity and Unreal 4. Unreal, together with ILMxLAB and Nvidia have produced a fantastic Star Wars demo to showcase how a scene rendered in real-time through ray-tracing is cool.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

For the Matrix trilogy it was important the use of computer vision, immersive photography, volumetric capture , the first markerless motion capture, to create frame by frame models of the performances… and today all these techniques are prolific in virtual reality and mixed reality.

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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

This method is similar to the motion capture technology that has been used to create realistic computer generated video for years. However, the company is partnered with household names like nvidia, Unity, Unreal Engine, and HTC. Live Client is a tool for facial motion capture.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Before his entrepreneurial work, Mahajan was an engineer at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and Gears of War. Is the Founder-Ceo of #HoloSuit a full body motion tracking suit with haptic feedback. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. 14- Kai Liang. 37- Arvind Neelakantan.

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Ryan Schultz

AUGUST 23, 2022

Chapter 6 covers the computational requirements and trade-offs in building the metaverse, while chapter 7 looks at virtual world engines such as Unreal and Unity. for motion capture, the ability to interact via haptics, etc.), Chapter 8 addresses the thorny issue of metaverse interoperability and standards (i.e.,

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