Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. image courtesy Oculus. image captured by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

The company says Metal 2 will also support Unity, Unreal Engine and the Steam VR SDK, making Apple’s new operating system a true VR-native. The new external GPU dev kit, available today, is coming with a VR-capable AMD Radeon RX 580, which is somewhere between an NVIDIA GTX 1060 and 1070 in function. image courtesy TIME.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

Epic Games’ Kim Libreri today took to the stage at Google’s I/O conference to announce Unreal Engine support for the newly announced Daydream Android VR platform, what’s more is that it’s available right now. This video is also the most that has been seen publicly of the Daydream controller in action.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Organized by the VR Society, presented by AMD Studios, and co-presented by Dell, “On the Lot” is back for its second year. ” In addition, Unreal Engine will premiere The Giant: Michelangelo’s David in VR to the public, which lets audiences get up-close with the iconic statue unlike ever before.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2017

If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Bleszinski in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter video | Photo courtesy Oculus. Bleszinski indeed believes in the technology.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

NewImages Festival, Cannes XR, and Tribeca present XR3, a VR platform bringing together nearly 50 incredible works. ” “The acceleration of innovation coming from the video game industry is being driven by real-time game engines, like Unreal and Unity, primarily used in XR and video games, and now more and more in the cinema industry.”

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2017

Now, developer Rocksteady has announced that it will soon launch the game on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Built on Unreal Engine 4 and well optimized for PSVR, it’s also one of the system’s best looking games. Price hasn’t been announced, but the game is presently priced at $20 on the PlayStation Store.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

Oculus will provide headsets and training to three new pilot locations alongside a fresh helping of educational VR content. Oculus Education continues its ongoing streak of generosity with the expansion of its educational pilot programs to Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN SCIENCE.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. Soon, you will be able to superimpose your real self into a virtual world through Oculus casting. Former Oculus chief Hugo Barra has announced he’s left Facebook in a blog post.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Image courtesy Neat Corp.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

That’s why Mozilla, the makers of the popular FireFox web browser, are advocating their open source JavaScript API WebVR platform and HTML framework A-Frame to make it easier to design internet-based VR apps that run within cheap smartphone headsets or the more powerful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Image Credit: Mozilla.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Thematically, Solaris Offworld Combat presents itself to players as a sort of future sport where competitors jump into virtual arenas and duke it out for the top place on the leaderboards. This time around, the studio wants to deliver a fast-paced experience that anyone can pick up and play.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The Metaverse Promise Zuckerberg presented the Metaverse concept as the “successor to mobile internet” in his Connect 2021 keynote. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines. The report claims that roughly 16 percent believe video calls help them feel present in meetings.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Additionally, STYLY presents the opportunity for creators to build directly in VR. We support all major VR platforms – including Oculus/Meta HMDs and Steam VR, Vive Flow , Nreal and Pico ecosystems – and below you can find a handy image demonstrating a selection of supported creation tools! What are the supported VR platforms?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. Once the base becomes big enough, the platform becomes extremely interesting for marketers and advertisers.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

With that in mind, and with CES 2017 imminent, we thought we’d take a look back at the notable VR events from past shows, charting VR’s progress to the present day. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2016

Revive is an application that allows select VR games exclusive to the Oculus Home platform to be played on a rival SteamVR-powered HTC Vive headset. A recent update to Oculus Home crippled Revive , an act that has caused outrage in the VR community. And are Oculus really doing anything wrong anyway? Who’s behind it?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Last week at a dedicated Vive X event, Chinese company 7Invensun has presented one of the most interesting eye tracking accessories to date. In the enterprise segment, the Focus Plus gains so a big advantage on the popular Oculus Quest (that is still far better for consumers, instead).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. They present a design that is very light since all the processing power is in a separate computational unit.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale. Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. Microsoft wrapped up its presentation by outlining its commitment to fostering an open MR ecosystem. “We Spatial Anchors.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2020

WebXR is a technology with enormous potential, but at the moment it offers far worse tools to develop for it than standalone VR , where we all use Unity and Unreal Engine. The last step is to return to the Player Settings, and now go to the “Resolution And Presentation” options group.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 1, 2017

Various objects (a bus, a basketball hoop etc) are presented around you to provide a sense of scale. National Geographic and Oculus. Unreal and enchanting — this kind of footage makes a case for bringing your 360 cameras wherever you travel. Kids old enough for VR will love this one. Produced by: Felix & Paul.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2016

Hackathon events in various forms are now commonplace across different technologies and for virtual reality has proven an important catalyst for innovation and creativity in the past, with both Oculus and HTC embracing the format to encourage content creation. Image courtesy Scapeliving.com.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. Laverde also pointed out that while VIVE’s hand tracking SDK works with a number of common platforms including Unity and Unreal, there can be complications for different hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. One of my favorite games of all times is Unreal Tournament because I just love to shoot and kill without thinking too much… or better, without thinking AT ALL.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We’re going to design and sell products, make compelling presentations and understand complex data.” ” He went on to talk about Facebook’s social VR demo that debuted at Oculus Connect 3 last month, revealing that both it and Oculus’ own Rooms and Parties social software had been made with Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). Or Unreal if that’s your language. I am always fascinated when I speak with someone that is here before the Oculus Kickstarter campaign.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 17, 2019

I and Gianni made a fantastic presentation in front of more than 100 people inside a cinema! Maybe you get featured on Road To VR, you get 200 likes on /r/Oculus. When the Oculus Go was released, everyone was excited saying that VR was going to become mainstream thanks to that. An amazing moment! You feel like in heaven.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2022

Current gaming engines like Unity and Unreal are not designed for this. Using my Quest 2, I was able to go to a certain website with the Oculus browser and then magically I found myself in a pretty crude 3D world. “ Our system is fully dynamic which is why you had no load times walking around the world.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 7, 2017

Although major game engines now come with built-in support for Oculus and Vive, Vizard’s support for all virtual reality hardware and head mounted display helps save a lot of time and development effort, said Hodgson. Virtual presentations with Skofield. The university is now using Unity heavily. Read more case studies here.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

Or because he’s been the first person attaching a Leap Motion to an Oculus DK1 with some duct tape, envisioning how hand tracking could be vital for virtual reality. To develop for the Leap Motion North Star, you can use Unity or Unreal Engine. On the downtown 3 train.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Going by the descriptions for the images, the project was developed for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift using Unreal Engine 4. Still, Assassin’s Creed is no stranger to spin-offs, and the series’ penchant for time-swapping stories presents some interesting opportunities for the genre.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

EditorVR (which the company calls EVR for short) provides a robust virtual reality interface for Unity that’s said to support both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Unreal Engine , Unity’s biggest competitor, has also launched an early version of a similar ‘VR Editor’ back in June with version 4.12

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

But in contrast, it is boldly presented, as the video is a partnership with Lytro , and uses their lightfield camera for VR to capture the singer and the church he later stands in. These are realistic places you can explore in your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. It is a sacredly soft version, only performed by one man, Bobby Halvorson.

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