The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Following a prominent lawsuit between ZeniMax and Facebook/Oculus which resulted in a $500 million award to ZeniMax , the company is now seeking an injunction to prevent Oculus from continuing to use code that was found by the jury to infringe upon ZeniMax’s copyright.

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VRScout

JUNE 30, 2019

Survios CTO Alex Silkin will teach a semester-long course called Unreal Engine VR Master Class. Courtesy of VR education startup Axon Park , the ‘Unreal Engine VR Master Class’ will debut in VR this autumn. Axon Park holds that there are some prerequisites to consider when applying for the Unreal Engine VR Master Class.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This revolutionary system enables creators to harness the power of immersive technologies and unlock the vast possibilities of virtual production. Established in 2019, Prox & Reverie has continually sought to enhance the design experience by incorporating the latest technologies into innovative studio systems.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The earlier Oculus Lipsync SDK from 2015 offered this capability for lip movement only, and Meta's Audio To Expression is its official replacement, offering cheeks, eyelid, and eyebrow movement too. And remarkably, Meta claims Audio To Expression actually uses less CPU than Oculus Lipsync.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. Shown during the debut of the Oculus Rift DK2, Couch Knights put players in the body of an avatar sitting in a contemporary room.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2019

Oculus today released ASW 2.0, an upgrade to the company’s ‘Asynchronous Spacewarp’ technology which is designed to smooth out the visuals inside the headset to compensate for performance fluctuations and to keep latency low for a comfortable experience. Oculus today announced the release of ASW 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2023

Nreal becomes XREAL One of the new brand images of XREAL (Image by XREAL) Nreal, which is one of the most interesting AR startups around, entered into a dispute with Epic Games for its name being too close to “Unreal” , which is a well-known name in our ecosystem. So the Nreal management took the right decision.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Announced as “The Official Blancpain GT Series Game” , the sim brings many technology upgrades over Assetto Corsa (2014) , thanks in part to the move to Unreal Engine 4. Unreal Engine’s comprehensive VR support could benefit the new sim in these areas. Assetto Corsa supports Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unreal Engine eXtended Reality (XR) Technology Platforms | Source: [link] How to Select Extended Reality (XR) Toolkit? ? You can make 3D worlds with HTML and Entity-Components for Virtual Reality headsets like Oculus Quest, Rift or WMR, SteamVR, mobile, desktop. ? Unity Game Engine ?? Supported AR/VR devices ? Widget libraries

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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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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way. While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. The VR technology behind these SDKs allows eye and lip tracking, pass through cameras, and hand tracking.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Recent technological advancements have pushed the envelope of what modern technologies are capable of. Furthermore, these innovations have greatly changed the way users interact with such technologies. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Touch technology company Immersion wants to bring that work to the next level. Already supported devices include Nintendo’s JoyCons for the Switch — which we previously speculated might make good controllers for VR — and Oculus’ own position-tracked VR controllers, Oculus Touch.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Tony Parisi , Global Head of VR/AR at Unity Technologies. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus PC apps, Meta says Application Spacewarp will produce even better results.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 19, 2021

I teach user experience design and assistive technology courses. As with all technology, XR is evolving. Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. Here you are some: Open XR: [link] UI Accessibility Plugin (Unity): [link] Set Color Deficiency Type (Unreal Engine): [link].

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

Starline promises telepresence technology to reimage video conferencing as we’ve never seen. 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. Former Oculus chief Hugo Barra has announced he’s left Facebook in a blog post.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

There, players could step into an interactive VR experience based on the popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ and compete in a game of “CarPong” for the chance at winning some sweet prizes, including Insta360 cameras, t-shirts, even a few Oculus Quest’s. The reaction has been unreal. Image Credit: Insta360.

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ARPost

JULY 2, 2020

Since then he’s been independently working with creator platforms like Unity and Unreal. In designing the Vector Gear, Remy has come up with combinations of technologies not seen in any other designs that I’m aware of. Where do you expect the next great XR headset to come from? What about Walker Industries?

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

” The company has launched a beta of the SDK today supporting Unity, and support for Unreal Engine is on the way. Available now with support for Unity, the Steam Audio SDK will also soon support Unreal Engine. Realistic sound is an important but often underappreciated aspect of the immersion equation in VR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Using an Oculus Rift/Rift S VR headset in combination with Leap Motion’s hand-tracking technology, you can teleport throughout different areas of the resort and use your own two hands to add color to interactive outlines of various buildings.

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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. Nvidia RTX.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Using a combination of flexible, high-quality silicon and proprietary sensor technology, the company promises a comfortable experience with tracking capable of 0.01 There are also murmurs of force feedback technology supposedly being implemented into a future model. Compatibility: Unity, Unreal Engine, C++, C#, Python.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. The VR Awards recognize innovations in VR technology through twelve categories. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data , currently in Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, will launch in September on PlayStation VR. The PC version will soon receive a summer update that introduces a PvP mode, along with a joystick locomotion option, new maps, and a new playable hero. Photo courtesy Survios. Photo courtesy Survios.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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. Being Adobe, you can use it only by paying a monthly subscription. Other news.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s about the technology that connects film with XR, enhancing partnerships and fostering business opportunities,” explained Esmoil, adding, “There will be conference sessions about distribution, filming, and virtual production, also covering the creation of synthetic content, game engines, and even digital humans.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The experience was built in 1:1 scale within Unreal Engine. You can check out a short behind the scenes below: Trying the experience for himself, astronaut Tim Peake reflects: “Exploring space is something that motivates a lot of young people to enter careers in science and technology.

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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 indeed believes in the technology. Bleszinski in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter video | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

The years following Connect 2021 were transformative for Meta as the company transitioned from a social media company to a serious technology firm. Although, in reality, these technologies co-exist. Moreover, trusted gaming engines like Unreal and Unity are gaining new usage as RT3D engines.

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