XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial Hits Big at GDC 2023 In March, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023 in San Francisco, Spatial announced the platform’s new Unity Creator Toolkit is entering its beta stages. For example, Spatial’s Unity Creator Toolkit beta model powered the 2023 Metaverse Fashion Week on Spatial between 28 to 31 March.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

Yesterday, during Samsung’s Upacked event, the technology giant gave a short but sweet insight into the future of its elusive but attention-grabbing Moohan headset. Samsung revealed the information on the device alongside its broader ecosystem updates, putting into perspective the value of a firm like Samsung in the XR space.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

They sold this money machine to focus on a technology that is currently not making any relevant money. Meta has released this feature in the SDK and runtime of Quest and Quest 3S, plus it has released some official samples that show how to use this new technology. Its a big bet on the bright future of XR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset. If we want to foster a responsible use of technology, we shouldn’t only highlight the positive sides, but also be aware of the negative ones. All without leaving your editor.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

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. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 4, 2025

Several major firms are taking to the event to showcase the latest in their AR/VR/MR endeavours, with a headline-stealing showcase coming via Samsung’s Moohan exhibition. At MWC 2025, Samsung showcased many products, from its mobile AI suite to new smartphones. The hardware design reflects Samsungs ecosystem-first approach.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. billion in 2016 alone. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Samsung can be the first partner also on this line of products. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! in the reviews!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

With Android XR, Google wants to power a broad range of proprietary and third-party experiences, spanning all the way from the upcoming Samsung XR headset , to smart glasses, and extended reality applications infused with artificial intelligence. Instead, the company is laying the foundations for a huge XR portfolio.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The drama about Unity’s new pricing models has set the whole game development community on fire, while we had an unexpected leak about the Pico 5 and some updates on the Apple Vision Pro. In the case of Unity Personal, the thresholds are 200,000 downloads and 200,000 in revenues, and the fee is $0.20 per install. And this $0.2

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

More information about Google’s XR headset are coming “later this year” Google and Samsung will release an XR headset (Image by Google) Google, Qualcomm, and Samsung are working on an XR headset. My candid opinion is that the project Starline as is will be abandoned and will enter the Google Graveyard.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Plus there is this sense of perceived “stasis” of the technology. As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Building on the momentum set into motion by the inaugural event, Unity Technologies is hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing. Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 13, 2020

When it comes to developing virtual reality (VR) videogames there are two primary engines studios use, either Epic Games’ Unreal Engine or Unity by Unity Technologies. Unity’s HDRP targets high-end PCs and consoles, allowing creators to build high-definition and photorealistic visuals.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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ARPost

JUNE 15, 2020

According to Statista research , projects for 2023 place AR technology value at more than 18 billion US dollars, while mobile AR user growth should hit 2.4 If you want to embrace this new technology in 2020, one way to do so is to create an augmented reality mobile application. Unity Support. billion that same year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. A detailed breakdown of the project and its inner workings is available here.

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VRScout

APRIL 9, 2018

Thanks to custom designed waterproof VR headsets housing Samsung S8 mobile devices, over 9,600 attendees have gone down the VR slide since opening in February. The VR experiences are rendered in real-time inside Unity, so the tracking system can adapt to each user’s speed in real time. Image Credit: Ballast.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2025

According to the firms, the collaboration will help to further research into B2B digital twin services and the information the technology leverages, alongside industry-wide education and utilization of 3D digital twin environments. For example, in 2022, South Koreas Ministry of ICT, Science, and Future Planning pledged roughly $186.7

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More info John Riccitiello steps down from its role as Unity CEO The last chapter of the drama about Unity’s pricing change is that John Riccitiello has left his role of CEO at the company. Meta refused to answer any questions, and this makes me think that the game may have been abandoned or at least been in an uncertain situation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. For example, Unity is a critical component of the workplace-focused Vision Pro. The gamification trap… XR is always linked to gaming, whether business like it or not.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

I also doubt that a startup can carry many innovations, given the high costs of R&D in immersive technologies, but I would be happy to be surprised! Unity now supports Vulkan for Oculus Quest. Unity has finally implemented Vulkan support for the Oculus Quest, in Unity 2019.3. Samsung Odyssey+ is now at $230.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

If this partnership is exclusive, Meta has just got a huge edge over its competitors like Samsung or Google. But a new report in Korean magazine “Daily Korea” states that Samsung may not be in a hurry to release its headset anymore, because Meta canceled its Quest Pro 2 plans with LG, and Apple is postponing its Vision Pro 2.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More info (Leaked pictures of Quest 3s shell) More info (Quest 3s passed FCC certification) Samsung MR headset is close, but the endgame may be AR glasses It’s not a secret that Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm on a new mixed reality headset that could rival Apple Vision Pro and that should be released this year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community. Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The Unity game engine is a versatile tool that developers, from beginners to those well-versed, utilize to fully realize their video game concepts. Such a move eases the process for developers, increasing efficiency by allowing them to do a larger amount of their augmented and mixed reality work within the Unity Editor.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

3D social and shared immersive space platform Spatial announced on Monday that its Unity Creator Toolkit had moved to its beta version. The new iteration of Spatial’s widely-celebrated extended reality (XR) platform now integrates Unity Technologies’ industry-leading solutions.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In this guide, we’ll discuss the details of augmented reality development in 2022, including the choice of technologies and the development flow. The camera uses the patterns on the actual book as a reference to display the AR content, a technology that is often used today on Snapchat and Instagram. This is how location-based AR works.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most notable is Samsung’s entry into the headset space with an XR device, which leverages the AndriodXR OS. Moreover, the Samsung headset comes as other leading XR technology firms, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, and Magic Leap, are championing the AndriodXR OS. Its upcoming moves may reflect this pressure.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 11, 2017

The road to photorealistic VR is long, but OTOY is helping to shorten it with the integration of its technology into the free version of Unity. You could import a simple item from the Unity asset store, apply the renderer, and have it look strikingly realistic.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016. I wanted to work with all types of wearable technology. This is the technology that I’ve been longing for!’. ”. We’re working with Unity on this project. But that wasn’t her first rodeo by a long shot.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2017

A short video (heading this article) of two people wildly hitting a giant ball with foam swords (captured by Super Ventures ) is an amusing showcase of PhaseSpace’s motion tracking technology. The system uses Samsung Gear VR headsets for visual output. The usual limitations of this mobile VR solution—i.e. says McSheery.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Todays release is a preview for developers, and by supporting tools like ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR from the beginning, developers can easily start building apps and games for upcoming Android XR devices. And, we are continuing to collaborate with Magic Leap on XR technology and future products with AR and AI.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Qualcomm shut it down to focus on Snapdragon Spaces Learn more News from partners (and friends) Distance Technologies got a €10M investment Distance Technology, the glass-free AR startup founded by two of the co-founders of Varjo, just got €10M investment from Google Ventures. Big kudos to the team and good luck for the future!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. Well, that demo has turned into a paid application called Clipdrop.

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