ARPost

JUNE 22, 2022

This is what the collaboration between Esri and Unity brings to the world. The launch of ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity version 1.0 unlocks new capabilities that enable developers to create sophisticated, intuitive, and realistic simulations with real-world applications. Unlocking New Capabilities by Merging the Real and the Unreal.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2024

Released in the Audio SDK for Unity and Unreal, the new Acoustic Ray Tracing tech is designed to automate the complex process of simulating realistic acoustics which is traditionally achieved through labor-intensive, manual methods. You can find out more about Meta’s Acoustic Ray Tracing here.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For an extra sense of immersion, the headset also features a vibration feedback system capable of simulating everything from gunshots and footsteps to a variety of other environmental noises. The company also references a unique wire-based force feedback module capable of simulating resistance, though the information is scarce at the moment.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

Then the management of the camera will happen through the functionalities exposed by Camera2 in Android and WebCamTexture in Unity, which are the ones developers have always used with smartphones. This is something absolutely impossible to have with Unity or Unreal. This will let Google enrich its content library pretty fast.

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VRScout

APRIL 7, 2021

According to HP, these new features can be used by developers working in both Unreal Engine and Unity to create “hyper-personalized” training solutions for various types of professional enterprises. ” Image Credit: HP.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Varjo hopes these hyper realistic environments will serve as the perfect tool for fields such as architecture, construction, engineering, industry design, training simulations, and other industries where accuracy is paramount. Premium cars can only be made with premium tools.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Designed by metaverse portal specialists, The Forge can simulate and fuse together virtual and physical realities. Users can scan and build worlds, create metahumans and avatars, and generate previs and simulations with ease. Volumetric camera set up in the ‘holoportation’ gateway.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In terms of compatibility, the XR-3 plays nice with major software such as Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenXR, Autodesk VRED, Lockheed Martin Prepar3d, VBS BlueIG, and FlightSafety Vital just to name a few. Varjo’s VR-3 features the same specifications as the XR-3 with a few additional goodies.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Meta's own Meta Avatars don't yet support Audio To Expression (they still use the Oculus Lipsync SDK), though they do have simulated eye movement, wherein the developer tags each virtual object in the scene by its level of visual saliency, as well as occasional blinking for added realism, so they aren't just limited to lip movement.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

More info Unity 6 introduces new features for XR developers The new version of Unity, called Unity 6, is currently in preview. In the meanwhile, Unity has appointed Matthew Bromberg as its CEO. You can buy a single set of glasses for only $249 , a bundle with two devices for $389, and with three devices for $539.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Announced with support for both Unity and Unreal, the Lumin SDK exposes the capabilities of the Magic Leap One headset to developers who can use it to begin building augmented reality experiences for the platform. Use of Unreal Engine 4’s desktop and mobile forward rendering paths. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2018

Feel Three, a 3DOF motion simulator for VR, went live on Kickstarter yesterday. The simulator is built on a half-sphere base, which sits atop a number of motors and special omnidirectional wheels, called ‘omni wheels’, that give the user three degrees of freedom: pitch, roll and yaw. Hardware Specs.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

My favourite is probably the hair cutting simulator because it was so fun to build, and the end result was hilarious. The prototypes are also a way to get better at Unity. I was a die-hard Unreal Engine user, but with a lot of AR being in Unity I needed a way to ramp up on the engine. Hair simulations!

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Unity, Unreal and other game engines plugins. SIMULATORS SUPPORT. Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, DCS World, X-Plane 11, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (VBS3, VBS4), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Aero FS 2, FlyInside, and other custom integrations. Microsoft Windows. SOFTWARE SUPPORT. Steam VR and OpenXR drivers.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This includes advanced vibrotactile feedback technology, which is used to simulate microscale surface textures. The device also includes a variety of plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine, as well as a C++ API. To celebrate the launch of the HaptX Gloves G1, the company is currently accepting pre-orders.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 11, 2025

It is priced at $5 Electrician Simulator VR , which is a VR version of the popular flatscreen game, is going to release on March, 21st on all major VR stores Train Sim World VR: New York arrives on March 27 for the Meta Quest platform The New Salsa Academy , a VR experience that teaches you how to dance Salsa, is available now on Quest.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

Physically-based audio is a simulation of virtual sounds in a virtual environment, which includes both directional audio and audio interactions with scene geometry and materials. Traditionally these simulations have been too resource-intensive to be able to do quickly and accurately enough for real-time gaming. Photo courtesy NVIDIA.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2021

HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition Simulator. HP says the Omnicept features are supported across both Unity and Unreal Engine. Free for educational use (2% revenue share for profit). 2% revenue share. Inference Engine SDK. Release 1 – cognitive load (new features coming in the future). Eye-tracking API. Pupillometry API.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Even worse, Unity has lost -30% of its stock value. These huge losses have a similar origin to Meta’s ones: Apple’s new privacy policy on the stores has impacted the earnings through Unity ads. Unity is a very important company for many AR/VR creators, so this is not a good piece of news. Lenovo to launch a new MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I am a bit sad no one gave an award to The Unity Cube , though… I would have loved to get a “Worst Application Award 2021” from Road To VR…. This has been possible thanks to the mix of computer vision tracking, AI, and body physics simulation that ensures that the detected pose is physically accurate. Some news on content.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For November’s batch of free VR experiences, we have everything from a VR board game experience and collaborative design tool to an old-school DJ simulator. ShapesXR is game engine-friendly, allowing you to easily export your projects to popular platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To help adopters leverage TouchDIVER Pro in business situations, WEART is also deploying a supporting Unity and Unreal-ready SDK for creating custom hand-object interactions. WEART is keenly aware of the growing healthcare XR market, and the TouchDIVER Pro package is ready for virtual medical training and surgical simulation.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In the video, there are 3 different artists working on the same project: one is using Unreal Engine to work on the 3D scene and its interactions, the other one is working on what looks like Substance Painter working on materials and textures and the third one is on 3D Studio Max making some 3D models. Physics simulation with Omniverse.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. What is Inworld AI ? A Bigger, Better, Metaverse.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 18, 2023

Varjo, a manufacturer and innovator of MR headsets, is a joint partner in many enterprise-grade immersive operations, notably vehicle training and simulation. The maritime simulation firm distributes its XR maritime training service on Varjo headsets to add depth and realism.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2022

Since it is my last post about AWE, let me cast a ray of visibility on some companies I have met there, but about which I do have not enough material to write a full article: Gamedriver : an interesting solution to create automated tests for your XR application in Unity.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Developers can tune the vest’s actuators with both Unity and Unreal SDKs for greater immersion in VR, as the vest can hypothetically simulate things like gunshots and raindrops, so not only sound-based haptis.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet. First of all, the labs are dedicated only to devs who are already developing applications for the Vision Pro , which is a very expensive headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2024

Upcoming titles, coming around 3-4 months after launch, should include Rec Room, Gorilla Tag, Waifu Super-Simulator, and Marky Mark’s Special Sauce. RecRoom without kids For us developers, there will be a dedicated Unity SDK at launch , with the Unreal one following a few months later.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity. Developers can manage feedback for the simulation of microscale surface textures, robotics integration, and multiplayer functionalities.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

” The company says its including support the avatar movement simulation mentioned above in addition to SteamVR base station tracking, which may be used for its still to-be-revealed controller. SDK: Unity (features dedicated to VRChat) / Unreal Engine. Camera: Keyboard overlay system.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Steam Audio uses the actual scene geometry to simulate reverb. Steam Audio applies physics-based reverb by simulating how sound bounces off of the different objects in the scene, based on their acoustic material properties (a carpet doesn’t reflect as much sound as a large pane of glass, for example).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2022

It is so not possible for instance to simulate a virtual stadium with 10,000 people in, with you seeing all the other people you have around you. Current gaming engines like Unity and Unreal are not designed for this. The solution also was able to simulate a day and night cycle inside the virtual city.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 14, 2025

This update makes OpenXR the recommended way to create immersive experiences across Unity, Unreal, and Godot. The Executive continued: With Cicero’s hyper-realistic scenarios, businesses can immerse their teams in dynamic, unscripted roleplay simulations for a limitless number of real-world circumstances.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Along with the updates to their tracking technology, Leap Motion is also releasing improvements to their developer tools, including newly updated Unity and Unreal Engine integrations, and deprecating some older APIs. Improved Developer Tools.

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