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Sandbox is Building an SDK so Anyone Can Create for Its VR Attraction Platform

Road to VR

Sandbox operates a number of VR locations in major cities across North America as well as Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, and Jakarta. Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, will be opening up to third-party developers soon, as the company will be releasing an SDK for its Sandbox ‘holodeck’ VR attraction platform.

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Google Announces International AR Pilot Programme

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Google Expands AR Experiences with Industry Partners To promote and refine its new location-based AR features, Google is running an early access program with local firms in the Singapore and Paris areas later this year. The six-month pilot program aims to demonstrate real-world use cases of location-based AR.

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Browzwear Unveils VStitcher, Lotta eFashion Updates

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The updates also feature real-time 3D (RT3D), hyperrealistic representations of clothing by leveraging Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, which powers major hit titles such as Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto, and others with cinematic graphical capabilities.

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch VR

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. AXIS can also work with popular VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, Chng said.

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Worlds in a box: Digital Twins, with Lenovo ThinkStation PX and NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The connectors for widely used applications like Unreal Engine or Blender mean that everyone can work collaboratively in a dynamic digital twin, testing and making changes, instead of passively exploring it,” he explained. Being able to collaborate in parallel unlocks unprecedented potential.

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Metaverse Law: Unravelling the Future of Online Interactions

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, AI content creators and solutions are increasing in influence on Metaverse apps and the engines which power them, like Unity and Unreal Engine 5, leading to a significant grey area—leading to speculation by regulators to address and future-proof laws.

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Improbable Raises Over $500 Million To Create The Tools That Will Build The Metaverse

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

According to the Improbable website, SpatialOS “gives you the power to seamlessly stitch together multiple servers and game engines like Unreal and Unity to power massive, persistent worlds with more players than ever before.” The company’s main product is a new platform for networked 3D graphics called SpatialOS.

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