The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So let me show you how you can develop an AR app for Oculus Quest 2 using Oculus Passthrough APIs in Unity. In this tutorial, you are going to replicate the fantastic The Unity Cube experience, this time in AR! Open Unity (I’m still on Unity 2019.4 Open Unity (I’m still on Unity 2019.4

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

ShapesXR is a design and rapid prototyping tool that can be used to create AR and VR experiences directly on your Oculus Quest headset. It’s also game engine friendly, which means you can port your project into something like Unity. The tool operates similar to that of VR apps such as Tilt Brush or Gravity Sketch.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Unity has officially launched 1.0 support for visionOS, making its now Vision Pro-compatible game engine available to all Unity Pro, Enterprise, and Industry subscribers. Some of the key features of its Unity’s 1.0 The post Unity Releases 1.0 Tools for Vision Pro App Development appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 11, 2021

These days I have finally managed to try it, so I can tell you everything that I have learned about it: What is it How does it work How to implement it in your Unity application Pros and cons. If you are a Unity beginner, I would advise you to watch the video. AppSW Unity prerequisite.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 8, 2022

Operated by parent company VRMADA, the service employs Unity’s software agnostic toolkit to secure cross-platform distribution of virtual reality (VR) training environments for frontline workers. Currently, major XR firms such as Meta and Unity are developing frameworks to create inclusive immersive experiences.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unity has long been in the frontline of companies leading the democratization of 3D assets and tools, including for XR applications. However, when Volvo wanted to make their 3D models and emulators more accessible, they reached out to Unity to help them do it. Unity had already been established primarily as a game engine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is leveraging existing popular RT3D content creation tools to become the go-to Metaverse content creation hub. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 24, 2021

For sure you remember that together with my tutorial on how to develop and submit an application for App Lab , I have actually submitted to App Lab my majestic “The Unity Cube App” , an application with just a cube and some avatar hands (Yes, I’m a troll). Unity and its automatically added permissions.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2023

Apple recently introduced visionOS SDK , a set of new tools and technologies that will help developers create compelling app experiences for Apple Vision Pro , which Apple CEO Tim Cook said is “the beginning of a new era for computing.” Credit: Apple “Apple Vision Pro redefines what’s possible on a computing platform.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This includes the Presence Platform, a suite of new tools that will let you build more connected experiences that allow you to move easily between worlds. The Unity Library, available early next year, will come with a set of ready to use, interaction components like grab, poke, target, and select. Image Credit: Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

I wanted just to experiment with technology, not make a product I’m not going to do a step-by-step tutorial, but if you are a bit experienced with Unity, you can use the info I’m providing you to create something similar yourself. Initialization I launched Unity (I’m using version 2022.3 But how to do that?

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VRScout

APRIL 9, 2020

One of the coolest parts of developing with Unity or Unreal Engine is the ability to instantly hop into your VR headset and view 3D creations at scale. The ladder even has a VR mode that lets you build in-headset using the Unreal Editor tool set. The post 3D Modeling Tool Blender Is Receiving VR Support appeared first on VRScout.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 15, 2022

Popular real-time 3D (RT3D) engine Unity doubled down on its famed ease of use this week in a bid to enhance its toolkit with new key features to streamline the creation of immersive augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) assets. The firm acquired various RT3D design tools to establish a unified immersive content creation suite.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2023

As a result, platforms have begun to emerge to provide innovators with new ways of creating their own VR experiences. Unity, one of the world’s market-leading development platforms, is among the better-known solutions built to enable the creation of 3D, immersive content. What are the Tools Unity Can Provide for VR Development?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2020

Some months ago I published a guide for all Unity developers on how to request Android permissions for the Vive Focus Plus, because it took me a while to sort out how to do it to access the camera stream to do augmented reality on that headset. How to obtain permissions for Oculus Quest in Unity. What are Android permissions?

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Apple has released new and updated tools for developers to begin building XR apps on Apple Vision Pro. While some of the tools will be familiar to Apple developers, tools like Simulator and Reality Composer Pro are newly released for the headset.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2022

Veteran enterprise VR studio VRMADA has released a public version of its VR toolset for quickly building immersive interactions for VR within Unity. Called UltimateXR, the studio says the tool is free and open source.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2024

While Meta has its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC) , the company is taking a step back from development by adopting third-party app LIV as its official solution. for Unity-based apps which support Meta’s Presence Platform capabilities, such as hand tracking, passthrough, spatial anchors, etc. .”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Some days ago, I was looking at the code of HitMotion: Reloaded , the fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers developed some years ago for the Vive Focus Plus, and all the intricate system I had to make in Unity to have a cross-platform VR game … and I wondered: “Is all of this mess still needed today?”

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

The VR modelling tool Google Blocks is now available as an open-source version under the name of Open Blocks. Now, the global developer community Icosa Foundation is maintaining Open Blocks, while it continues to run Open Brush, an open-source version a former Google VR sketching tool Tilt Brush.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It can also be a valuable tool for law enforcement training. VIVE offers a good amount of official documentation of their products regarding Unreal Engine and Unity development. Rather, the Holodeck represents an innovative, virtual working environment for investigators, experts, and prosecutors.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2024

Google announced that Blocks , the 3D asset creation tool released for VR in 2017, is following in the footsteps of Tilt Brush by going open source. “First up, we’ll be switching to use the OpenXR framework and new input system within Unity, enabling us to target Open Blocks for a much wider range of XR devices.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 20, 2025

Leading into the new year, virtual reality training is growing as the broader XR market also emerges as a tool for work and everyday life. The duo deployed realistic digital training tools to MAIZEs deep client list. It also supports XR experiences built on Unity and Unreal Engine SDKs.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 19, 2023

Unity partnered with the Vancouver Airport Authority (VAA) this month to deploy large-scale enterprise-grade digital twins to ensure success in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) use cases. The solutions enable YVR workers to view a virtual version of the location’s terminal from various angles.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Rec Room dropped some juicy news during its big virtual event RecCon , including the announcement of Rec Room Studio, an awesome new tool that will let you create your own amazing experiences featuring killer graphics and animations on the social VR platform. Rec Room takes social VR to the next level with several exciting new features.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

Google has announced an upcoming AR game, Space Invaders: World Defense , which is built as a showcase of the company’s latest AR tool. This week at Google IO 2023, the company added a brand new tool to its kit called Geospatial Creator.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

I know that your team has created a tool called Holo-BLSD. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. A self-instruction tool can solve many of these problems if it is indeed effective in achieving the same learning outcomes of a traditional course. And is it a reliable self-evaluation tool? Presentation video of Holo BLSD.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 19, 2022

Auckland-based virtual reality (VR) Metaverse platform Many Worlds launched its bespoke immersive content creation tools on Friday last week, which provides a digital space to create custom avatars, virtual spaces, and interactive content. The company provides an immersive environment for users to play mini-games, join events, and socialise.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Oculus plans to further open up the mixed reality capabilities of Quest with new tools that will allow developers to build apps which more intelligently integrate with the user’s real room. The post Oculus Expanding Quest Mixed Reality Capabilities With Enhanced Developer Tools appeared first on Road to VR. Interaction SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

User Reporting Tool In the effort to make its Virtual Reality (or should I say the M-word ?) If the application has multiplayer components, then it has to implement a User Reporting Tool easily accessible via the Oculus button on the right controller. Let’s see what it is about and let me tell you how to implement it.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2022

When it comes to 3D design, having the right tools at your disposal to create a smooth and seamless workflow is critical. The app also uses hand-tracking technology to deliver a VR design experience that feels natural while offering the same tools and features that you would have with your controllers. Working in Arkio is simple.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

As a consultant, I am receiving many requests for remote collaboration tools now during the lockdown, and with my partners Massimiliano Ariani and SIDI , I am also hosting some workshops in VR. Mozilla Hubs is an immersive meeting tool that lets you meet online with other people, and speak with them. Why not a Unity exporter?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

That’s the consensus that seems to emerge from “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR” , a report published today by Unity Technologies where 15 industry experts (yours truly among them) outline how mixed reality (or XR depending on what flavor acronym you favor) will supercharge and transform the world of work. .

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX. First, let’s start with installing Unity hand-tracking. How to Set Up Hand Tracking in Unity 3D. Let’s start there—let’s download Unity and set it up for hand-tracking.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2022

In this blog, we will cover some highly popular software development tools used for AR app development. We have a plethora of AR app development tools available in the market. You should consider the following parameters before choosing a suitable tool for your AR app development. Top 5 Tools for Developing AR Mobile Apps.

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