AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Toyota makes mixed reality magic with Unity and Microsoft HoloLens 2. This includes the use of Unity’s real-time 3D development platform across its automotive lifecycle. Its virtual pipeline starts by importing vehicle data into Unity using Pixyz. Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Nick Davis.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

To take full advantage of this new technology, business leaders need to ensure they have a comprehensive plan in place for how they’ll leverage immersive tools. Virtual Reality tools can provide phenomenal digital environments where users can collaborate, explore, create, and communicate. Step 2: Explore Hardware and Software Options.

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JUNE 1, 2020

The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. The no-code necessary update will “bring all of our tools together into what we call a complete front-line operating system.”. Best Creator and Authoring Tool.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

VR gloves are a wearable XR accessory designed to enhance immersion with spatial computing capabilities and sensory feedback. They can give surgeons a realistic experience of interacting with body parts or tools, creating muscle memory, and increasing knowledge retention. What are VR Gloves and How Do They Work?

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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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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A less-sexy but promising revenue category is AR tool builders and enablers. We call this category “AR as a Service,” and it includes companies of all sizes — from Adobe to Unity to 8th Wall. It won’t be a graphically intensive UX but rather a stylistically-viable form factor that prioritizes wearability.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Samsung brings with it a broader technology ecosystem that can assist in introducing the large-scale Galaxy user base to XR wearables. Developers who are working with Android XR can utilize familiar tools such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR to begin their projects.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 20, 2023

Shopify Debut Open-Source Handy Tool Last week, Shopify also dropped a hand-tracking update for Meta Quest users. Additionally, Handy leverages Unity to create alembic files that a developer imports into Blender to create a realistically animated hand model. Meta is releasing its hand-tracking update in April 2023.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Moreover, developers getting hands-on with Android XR today can leverage familiar tools, such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR, to start building on it. The current Andriod XR version is in a preview stage for developers only, with a broader release to be expected.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2024

Unity to Integrate Vagon’s RT3D Streaming Service This week, Unity, a leading XR and RT3D content creation engine, announced a new partnership with Vagon, experts in 3D content streaming. The leaks, which come from a GeekBench listing, mark the first substantial information about the device.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

With user-friendly tools available for both VR and AR, marketing teams can create unforgettable experiences for their audience within the Google landscape. The Unity real-time development platform has become one of the industry-standard choices for the creation of powerful XR experiences over the years.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Haptics Studio and SDK leverage Unity and Unreal RT3D engines for creating AR/VR/MR content; Meta’s tools allow developers to integrate haptic experiences into Quest applications. Meta created its haptic tools to enable a streamlined developer workflow that helps with Quest device runtime and compatibility.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 4, 2025

Moreover, Samsungs extensive technology ecosystem can help introduce its large Galaxy user base to XR wearables. Developers working with Android XR can utilize familiar tools such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR to begin their projects.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Android XR aims to simplify the development of MR applications by offering a set of tools and APIs compatible across various hardware devices. For Qualcomm partners like Lynx, Sony and XREAL, we are opening a path for the development of a wide array of Android XR devices to meet the diverse needs of people and businesses.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

There’s plenty of great software available for developers who want to build impressive virtual worlds, like the Unity and Unreal kits. However, developers can overlay real-world images with virtual assets using software SDKs and toolkits from companies like Unity. Creators get built-in tools for editing on Mac, PC, and mobile devices.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Google might not earn as much attention in the XR space as some other leading technology vendors, but it has already captured the attention of countless artists and educators with its unique virtual reality tools. The tool is already being used to help teach students at prestigious locations like Yale University.

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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. The HaptX SDK contains tools to control G1’s feedback and input while a user is within an immersive application.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Nunez also added that immersive tools could provide accurate representations of high-cost items. The trainer can put 3D objects in the trainee’s space and point at what button to push or what tool to adjust. You don’t want games in your enterprise, so I like to call them rendering engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

The hardware-agnostic technology is compatible with a range of different devices to ensure everyone in the workplace can interact with the same holographic tools. Unity Unity stands as one of the market leaders in software development for the metaverse landscape and the XR economy.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

indoor vs outdoor) USB-C connection to a compact wearable computing pack for the computational power PC version works with Windows, but we’re doing our best to support Android and Linux. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Not only will they be able to experiment with a huge range of inspirational and academic applications via the Meta Horizon platform, but teachers will gain access to device management tools and resources that help them to boost device security, and keep on top of firmware updates. Users can tap into Unity software to build new apps and tools.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

This wearable headset comes with a wide field of view, surround sound, and eye-tracking capabilities already built-in. Tobii also produces screen-based eye-trackers, capable of capturing gaze data at speeds of up to 1200HZ. The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. billion in 2023 , the AR market is now growing at a CAGR of 39.8%, thanks to evolving smartphone technology, Augmented smart glasses, and intuitive developer tools. Valued at $57.26

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. This is exactly what Lowe’s is doing with its Holoroom.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Developers who are getting hands-on experience with Android XR can start building applications using familiar tools such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR. Currently, Android XR is in a preview stage for developers only, with a broader release expected soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To invest in a complete spatial computing solution, you’ll need tools that support: Sensing: The ability of computers to sense the environment around us is a crucial part of spatial computing. Sensors use IoT technology and can be built into everything from standalone systems to wearable headsets and smartphones.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

With partners like Unity, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Intel, the GDC event showcases some of the latest technologies in the XR world from the biggest businesses. Attendees will have a chance to experiment with some of the latest tools and wearables on the market, as well as explore learning opportunities.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

Additionally, developers who are currently exploring Android XR can start building their projects using familiar tools such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR. The current version of Android XR is in a preview stage for developers only, with a broader release expected in the future.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

While there are various XR vendors on the market today with powerful tools for those in the gaming landscape, some stand out as particularly innovative. With tools like “Mesh” to help developers jump into MR, we’re likely to see a host of innovative creators exploring the Microsoft ecosystem in the years to come.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 17, 2024

Manifest’s comprehensive feature set gives businesses the tools they need to manage and scale work-instructions more effectively, allowing deskless workers to carry out complex maintenance work with accuracy and consistency. Customers will have a powerful new option when it comes to supporting their workers.”

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apple is also the owner of ARKit , a developer tool used by iOS developers to build mobile AR apps and games for iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices. GOOGL, GOOG) Google Glass wasn’t the consumer wearable revolution about which Google ’s parent company, Alphabet , was dreaming.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Topshop is no stranger to using VR as a marketing tool (they live-streamed a virtual catwalk all the way back in 2014), but they’ve really taken the plunge on this one. Based in San Francisco, Unity Technologies has raised a new $400M round of private equity from Silver Lake Partners– bringing their total funding to almost $690M.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The SDK will also support third-party Unity plug-ins, and NuEyes intends to ship its SDK platform in Q1 2024. Advancing Workflows for Medical Professionals NuLoupes’ solution aims to replace traditional fixed magnification healthcare tools with high-resolution variables and AR-enhanced digital magnification smart glasses displays.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Software Ecosystem: Apps and Enterprise Tools The next thing to consider in your enterprise VR platform comparison is the software ecosystem you can access. Finally, think about the platforms support for open development standards and tools, like Unity and Unreal Engine so you can create your own custom apps.

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AR Insider

MARCH 20, 2020

That includes wearables — a product class that’s not only exploding but acclimating consumers to wearing tech on their bodies. That’s everything from retailers to brands to entertainment companies using AR tools like Unity, 8th Wall and Adobe Aero. VR’s Steady Gains.

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