XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 31, 2022

Last month, in a VIVE TALK session, HTC VIVE introduced a virtual reality (VR) behavioural training solution that helps individuals with public speaking by placing users in a virtual environment – like a stage – with digital humans. Mobile World Live (@mobileworldlive) March 1, 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

At the end of this simultaneous performance, the participants gathered in the courtyard of the Palais Royal will be able to chat live with Jean-Michel Jarre’s avatar, erasing even further the boundaries between the physical and the virtual worlds. Also involved in the project are tech startups such as SoWhen? You should see it.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Corgan worked in collaboration with Isobar, Viacom Next, and VR artist Danny Bittman to conceive the virtual worlds depicted in the production. Bittman created all the environments for the VR experience except for Corgan and his piano with the Google VR tools.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen. When asked about why he focuses more on AR, Vermeulen says , “I don’t want to completely escape reality, I don’t want to be in a complete virtual world. I just want to augment my world.”.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible. It’s also likely that businesses will expand their use of XR tech and the metaverse.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Sinespace , a virtual world platform from OpenSim co-founder Adam Frisby, launched its virtual reality beta last week and reports 20 percent weekly user growth. Previously, the Unity-based social virtual world was only available for desktop clients. Virtual meeting. (Image courtesy Sinespace.).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Events are a hard category to stay on top of, and to judge,” Daniel Dyboski-Bryant of Educators in XR and the Virtual World Society said in awarding the Event of the Year – another category new to this year’s awards. World of the Year. Worlds are like web pages. Event of the Year.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 28, 2018

This year’s Virtual World Best Practices in Education 2018 conference, which ended last week in Second Life, was shorter than last year — three days, instead of four — and attracted about 1,100 attendees, down from a high of around 4,500 in previous years. Gateway area of this years’s VWBPE.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2017

You don’t have to be a blockchain expert to get how it will operate in a virtual environment; all you need is a basic understanding. How does blockchain help a virtual world? Decentraland Project Lead Ari Meilich cites this as a fundamental difference from any other social VR platform or virtual world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

The “TendAR” augmented reality experience creates a virtual fish for players, capable of interacting with the real world through the user’s camera. Respawn Entertainment and Unity. Unity helped with everything from matchmaking in VR, to voice communications for the development of the new game. Fictioneers and Unity.

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VRScout

JANUARY 31, 2017

The Vive controllers did a great job tracking my arm movements accurately as they were transformed into fins in the virtual world. There was a comfort of being in a virtual space that made us forget about the boundaries we put upon to strangers when it comes to physical space.

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ARVR

JUNE 11, 2020

Designing for a modern 3D world: A UX design guide for VR 2. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Semi-immersive VR simulation provides users with a partially virtual environment to interact with.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It combines Azure cloud technologies with Microsoft Graph, Microsoft 365 apps (like Teams), and tools from Unity, the popular XR engine millions of developers use worldwide. Microsoft Mesh for Teams simply brings the power of the Mesh ecosystem to your existing Teams environment. Custom spaces can be saved as templates for future use.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

It enables 3D reconstruction and rendering in virtual environments. Now, however, countless companies and developers are beginning to embrace this model, including Varjo (with Varjo Teleport ), Unity, and Unreal. Unfortunately, NeRFs are difficult to train and limited in enabling navigation in virtual worlds.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

My arms swing at my sides (in real life, and in the virtual world) as I move along the rail. The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. He pressed the button to call the trolley but it wouldn’t come.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

My arms swing at my sides (in real life, and in the virtual world) as I move along the rail. The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. He pressed the button to call the trolley but it wouldn’t come.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 4, 2022

Many metaverse experiences will be created by designers using low-code or no-code worldbuilding solutions, such as Roblox or Somnium Space, as well as tools like Unity which require some understanding of coding to get the most out of. Computer Programming. Blockchain / NFT Engineering. UI/ UX Design. Project Management. Cyber Security.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JUNE 20, 2023

Virtual Reality has the potential to transform collaboration in a host of different ways, providing employees with the opportunity to represent themselves in a digital space and connect with others using hyper-realistic avatars. VR solutions can make workplaces feel less isolating, improving unity and presence in a distributed workplace.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Not only does the ecosystem support collaborative business experiences, but it also opens the door for new opportunities for customer experience and service too. → Latest 3DExperience News Virbela Virtual world platform, Virbela is investing in the age of the metaverse with its digital platform.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

That’s what audiences will see in the virtual world of The Green Planet AR Experience , an interactive, augmented reality experience that blends physical and digital worlds to connect people with nature. Audiences engage and interact with the plant life by using a mobile device, which acts as a window into the natural world.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Everyday is bringing us more news from the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Virbela Virtual world platform, Virbela is investing in the age of the metaverse with its digital platform. Considered one of the first enterprise metaverse environments, the solution gives businesses access to the tools they need to facilitate remote and hybrid work, as well as virtual events and remote learning.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Most of the focus so far has been on building those worlds and experiences, but if we’re ever to achieve a true sense of presence in these virtual worlds, we need to also be able to create really good avatars. Full immersion and meaningful social interaction can only really happen if we feel comfortable in our virtual skins.

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VRWorld

MAY 8, 2017

Key components of VRWorks are being adopted by industry leading graphics engines such as Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 to provide developers an easy path to taking advantage of the SDK in their games and applications. Traditional VR audio provides an accurate 3D position of the sound source within a virtual environment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

This capability allows for remote training, remote assistance, and collaborative problem-solving, as users can share a common virtual space and interact with the digital twin together. Users can practice tasks, procedures, or scenarios in a virtual environment that replicates the behaviour of the physical system.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

That’s what audiences will see in the virtual world of The Green Planet AR Experience , an interactive, augmented reality experience that blends physical and digital worlds to connect people with nature. Audiences engage and interact with the plant life by using a mobile device, which acts as a window into the natural world.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

Another aspect of the tool is to allow the creation of custom experiences and adjusting of the virtual environment using a library of virtual objects and virtual locations — it comes with 1,200 3D objects by default, and also allows users to build and customize new objects and features. Somnium Space.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We’re always striving to maximize our users’ immersion in virtual worlds by creating experiences that behave like users expect—experiences where you don’t have to think about what you’re doing; you just do it,” says Software Engineering Manager Ed Foley.

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HaptX

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Mixed reality (MR) filmmaking (not to be confused with mixed reality headsets) is a technique that super-imposes a real-world VR user into the virtual environment, creating an eye-catching blend of the physical and digital. Aside from adding on-screen text, we did not composite footage in post-production. Let the testing begin.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. So somebody built a link between Unity and the Airpods, so they can turn their head, and it turns the 3D model in the screen. So let me ask you a question.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. So somebody built a link between Unity and the Airpods, so they can turn their head, and it turns the 3D model in the screen. So let me ask you a question.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. So somebody built a link between Unity and the Airpods, so they can turn their head, and it turns the 3D model in the screen. So let me ask you a question.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Much like our UI Widgets , it’s a set of interface elements – switch, lever and potentiometer – that can be embedded in any virtual environment. But with the lines between the real and virtual worlds now blurrier than ever, could we cut it even further? Virtual Real Meeting. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It is integrated for inside tracking for visualization of CAD models and mark-based information super positioned at situational areas, such as the blueprint of a building or the 3D CAD model of a transmission or engine in Unity. How will these drive demand for solutions such as yours?

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HaptX

JANUARY 24, 2019

This virtual reality training simulation, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3Sim) provides combat medics with step-by-step directions to treat injuries sustained in battle. David used the HaptX SDK to integrate our gloves into the experience he built in Unity. We were pleased to hear the process was seamless and intuitive.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

One of the things that blew me away was the photorealism that you guys have created of 3D models and virtual environments, of being in an airplane. There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. Unity, we find, is extremely effective for slightly more screen-based experiences. Just just a quick overview.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.

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