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Unity spun that idea into an arm of its business and is now leveraging its game engine technology to help clients make “digital twins” of real-life objects, environments, and, recently, people. “The real world is so freaking limited,” said Danny Lange, Unity’s senior vice president of artificial intelligence, in Unity’s San Francisco headquarters last October. Speaking with WIRED in 2020, he had told me, “In a synthetic world, you can basically re-create a world that is better than the real world for training systems. And I can create many more scenarios with that data in Unity.”

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Mozilla baut speziellen VR-Browser

Mit Firefox Reality kündigt Mozilla einen auf Immersive Reality spezialisierten Browser an. Er soll in Mixed-Reality-Headsets laufen, also sowohl VR als auch AR unterstützen. Die Technik dafür kommt auch aus dem Servo-Projekt.

Seit etwa eineinhalb Jahren arbeitet Mozilla an der Unterstützung von VR-Technik im Web. Der dafür bei Mozilla zuständige Sean White, Senior Vice President (SVP) Emerging Technologies, hat im vergangenen Herbst im Gespräch mit Golem.de die viele Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieser Technik angepriesen und deutlich gemacht, dass Mozilla hier stark investieren will. Nun kündigt Mozilla mit Firefox Reality eine Browser-Variation an, die für den Einsatz in VR-Headsets gedacht ist.

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Cela fait plusieurs mois que la prochaine mise à jour majeure de Windows 10 se prépare. Parmi les nouveautés Microsoft met en avant la réalité mixte avec plusieurs partenariats concernant la fabrication des casques mais aussi un réseau social spécialisé dans la réalité augmentée.

A quelques jours de l'arrivée de Windows 10 1709 en version finale Microsoft fait le point sur la réalité mixte sur son blog. L'éditeur décrit les possibilités offertes par la réalité mixte et indique que 20 000 applications relatives à cette technologie seront disponibles dans le Windows Store. Le partenariat qui était pressenti avec Samsung est officialisé, le fabricant proposera son propre casque baptisé Samsung HMD Odyssey.

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Since Microsoft Hololens’ launch more than two years ago, developers, partners and customers have embraced mixed reality, pushing the boundaries of technology while creating incredibly immersive and innovative experiences.

In a push to bring the power of Mixed Reality headsets to the masses, Microsoft has since partnered with the world’s largest PC manufacturers to create a series of more affordable headsets, which will arrive later this year.

Unlike existing high-end VR headsets which require external cameras for tracking, Windows Mixed Reality headsets have built-in cameras and sensors to track your physical position and hand-held controllers.

The end result is a headset which requires less hassle setting up, allowing users to easily make use of them anywhere, without the need to set up an area each time they want to play.

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Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles like Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.

In a blog post, the founding team of the Austin-based Owlchemy Labs detailed that it has been acquired and will be joining the team at Google. “Today is a REAAAALLY BIG day for Owlchemy. We’re positively thrilled to announce that Owlchemy Labs has been acquired by Google!”

Owlchemy Labs, founded in 2010, has raised $5 million in seed funding from Capital Factory, Qualcomm Ventures, Colopl VR Fund, HTC and The Venture Reality Fund.

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Developers will be able to create VR software for the Chrome browser to cover both desktop and mobile environments.
Google is updating its Chrome browser to support WebVR, a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables virtual reality (VR) experiences delivered over the web to work with VR headsets.

For software developers this opens up a new avenue on which they can build VR and 360 degree experiences that are not limited to specific apps or platforms.

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Microsoft HoloLens has been used in airline pilot training, kitchen remodel demos, even space-to-Earth communication. Now, the Ukrainian military is eyeing the mixed-reality headset for the battlefield.

A HoloLens-enabled helmet from LimpidArmor gives tank commanders 360-degree thermal and optical views of their surroundings. The device (pictured), dubbed Circular Review System (CRS), combines Redmond's tech with a combat helmet, so wearers can live stream camera feeds outside the armored vehicle.

As VR Scout reports, the headgear keeps officials informed about their surroundings so they can target the enemy and prevent friendly fire.

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GOOGLE HAS LAUNCHED Daydream View, a fabric-coated virtual reality (VR) headset that's the first to support the firm's Daydream platform. 

The odd-looking facemask, which has probably been designed to match your sofa seeing as you're not going to leave it once you have one, requires a Daydream-compatible smartphone to function, which is handy as Google has just launched the Nougat-powered Pixel and Pixel XL with Daydream support. 

The View is 30 per cent lighter than other smartphone-powered VR headsets, according to the firm, and is easier to use. The handset automatically switches to VR mode when the latch is opened and the phone is inserted.

Once you've strapped the Daydream View to your face, you can navigate around Google's Daydream platform, which offers content from the likes of The New York Times, CNN, IMAX and developers Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, which you'll find at the firm's Oculus-style VR marketplace. 

Daydream View, which follows the success of the firm's Cardboard viewer, also come with a Wii-style handheld controller for more immersive experiences, which fits inside the headset so you don't lose it. 

The team behind the Walk Again Project wanted to teach paralyzed patients how to walk using robotic leg supports, but the results were much better than they expected.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the company’s Meta Connect conference today with expected, but still highly anticipated news: The company’s next virtual reality headset will be called the Meta Quest Pro, and will also be the first Quest product to offer a mixed reality experience, bringing the metaverse and the real world together.

As the name implies, the Meta Quest Pro isn’t going to be a replacement for the $400 Meta Quest 2, but a more advanced alternative that’s geared towards productivity and social applications in VR —instead of just fun, games, and unique 360-degree experiences— facilitated through significantly upgraded hardware.

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Der Entwickler des VR-Spiels Beat Saber gehört jetzt zu Facebook. Das teilte Facebooks VR-Abteilung Oculus auf Twitter mit. Über die finanziellen Details der Übernahme schwiegen sich die Studios aus. Beat Games soll weiterhin unabhängig aus seiner Zentrale in Prag operieren.

Beat Saber ist eines der meistgespielten VR-Spiele der Welt, Stand März wurde das Rhythmus-Spiel für VR-Brillen eine Million Mal verkauft. Das Spiel ist eine Art Fruit Ninja für die VR: Im Rhythmus zur Musik schlagen Spieler mit Glühstäben anfliegende Beat-Blöcke. Von Kritikern wurde Beat Saber sehr...

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Microsoft übernimmt Altspace VR

Es ist eine Mischung aus Virtual-Reality-Facebook und Second Life, und nach finanziellen Schwierigkeiten hat es einen neuen Eigner: Altspace VR gehört künftig zu Microsoft.

Für einen nicht genannten Betrag will Microsoft das kalifornische Unternehmen Altspace VR und damit auch dessen gleichnamiges Onlineportal kaufen. Über Altspace VR können sich Anwender ähnlich wie bei einem sozialen Netzwerk miteinander verbinden - allerdings normalerweise nicht über 2D-Bildschirme, sondern über Virtual-Reality-Geräte.

Letztlich erinnert das Ganze entfernt an eine VR-Version von Second Life, in der es neben Minispielen auch Übertragungen von politischen Debatten und Stand-up-Comedy gibt.

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Samsung unveils Windows Mixed Reality headset, AltSpaceVR joins Microsoft, SteamVR catalog coming to Windows Mixed Reality this holiday.

Mixed reality will unleash the creativity of every person and every organization on the planet. Our journey has been filled with key moments in time that have shown us what is possible as we enter this next era of computing, the era of mixed reality. 

From the introduction of Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first fully self-contained holographic computer in January 2015, to the welcoming of enterprise partners like Ford Motor Company, the inspiration and creativity we have seen customers and modern workplaces continues to inspire us and drive us forward.

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Microsoft is to update its flagship operating system next month so that the latest generation of Windows 10 hardware devices and software can tap into augmented and virtual reality technologies, executives said on Friday.

Mixed reality is the term Microsoft uses to describe software that covers both augmented and virtual reality.

Augmented reality overlays text, sounds, graphics and video on real-world images that users actually see in front of them, while virtual reality creates entirely computer-generated worlds.

The multimedia content can be viewed on computers, TV displays, smartphones, tablets or, in the case of virtual reality, on dedicated goggles. Microsoft plans to target these features first at advanced video game players using VR headsets, with business applications to follow, officials said.

Microsoft’s push comes as the U.S. tech giants - Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, along with China’s Baidu - increasingly battle to make augmented reality, together with artificial intelligence and cloud-based services, into the next computer platform.

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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Simplygon, a company that develops 3D-optimization solutions for game developers and other industries that need to visualize 3D data.

Simplygon’s SDK is used by many major game development studios and the company recently expanded into the AR/VR market, too. Given Microsoft’s push into AR with its Hololens project and VR with Windows Holographic, it’s clear where Simplygon’s technology fits into Microsoft’s own roadmap.

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Google showed off its Daydream VR system for the first time today and with its debut came a better look at the games and content users will eventually be able to access. More than 50 Daydream apps are supposed to be released this year, with "hundreds" more coming after that. Google already listed several developers at its I/O event in May, but it's given some new, specific projects to look out for. That includes Gunjack 2, a sequel to EVE Online developer CCP's turret shooter for the Gear VR.

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Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality sind derzeit in aller Munde: Auch Intel will von dem Hype profitieren und bringt jetzt mit Project Alloy eine eigene Datenbrille mit Windows-Holographic-Technologie an den Start.

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