Virtual reality

holoride launches its ‘Elastic’ SDK for developers to create in-vehicle XR content

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Time Stamp: July 22, 2021 2:58 PM - Modified On: July 22, 2021 - Published By:
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In Virtual Reality News July 22, 2021 – holoride, the Audi-backed company that provides technology to combine navigational and car data with XR, has today released its ‘Elastic’ Software Development Kit (SDK) on the newly launched holoride ‘Creator Space’. Created to run on the Unity game engine, the Elastic SDK enables developers to access tools to create immersive, in-car game experiences. holoride is building an immersive in-vehicle media platform by enabling processing motion and location-based data in real-time using the Unity game engine. holoride’s content adjusts to the motion of

Epic Games acquires 3D content library and publishing platform Sketchfab

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Time Stamp: July 21, 2021 7:26 PM - Modified On: July 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News July 21, 2021 – Epic Games, a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of its ‘Unreal Engine’ 3D engine technology, has today announced that it has acquired Sketchfab, a 3D content library and publishing platform. Sketchfab allows users to discover, edit, buy, and sell 3D content directly through its web-based service, and is home to 4 million 3D assets, according to the company. Its technology has integrations across every major 3D creation tool and publishing platform and is compatible across all major browsers

NYC Harry Potter Store to Get Two New Location-Based Virtual Reality Experiences

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Time Stamp: July 16, 2021 5:40 AM - Modified On: July 16, 2021 - Published By:
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Good news for all the Potterheads! Now you get to fly on a Nimbus 2000 and explore Hogwarts at the Harry Potter flagship store. Warner Bros., the house that brought us the amazing Harry Potter movies, has launched the first-ever Harry Potter flagship store in New York City last month. The store offers fans of the popular novel and movie franchise an incredible opportunity to enjoy an immersive social VR experience at the location. Now, besides shopping for official merchandise from the Harry Potter brand, fans can immerse themselves in

Microsoft Launches Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital For Free in Microsoft Flight Simulator; Also Coming to Xbox

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Time Stamp: July 15, 2021 5:17 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Today Microsoft is releasing something rather special in Microsoft Flight Simulator for free. An add-on that will be released in the official marketplace of the simulator will add the MD-10 operated by Orbis International, a non-profit organization working on the treatment and prevention of blindness. Said MD-10, christened the Flying Eye Hospital is a full-fledged teaching hospital that can travel around the world within the airframe of the veteran airliner. Unfortunately, the MD-10 will be static and won’t be available for flight, but users will be able to visit it

Resolution Games closes $25M Series C funding round to dedicate more to existing titles and deliver additional live VR games

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Time Stamp: July 14, 2021 7:32 AM - Modified On: July 14, 2021 - Published By:
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In Virtual Reality News July 14, 2021 – Resolution Games, a Virtual Reality (VR) games studio known for titles including Demeo, Blaston, Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale and others, has today announced it has closed a Series C funding round of USD $25 million, bringing the company’s total funding to USD $38.5 million. The round was co-led by Qualcomm Ventures LLC and BITKRAFT Ventures, followed by Knutsson Holdings AB. Prior investors who also took part in the round included GV, MizMaa, GP Bullhound, Partech, Creandum, Initial Capital, Bonnier Ventures and Sisu

AWE 2021 announces 250 speakers and exhibitors for its November face-to-face event

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Time Stamp: July 13, 2021 3:40 PM - Modified On: July 13, 2021 - Published By:
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In Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality News July 13, 2021 – Augmented World Expo (AWE), the worldwide events series focused exclusively on the business of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (XR), has today announced the first wave of sponsors, speakers and exhibitors participating in AWE 2021. According to AWE, since its inception in 2010 more than 5,000 companies and 50,000 professionals have relied on AWE as their primary venue and community to connect, learn and grow their businesses throughout the XR hardware and software

Sam & Max — The chaotic team has now also made virtual reality unsafe

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2021 11:14 AM - Modified On: July 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Maybe some of you still know the adventures of Sam & Max. I accompanied the dynamic duo for you in VR.Sam & Max are back. The dream team is now also trying to put a stop to the villains in virtual reality. With “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual”, their first VR adventure was released today. The dog with the hat and the violence-prone rabbit captivate here with a quick-witted humor and NPCs that couldn’t be crazier. I have now joined the Freenlance Police as a cadet and will

Harena Data introduces its new ‘COGNISAT’ cognitive Virtual Reality analytics platform

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Time Stamp: July 8, 2021 3:29 AM - Modified On: July 8, 2021 - Published By:
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In Virtual Reality News July 8, 2021 – Harena Data, an esports community aggregator, has recently revealed its new cognitive analytics platform ‘COGNISAT’. The platform combines sport specific virtual reality- (VR) based analytics with video game metrics from GYO Score (an esports and gaming data analytics platform) and computer-based soft skill cognitive metrics and performance profiling into a common data set. According to the company, the data set provides a comprehensive cognitive view of a traditional or virtual athlete and helps athletes, recruiters and coaches to better understand the athlete

Virtex Stadium is an Esports VR World Coming 2021

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Time Stamp: June 28, 2021 10:24 AM - Modified On: June 28, 2021 - Published By:
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Love watching esports but wish the viewing experience was more immersive? Well, that’s the goal of Virtex’s latest platform, Virtex Stadium. Envisioning a virtual stadium where friends can gather to watch the latest live esports matches, Virtex Stadium is slated to arrive later this year for PC VR headsets. Designed as a social virtual reality (VR) experience, Virtex Stadium will allow fans to watch matches in 3D at the centre of each stadium with each arena custom made for a specific videogame. Stadiums will be hosted on servers that can