This is an exciting time to be a game developer. New technologies like Virtual Reality ( VR) and Augmented Reality ( AR) are here and growing in popularity, and a whole new generation of game consoles is just around the corner. Right now everyone wants to jump onto these bandwagons and create successful games using […] The post Why should you use Unreal Engine 4 to build Augmented and Virtual Reality projects appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Yesterday, Valve Corporation, the popular American video game developer, announced the Half-Life: Alyx, the first new game in the popular Half-Life series in over a decade. The company tweeted that it will unveil the first look on Thursday, 21st November 2019, at 10 am Pacific Time. We’re excited to unveil Half-Life: Alyx, our flagship VR […] The post Valve announces Half-Life: Alyx, its first flagship VR game appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Yesterday, Facebook posted a detailed report of their research in brain-computer interface (BCI) with an aim to build a non-invasive device that would type what a person is imagining. This device is expected to be an input solution for future augmented reality ( AR) glasses. Facebook first proposed its plan to build this technology at […] The post After Musk’s Neuralink, now Facebook wants to read your thoughts. UCSF researchers could help them build a “non-invasive” brain-computer interface for AR glasses appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Two days ago, researchers from Facebook AI Research published a paper titled “CraftAssist: A Framework for Dialogue-enabled Interactive Agents”. The authors of this research are Facebook AI research engineers Jonathan Gray and Kavya Srinet, Facebook AI research scientist C. Lawrence Zitnick and Arthur Szlam and Yacine Jernite, Haonan Yu, Zhuoyuan Chen, Demi Guo and Siddharth […] The post CraftAssist: An open-source framework to enable interactive bots in Minecraft by Facebook researchers appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

One of the major highlights at the ongoing Microsoft Inspire 2019 at Las Vegas, was the demonstration of Holoportation by Azure Corporate Vice President Julia White. Holoportation is a type of 3D capture technology that allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real-time. Microsoft Researchers […] The post Microsoft Azure VP demonstrates Holoportation, a reconstructed transmittable 3D technology appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Yesterday, Unity made an update stating that from Unity 2019.3.a2 onwards, Android and iOS developers will be able to incorporate Unity features into their apps and games. Developers will be able to integrate the Unity runtime components and their content ( augmented reality, 3D/2D real-time rendering, 2D mini-games, and more)  into a native platform project […] The post Developers can now incorporate Unity features into native iOS and Android apps appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Creative immersive 3D experiences in Virtual reality setup is the new norm. Tech companies around the world are attempting to perfect these 3D experiences to make them as natural, immersive, and realistic as possible. However, a certain portion of Virtual Reality creators still believe that creating a new interaction paradigm in 3D is actually worse […] The post Why does Oculus CTO John Carmack prefer 2D VR interfaces over 3D Virtual Reality interfaces? appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Today, the team at Google has announced a new version of its Google Glass, called Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, an augmented reality headset. Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is now an official Google product. Glass Enterprise Edition has been useful for workers in a variety of industries ranging from logistics to manufacturing, to field services. […] The post Google announces Glass Enterprise Edition 2: an enterprise-based augmented reality headset appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Last week, the team at Minecraft introduced a new AR-based game called ‘Minecraft Earth’, which is free for Android and iOS users. The most striking feature about Minecraft Earth is that it builds on the real world with augmented reality, I am sure it will remind you of the game Pokémon Go. Here’s the full-length, […] The post Introducing Minecraft Earth, Minecraft’s AR-based game for Android and iOS users appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more

Valve introduced the new VR headset kit, Valve Index, only one month ago. And said the preorders will begin from, May 1st, and will ship in June. Today, Valve is fully detailing the Index headset for the first time, and revealing exactly how much it will cost: $999. The price seems to be relatively high […] The post Valve reveals new Index VR Kit with detail specs and costs upto $999 appeared first on Packt Hub ..read more