The two companies celebrate 250 new joint customers as a result of the deal. PTC and Rockwell Automation signed a strategic alliance in 2018 to jointly sell their products for PLM, SaaS, factory automation, IoT, virtual machinery simulation, and testing software. At that time, the deal was sealed with a $1 billion equity investment in PTC shares and a seat on the board for … [Read more...] about PTC and Rockwell Automation expand their strategic alliance
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Google gives up on VR
Abandons Daydream to the island of broken toys. Google came up with a great name and a great industrial design for the Daydream, its entry into VR for the Android world, but the company seemed to forget about it after the initial splash. Do you remember when there used to be long lines to try out the latest headsets on the scene? Those lines weren’t for the Daydream. … [Read more...] about Google gives up on VR
XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Doing what they did for mobile phones, Khronos has stabilized XR. The headline is: Khronos announced multiple conformant implementations of OpenXR are shipping from Oculus and Microsoft. That happened because of the newly opened OpenXR 1.0 Adopters Program and open-source conformance tests, which Khronos announced was coming after launching the OpenXR 1.0 specification last … [Read more...] about XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Latest round of Epic MegaGrants reward imagination and real-world connection
MegaGrants program has awarded $42 million of $100 million to more than 600 recipients. The latest batch of winners in Epic’s ongoing MegaGrants program includes games, a couple of which break the mold but most intriguingly technology companies that are pushing on the walls of game engine technology to expand where games and game engines haven’t gone before and that of course … [Read more...] about Latest round of Epic MegaGrants reward imagination and real-world connection
Blender Foundation starts a long-term support pilot program with Blender 2.83
Blender Foundation has released Blender 2.83 as its first LTS (Long Term Support) release. The LTS program is aimed at organizations or teams that require stable and maintained software up to a two-year period. The organizations will be provided with a stable Blender version. LTS releases will continue to receive critical fixes for a two-year period. An updated version naming … [Read more...] about Blender Foundation starts a long-term support pilot program with Blender 2.83
Unity announces new XR plugin framework
This framework will influence officially supported platforms, verified Solutions partners, and innovators. Unity has announced a unified plugin framework that will enable XR hardware and software providers to develop their own Unity plugins. According to Unity, some benefits will be: Multi-platform developer tools such as AR Foundation and the XR Interaction Toolkit. … [Read more...] about Unity announces new XR plugin framework
VR on the rise at CES: Panasonic shows off cute new glasses
Panasonic and Kopin partnership promises new options for VR. There are people who are wandering the halls at CES so we don’t have to. Among them are the people from VRScout who posted an early heads up on Panasonic’s new VR glasses. The pitch from Panasonic is that these are the first glasses that eliminate the screen-door effect. They’re not. Varjo’s glasses don’t have a hint … [Read more...] about VR on the rise at CES: Panasonic shows off cute new glasses
Varjo’s latest headset and software has the power to transform personal computing
New mixed reality features for professional applications put the personal back in computing. Virtual displays and experiential computing might replace desktops for designers and engineers. I have reported several times on Finnish XR start-up Varjo, since I first recognized the potential of their concept of “foveated resolution.” I reported most recently a few weeks ago from … [Read more...] about Varjo’s latest headset and software has the power to transform personal computing
E.D. films is first animation company to win Epic Games MegaGrant award
Makers of Giant Bear now working on three projects including a VR experience for 2020. Epic Games announced e.d. films as their first MegaGrant award winner for an animation company. The company says they’ll use the money to continue production on three projects which include two shorts and a VR experience coming in 2020. The company has an innovative style that combines 2D … [Read more...] about E.D. films is first animation company to win Epic Games MegaGrant award
Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering
AR images driven by Nvidia GPUs to your phone Nvidia has been in the clouds for ten years or more and they know their way around. You may remember GRID, the VMware/Citrix remote computing solution that Nvidia was a part of. And then there’s GeForce Now, its game streaming platform. The company also offers Shield, cloud-based TV delivery, and of course, its render farms, cloud … [Read more...] about Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering