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
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Surprise! Not all VR headsets are the same
One of the determining factors that killed S3D was the lack of standards and the incompatibility between 3D glasses from one brand to another. That risk isn’t as great in the VR segment due to DisplayPort and HDMI, and the scalability (by resolution) of the Window-based content. But differences do exist, and they can make one experience quite distinct from one HMD (head-mounted … [Read more...] about Surprise! Not all VR headsets are the same
Varjo’s XR-1 mixed reality headset
Varjo is the first one to get MR right. I have never been a fan of the term mixed reality, and think it is misleading, confusing, and annoying. Microsoft started it by calling their Hololens AR HMD an MR HMD because they were trying to get some product differentiation and distance from AR and the damage Google had done to the term. Qualcomm tried to sidestep the politics and … [Read more...] about Varjo’s XR-1 mixed reality headset
Epics Unreal team acquires Twinmotion from Abvent
Adds to the tools to enable presentation and visualization. Game engines are becoming powerful tools for a variety of work beyond the game industry. Of the largest areas of opportunity is the CAD market, but game engines are still difficult for people to use especially if their real job has nothing to do with learning game engines. Epic's Unreal group has been working on this … [Read more...] about Epics Unreal team acquires Twinmotion from Abvent
Glassbox Technologies: virtual production tools
Startup hopes to replace today's custom and proprietary systems with off-the-shelf products. Glassbox is debuting their new cross-platform virtual camera and realtime collaboration tools. Glassbox, began as Opaque media, was founded by Norman Wang in 2012 to develop content for VR. Opaque Media created Earthlight: Spacewalk, a VR experience developed with the help of NASA to … [Read more...] about Glassbox Technologies: virtual production tools