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
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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
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
New development kit puts hands inside virtual reality
ManoMotion offers a way to add gesture recognition to products and apps. A new software development kit (SDK) makes it possible to add gesture recognition into products and applications for virtual reality, augmented reality, and other new immersive visual technologies. ManoMotion says its new SDK allows people to see their actual hands in VR/AR/MR. Using a standard … [Read more...] about New development kit puts hands inside virtual reality