Honestly trying to imagine the feeling that @TimSweeneyEpic@MarkRein and the whole @EpicGames crew had yesterday. Took on a trillion dollar Goliath for years — for the little guy and mainly because they thought it was right — and actually pulled it off. Amazing.
Two years in the making, NinjaLIVE 2.0 is pre-alpha! 2025 Q1 closed alpha, open beta. More WIP coming! Key: Niagara, Chaos, SDF, DataChannels, Landscapes, Volumetrics. Learn more at the community server!
#fluidninja#UE5#realtimevfx#fluidsim
🤖 Synthetic video and #AI avatars are really closing the gap on the uncanny valley. So few people I talk to understand how far and how fast things have evolved — even over the past 6 months.
Would you recognize this as Text > Video generation?
x.com/minchoi/status/1859308…
🗣️ I want to be an @elevenlabs investor.
This toy they just released is crazy. Generated all this in 10 seconds. 🤯
- Synthetic personality based on X
- 3 voice options
- Animated avatar
Try it here:
xtovoice.com/_jasoncooper
Big miss on "mild" Carolina drawl tho. 😉
🎥⚾️ I remain convinced that one of the best sources of young visual/story talent lies within college athletic departments. x.com/wakebaseball/status/17…
Jonas Monanteras, Immersive Developer at Horizon and @WPeaceU Alumni, spoke with Seniors in the Simulation and Game Design program about AR/VR and other emerging technologies. Thank you, Jonas for sharing your skills and XR wizardry with us all! #AR#VR#GameDesign
🤖 A couple of favorites coming together. @LumaLabsAI@UnrealEngine = fully volumetric NeRFs running in realtime in #UE5 for creating cinematic shots and experiences.
It’s @prvncher here taking over today!
If you haven't heard - @unity's #XR Interaction Toolkit just updated to 2.3.0 and I'm going to break down some of the key new features, including 👀 &✋support!
Breakdown in the 🧵👇
And there it is — Unreal Editor for Fortnite (#UEFN).
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/…
I genuinely believe this is going to be one of the biggest next steps for an actual #Metaverse.
This next phase of the Creator experience with @UnrealEngine integrated tools = so many possibilities.
🧠 There's a real tipping point happening with advances in consumer accessible #AI language and image generation. Not convinced?
🤖 This is ChatGPT chat.openai.com/
Why hire @HorizonVP? It wrote this result with nothing but my prompt in about 1.5 seconds.
Websites can now add a button to remotely open a URL on your Quest.
This significantly reduces the time & effort needed to access WebXR experiences.
uploadvr.com/meta-quest-webx…