‘Fortnite’ launches a system to distribute 40% of net profits to creators, HTC announces an optical tracker that doesn’t need an external sensor – Weekly Review XR News – Mogura VR News

In “Weekly Review XR News,” we’ll pick up highlights from the news published on Mogura VR News/MoguLive. We offer our readers all the latest in VR, AR, MR and Metaverse in a nutshell.

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1. Epic Games announces a new mechanism that distributes 40% of “Fortnite” net profits to Creators according to their contribution (3.23), and announces the PC “Unreal Editor” tool that enables full-scale world creation for Fortnite for Fortnite” (3.23)
2. HTC announces optical tracker that does not require external sensors, to be released Q3 2023 (3.21)
3. Declared Meta by Oculus Publishing. Oculus revived in VR Game Developer Support Program (3.23)
4. Google ends sales of “Glass Enterprise Edition” smart glasses. Will the development of AR glasses (3.21) continue?
5. “Sanrio Virtual Reality Festival” attracted 1.2 million visitors, with 2.5 times the likes over the period (3.23)

Epic Games announces a new mechanism for distributing 40% of net “Fortnite” profits to Creators according to their contribution (3.23), “Unreal Editor for Fortnite” PC tool that enables creation of an entire world of Fortnite (3.23)

Epic Games has announced a complete global creation tool, the Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and an engagement payouts system for the creators of Fort Knight. 40% of the net profit is returned to the creators. We will achieve “Creator Economy 2.0” and accelerate the creation of the Metaverse platform.

HTC announces an optical tracker that does not require external sensors, to be released Q3 2023 (3.21)

HTC has announced a tracking device that can also be used with the “VIVE XR Elite” VR headset. We aim to launch it in the third quarter of 2023. No need for external sensors, smaller and lighter. It also supports VR/AR standard “OpenXR”, and can work alone without a VR headset.

Meta announces for Oculus Publishing. Oculus revived in VR Game Developer Support Program (3.23)

Meta decided to name its VR game developer support program “Oculus Publishing”. We back up the entire process, from fundraising for VR game developers to supporting development, sales, and promotion. Additionally, the service’s name was written as “Oculus” to appeal to VR game developers with its support history.

Google ends sales of “Glass Enterprise Edition” smart glasses. Will the development of AR glasses (3.21) continue?

Google will end sales of the company’s “Glass Enterprise Edition” smart glasses. Augmented reality glasses that can translate into multiple languages ​​appear to be under development, and investment in glasses-type devices with augmented reality functionality is expected to continue.

1.2 million people visited the “Sanrio Virtual Reality Festival” “Likes” increased 2.5 times over the period (3.23)

The number of visitors to the “Sanrio Virtual Reality Festival” exceeded 1.2 million (period: January 13-31). Distributors’ ‘Total Likes’ Exceeds 41 Million, Smartphone MetaverserealityUsers from all over the world gather in the world”, which is thriving.

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