Today, we’re open-sourcing the Connected Spaces Platform, our free-to-use middleware for developers who want to create real-time 3D experiences across multiple platforms and devices.
In this article, Lead Rendering Engineer Derrick Canfield explores state-of-the-art point cloud rendering techniques and shares how we built our custom compute-based render pipeline. Read more:
#PointCloudRendering
#RenderPipeline
#DataVisualization
Bringing this one-of-a-kind
@karolg
experience to life in
#UEFN
has been an incredible journey 🌈 Our team crafted a neon-drenched party where you can collect EmPower-Ups and blast away negative energy in a vibrant playable concert. With an iconic setlist, this is all about
Speed, surf, and smooth moves ahead.
Combat the darkness with the power of positive vibes in Karol G MSB Fortnite: a five-part playable concert experience, featuring an iconic
@karolg
setlist 🌊🌴🌈🔥
Starting August 23 at 3 PM ET.
Would you like to play & get a tour from a developer, add us. Username cocovr.magnopus! We have a station for anyone to join when they see a request. Located in Los Angeles, CA, USA office hours are 10am-7pm PST. Look forward to joining you in the world of
#CocoVR
!
#vr
#oculus
Hey today in the Oculus Quest store, you can find a fun lil thang hand-crafted by the artisans and engineerisans at Magnopus with Facebook Reality Labs. Put the controllers down and really use what yer momma gave ya!
#facebook
#oculusquest
#oculus
#vr
#virtualreality
Earlier this week, we shared that hand tracking is now in general release for
#OculusQuest
:
See a few of the creative ways hand tracking has been implemented in these apps, updated today to support hand tracking ⬇️
‘Elixir’ from
@magnopus
:
Everyone
@Magnopus
is very proud from the response from the VR community that we just lost our minds! Behalf of
@DisneyPixar
,
@oculus
, & the entire team that worked on
#cocovr
Thank You! It's a social experiment! Share it & join the world of
#coco
! Post those
#cocovrselfie
#vr
Get ready to shred! Fornite’s Fuel. Fire. Fury experience is upon us. We built this insane interactive concert entirely in UEFN. Expect an out-of-this-world spectacle. This is one gig you don’t want to miss!
#UEFN
#Metallica
#Fortnite
#FortnitexMetallica
It's out!😀Want to know EVERYTHING about virtual production visualization? This is where to start. Thanks for asking us to be part of this
@UnrealEngine
!
Part one of the Virtual Production Visualization Guide is out now! 🎉
Follow this how-to series to set up your own Unreal VP visualization pipeline be it for previs, techvis, stuntvis or any other VP visualization workflow
@magnopus
🌟
#UnrealEngine
We’ve taken
@Expo2020Dubai
into the
#Metaverse
with Expo Xplorer, a social, interactive digital twin of the physical site.
So excited & proud to see the work of the past 3+ years go live!
Announcing hand tracking on Oculus Quest, enabling natural interaction in
#VR
using your own hands on a standalone device, unlocking new mechanics for VR developers and creators alike. Read more:
#OC6
We are *SO* glad we can finally share the details of how we created this stunning experience with
@pandora
,
@verizon
and
@sebastianyatra
, and made the seemingly impossible, possible. Come on, check out these incredible visuals:
Celebrating at the Lumiere Awards...Expo Dubai Xplorer scooped 'Best in AR'! Shout out to the talented
@expo2020dubai
and Magnopus teams and our awesome partners. 👊
@AISLumieres
Hey look, a million visitors to the ISS!
Less than 250 astronauts have been there physically. When we developed this VR experience with
@oculus
and
@NASA
, we never dreamed we'd send that many people to Space, but we're over a million now and climbing.
#NASA
#ISS
#Oculus
How to generate captures of 3D models without human input using
@playcanvas
Daniel Murdolo, Web Lead Developer at Magnopus, explains how to automate render captures in his debut XRLO article, check it out!
#webdev
#rendercapture
Most of us at Magnopus are on this
#wordle
hype at the moment, so much so that senior programmer
@RossBeardsall
made a custom Wordle webcam filter! It's giving us a
#FridayFeeling
that's for sure!🎉
It was an honor to realize our dream of putting great filmmakers back inside their imaginations with the creative freedom to dream, while still being grounded in reality.
Head in the clouds, feet on the ground!
Hope you enjoy it! 🦁 👑
#LionKing2019
#vr
#virtualproduction
The 'Lion King' was filmed almost entirely in virtual reality. All the locations you know from the original—Pride Rock, the elephant graveyard, Rafiki’s Ancient Tree—exist, not as practical sets, but as a kind of 360-degree virtual filmmaking video game.
Working with
@DisneyStudioLAB
, we created an enchanting AR experience that lets Disney+ Subscribers interact with the film Remembering in their living room. Subscribers are surrounded by a magical forest, capturing the very thing the film is about - imagination!
#DisneyPlusDay
A 📸 of Magnopus' Virtual Production Producer, AJ Sciutto, with highly decorated VFX visionary Rob Legato and virtual production pioneer Glenn Derry at the
@xperienceif
where leading Silicon Valley innovators come together with Hollywood’s storytelling professionals
#technology
Achievement Unlocked: 19 Years in
#Space
! Unlock your achievement by joining the International Space Station now available on the
@oculus
store for the GearVR with Emmy Nominated Mission:ISS! Happy 19th Birthday ISS!
#missioniss
#vr
#oculus
#madewithunity
We can't quite believe it! Our cross-reality experience for
@expo2020dubai
has WON Best Innovation in the VR/AR category at the
@CogX_Festival
Awards 2022! Big congrats to everyone who worked on this now multi-award-winning experience 🤩
#CogXAwards2022
We're super proud to have created the largest space to date connected across the physical & digital for
@expo2020dubai
! Now, anyone anywhere can experience the magic with friends & family.
More on how we’ve taken the World Expo into the
#Metaverse
here:
What an honor...our
@expo2020dubai
Xplorer experience has won Gold at the
@lovieawards
! Our acceptance speech could only be 7 words and they sum this project up perfectly: Here's to uniting the physical and digital!👏
With METALLICA: FUEL. FIRE. FURY. we didn’t want fans to just HEAR the music; we wanted them to SEE it, FEEL it, and PLAY it. Here’s how we kicked things up a notch in UEFN to deliver an experience both Fortnite and Metallica fans could shred to. 🔥🎸❤️🔥
Thank you
@epicgames
for
Whoa! Looks like we’ve made TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2022. Congrats to everyone on the list and to the talented team here designing and building Connected Spaces by Magnopus. 🙌
#TIMEBestInventions
Don’t just take our word for it. Patrick Cozzi (
@pjcozzi
),
@CesiumJS
CEO and Co-Chair of the 3D Asset Interoperability group at the
@Metaverse_Forum
says the effort will “accelerate adoption, innovation, and progress for all”.
Join
@SolRogers
at this
@FMX_Conference
panel featuring Kim Libreri, Deepa Patel and
@debfx
, as they look at how the lines are blurring between our realties and what role real-time technologies will play in the creation of the Metaverse. Get your tickets➡️
We made the shortlist for "VR Experience of the Year" and "VR Marketing of the Year" for both of our experience! CocoVR and Bladerunner 2049:Memory Lab!
#vr
@oculus
@DisneyPixar
@AlconEnt
Fully immersive VR experiences are what makes VR so unique and exciting to audiences around the world. We'd like to congratulate the shortlisted nominees for VR Experience of the Year! 👏🎊
#VRAwards
Here at Magnopus bright minds are a part of our culture. We welcome people to be their best! If you are looking to be part of a dynamic team, we’re hiring! Go to and check us out!
#magnopus
#vr
#ar
#culture
#job
#team
#technology
We're excited to share
@madisonbeer
‘s pioneering virtual concert! We teamed up with
@sonymusic
@Verizon
@REWINDco
& Hyperreal to reimagine live performance and push the boundaries to create this super realistic simulation. Congrats to the team! 👊
Feel the power of the music as you dance, race, and surf through a kaleidoscope of colour.🌸🐬☀️ This playable concert built in
#UEFN
is THE feel-good party of the year! We can’t wait for you to dive into this vibrant world ruled by positivity and empowerment. Thanks
@EpicGames
Grammy-winning global superstar and pop culture powerhouse
@karolg
is bringing her latin rhythm and signature style to the world of Fortnite 🌸🐬☀️
@FNFestival
Season 5 launches tomorrow:
Big announcement from
@holoride
at
#SXSW2022
! Excited to be working with the holoride team again to add purpose to commutes by making transit time count!
Join Sol Rogers at
@FMX_Conference
as he delivers a keynote: 'Bringing It All Together'- exploring the industry's ability to turn audiences into participants, to make the physical world into a canvas, and to put people “inside the story” like never before.
“We see virtual production as a bridge to help content get produced in a way that makes it more amenable to immersive experiences, and putting audiences inside those experiences” Ben Grossmann outlines the future of entertainment in this article from
@THR
"By 2026, 25% of the world’s internet users will be spending at least one hour of their day in the
#Metaverse
". Read more about how metaverse momentum is fuelling VR/AR headset market growth in our latest blog post:
Shoutout to
@DigitalTwin
for including Expo Xplorer in their Metaverse Minute: Auggie Awards edition! There's so many awesome creations, keep your fingers crossed for us all on June 2nd 🤞
.
@SolRogers
had the honor of joining
@luke_franks
on the Welcome To The Metaverse Podcast (
@WTTMPod
) this week to discuss our open sourced Connected Spaces Platform and how we can enhance human connections through emerging technologies. Give it a listen! 🎧
Creating this was an epic ride. Get ready to run, drive, blast, and rock your way through an insane interactive concert experience, all fueled by the iconic sound of Metallica! 🎸❤️🔥
#Metallica
#Fortnite
#FortnitexMetallica
By using
#ARCore
Cloud Anchors by
@Google
for hundreds of location specific activations around the site, visitors will experience entertaining and educational AR content relevant to wherever they are at Expo 2020 Dubai!