22 December 2021

Unity’s MR Demo

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. Now the developers behind the project say you’ll be able to get your hands on the experiment on Quest sometime next year. At Facebook Connect at the end of October, the Unity Labs team revealed Unity Slices: Table, a proof-of-concept social mixed reality app that seamlessly connects users (both local and remote) into a shared experience centered around a game board.

A goal of Unity Slices: Table is to dissolve the barrier between local and remote users by making either kind of player feel equally present in the experience. This is why the core of the experience is built around a virtual chess board which serves as a central anchor for everyone in the scene, whether they are actually in the same room or on opposite sides of the world. Beyond bringing everyone together around a shared point in space, the chess board rests atop a real surface, which turns it into a sort of virtual touchscreen with real haptics.

More information:

https://www.roadtovr.com/unity-slices-table-mixed-reality-quest-release-date/