The Waddle -> 🌻 August 2021

A monthly newsletter to keep our favorite people updated on the latest news from Teleportal, the AR/VR industry, and 3D creators whose demos will make you go 😮

First things 1st… ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. The Teleportal team is growing and we are hiring!

   This month, Blue (design + engineering), Max (operations), Alex (business development) and Cosmo (business development) have jumped in and made a huge across the board for our team. And we can’t wait for Katie (design) and Edwon (design + engineering) to start in September!

   We are also going to miss Chase for all his support this Summer as a Software Engineering intern (and his epic Skribbl skills) ✍️

Penguins of Madagascar (DreamWorks Animation and PDI)

2. Vortex v.1.0.1 release

   The team is finding its groove with regular product iterations to most efficiently address the market of 3D creators. Here are the changes in the newest release, v1.0.1:

   • New Stages from @therealcornelius 🌽 - Cornelius Farm and Cornelius House!

   • Stage Selector Improvements including Swipe Gestures ☝️

   • Improved Loading Screen

   • Enhanced Object Inhabitance Activation

   • The Discovery Tutorial has more steps and a 🆕 look

   • Improved Animation Recording 🔴 and Playback

   • Rotation Tool has 2 new modes

   • Icon Enhancements throughout ⚛️

   • Non-AR devices compatible now

   Feel free to try Vortex on Android or iOS and let us know what you think!

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Industry Recap 🧢:

• The AR Lens Creator platform party has a new entrant with TikTok’s announcement of Effect House. Not be confused with any specific TikTok Creator house… 👯 More from The Verge.

  

  TikTok Effect House webpage (ByteDance)

• ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company) is acquiring VR head-mounted display manufacturer Pico. More on Tech Crunch. 🥽

• Facebook has acquired Unit 2 Games— the studio behind Crayta (a Roblox-style game creation platform). Read more here.

• China is looking to limit the amount of time young people spend playing video games. BBC Tech 👀

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On 2 the next… DEMO(S):

The AR-based performance capture system for the Vortex Camera is leveling up. Check out these two videos #MadeInVortex!

• Friday Night Funkin’ stage is coming soon to Vortex. The Vortex creator community on TikTok asked for FNF assets and we found amazing models by Cally3D on Sketchfab.

Friday Night Funkin’ stage in Vortex v1.0.2

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3D CREATOR HIGHLIGHTS… #GOODSTUFF:

Illustrator and layout artist @owlyjules showing off her work in 3D using Mental Canvas for iPad. We can’t help but get excited to see how accessible 3D creation is becoming! 📐

Julie.w🌼 @owlyjules

So that Mental canvas app is super cool!!:D

#Yikes: Indie game developer John Szymanski’s play-test took a turn for the nope when... (just watch)

John Szymanski, Ducky Dev @Ducky_Szymanski

Something terrifying happened to me during development today. Think this might need to go into the game somewhere. Wishlist for puppets! mfngame.dev :) #screenshotsaturday

Through a partnership between Epic Games and Time, Fortnite players can now relive the historic 1963 March on Washington with their friends. How cool!

Read more on Time’s website.

Fortnite @FortniteGame

Celebrate the work of Dr. King in March Through Time presented by @TIME, an interactive experience by @Chasejackman1, @GQuanoe, @XWDFr, and @YU7A_16 in @FNCreate Explore a reimagined DC, listen to Dr. King’s historic speech and more. fn.gg/DC63

In case you’re curious to know what the cutting edge of video game graphics looks like, look no further. Here is a 4k, 60fps gameplay trailer for Black Myth: Wukong, all rendered in Unreal Engine 5. 🤯

Matt Bierner consistently develops and shares creative software tools using ARKit. The latest update in Reality Filters enables creators to selectively paint in parts of the world! 🎨

Matt Bierner @mattbierner

Reality Filters 1.1 is out! Recreate the effects from Pleasantville with the new body detection options, which can color in people while leaving the rest of the world in black and white Get the free #iOS app here: apps.apple.com/us/app/reality… #AR #AugmentedReality #ARKit

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That’s all for now but if you have any ideas on how we can make this newsletter cooler or creators that deserve a shout, drop us an ice cube 🧊 at media@teleportal.app.

Thank you + until next time… 👋🐧🎆