Unity 2017.2 Released With WebGL 2.0 Improvements, Better VR/XR Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Unity 2017.2 Released With WebGL 2.0 Improvements, Better VR/XR Support

The widely-used, cross-platform Unity game engine is out with their newest feature release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Unity-2017.2-Released

[GdeR]

At least now I don’t have to mistake Unity, the game engine, for Unity, the DE.

[uid313]

So what does XR mean here?
Its VR and AR?

[faildozer]

So what does XR mean here?
Its VR and AR?

X being substituted with the kind of reality it is, so Virtual or Augmented, but sometimes Mixed reality as well where it's augmented but you can interact with it (like Hololens). I don't know why the article says VR/XR, VR is part of XR.

[andrei_me]

X being substituted with the kind of reality it is, so Virtual or Augmented, but sometimes Mixed reality as well where it's augmented but you can interact with it (like Hololens). I don't know why the article says VR/XR, VR is part of XR.

Also the "X" can be read as Cross, then becomes Cross Reality, which is a good umbrella term for all this something reality that is trending right now