Epic MegaGrants 2021年入围名单公布

　　近期，Epic Games回顾了2021年通过MegaGrants开发者激励项目资助的390个项目，其中包含31个与AR/VR相关项目，分别涉及游戏、模拟、教育等领域。据悉，MegaGrants是Epic在2019年启动的基金，规模1亿美元，主要用于补助游戏、媒体、娱乐、教育等领域的UE4创新应用开发者。

　　据青亭网了解，每个入围MegaGrants的开发者，可获得高达50万美元的资助。Epic表示：MegaGrants的奖励不是投资或贷款，获得者不受Epic监督，可以将资金用于自由开发，同时开发者也能保留对IP的全部权利。

　　细节方面，获得MegaGrants的XR项目包括一些交互式媒体、Unreal引擎VR集成工具、交互式数据分析、VR打碟、培训等等，其中培训等B端方案居多。此外，还有一家叫Byker Biotech(拜科)的中国团队，其开发了一款3D VR人体样本实验室应用。

　　2021年获得MegaGrants的XR项目名单如下：6th Sense VR – Ayatana Concept (France)​​ ALO VR – VigourVR (Singapore) Art Reality Studio – IVR 6 (United States) BRUNNER Elektronik AG – Unreal Engine Integration for BRUNNER NOVASIM VR/MR (Switzerland) b.ReX GmbH – Intelligent Cycling Byker Biotech Pty Ltd – VR Lab for 3D human specimens (中国) Dmitro Tsalko – EnergoVR (Ukraine) Eternal Monke Games – Dragon.IK – Universal Inverse Kinematics Plugin HumanCodeable – Advanced VR Framework (Germany) IMP – Interactive Media Production – VR Fire Safety Simulator Lightscape VR (Germany) North Carolina State University (NCSU) – transVRse (United States) ONMOTIO – Immersive Technical Training in Inhospitable or Dangerous Zones Using VR (Canada) Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) – DataDiVR Interactive Data Analytics Platform (Austria) Tribe XR – DJ in VR (United States) University of North Carolina at Asheville – Interfacing Unreal with Physical Computing & New Media VR Pedagogy (United States) Vantari VR – Critical Care Procedural Training Suite (Australia) VRSpeaking LLC. – Ovation (United States) Western University – Using AR/VR to Improve Pediatric Surgical Patient’s Hospital Experience (Canada) Raytracer PTY Ltd. – Underwater Virtual Reality Simulation for Astronaut Training (Australia) Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Mixed Reality in Fetal Intervention Using Unreal Engine (Spain) VYV Corporation – Photon Augmented Reality Studio (Canada) Lemay – AR Workflow from Revit to Reality (Canada) New Reality Co. – Rainforest: A Multiplayer AR Experience (United States) Oakland University – Augmented Reality Center (ARC) for Industrial Applications (United States) Marquette University – Immersive and Augmented Media Design Fellowship (United States) Brainstorm Multimedia S.L. – EDISON – Unreal Template Based AR Solution for Education (Spain) Createxion – Draw-It AR (India) University of Michigan – AR System for Lunar EVAs (United States) Visometry GmbH – HQ-CAD-AR on a Driving Car (Germany) RealityArts Studio / Velarion – The Stranger (Turkey)

　　参考：Epic