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。

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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)