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Ultrahaptics Acquires Leap Motion for a Reported $30M

Road to VR

Leap Motion, the pioneer in optical hand-tracking, has been acquired by Ultrahaptics, the enterprise-focused immersive haptics company. According to the Wall Street Journal , Ultrahaptics reportedly acquired Leap Motion for approximately $30 million. The latest round, amounting to $50 million, arrived in summer 2017.

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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

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Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Oculus – Rift. Leap MotionLeap Motion. Oculus – Touch. HTC – Vive.

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AWE 2017 Announces Keynotes And Speaking Sessions

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Even their website and trailer (below) for 2017’s expo imbue a heroic theme, building buzz for the event with high energy. Individuals from companies such as HTC Vive, NVIDIA, Osterhout, Unity, castAR, Qualcomm, Leap Motion, Meta, Verizon, Dell, Oculus, and more will be among the over 300 featured speakers in attendance.

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Analyzing Oculus Santa Cruz patent images

The Ghost Howls

Yesterday I was reading the comments on Reddit regarding my post with the predictions for Oculus Connect 5 and the kind redditor /u/SilverWhite2 provided me the link to the latest available patent with the design of Santa Cruz. Front view (Image by Oculus). Rear view (Image by Oculus). Top view (Image by Oculus).

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RealMax Qian review: wide FOV AR is amazing!

The Ghost Howls

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. It gets the job done and it is usable, but it is subpar even if compared to other standalone headsets on the market like the Oculus Quest.

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10 Projects That Have Us Excited About the Next Generation of VR & AR

Road to VR

Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Prior to launch the first consumer Rift headset, Oculus had a long history of showing prototypes and development kits. Following the launch of the Rift, Oculus kept their R&D efforts on future PC headsets mostly secretive. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Leap Motion, as I have said, has not a solid situation.