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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Bodysuit: Skin tight body suits are worn to both provide tracking of the arms and legs as well as relay touch sensations via haptic technology. TRON (1982). Arcade (1993).

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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Immersed

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

However, according to the Redmond, Washington-based firm, over 50 percent of employees were “open to using new innovations like immersive experiences for meetings and team activities.” The firm is debuting a device with spatial computing features similar to the Apple Vision Pro.

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“But I don’t want to wear glasses”

Robert Scoble

They won’t stop at augmenting our eyes, either, Bose already has wearable devices (they look like glasses, but don’t really do much for your eyes, it’s rather your ears they focused on) that augment our hearing and there are tons of haptic devices being developed that augment our ability to feel, touch and other things.

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 2

XR for Business Podcast

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. You have Apple, with ARKit. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 2

XR for Business Podcast

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. You have Apple, with ARKit. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast's Kent Bye - Part 2

XR for Business Podcast

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. You have Apple, with ARKit. Facebook accepts glTFs, Hololens is FBX models, VR is usually OBJs. Or in Canada, USDZed.