ARPost

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This second virtual VR/AR Global Summit attracted thousands of XR technology enthusiasts as well, according to the VR/AR Association. The three-day event featured over 150 talks and sessions given by hundreds of XR technology experts and professionals. XR Technology in the Time of Coronavirus. A Watch Call From Lenovo.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2020

German automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has never been shy about its love for immersive technology. Now it appears as though the company is taking things a step forward by applying that same technology to the vehicles themselves. Also included is a 3D instrument cluster powered by onboard eye-tracking technology.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2021

Yesterday, Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, sat down with CNET’s Scott Stein to chat about the companies advancements in VR avatar technology, during which a brand new VR avatar system for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets was revealed. The new avatar system will debut first on Facebook Horizon for Oculus Quest headsets.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 24, 2021

If you can’t resist subtly waving your hand in the air like a Jedi when you approach an automatic sliding door, get ready for this: a manually operated touchless sliding door that senses and matches the movements of a hand waving back and forth in front of it. Read more.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Developers will soon be able to integrate hand gesture control into their projects on the ARKit platform, no extra hardware needed. So you think the technology would be slowing down as we start to wrap up this year, right? 2017 has been an absolutely enormous year for augmented reality.

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Hypergrid Business

MAY 19, 2016

A startup that allows a smartphone’s own camera to be used to track hand gestures has received a $20 million investment. Chinese technology conglomerate Kuang-Chi will invest in Israel-based provider of software-based machine vision and gesture recognition...

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

“The philosophy behind PhotonLens is to make everyday consumers’ lives more fun, enriching, and healthier with XR technology.”. The glasses themselves are similar to other models in the space or coming soon, though they will also be compatible with PhotonLens controllers and software. Controllers and Command Modes.

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ARPost

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Rokid Vision 2 MR glasses announced at Rokid Open Day are binocular MR glasses with a 40-degree field-of-view, dual-direction speakers, and microphones for hands-free voice controls, according to a release shared with ARPost. Fantasy World is an immersive space that users navigate with voice commands, and head and gesture controls.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For many years, digital technologies have played an important role in reducing opportunity gaps, especially amongst members of disadvantaged and underrepresented communities – from assistive technologies that create independence for people with disabilities to learning platforms that provide access to educational opportunities.

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VRPlayin

MAY 13, 2023

One way to achieve this is by leveraging cutting-edge technology for next-level brand activation. From virtual reality to interactive displays, technology can elevate your campaigns, captivate your audience, and drive engagement. In this post, we’ll explore some of the most promising technologies for enhancing brand activation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 31, 2017

This is combined with eye-tracking technology from German firm SMI, which may have just been acquired by Apple. The game allows you to manipulate objects and battle foes with your mind, and is played entirely without handheld controllers. ” The company offers an SDK so Unity developers can integrate the system into a game.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

MANUS creates gloves for both motion capture as well as for controlling sensitive VR applications. The most recent MANUS product is the SteamVR tracker for precise gesture controls and motion capture. “As These include hand-held controllers, hand tracking devices for use with AR glasses, and the ever awe-inducing Finch Ring.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Earlier this year British startup Litho revealed its hardware idea for controlling and manipulating digital objects in the real world, an elegant device which sits between your index and middle fingers. VRFocus will be going hands-on with Litho in the coming weeks to test the new controller’s capabilities.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 10, 2019

New research shows how immersive technology can help patients treat recurring nightmare syndrome. Virtual reality-based imagery rehearsal and rescripting treatment (ReScript) aims to enable participants to gain cognitive control over intrusive imagery Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro are just two examples of the latest immersive technologies offered by Meta. The Quest 2 is a cutting-edge consumer-grade VR headset, with black-and-white passthrough, gesture controls, powerful processing, and exceptional visual clarity. Four cameras for controller and headset tracking.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Greenlight Insights , a company specializing in XR technology market intelligence and organizer of xRS Week , together with Adlens , a company developing adaptive lenses, recently released a study on optics in XR. It also looks at how and when these developments are likely to impact the XR technology market. The Optical Interface.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2020

XRSpace’s Peter Chou believes 5G will usher in “the social reality of the future” Peter Chou, ex-CEO and co-founder of Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC, has some bold opinions regarding the future of VR technology. “There is a chance that 5G will make the experience of VR much more relevant to consumers.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 22, 2023

Jeff Hastings, CEO of BrightSign , explained that by leveraging Ultraleap’s TouchFree technology, the firm is enabling a “more immersive shopping environment.” Now, BrightSign users can interact with a display with hand gestures. More on Ultraleap The firm is developing a range of hand-tracking and haptic technology.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The VOID’s latest immersive experience, Avengers: Damage Control is available now. The latest in Wakandan technology and Stark Industries state-of-the-art are about to be yours to test drive. All the way you’re mostly blasting things or blocking incoming blasts, as Damage Control is more of a thrill ride than a puzzle box.

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ARPost

JULY 1, 2020

And, with interest in XR technology at an all-time high, this might be the perfect time to launch a game-changing headset. Other webinar speakers were Mimbus CEO Laurent Da Dalto, Rainfall ’s AR/VR Director Keith Mellingen, and the Institute for Creative Technologies Director of Medical Virtual Reality Albert “Skip” Rizzo.

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ARPost

JUNE 30, 2021

While in theory it would be possible to make custom models using technology like 3D printing, this would be prohibitively time-consuming and costly. Xenco Medical has pioneered a computer learning algorithm that uses ray tracing technology to stitch a series of 2D diagnostic images together to instantly create patient-specific 3D models. “We

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Gradually, VR headsets became more intuitive and sophisticated, and new technologies emerged to give us a unique experience of the digital landscape. Today’s virtual reality solutions don’t just include a headset, display, and motion controllers. There are no advanced “spatial computing” features like sensors or gesture controls.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

New research shows how immersive technology can help patients treat recurring nightmare syndrome. Virtual reality-based imagery rehearsal and rescripting treatment (ReScript) aims to enable participants to gain cognitive control over intrusive imagery, and lessen overall anxiety, nightmare distress, or nightmare daytime effects.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.

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ARVR

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company, which was founded by three friends, Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant, had formed the company, then called Thalmic Labs, to develop an EMG based gesture controller, the Mio Armband , (which is still the most capable EMG controller ever offered to consumers), before pivoting into the perilous waters of augmented reality.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The role of the bridge watch officer is “quite often overloaded,” said Frank Cotton, BAE’s head of Technology for Navel Combat Systems, in an interview with The Engineer. The AR technology that BAE plans on applying is actually a modified system that the Royal Navy currently uses on the new Striker II pilot’s helmet.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2023

Pro hallmarks coming to the Quest 3 include color passthrough and the Pro controllers. The headset’s 12 cameras, five sensors, and six mics enable controller-free tracking, voice interactions, and impressive audio. Hand-tracking does play a huge part in the Vision Pro announcement, as the Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers.

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ARPost

MAY 4, 2020

Pebbles Interfaces, a company specializing in gesture control, was one of them. When asked about Resonai’s plans, Alon said that they are continuing to improve their core technology. He also talks about Vera, a powerful AI/AR platform. The Birth of Resonai. Alon founded and sold various companies prior to Resonai.

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ARPost

APRIL 15, 2021

First technologies emerge, and then they converge. Blockchain and extended reality technologies have been knocking on one another’s doors for a while now and doors are starting to open. Byte is a marketing technology company that recently merged with award-winning international digital agency Dept. First, What’s an NFT?

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Why should we invent another joystick, gamepad or controller, if we already have, thanks to millions of years of evolution, the most perfect controller for interaction with the environment – hands? Let’s build a web-cam in a vanity dresser and add a remote controller to take a snap, and instantly post it on Instagram.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2018

According to a Bloomberg article, Microsoft HoloLens technology will be used to increase the lethality of soldiers by enhancing their ability to detect, decide, and engage the enemy. A Microsoft spokesman told Bloomberg, “Augmented reality technology will provide troops with more and better information to make decisions.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The YouTube AR app makes much better use of the Nreal controls. “Working within the boundaries of someone else’s technologies is not easy. For example, buttons on the arms control the brightness of the display. and pinching the device controls the location and zoom level of your virtual screens.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

HoloLens 2 also brings hand-tracking which goes much further than the coarse gesture control in the original headset. Now with full hand-tracking, users can interact much more directly with applications by touching, poking, and sliding controls directly rather than using abstract gestures. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2019

Ambinder says that BCI is still “speculative technology,” but could play an important role in the way players interact with the games of the future. And while early, there’s exciting potential for the technology to transform the way we interact with computers, and how computers interact (and react) to us.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2017

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. Leap Motion has been working on hand-tracking technology since 2010, and in recent years has pivoted their focus toward use as an input technology for VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For frontline workers, it’s important that they have technology at their disposal that is entirely voice-controlled and, therefore, hands-free. Additionally, AR manufacturers, particularly in the enterprise space, can look at new technologies to ensure the data privacy and security of their devices.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The platform is set to include software for: Environmental understanding; Standardized gesture controls through a hand interaction SDK; Voice commands. A session with Vice President of AR/VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth saw the announcement of the “Presence Platform”, a suite of tools to help developers create mixed reality applications.

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