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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

For example, while holding a physical prop, such as a welding torch, the hand tracking remains robust. Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. I believe there will be many use cases for this.

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We need camera access to unleash the full potential of Mixed Reality

The Ghost Howls

I had some wonderful ideas of Mixed Reality applications I would like to prototype, but most of them are impossible to do in this moment because of a decision that almost all VR/MR headset manufacturers have taken: preventing developers from accessing camera data. So, how we empower the developers without hurting the user?

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What is MRTK-Unity? – Mixed Reality ToolKit

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OpenVR – Windows Mixed Reality headsets, HTC Vive , and Oculus Rift. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. Voice command – Examples and scripts for incorporating speech input. Progress indicator – Visual indicator for conveying data process or operation.

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Valve shows Knuckles prototype controllers v2

The Ghost Howls

One of the biggest drawbacks of HTC Vive headsets with regard to Oculus Rift are the controllers: while Oculus Touch is ergonomic and can emulate the hands quite well, Vive has controllers that are quite big and are usable only as wands. Areas where the force sensors are installed (Image by Valve). and can also produce confusing interfaces.

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Review OSVR HDK2

VR Bites

For example, you can use the Oculus Rift sensor instead of the OSVR sensor. The other side of the belt clip is connected to the headset itself, there is an extra USB port on the belt clip, this is probably for devices such as a Leap Motion. After filling in the necessary data it is time to setup steam.

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All the most important AR and VR news from Facebook F8

The Ghost Howls

Someone says that due to recent Facebook problems with the data privacy scandal, they preferred to delay the launch of new products to a future event (maybe OC5?), In a great example shown by Facebook, you can see how it is possible for instance for a girl to share on Messenger the Sephora AR experience with a friend of her.

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.