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Hand Physics Lab Takes Oculus Quest Hand Tracking To New Heights

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Despite having only been available on Oculus Quest for roughly three months, independent developers have already established a sizable catalog of unique hand tracking applications pushing the boundaries of Oculus technology. Hand Physics Lab is available free on Oculus Quest via SideQuest.

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bHaptics announces TactGlove consumer haptic glove

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bHaptics , the Korean company focused on providing consumer-oriented haptic devices, has announced the launch of a new product of its suite: TactGlove, a wireless glove to provide haptic feedback. bHaptics is a startup that offers a suite of products to provide haptic feedback. bHaptics announces TactGlove.

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Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

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Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later. This informed most of the design decisions regarding hand input.

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Facebook Develops Hand Tracking Method to Let You Touch Type Without Needing a Keyboard

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Facebook’s Reality Labs (FRL) today revealed new research into hand tracking which aims to bring touch typing to AR/VR users, all without the need of a physical keyboard. As interesting and useful those use cases may be, we’re still very much in the infancy of hand tracking and its potential uses for virtual reality.

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‘Unplugged’ Review – Rock Star Ambitions Stifled by Quest’s Hand-tracking

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Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. Unplugged Details: Available On: Oculus Quest (coming soon to PC VR). Simply put: when it works, Unplugged is awesome.

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Oculus Video Shows Advanced Hand Tracking Gloves

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Earlier this year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a new form of input being developed over at Oculus: hand tracking gloves. An unlisted Oculus video posted last week, unearthed by Reddit , shows the gloves in action.

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Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest

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Since that debut, BeBop Sensors has been working non-stop on its enterprise-friendly haptic technology. The latest iteration of its one-size-fits-all Forte Data Glove can now be combined with the Oculus Quest controllers, integrating BeBop’s hand tracking technology with the Quest’s 3D tracking.

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