XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

XR headset manufacturer HTC VIVE has debuted its VIVE Ultimate Tracker, which will offer users multiple vantage points for body tracking, Shen Ye, Global Head of Product, HTC VIVE announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Additional specs include proprietary, low-latency 2.4 ” HTC VIVE FOTA 6.0 Named FOTA 6.0,

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. FCC certifications are requested before releasing an electronic device in the US (to certify that it is safe to be used), so this is a clear sign that HTC is going to release a new headset soon.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Further, using traditional Vive Trackers with headsets that don't use SteamVR Tracking requires a manual calibration process, as does using Vive Ultimate Trackers with headsets other than HTC Vive standalone headsets. And emulated Vive Trackers isn't the only new feature in this Virtual Desktop update.

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MAY 9, 2023

Existing VR systems focus on head and hand tracking, though some VRChat enthusiasts use extra hardware to add body tracking. Most commonly, that means adding three or more HTC Vive trackers strapped to their body. HTC did tease a self-tracking Vive Tracker for later this year, but the pricing hasn't yet been revealed.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. The standard was said to be “purpose-built for VR,” being optimized for latency and the needs of next-generation headsets.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2018

HTC earlier this month revealed a 6DOF controller dev kit for the Vive Focus standalone headset. When HTC revealed the Vive Focus 6DOF controller dev kit earlier this month , the company wasn’t ready to share details. New details have emerged about the device this week.

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Next Reality VR

JULY 11, 2016

As demonstrated in the video above, the Manus VR Gloves—as paired with the HTC Vive—track hand movements remarkably well with practically no latency. Video: Don't Miss: What's the Difference Between HoloLens, Meta, & Magic Leap? Instead of using controllers, you can just move.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

According to the company, the added latency for wireless communication is just 3ms. The glasses also feature 6DOF tracking via two monochrome cameras , one color camera for mixed reality, and embedded audio. Zero Latency ditches backpack PCs in its VR arcade to use Vive Focus 3. Other news. Learn more.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Options like hand-tracking and eye-tracking have made their way into the offering, and now ultrasonic tracking for 6DOF controller input is available, as noted in a press release by Goertek , the manufurating partner of the Snapdragon 845 VRDK.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. When I reviewed it , I highlighted how this is so much cooler than USB streaming: you have no latency and no visual compression, it’s fantastic. Open Ecosystem.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

I had a chance to try out the Manus VR hand-tracked controller on the expo floor of GDC this year and saw that there a couple of really strong use cases for having your hands and fingers tracked in VR. And I also experienced a lot more than 20ms of latency in my finger movements, which was a presence breaker.

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MAY 18, 2017

Yesterday we learned that Google is teaming up with Qualcomm to produce a new line of standalone VR headsets, made in partnership with companies like HTC and Lenovo. There the company stated that its new processor was designed specifically for VR, boosting areas like visual fidelity and audio while combating other areas like latency.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

It introduces new features never before shipped, and its visionOS fuses eye tracking and hand tracking for intuitive input with a unique take on the spectrum of immersion. Hand Tracking Apple describes the hand tracking quality as "so precise, it completely frees up your hands from needing clumsy hardware controllers."

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Image by HTC). The interesting thing is that HTC has claimed that duration, but then some people of HTC said that is not true, and also some reviewers called this a fake news. The situation is a bit confused; Tracking not working in dim light. We wait and see what HTC will tell us. Good luck to him and to HTC!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The Vive Tracker, attached to the front of the Daydream headset, allowed for full positional tracking and the controllers worked just like you’d expect for input. SEE ALSO E3 2017: HTC & Intel to Offer High-end Wireless VR Solution in "Early 2018". Photo by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

HTC 5G streaming. HTC was at MWC showcasing its new headset Vive Focus Plus together with a 5G network. There was a real 5G network created by HTC where on one side there were some special computers that mocked a rendering farm and on the other side there was a user wearing a Vive Focus Plus.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

This was widely shared – leading to many believing Quest just got body tracking support – but both the name of the API and the illustration are misleading. Meta’s Hand Tracking API provides the actual position of your hands & fingers, tracked by the outwards-facing cameras.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2017

VR input gloves are getting a big boost thanks to HTC’s newly revealed Vive Tracker. We’ve seen plenty of VR gloves and other finger-tracking input methods over the years, and while a few of them proved quite functional, most had one flaw standing in the way of adoption. Hands and Fingers Together.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2016

So called ‘inside-out’ tracking—where tracking is derived from sensors on the user, rather than sitting static somewhere nearby—would be a huge boon to the VR and AR landscape, but it’s proven a difficult nut to crack. Tracking is critical to ARVR experiences,” said Anli He, CEO and co-founder of uSens. “As

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. Amidst this clash of titans is Stereo Labs , a little-engine-that’s-trying to enable inside-out tracking on mobile VR headsets using simple, depth sensing peripherals.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Watts was joined by Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE , Brian Vogelsang, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Technologies , and Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE. Smaller, Lighter, Comfortable, Compelling.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

Following the release of the Meta Quest Pro, HTC VIVE XR Elite, and Pico 4 Enterprise, the firm’s massive windfall in hardware options has empowered its clients with expansive support. This will process data and graphics with minimal latency eight times faster than the blink of an eye.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, there was one thing that was missing, hand tracking. In fact, Intel was already demoing hand tracking this year at CES with their Project Alloy prototype. The fact that the Snapdragon 835 VR platform will support both eye tracking and hand tracking is huge because both of those are natural interfaces.

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JUNE 30, 2017

User interfaces in virtual reality start with your hands. We know that now with the Oculus Touch and the HTC Vive, but even when VR was simply a screen strapped to your head many felt that hands were the future.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. VR faces many challenges when approaching content creation: latency, SIM sickness, limitations in tools available for building, high expense, lack of vernacular/rules, and very little monetary return on investment. The Manus – Hand-tracking Glove. VR Consumption, 2016.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. Perhaps more like 60fps or 45fps with reprojection to 90hz?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It also has a lens design that is unique in its field , and hands tracking as its primary interaction means. HTC is probably going to announce a new standalone headset this week. We all know that HTC is hosting an event inside the social VR platform ENGAGE and that it is going to announce a new product.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

While the Vive Focus initially launched with a single 3DOF controller, HTC recently announced a dev kit add-on which brings a pair of 6DOF controllers to the standalone headset. We got our first chance to try out the system today at an HTC press event in San Francisco.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2016

For example we tried to use the tracking coordinates that Hololens API provided, and that doesn’t even require the setup of lighthouse. I guess what I want to say is: The problem that Dexmo solved is hand tracking with integrated force feedback, tracking can come from anything because there are a lot of options for developers to choose from.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Amazon has announced some weeks ago “Wavelength”, a new offering of its AWS services, that should provide “single-digit latency” over 5G networks. To have such a low latency, the company needs very fast 5G networks and edge servers very close to the client.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Its companion app features a huge VR library but is unable to track movements in a room. HTC Vive ($499). Released in April 2016, HTC Vive is one of the most premium VR headsets on the market with a relatively high price if $799.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The prices below are for the headset only, and don’t include motion controllers or SteamVR tracking base stations: Pimax “8K” – $900. Pimax is offering a few bundled items including additional optical hand-tracking modules for $170, and both NVIDIA RTX 2080 and RTX 2080Ti for an additional price.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the near field, Quest even uses positional tracking so that your head can translate through this reprojected view before the next camera frame is even available to minimize perceived latency. Apple Vision Pro on the other hand has occlusion in two distinct forms. The main form is hand and arm occlusion.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). We can track wands… this [shows a device in front of the camera] is our six degrees of freedom wand that comes with it. In the Kickstarter, you’re gonna see hand tracking and a bit more the advanced tracking being demonstrated. The Vive Wands.

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MAY 3, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC rises the hype for the launch of its new headset. For once, HTC seems to have organized the pre-launch of its new upcoming headset fairly well. HTC has said this headset will be amazing , so everyone is hoping for this to be true, even if we all know that the price will be high.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Together with connection reliability, the Client updates included much improved inside-out tracking, local dimming, lighthouse mode, audio latency adjustment, bug fixes, and other important features. Arguably the most important update, and something long awaited by the non-Beta community, was the activation of eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price. Are you ready? (PS

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