Road to VR

MAY 4, 2020

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

In the wake of Apple Vision Pro's announcement earlier this year, ByteDance-owned Pico appears to be switching its focus from controllers to hand tracking. Apple, instead, opts for a fresh start with an interface based on a breakthrough combination of eye and hand tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

In an XR (Extended Reality) environment, learning how to use various additional tools and controllers can detract from the overall experience of the technology. Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms. Data Collection and Insights. Enhanced Immersion.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2024

While it can technically play fully-immersive VR content, without motion controllers many of the VR games you’ll find on Quest simply won’t make the jump to the $3,500 device, which is instead being pitched as a productivity machine capable of running the standard fleet of iOS apps in addition to visionOS-native apps.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2022

Google debuted MediaPipe, an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that detects people and objects in 3D space, in 2019 and the machine learning (ML) solution accurately tracks targets to transform 2D media as 3D spatial data.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the place of clunky plastic controllers and remotes, we’re seeing the rise of hand and eye tracking solutions, allowing users to move more freely throughout the digital world. XR motion tracking could even be a way for professionals in the athletic and sporting industry to detect issues with form and posture for each athlete.

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ARPost

MARCH 1, 2021

The key updates in the release are: 24-Point Hand Tracking; Full-Body Segmentation; 3D Multi-body Tracking; Updates to the Asset Library. Of the updates, full-body segmentation and multi-body tracking were a pretty sure thing. Hand tracking in the update is more of a surprise.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

Sony Filles Hand-Tracking Technology. Sony is also planning to introduce accurate hand-tracking technology for its upcoming hardware. An illustration detailing Sony’s patented hand-tracking tech PHOTO: Sony. Sony’s Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. Some of the news coming from there have been: NVIDIA announced new Grace Hopper chips to empower AI algorithms on server machines , and AI workbench to allow everyone to play around with AI models.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 19, 2022

The SnapDragon service utilises machine learning, hand-tracking, and cloud technology to facilitate immersive content creation for various devices. The New Zealand-based firm created the AR content creation platform StoryXR through Qualcomm’s SpaceDragon Spaces platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this article, we will explore seven XR trends that have been taking shape over the past year to be the top trends in not only 2022, but within the long-term future of AR, VR and MR. Machine Learning. Cross-Application Content.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Apple reportedly cut full body tracking from Vision Pro "years ago". Vision Pro has downwards-facing cameras, announced as being for hand tracking. 0:00 / 1:11 1× Quest 3's upcoming inside-out upper body tracking feature. 0:00 / 0:23 1× Apple Vision Pro's sensor array includes downwards cameras.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

More info Some news about content Fast Travel Games and MoonHood are partnering to create a VR game that aims to replicate the look and feel of claymation Soul Covenant is a tactical VR action game set in a desolated near-future Japan that features the usual battle of men vs machines. Learn more Volumetrics secure $1.1M

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

As people flock online during quarantine we now find ourselves experimenting with new platforms, pushing immersive technologies to the limits, and collaborating in new ways; from eye-tracking technology and facial tracking to biometrics and brain-control interfaces. Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

To bring a more organic and natural typing experience into VR, a group of researchers from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich , Switzerland have developed a set of wristbands called TapID that—when combined with hand tracking—allows you to “feel” the keys of your virtual keyboard as you type.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

One particular area I see opportunity is in interaction, specifically hand tracking. At Ultraleap, we’re making MR interactions more intuitive, accurate and easy to use with hand tracking that tracks subtle hand and finger gestures so users can control an MR device as easily as they scroll on their phone.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. The feature itself does not count, Apple counts Apple is a hype machine (Original image by Apple) The Apple brand is super strong everywhere in the world (including in China) and people feel cool flexing their own Apple devices.

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ARPost

MARCH 1, 2021

The key updates in the release are: 24-Point Hand Tracking; Full-Body Segmentation; 3D Multi-body Tracking; Updates to the Asset Library. Of the updates, full-body segmentation and multi-body tracking were a pretty sure thing. Hand tracking in the update is more of a surprise.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As you scan your environment, machine learning technology automatically segments real-world objects in the background. Using hand-tracking technology, you’ll interact with a variety of virtual puzzles as you search for ancient Egyptian treasures. You can even explore an exact replica of King Tut’s tomb.

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Upload VR

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

JULY 24, 2017

Revealed in a blogpost by HoloLens’ Director of Science Marc Pollefeys, a newer version of the headset will incorporate an “AI coprocessor”—a custom chip built expressly for machine learning that implements deep neural networks (DNNs) on the device itself. image courtesy Microsoft.

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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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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

That apparently includes roughly 1100 working on Quest, 1900 on content, 2000 on AR, 1000 on machine learning, 1000 developing custom chips, and 2400 in the research team. According to recent public filings, Apple employed approximately 164,000 people in September of this year while Meta had 87,314.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sony is also experimenting with hand-tracking for its sophomore VR headset, as seen in another Sony patent filing from May, which revealed integrated technology to translate small finger movements as spatial inputs. With its hand-tracking tech, the PSVR2 headset completely recreates a user’s hand in an immersive environment.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The last big breakthrough we saw in ease-of-use interactivity was the launch of hand tracking and gesture recognition on enterprise and consumer VAR devices. Curious to learn more, I reached out to Joe Pavitt, Master Inventor and Emerging Technology Specialist at IBM Research Europe. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2019

Google has released to researchers and developers its own mobile device-based hand tracking method using machine learning, something Google R esearch engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang call a “new approach to hand perception.” in palm detection, researchers claim.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2022

With hand and eye tracking solutions built into VR, it’s easier for teams to interact with virtual content like digital twins. Teams can even use the same technology to enhance their training experiences, develop muscle memories, and learn new skills. Step 2: Learn about the Tracking Landscape.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction. During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 14, 2023

The system supports various forms of input, including eye tracking, motion control, and hand tracking capabilities. Create UIs for XR Experience: Companies and designers can also design unique UI experiences specifically intended for the XR environment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

With hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and body movement-tracking tools, users can interact with content using natural gestures. Machine vision solutions can identify objects and label them, as well as helping to position digital content in a real-world environment.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

The other main activities of our group are related to machine learning and computer vision. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. They are easy to learn and do not require any specific medical knowledge. Currently, the gold standard for BLSD learning is instructor-led courses.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). Learn more.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. Shen explained that the company has been distributing tracking solutions, including hand tracking, for the past four years.

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ARVR

JUNE 22, 2021

Ensure repeatability thanks to the digital format of the learning support. ? Ensure learning consistency thanks to the digital support. ? Well-designed applications that include haptic feedback in VR training can generate positive learning reinforcement and enhance training effectiveness. Skills transfer. User experience.

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

TeamViewer Pilot – a solution that makes it easy for tech support teams to troubleshoot problems in AR to reduce downtime for machines. Figmin – a platform for creating, editing, and sharing holograms by the group “Figmin XR” Greg Madison , for Tangible UI – an exploration of hand tracking on flat surfaces.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2022

Based on cutting-edge machine learning (ML) technologies, the platform enables the next generation of smart glasses by providing an ecosystem for facilitating XR development and allowing users to design AR experiences to promote performance and low power consumption.

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