XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers. Modular systems for adjusting hand-tracking functions such as pose recognition and velocity tracking.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This includes the Presence Platform, a suite of new tools that will let you build more connected experiences that allow you to move easily between worlds. With Interaction SDK Experimental, Facebook is making it easier for you to integrate hands and controller-centric interactions while in VR. Image Credit: Facebook. INTERACTION SDK.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. With hand-tracking capabilities, innovators can remove the need for teams to utilize external controllers and devices when interacting with digital content.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Interhaptics provides hand interactions and Haptics feedback development and deployment tools for extended reality, mobile, and console applications. Well, you will be able to create ever more realistic and accurate hand tracking interactions. It will also support Unity 3D engine’s latest version Unity 2020+.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

Unity continues to enhance its XR Interaction Toolkit (XRI) this week as the RT3D graphics engine provider works towards establishing its product as a tool for immersive enterprise and consumer application development. The firm included deep eye and hand-tracking considerations as part of the 2.3 Unity XRI version 2.4.0

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 19, 2022

Auckland-based virtual reality (VR) Metaverse platform Many Worlds launched its bespoke immersive content creation tools on Friday last week, which provides a digital space to create custom avatars, virtual spaces, and interactive content. The company provides an immersive environment for users to play mini-games, join events, and socialise.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. Unity itself is a highly accessible graphics engine ready for a range of developers.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2022

When it comes to 3D design, having the right tools at your disposal to create a smooth and seamless workflow is critical. The app also uses hand-tracking technology to deliver a VR design experience that feels natural while offering the same tools and features that you would have with your controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. First Hand. First Hand Trailer. First Hand is a small application that Meta has developed and released on App Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2024

Some people asked me how I did that and in this post, I’m sharing my knowledge giving you some hints about how to replicate the same experience in Unity. It won’t be a step-by-step tutorial, but if you have some Unity skills, it will be enough for you to deliver a mixed reality experience.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2020

Here are two user-friendly avatar character creator apps for that purpose which won’t require the use of developer-level tools like Unity, Blender, etc. Ready Player Me avatars currently only give you a head and chest, meaning they aren’t rigged for full-body IK or other animations like hand-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers. Diagnostics system.

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ARPost

APRIL 13, 2020

We didn’t have to shake the tree very hard to find someone that we were excited to talk to but we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk with the good folks at Unity. What Is Unity? The name “ Unity ” probably sounds familiar to you. Unity is the platform that makes this world a reality. More Buzz Around Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

I know that your team has created a tool called Holo-BLSD. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. A self-instruction tool can solve many of these problems if it is indeed effective in achieving the same learning outcomes of a traditional course. And is it a reliable self-evaluation tool? Presentation video of Holo BLSD.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

After the latest Unite event, Unity has released in Open Beta the tools to develop applications for the Apple Vision Pro. The development packages are usable only by people having Unity Pro or Enterprise, but the documentation is publicly available for everyone to see. Android, iOS). And this is very good. And this is fantastic.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

This article includes a basic overview of the platform, tools, porting apps, general product design, prototyping, perceptual design, business advice, and more. Development If you want to build something that works between Vision Pro, iPad, and iOS, you’ll be operating within the Apple dev ecosystem, using tools like XCode and SwiftUI.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

Daniel is an XR professional that has become very famous this year for his mindblowing experiments with the hands tracking of the Oculus Quest , where every prototype of his is focused on an interaction that is so crazy that most of the time you couldn’t think about it before. Networked hand tracking!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The software tool kit focuses on performance and low power, and provides the sort of environmental and human interaction stuff it hopes will give AR developers a good starting point. Snapdragon Spaces includes SDKs for Unreal Engine and Unity, and is based on OpenXR. Image courtesy Qualcomm Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Both Apple and Google already have very popular stores , they have full suits of tools (think about the Google Docs suite) and entertainment channels (think about Apple TV), and they have enormous expertise in building hardware and operating systems. All the tools are integrating AI in one way or another. Photoshop is doing the same.

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2024

You can configure which trackers are enabled and which aren't using a community-made tool. This lets you, for example, use Quest 3's IOBT for the upper body and real Vive Trackers for the lower body, giving you true 6DoF body tracking at the lowest possible cost. Generative Legs supports Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To try and overcome these challenges, having good room-emulation tools that enable quick level design iteration is essential. In this article, I want to go over how levels in Laser Dance work, and share some of the developer tools that I’m building to help me create and test the game’s adaptive laser patterns.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The new tool leverages cognitive science and artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor six degrees of freedom (6DoF) behaviours and movements such as attention, immersion, and navigation in virtual spaces. Eye, gaze, and hand-tracking were also key to learning user behaviours and interactions with immersive content, the survey continued.

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Road to VR

MAY 7, 2020

With many of us a stuck at home with some extra time on our hands from not traveling (or getting dressed) it may be an opportune time to learn new skills. The company says the class is open to beginners; Unity experience and an Oculus Quest are both recommended but not required. How to optimize your Unity app for Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It’s interesting that someone has already started modifying this application, and a guy already obtained a version that works just with hand tracking and no controllers. More info A Universal Unity VR injector may be in the works, or maybe not Raicuparta has just added an old simple Universal Unity VR Mod tool to its Rai Pal tool.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Designed for use by a wide rand of industry professionals, from pilots and engineers to surgeons and researchers, these professional-grade headsets feature a variety of enterprise-focused tools. In terms of tracking, the XR-3 features both eye as well as hand-tracking powered by integrated Ultraleap technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 12, 2023

Unity, a leading real-time 3D (RT3D) development platform, released a significant update to its XR Interaction Toolkit ( XRI ) this week. update could provide Unity developers with a significant step forward for VR/AR/MR interaction. Unity XRI 2.3: Eye Gaze and Hand Tracking XRI 2.3

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

With countless apps and headsets available to choose from, today’s brands can easily equip their teams with the tools they need to create and innovate anywhere in the world. These sensational tools can bridge the gaps between hybrid workers, and even accelerate time to market for new projects. Unity VisualLive.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2022

New Software VisionLib : SDK with super impressive tracking on 3D objects (ready for Unity as well). link] New Hardware Pico Neo 2 eye : eye tracking, vr and ar, hand tracking. Super sensitive new interfaces for buttons and tools. created by Charlie Fink, a lovable creature and XR researcher.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements “across the board.” ” The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows , alongside three new demos to try it out for yourself.

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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. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The new Virtual Desktop update also adds the option to forward any hand tracking, eye tracking, face tracking, and body tracking from the headset to the PC via OpenXR when using the VDXR runtime instead of SteamVR. Previously Virtual Desktop only forwarded face and eye tracking to VRChat specifically.

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Upload VR

JUNE 21, 2023

The new software tools in the SDK for "Apple's first spatial computer" rely on eye, hand and voice input, and Apple says it is accepting applications for developer kits starting next month. In the meantime, the SDK accompanies the release of a new simulation tool in Xcode to preview and prepare content for the upcoming headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Lynx R-1 headset houses six cameras: two B&W cameras for 6DoF positional tracking, two IR cameras for hand-tracking, and two RGB visible light cameras for the color passthrough AR mode. Hand-tracking, controllers. AR + Hand-tracking. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0. Connectors. USB Type-C.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity. The HaptX SDK contains tools to control G1’s feedback and input while a user is within an immersive application.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Interhaptics is a Haptics software company specializing in tools for haptic design and rendering, and hand tracking interactions for digital platforms as Mobile, XR, and consoles. It supports an extensive list of XR controllers, hand tracking systems, and haptic devices. All are already included in Unity.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies can use engines from companies like Unity to recreate digital “twins” of products, buildings, and other items, combined with information from various data sources. Using a combination of sensors and receivers, eye and hand tracking solutions allow for the creation of a powerful human-personal computer interface for XR.

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