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A Hands on Look at the State of Input in VR

VRScout

The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Oculus Go Controller. Oculus Touch hand controllers. Xbox controller. Steam compatible controller.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.15): Apple kills its AR glasses, Oculus full-steam ahead on 2nd gen VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. Mark Zuckerberg told that Oculus Quest closed the first generation of VR and so Oculus is now working on its second generation. We don’t know what Oculus will present, but we have some hints. Other relevant news. What’s next is where things really get interesting ”. More info More info.

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VRTK vs INTERACTION BUILDER: Which one is for you?

ARVR

One part of the characteristics of VRTK is its management of the project/scene for specific platforms (Oculus, Vive, etc.). Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Creating remote MR productions Hand Tracking Thanks to the release of the Oculus Quest, one of the most popular UI in XR today is the hand tracking input.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). As long as it works….

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.22): Oculus working on AR glasses with Luxottica, Apple glasses FOV discovered and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. The visual input is the most important piece of the VR setup.

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

Tech Trends VR

Here’s what got Tech Trends really excited: Raindance is a very well-established and well-respected independent film festival, but it isn’t a particularly flashy one. You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice.

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