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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

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A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. Since HTC has always made announcements during the CES, I think it will be announced in January.

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Oculus Quest Review: consumer Virtual Reality v1 is here

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The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

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The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision).

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Meta’s ‘Body Tracking’ API For Quest Is Just A Legless Estimate

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The official Oculus Developers Twitter account announced the release with an illustration from the documentation showing a user’s full body pose being tracked. The spokesperson described the technology as a combination of inverse kinematics (IK) and machine learning (ML). That’s our current strategy.”.

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SenseGlove review: a nice DK1 for force-feedback in VR

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Thanks to the force feedback, the user can really feel the drilling machine in his hands (Image by SenseGlove). Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual.

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

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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 XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus).