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Leap Motion Releases Major Tracking Update and New Demos to Show It Off

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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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Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech

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Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million. However, one place in VR still seems like a potential sweet spot for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking tech: mobile.

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10 Projects That Have Us Excited About the Next Generation of VR & AR

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With leading high-end VR headsets debuting in 2016, we’ve had about two years to see what the first-generation VR experience looks like. Here’s a smattering of exciting projects that are likely to influence the VR and AR space in the next two years. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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From Orion to Mobile VR: Leap Motion in 2016

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2016 was a landmark year for virtual reality, but 2017 will be nothing short of surreal. Here are the top 10 stories from our blog in 2016. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. The future of #VR is mobile.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Trendy AR glasses.

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Showing Off VR 2.0 at #CES2019

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Back in 2016, Oculus’s chief scientist Michael Abrash predicted that within five years, VR headsets would have a monocular 4K resolution and 140-degree FoV. Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking Click To Tweet.

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CityXR: A Vision For Augmented Cities In The Shadow Of Hyper-Reality

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Back in 2016, designer and filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda released Hyper-Reality, a concept film that imagined an augmented reality future where physical and virtual realities have merged, resulting in a "city saturated in media." For now, however, basic examples are already operational via mobile AR, created and viewable using the Styly platform.