Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

I had a chance to try out the Manus VR hand-tracked controller on the expo floor of GDC this year and saw that there a couple of really strong use cases for having your hands and fingers tracked in VR. So I expect to see the next iteration remove the stopgap solution of attaching a SteamVR controller onto the back of your arm.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. UI controls. Additionally, there are controls for eye tracking: target selection, navigation, and heat maps.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Anyone that has used mobile VR knows that controllers are nice, but unless you can ‘see’ your hands and interact with your surroundings with your hands, the immersion is lost. This system is essentially an upgrade over the Snapdragon 820 developer kit that Qualcomm launched at IFA 2016.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 23, 2016

Using the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift, you’ll be able to throw spells with varying force and speed to battle the unknown evils ahead. A full bodied experience – Loop uses a Leap Motion Controller, Oculus Rift, and a treadmill. What’s been your favorite new experience of 2016?

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

External tracking devices, cameras, and advanced controllers allow for high-end experiences and get the most out of what’s currently possible in VR. Motion Controller. Vive Controller. Gear VR Controller. Daydream Controller. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

At E3 2016 I got to see the latest prototype version of Gloveone, a haptic motion input glove designed for virtual reality. But that first version of the glove required a third-party tracking system like Leap Motion in order to translate the movement of the user’s hands into virtual reality.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Leap Motion already offers a mount for its outward-facing hand tracking sensor that hooks up to the headset over USB. pic.twitter.com/V3cMY0GBFu — Dimitri Diakopoulos (@ddiakopoulos) August 3, 2016 We reached out to Intel Prototyping Engineer Dimitri Diakopoulos on Twitter to find out as much as we could.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

Once it arrives, the new official Leap Motion UE4 plugin should work with it right away. Do Leap Motion demos work with the 1.3 Updated April 5, 2016). On the DK2, the Leap Motion Controller covered three LEDs in the center of the faceplate, and it didn’t affect Constellation tracking in the slightest.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 28, 2016

Based on community ratings and scores from the Leap Motion team, we’re excited to present the winners of the second annual 3D Jam. Our international 3D Jam Tour swept us to more than 20 cities in 6 countries – and with exciting updates in store for 2016, we can’t wait to see you all again! appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 6, 2016

All you need to enter is a VR headset, Leap Motion Controller, and AltspaceVR user account. For the final round, we’re excited to announce our judges: David Holz , CTO of Leap Motion. Hand tracking (via Leap Motion) and positional head tracking (via the Oculus Rift DK2/CV1 or HTC Vive) is required.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

External tracking devices, cameras, and advanced controllers allow for high-end experiences and get the most out of what’s currently possible in VR. Motion Controller. Vive Controller. Gear VR Controller. Daydream Controller. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2016

She shot a video of of her co-worker in VR trying out the latest Leap Motion Orion update, and tweeted it out saying “This is the future.” — Eva (@downtohoerth) February 19, 2016. — Nicolas Debock (@ndebock) February 21, 2016. ” She says , “Today, we are literally this guy.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2018

There’s a lot that can be said about the Magic Leap One. It’s trying to do a ton—eye-tracking, hand-tracking, 6DoF controllers, real-time meshing and a number of other features that haven’t been seen in a mobile MR device before. The Magic Leap One consists of three elements: a light-pack, a headset and a controller?—?all

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Leapmotion

APRIL 23, 2016

With our 2016 developer survey in full swing, we thought we’d share some great assets that you could buy with one of five $100 Unity/Unreal asset credit prizes! Using the weather and fire packs, Fnordcorps from Spectacular-Ocular.com has been working on integrating different particle effects into Leap Motion hand controls.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of our favorite games at CES was Spot the Leap Motion Controller. Leap Motion #VR technology is everywhere at #CES2017. MobileVR and #AR shouldn’t involve carrying a pair of physical controllers with you everywhere. — Rachel Sibley (@sibleyspeaks) December 28, 2016. 2jESVI6SVl.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2017

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017.

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VR Bites

OCTOBER 10, 2016

If you have an Vive, you can use the Vive Controllers with the HDK headset. There are also scripts available for the PlayStation Move controllers and It will only be a matter of time until the VR Oculus Touch controller can be added to this list. Een video die is geplaatst door Robbert Brus (@vrbites) op 27 Sep 2016 om 5:25 PDT.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 16, 2016

Using another Hovercast menu, you can control brush color, size, material (cartoon, metal, porcelain, clay, neon, wireframe), and perform a variety of utility functions (such as export/import meshes, turn on augmented reality mode, undo strokes, and clear the canvas). Recently updated for Oculus 1.3,

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

Reviewed On: HTC Vive (Vive Controllers) and Oculus Rift (Xbox Gamepad). Release Date: August 1st, 2016. This however doesn’t ring true for the Oculus Rift version, which offers only gamepad and keyboard/mouse controls currently—not at all damning in its own right I should preface. Developer: Digital Cyber Cherries.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Before the game’s release in July 2016, the words “augmented reality” probably didn’t mean much to the average consumer. Picking up awards at two industry shows, VR Roulette combined Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller s to plunge players into a virtually interactive casino.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

But, we do know that the Santa Cruz features four ultra-wide cameras on the leading edges that perform the inside-out positional tracking, as well as tracking the 6DOF controllers. Released in April 2016, HTC Vive is one of the most premium VR headsets on the market with a relatively high price if $799. Merge VR Goggles ($59.99).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. Are some publicly accessible locations inappropriate or offensive (2016 saw complaints of Pokestops in graveyards, hospitals, churches and memorials).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A new motion capture and animation plugin for Autodesk MotionBuilder 2016, Hand Capture lets you “capture hand and finger movement in real time directly inside MotionBuilder.” Requires: Windows, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2016 ( trial available ). Spawn fractals in midair and control them with telekinesis.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And this case with VR, starting in 2016, everybody thought it would be games again.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

Production stages of Dexmo gloves: Idea was conceived in 2014, the working prototype was realized in 2016, the product was ready in late 2017 and the shipping is ready now in 2019. Aler proudly highlighted that while 11 DoF is not perfect, it is still better than most gloves and controllers on the market that usually are around 7 DoF.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The whole event was all about Facebook creating a parent company called Meta that is going to control all the products that until now were in the Facebook’s family, that is Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus, Portal, and all the rest. Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) has just released the fifth version of its hands-tracking engine.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Controllers: Inputs : A Button, B Button, System Button, Trigger, Thumbstick, Track Button with Force Sensor, Grip Force Sensor, Finger Tracking, IMU Connections : USB-C, 2.4 I bought the set Valve Index + Knuckles Controllers , so I will talk about this kind of unboxing. The top box containing the controllers. 1x DisplayPort 1.2

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