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VRgineers to Integrate Leap Motion Hand-tracking into its Wide FOV VRHero Headset

Road to VR

Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion , the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they’re working together to embed Leap Motion’s tech into professional-grade VR headsets. ” Leap Motion controller mounted on an Oculus RIft DK2, image courtesy Leap Motion.

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

Road to VR

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

Road to VR

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. Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Prior to launch the first consumer Rift headset, Oculus had a long history of showing prototypes and development kits. Leap Motion North Star.

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A Hands on Look at the State of Input in VR

VRScout

Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Though Oculus Rift no longer comes bundled with an Xbox controller, there are still titles being made that are compatible with gamepads across Steam, Oculus Store, and the Playstation Store.

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2016’s Proto Award Winners Revealed, Tilt Brush Receives Top Honour

Road to VR

Now in its 3rd year, the annual Proto Awards have shadowed Oculus’ developer conference Connect since the first event, with an aim to celebrate the best that this new immersive industry has to offer. Blocks – Leap Motion. SEE ALSO 'Grav|Lab' Lets you Build Incredible Machines with Oculus Touch and HTC Vive.

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Showing Off VR 2.0 at #CES2019

Tech Trends VR

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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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.