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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

VRScout

Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience.

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AWE 2017 Announces Keynotes And Speaking Sessions

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The acronym for Augmented World Expo (AWE) welcomes a wonderful play on words, recognizing the incredible minds behind augmented and virtual reality as the tech superheroes they are and having attendees to stare in “AWE” at their work. Event details and registration options are now live at the official website.

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Vivid Vision: Curing Lazy Eye with VR + Leap Motion

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Could virtual reality retrain our brains to reverse some types of vision problems? As an adult, James decided to try retraining his brain using a combination of Leap Motion hand tracking and VR. Using Leap Motion hand tracking, the game lets the player navigate various controls and play six different games.

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Qualcomm VR HMD gets Snapdragon 835, Leap Motion hand-tracking

Slashgear

GDC and MWC are just around the corner, and Qualcomm is diving head-first into virtual reality with a new dev-kit and hand-tracking technology. Indeed, the Snapdragon 835 is the centerpiece of Qualcomm‘s new Virtual Reality Development Kit. … Continue reading.

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RealMax Qian review: wide FOV AR is amazing!

The Ghost Howls

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. Since having a 3DOF controller with a 6DOF headset is weird (HTC and Lenovo know this well), RealMax has decided to add also support for 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. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. Stay tuned for more updates in 2017. The future of #VR is mobile.

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

Road to VR

It was once thought that controller-less glove & finger tracking technology would be the ideal input for virtual reality, but over the last few years the benefits of having a physical, tracked controller for VR input have become quite apparent. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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