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HTC Plans to Bring Hand & Finger Tracking to Vive Pro

Road to VR

Other companies like Leap Motion have developed similar technologies, employing computer vision processing to understand the position and movement of a user’s hands without any special gloves or attachments. Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin on stage today at WCVRI 2018 in Nanchang, the capital of China’s Jiangxi province.

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Best VR Headsets 2018/2019

Delight XR

In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Price (Updated January 2018). Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. April 2018. Motion Controller.

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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

Tech Trends VR

To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. VRScout (@VRScout) December 6, 2018. “We wanted to try and do this without any device, just using your hands, and also do it with gestures in a way that’s more playful,” said Doug Bowman, the Frank J.

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Delight XR

In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Price (Updated January 2018). Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. April 2018. Motion Controller.

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All you need to know about the leaked Valve VR headset: is Half-Life 3/2 coming?

The Ghost Howls

In the last photo, it is possible to see the date of this photos, that is July, 25th 2018. — Andreas Aronsson (@BOLL7708) November 10, 2018. What is intriguing is the fact that some rumors talk about the use of “haptic audio”, so it is possible that this technology will be included inside this headset.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Inside, the show combined haptics (swivel chairs and synced Subpac vests) with a Gear VR to virtually transport you on a journey down storm drains to come face-to-face with the infamous evil clown Pennywise. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology.

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All the best AR and VR news from CES 2019

The Ghost Howls

It is an AR headset, but it can also offer VR thanks to a magnetic cover attached to the headset (thanks MRTV for spotting this); There is a USB port on the devic e, and so it is possible to plug there an accessory like a Leap Motion to have hand tracking. Contact CI has shown the evolution of its gloves presented at CES 2018.

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