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Leap Motion ‘Virtual Wearable’ AR Prototype is a Potent Glimpse at the Future of Your Smartphone

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Leap Motion , a maker of hand-tracking software and hardware, has been experimenting with exactly that, and is teasing some very interesting results. Leap Motion has shown lots of cool stuff that can be done with their hand-tracking technology, but most of it is seen through the lens of VR. .

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‘Where Thoughts Go’ is an Anonymous, Immersive Social Network for Reflecting on the Human Experience

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Where Thoughts Go is a unique social network where users can share intimate thoughts and emotions in an immersive and inviting way, in the form of anonymous audio entries. Supporting all major VR platforms, the app will launch as an experimental experience in early 2018.

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HTC Plans to Bring Hand & Finger Tracking to Vive Pro

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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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Immersive Architecture is the event all architects were waiting for

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In a week here in Italy will start a very interesting VR-related event called Immersive Architecture. It will start on May, 31st and end on June, 2nd 2018 and will feature conferences and workshops. Fabio D’Argnano, the organizer of this very interesting event (Image from Immersive Architecture). Enea Le Fons, meditating.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Leap Motion, as I have said, has not a solid situation.

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Toward Truly Glasses-sized AR: First Look at DigiLens’ AR HUD Reference Headset

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The company showed the first glimpse of the headset at AWE USA 2018. While the company is focused on automotive and wearable HUD devices in the near term, it’s also focusing on longer term on enabling AR headsets with more immersive fields of view. Image courtesy DigiLens.

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Vive Focus to Get 6DOF Controller Mode, Optical Hand-tracking for Gesture Input

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While it’s exciting to start seeing 6DOF standalone VR headsets like the Vive Focus and Mirage Solo, both unfortunately include a 3DOF controller which in many cases functions as an immersion barrier compared to a fully 6DOF VR system. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade.