Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2018

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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VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2019

Released back in 2018, the Looking Glass was an instant hit among 3D content creators. This USB-C input can also be used to connect a variety of compatible controllers, including the Leap Motion tracker, Intel’s Realsense, even a Nintendo Joy-Con. The Looking Glass 3D display is now available as a touch screen standalone device.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

The company showed the first glimpse of the headset at AWE USA 2018. DigiLens Founder & CTO Jonathan Waldern offered a glimpse of the device in a presentation at AWE USA 2018 earlier this month, and shared footage and photos of the AR HUD reference headset with Road to VR.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Supporting all major VR platforms, the app will launch as an experimental experience in early 2018. Simple interactivity with the orbs is possible with motion control; the experience will support all major VR hardware, but is likely to feel most engaging when used with the Leap Motion hand tracking system.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2019

in 2018 and $1.82 — Magic Leap, the top-funded company, raised $280 million compared to $1.25 billion in 2018 and $502 million in 2017. — There were some high-profile flameouts in 2019, including Meta, ODG and Daqri, while others exited below previous funding totals (a veritable down-round), including Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

GameFace Labs is working on a cross-over device that is aimed at accessing content from multiple storefronts including Google Play and Steam so that owners can visit a broader selection of available virtual worlds, but the device won’t be available till late 2018 at the earliest.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

Leap Motion Controller support. ” “Every day since we launched the Looking Glass in 2018, more and more engineers and designers would reach out and ask when we would support Unreal Engine,” adds Shawn Frayne, CEO & co-founder of Looking Glass Factory. One-build deployment for 8.9″, ″, 15.6″,

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

So much so that organizers are already taking registered interests for 2018. Leap Motion – Leap Motion. 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.”

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Chris Pruet, Oculus’ Head of Development Engineering, mentioned at GDC 2018, the headset’s thermal design allows the processor to run at higher clock rates than any device he’s seen before. According to Facebook the Oculus Go will launch in early 2018. Lenovo Mirage Solo ($399.99).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This news comes one year later than a similar one regarding Virtual Reality : in a popular post of mine of 2018, I highlighted how in that year VR had disappeared from the Gartner Hype Cycle (the curve showing the current maturity status of all emerging technologies). Header image by Leap Motion).

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

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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VRWorld

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The pen apparently “works with Windows Mixed Reality headsets or Rift/Vive via Leap Motion,” and will be available in a “limited production run” in early 2018. However, the current state of the product’s development is unclear, as is exactly who is behind it.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

The conference and expo saw nearly 7,000 attendees, a 30% increase over 2018. RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

While E3 2018 didn’t technically start until Tuesday this week, much of the big news comes during the pre-show period from Saturday to Monday. Here’s a roundup of our coverage of E3 2018 before the official start of the event. Major Tracking Update for Leap Motion. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2018

— Lucas Rizzotto (@_LucasRizzotto) August 11, 2018. Magic Leap One’s display is great, but a bit less crisp and legible than 2016’s HoloLens. — Lucas Rizzotto (@_LucasRizzotto) August 10, 2018. — Lucas Rizzotto (@_LucasRizzotto) August 10, 2018. Bring on the #MagicLeapOne parties!

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 15, 2019

VRgineers’ first product was the VRHero 5K Plus before its successor arrived in 2018, offering improved visuals, greater field of view (FoV), automatic IPD adjustment (AutoEye) and integrated hand tracking thanks to built-in Leap Motion technology.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2021

Ultraleap, the company behind the Leap Motion hand-tracking controller , has released a Developer Preview of its hand-tracking engine Gemini. In comparison to Orion (V4), which was released in June 2018, its Gemini (V5) engine is said to offer better smoothness, pose fidelity, and robustness.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2018

It will start on May, 31st and end on June, 2nd 2018 and will feature conferences and workshops. The name is self-explanatory, but since I like to write a lot of unnecessary sentences, I’ll tell you that it is an event focused on the applications of AR and VR in architecture, design, rendering and all related sector.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

This hand tracking is very rough, so do not expect a Leap Motion -type interface, but it can be good for some VR applications. at VEC 2018 appeared first on The Ghost Howls. The magic computer vision algorithms can roughly track both hands and so can also detect rough gestures. Header image by HTC).

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Some weeks ago, the CFO and the executive John Gaeta have left the company, and now we learn that i n 2018 two high profile members like Sundar Pichai and Paul Jacobs have left its board as well. He made various experiments and hacked a Vive Pro with Leap Motion to make interactions more realistic.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

— Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 19, 2018. This is cool because without having to add external hardware like Leap Motion , all Vive Pro users will be able to use their hands inside VR experiences to interact with the VR environment.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Side note : Karl Guttag, chief science officer of AR company RAVN and all around AR expert, notes in a previous demo at CES 2018 that LetinAR appears to be following in the footsteps of research done at the University of North Carolina that produced a similar ‘pinlight’ optic for wide FOV augmented reality. Photo by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

The feature definitely reminds of us some excellent hand-tracking interaction concepts shared with us by Leap Motion (now Ultraleap) back in 2018. Beyond choosing to open the usual Oculus menu you’ll also be able to move your pinched hand to select other actions like taking a screenshot or activating voice commands.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. Originally I was going to make a standalone device which hooked everything up to a Nvidia Jetson Nano that could be worn on your belt (think Magic Leap One). You will have to buy the pieces separately and assemble it.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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. This is fascinating, but there is the problem is that adding weight there, would make the device uncomfortable; It is a slot to add Leap Motion. Is this a new Valve headset?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 20, 2017

This less expensive unit is said to be available by the end of this year while GF-LD with SteamVR Tracking is aiming for availability to developers in the middle of 2018. Both headsets are said to feature a Tegra chip and 2560 x 1440 OLED displays, along with Leap Motion, front-facing stereo cameras and eye-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

— Boz (@boztank) February 21, 2018. — Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) May 2, 2018. — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) May 2, 2018. — Karissa Bell (@karissabe) May 1, 2018. Under 70 days to go until our biggest F8 to date — where we'll share the biggest AR/VR news from Facebook to date.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

The Steven Spielberg-directed movie version of a cult classic VR novel is coming out as a movie in March of 2018—and Ready Player One ’s first trailer debuted at Comic-Con. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology. READY PLAYER ONE : THE TEASER IS HERE.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Whereas last year’s VR setup felt like a bit of a last-minute tag-on, the 2018 edition received well over 500 submissions from all over the world, from which they shortlisted 33. You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

Keiichi Matsuda went from being a dystopian filmmaker to becoming the Vice President of Design at hand-tracking company Leap Motion. Leap Motion recently announced their open source AR HMD reference design called Project North Star , which has a 95° wide by 70° high field of view with 65% stereo overlap & 1,600 × 1,440 per eye.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Whereas last year’s setup still felt a bit like a tag-on, the 2018 edition received well over 500 submissions from all over the world, from which they shortlisted 33. You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Then there are the problems that are inherent to all hands-tracking solutions like Leap Motion : no haptic feedback, virtual hands that trespass objects they are interacting with, and such. in 2018 ( according to SuperData ). These numbers are cool, but to put it in context, Fortnite alone has made $2.8B Half Dome 2 and 3.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

billion before it fell into administration in 2018 after an investor dispute prevented it from raising emergency funding. He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion. Blippar was reportedly worth $1.5 25- Pankaj Raut.

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