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UltraLeap Gemini review: use both hands in VR!

The Ghost Howls

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. Leap Motion has also been the first important company I have interviewed in this blog. Tracking accuracy.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.15): Apple kills its AR glasses, Oculus full-steam ahead on 2nd gen VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Probably not this year, but next one or in 2021… but it will happen. But what sparks the biggest debates are the controllers , with the thumbsticks that are not perfect and don’t click in all directions. Everyone agrees that they are great controllers, but not everyone agrees on the fact that they are truly revolutionary.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.01): HP Reverb G2 launched, Qualcomm goes bullish on 5G and Wi-fi 6 and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Reverb was already a very good headset (as you can read in my hands-on impressions ) with good comfort and an astonishing resolution, but it had some problems with the display (mura, red smearing) and with the controllers (classical mediocre WMR tracking). built in to headband Controllers ?—?6DOF pounds (0.55kg) Cable Length: 19.5

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Varjo announces Aero, the highest-end prosumer headset

The Ghost Howls

Also, Leap Motion tracking or the mixed reality cameras of Varjo XR-3 are not part of this model. Controllers are not included in the box, so you have to buy SteamVR controllers separately. The first shipping batch will happen at the end of 2021. Personal commentary.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.01): Facebook is very confident in Quest 2 sales, Valve is working on Neural Interfaces, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Stay tuned on this blog, because in some days I will publish an EXTRAORDINARY interview related to one of the most awaited VR games of 2021! Last year, Facebook announced that it was going to release in 2021 a new side content distribution platform for the Oculus Quest. I’m sure you will love it, so don’t miss it! Top news of the week.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. ARtillery Intelligence predicts $14B of consumer AR revenues by 2021, with only around $2B of that from hardware sales. Putting it All Together.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.31): Facebook becomes Meta, Pimax teases Reality headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Connect, the most awaited VR event of 2021, happened, and it was not as we expected it to be. The whole event was all about Facebook creating a parent company called Meta that is going to control all the products that until now were in the Facebook’s family, that is Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus, Portal, and all the rest.