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MARCH 20, 2024

Asked about the studio's hand tracking focus and how Apple Vision Pro uses hand tracking as its primary control method, Eiche believes Apple's system feels like "huge vindication" for Owlchemy's strategy. "We Owlchemy Labs has a prominent history when it comes to hand-tracking controls.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You may be noticing that I’ve mentioned no hand-tracking hardware: competitors like Senseglove Nova or HaptX Gloves all have some integrated sensors to detect the pose of the fingers and use some external systems (e.g. Vive Tracker) to get the overall pose of the hand. I was so satisfied with my quick test.

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2021

Hand Physics Lab is all about hand-tracking, and this over 80-level game aims to throw you head first into a whimsical series of seemingly simple tasks. Quest can offer mixed results when it comes to hand-tracking fidelity though, so if you’re not careful, it can be extremely frustrating for all the wrong reasons.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Top 5 XR Communities To Join & Stay Updated With The Latest XR Trends in 2021 Overview Staying updated with the latest trends and updates in the XR industry can be challenging. Manomotion Manomotion is a hand tracking and gesture control SDK for smartphones. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Have some ideas? Join XR Creators? —?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They promised to not ship the new headset in 2021, so I guess it won’t ship immediately. And in case Facebook doesn’t ship the Pro in 2021, how to promote the Quest 2 during the holiday season? Considering that there is not much content just working with hands-tracking, I would bet on the first option… but who knows.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Developed by Realcast, Just Hoops first appeared on Quest App Lab in 2021 and takes inspiration from the classic arcade game, Pop-A-Shot. Though controllers on Quest use a tractor-beam approach that draws basketballs toward your palm when holding the trigger, Apple Vision Pro's hand tracking requires "grabbing" the ball.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today at AWE 2021, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, a head-worn AR software suite the company is using to kickstart a broader move towards smartphone-tethered AR glasses. Image courtesy Qualcomm Technologies. Snapdragon Spaces includes SDKs for Unreal Engine and Unity, and is based on OpenXR.

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2022

Originally released back in October 2021, Unplugged sets itself apart from competing VR rhythm games with its use of the Meta Quest’s hand-tracking technology. Rather than using standard motion controllers, you instead shred your virtual guitar using your own two hands, sort of like you were playing an air guitar.

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Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2023

Founded in 2021, the studio’s four founding members Ryan Rutherford, Andrew Welch, Fabio Brasiliense, and Pärtel Lang have worked on numerous games over their 30+ combines years of VR game development. Randomly-generated weapons drops and a streamlined progression system are also said to attract players back for endless replayability.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2021

” You can expect a Kickstarter sometime in September 2021, the company says. Larroque confirmed the headset will still include Ultraleap hand-tracking, which is the only other change in its overall feature set. You can check out the full 30-minute video at the bottom of the article.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Interhaptics is a Haptics software company specializing in tools for haptic design and rendering, and hand tracking interactions for digital platforms as Mobile, XR, and consoles. It supports an extensive list of XR controllers, hand tracking systems, and haptic devices. All are already included in Unity.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2023

The clips, which appear to be early prototypes, look similar to other videos which Meta includes in its headsets to explain basic functions, such as how to use hand-tracking, guardian setup, how to fit the headset for best comfort, etc.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

The real power of the Varjo solution, however, is released when this amazing image quality is combined with their advanced stereo 20/20 Eye Tracker and the integrated Ultraleap hand tracking which is faster and more accurate due to automatic user calibration. Varjo’s human-eye resolution visual fidelity is unprecedented.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2022

It was back in October of 2021 that Meta (formerly Facebook) first revealed its Presence Platform , a collection of tools that allow VR developers to craft immersive mixed reality environments, interactions, and voice experiences. The company offers a taste of Project Cambria with a new tech demo available free on the Meta Quest 2.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

” Acquisition Triggers Competition The news comes after ByteDance, the company behind the developments, bought out Pico Interactive in 2021 to compete with major manufacturers like Meta Platforms and HTC VIVE. hand tracking, and other functionality. News of layoff plans also came out, but this was denied by [ByteDance].”

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Upload VR

MAY 1, 2024

From hand-made environments in VR using Quill to hand tracking supported by players in VR headsets, Peanut Button's The Secret Of Retropolis offers a tantalizing tease of the future. They say the positive response to the first Retropolis, released in 2021, helped them make a beefier second chapter in Never Say Goodbye.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Tried the new #OculusQuest2 passthrough API in Gravity Lab #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/rrONObVubC — Mark Schramm #VR #AR (@MarkSchrammVR) August 15, 2021. The community immediately grasped the potential of hand tracking and embraced it totally. One of the great experiments on hand tracking by Daniel Beauchamp.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2021

An apparently never-before-seen HTC headset won an IF Design Award today, which arrived with multiple photos of what was listed as a consumer headset targeting release in 2021. The headset is undoubtedly very Quest-like in overall appearance, offering up four camera sensors for room-scale tracking and possibly also hand tracking.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Despite the price, the company’s headsets really do deliver some unmatched features, like true retina resolution at the center of the display, precise eye-tracking with automatic IPD adjustment, best-in-class hand-tracking, and (for their flagship headset) full-color passthrough with a wide field-of-view.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. In this sense, 2021 will be a very important year, because we’ll start seeing how the mainstream is interested in wearing electronic glasses on their face.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2024

Input is also entirely hand-tracking based. Like Crossy Road Castle, Solitaire Stories is also a flatscreen native, supporting standard iOS devices and Apple TV when it launched on Apple Arcade in 2021. The UI floats above makes full use of the free real estate too.

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VRScout

MARCH 31, 2021

Additional stretch goals include a fourth Gym Master, Quest hand-tracking support, a PSVR release, and multiplayer functionality. According to its Kickstarter, ViFit is currently aiming for a July 2021 release. For more information visit here. Feature Image Credit: ViFit.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2022

Instead, it was filed back in December 2021 by an entity called “Realityo Systems LLC”, which seems to have all of the hallmarks of a shell company specifically created to obfuscate the actual trademark holder. N301 may pack a dozen cameras for room-scale tracking, hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and passthrough AR.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

confirms that Puzzling Places , a meditative 3D jigsaw puzzle game, was redesigned from the ground up on Apple Vision Pro to use its eye and hand-tracking interface. Note: This review was originally published on September 2nd, 2021. Similar to Synth Riders , Realities.io Here’s our full Puzzling Places review.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Resolution Games’ popular turn-based strategy game Demeo (2021) is getting an update today that lets you play the immersive VR tabletop game in passthrough AR mode on Quest 2 as well as the newly launched Quest Pro. The studio says it has plans for more mixed reality features in the future, which includes adding hand-tracking to Demeo.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Interaction Builder is an Interhaptics’ low code plugin for 3D engines allowing you to develop realistic hand interactions within 3 clicks. Best used for hand-tracking and UX. The 2-hand interactions have been introduced on the 6th of September with this blog post. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2022

Abrash, speaking at the IEDM 2021 conference late last year , laid out the case for a new compute architecture that could meet the needs of truly glasses-sized AR devices. But, the company thinks it knows where things need to head in order for that to happen. Follow the Power.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 11, 2020

A Quest version of the game is planned for release in 2021. Oculus Quest Support Planned for 2021. We’ve reached out to Coding Leap to confirm if the Quest version of Noda will support hand-tracking as well as multi-user and (if so) if it will be cross-platform with the PC version.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! It turns out that it has been delayed again since the company is not satisfied with the quality of the hands tracking offered by the currently-used tracking cameras.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

Carbon's teased co-op since 2021 and two years on, it's happening. The wording also mentions commanding power with "nothing but hand gestures." While this sounded like Brotherhood would introduce hand tracking support, an email to UploadVR from Vertigo rules this out, stating that sentence "refers to gestures made with controllers."

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2022

” Zuckerberg hasn’t said as much, however the device looks awfully familiar, albeit a little rougher than what the company revealed in March 2021. Here Leonardo is using a prototype of our neural interface EMG wristband that will eventually let you control your glasses and other devices.”

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Interaction Mapping – Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking. According to a report published in September of 2021, the number of people who accessed the web using a computer or a mobile device in 2019 stood at 3.97

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2023

Kuo has made many predictions in the past based on supply chain movements, including Apple’s 2020 switch to its own custom ARM-based processors for Mac computers, the 2019 release of a new MacBook Pro with a 16-inch display, and the release of the entry-level iPad with an A13 chip in 2021—just to name a few.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

The project was originally funded in November 2021 with expected shipping in February 2022. Lynx R1 is a mixed reality headset with battery in the back for better balance as well as color passthrough and built-in hand tracking.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The glasses will be available in select worldwide markets in mid-2021. The product increases and improves upon haptic feedback, form factor, and hand tracking to enable a user’s feeling of shapes, textures, and resistance in VR. The product can still be pre-ordered on Indiegogo for $249 and plans to ship in May 2021.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

XR Elite features the same kind of small early pancake lenses as 2021's Vive Flow, and uses the original Snapdragon XR2 chip also used in Quest 2. For now it only works with hand tracking. Vive XR Elite is HTC's latest standalone headset, and its first targeted to consumers instead of just businesses. and now 6.5.

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