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XTAL hands on: an interesting glimpse to Virtual Reality 2.0

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XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

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The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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Hacking the (Old) VR Developer Mount for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

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You can get them from your local hardware store or from Amazon: [link]. Unlike the Oculus Rift CV1, the HTC Vive has an onboard USB port that’s fully compatible with the Leap Motion Controller. The post Hacking the (Old) VR Developer Mount for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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CES 2017: Mixing Realities, Concept Cars, and the #VoiceFirst Revolution

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One of our favorite games at CES was Spot the Leap Motion Controller. Leap Motion #VR technology is everywhere at #CES2017. There was a lot going on at the show floor, but the biggest story from CES was a company that didn’t even have a presence there: Amazon. — LeapMotion (@LeapMotion) January 6, 2017.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

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Quest 2 recalled from Amazon EU for skin irritation issue. The mystery of the Quest 2 disappeared from Amazon EU websites has been solved: the materials on the Quest 2 facemask caused irritations of the skin to a very little percentage of people , and so the sales have been suspended. News worth a mention. Image by Facebook).

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All you need to know on Oculus Connect 6: the most important news in one single article!

The Ghost Howls

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. And this piece of news seems to show that it is doing the same with Oculus Go. It is unclear to me how it does exactly work, though.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.23): Half-Life: Alyx launches, Oculus Del Mar leaked, PS5 revealed and more!

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Even if there hasn’t been any GDC, Oculus has made its related announcements online , via various blog posts. Magic Leap reveals updates and new enterprise solutions. With various posts on its blog, AR startup Magic Leap has revealed a bunch of new updates. Another great UX post by Leap Motion. It seems fun.

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