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XTAL hands on: an interesting glimpse to Virtual Reality 2.0

The Ghost Howls

Apart from the splendid Cathedral and the tasty Trdelnik, Prague also features an interesting Virtual Reality startup: VRgineers. Having a tour inside VRgineers, that is a startup that is trying to develop almost all the main parts of its headset , made me understand how creating a Virtual Reality headset is incredibly difficult.

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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? In any case, it’s interesting to see an endorsement to the Apple headset from the guy the started the new virtual reality renaissance.

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Augmented reality is reaching a mature state according to Gartner

The Ghost Howls

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. Header image by Leap Motion). The post Augmented reality is reaching a mature state according to Gartner appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to a flash sale, that put it at the ridiculous price of $150, the Go has sold more than all other devices, and has even been #3 most sold device on all Amazon videogames category. More info (Oculus Go being best-seller on Amazon) More info (Oculus Quest sold out) More info (Oculus Quest vs PSVR Google search stats).

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

Leapmotion

You can get them from your local hardware store or from Amazon: [link]. Room-scale virtual reality means longer cords, which is why we’ve included a 15-foot extender cable in our updated VR Developer Mount kits. 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. Our technology was everywhere from virtual concept cars by Volkswagen and Hyundai… Spotted in the wild @Volkswagen 's #CES2017 booth: #LeapMotion + #HTCVive. Leap Motion #VR technology is everywhere at #CES2017. 2jESVI6SVl. 6VSg72IJup.

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15 things to keep in mind if you have to showcase your VR game in China

The Ghost Howls

These are the things that I took to my booth: Virtual Reality headsets ( Vive Focus Plus , in my case). If you can not, buy them in your country, with Amazon or eBay. The epic Noah Zerkin (the guy making the Leap Motion North Star headsets) at our booth to try the game! Some other things to set in advance: Wechat.

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