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HTC Vive announces 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and teases hand tracking for Vive Pro

The Ghost Howls

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Hands tracking for Vive Pro.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). Other relevant news.

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Vision Pro: What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Plain Dangerous

Road to VR

Vision Pro is getting a ton of social media engagement after it launched earlier this month, which is great since people are finding out just how Apple’s first mixed reality headset can fit into their lifestyle. You won't find it in Apple's marketing but the Vision Pro is the ultimate cooking computer.

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

The Ghost Howls

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? More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset?

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#ICYMI: XR Today’s Big News Show on the Apple Vision Pro

XR Today - Big XR News tag

The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. ’ However, in reality, none of the headsets are sexy.

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Vision Pro is Hands-down the Best Movie Experience You Can Have on a Plane

Road to VR

After an eight hour flight, I can say that Apple has largely nailed the Vision Pro use-case of movie watching on a plane. This whole thing really only works well because Apple has done a few things to make sure the use-case is not just theoretical, but actually considered from end-to-end. Nobody looks forward to an eight hour flight.

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FREE Quest 2 Game is SELF DEFENSE w YOUR HANDS! VR

Full Dive Gaming

GET IT HERE: [link] 0:00 VR Podcast Dev Spotlight 0:43 Film Industry Expert 1:44 Working with Oculus 2:56 Hand Tracked FIGHTING Game??? 14:59 Hand Tracking for Practical Teaching? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.