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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

ARKit is almost here, and we see more demos of Apple’s Augmented Reality toolset every day. The latest, from Sweedish developer ManoMotion , is an additional SDK that allows developers to integrate hand gesture controls into their AR apps quickly. It recognizes a variety of gestures including swipes, clicking, tapping, grabbing, and releasing. The SDK will roll out for Unity on iOS first, followed by native iOS 11 support at a later date.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Developers will soon be able to integrate hand gesture control into their projects on the ARKit platform, no extra hardware needed. In an official release made by computer-vision developers ManoMotion , the Swedish software company revealed plans to bring its gestural interaction technology to Apple’s popular augmented reality platform, ARKit. ManoMotion will support Unity iOS initially with Native iOS integration coming in a later update.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera. The integration will initially be made available for Unity iOS, followed by Native iOS in subsequent updates.

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JULY 31, 2017

This is combined with eye-tracking technology from German firm SMI, which may have just been acquired by Apple. The game allows you to manipulate objects and battle foes with your mind, and is played entirely without handheld controllers. ” The company offers an SDK so Unity developers can integrate the system into a game. Controllers Hardware Neurable

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Although they haven’t deployed on Magic Leap yet, they’re hopeful that because every platform out there is investing in enabling Unity compatibility that enables them to develop cross-platform more easily. The main question they’re asking themselves now is whether CIOs at Fortune 100 companies will want to invest in a start-up’s hardware solution or whether they’re by default going to go with a major player such as Apple or Microsoft. “I

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Although they haven’t deployed on Magic Leap yet, they’re hopeful that because every platform out there is investing in enabling Unity compatibility which enables them to develop cross-platform more easily. The main question they’re asking themselves now is whether CIOs at Fortune 100 companies will want to invest in a start-up’s hardware solution or whether they’re by default going to go with a major player such as Apple or Microsoft. “I

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