Road to VR
AUGUST 30, 2019
Google has released to researchers and developers its own mobile device-based hand tracking method using machine learning, something Google R esearch engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang call a “new approach to hand perception.” in palm detection, researchers claim.
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JULY 18, 2017
When Ben Taft and Matt Stern, two of the co-founders of Mira, opened up the box of the Prism AR headset for me for the first time I’ll be honest: I wasn’t that impressed. The Prism AR headset, from new company Mira, is lightweight, cheap, and surprisingly effective.
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ARVR
AUGUST 8, 2022
Focals by North In October 2018, the Kitchener, OT based company North, introduced a consumer AR glasses called Focals. Detractors dismissed the Focals as just another re-spin of Google Glass, with the Verge dubbing it a ‘smartwatch for your face’. But, alas, there was a fatal flaw?—?the So is that the end of the story? Perhaps not.
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.
ARVR
JANUARY 29, 2021
While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
MARCH 6, 2023
Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has debuted its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, leading to the company’s first-ever wireless augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. These allow users to swipe virtual pages in manuals and eBooks, exit apps, navigate maps, and other controls.
VRScout
MARCH 14, 2017
Until Avegant releases an actual AR product, with the Glyph you can still look like LaVar Burton while watching LaVar Burton in the meantime. Devoted to the VR/AR space, the venture capital firm closely monitors the industry and reports that the map of tracked companies in the VR space grew by 40% in 2016. …and more.
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