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Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech

Road to VR

Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million. However, one place in VR still seems like a potential sweet spot for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking tech: mobile.

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Leap Motion’s North Star is the DK1 of AR: hands-on preview and how to buy it!

The Ghost Howls

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. There are some typical questions that arise in the mind of the AR enthusiasts of the world: how is it? Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Is it good?

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Hands-On: Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Feels Great, But It’s Not Perfect

VRScout

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. The moment you put on the Quest headset, your hands are instantly in front of you. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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All the best AR and VR news from CES 2019

The Ghost Howls

In the American sin city of Las Vegas, there has been an enormous showcase of every kind of innovative technologies and of course, AR and VR have been part of the show. Launch date and price are still unknown, but we are sure that the price will be very high. It will be something similar to the new Oculus Home.

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

ARPost

Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Leap Motion. VIRTUOSO SDK (VSDK): Making XR Development More Streamlined. Sense Glove. bHaptics TactSuit.

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

The Ghost Howls

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Importance of Hand Tracking UX Design

The Ghost Howls

On his Linkedin profile , you can see that he has strong competencies in marketing, SEO, growth hacking, but also a great passion for AR/VR, and this is the reason why I got to know him a long time ago. If you’re looking to learn more about AR/VR design or development , check our free XR workshops and courses at Circuit Stream.