Augmented Reality Hand tracking Sony Unreal 
The Ghost Howls
JULY 13, 2020
Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 13, 2024
Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality.
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 11, 2023
So many developers could find themselves with the conundrum of what to offer and to which device : if the Quest 3 Lite will sell a lot of units, maybe developers will prefer to develop content that is compatible with hand tracking, shifting the current attention to games to something else.
The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
It is 6DOF and lets you enjoy both virtual reality and passthrough augmented reality. More info (Valve Index availability) More info (Facebook and Sony pulling out from GDC). Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. At this point, I wonder if GDC may be canceled as the MWC.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 30, 2023
Since I’m not totally convinced that just a few LEDs in that position may alone offer realiable tracking, I would also speculate that maybe either data from the depth sensor or some hand-tracking data is involved in the sensor fusion to arrive at the final controller pose. But that’s just a speculation of mine.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 11, 2020
Various months ago, Jason Rubin told the press that he was investigating an exchange of exclusive titles with Sony : his purpose was the one of bringing some of the best PSVR titles, like Resident Evil 7, to the Oculus Store. Unreal Engine 4.25 update, Unreal Engine has added many features that may be useful in crafting XR experiences.
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