Road to VR
MAY 31, 2019
Leap Motion, the pioneer in optical hand-tracking, has been acquired by Ultrahaptics, the enterprise-focused immersive haptics company. According to the Wall Street Journal , Ultrahaptics reportedly acquired Leap Motion for approximately $30 million. Image courtesy Leap Motion.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Leap Motion, the optical hand-tracking firm, was acquired by Bristol, UK-based haptics company Ultrahaptics earlier this year. Before the acquisition of Leap Motion and the subsequent rebranding, Ultrahaptics was best known for its mid-air haptic technology which uses ultrasound to project tactile sensations onto users’ hands.
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Road to VR
MARCH 13, 2018
Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion , the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they’re working together to embed Leap Motion’s tech into professional-grade VR headsets. ” Leap Motion controller mounted on an Oculus RIft DK2, image courtesy Leap Motion.
Leapmotion
JANUARY 8, 2015
With 25,000 new developers registered since August, there are now over 150,000 developers in more than 186 countries building with Leap Motion technology. Along with the Meadowhawk automotive module (right), there are several more in the works. New Widgets for VR. You’ll hear more about them soon. Tracking improvements.
Road to VR
JUNE 11, 2018
DigiLens , a developer of transparent waveguide display technology, is creating a reference headset aimed at wide FOV AR with hand-tracking, dubbed AR HUD. While the company is focused on automotive and wearable HUD devices in the near term, it’s also focusing on longer term on enabling AR headsets with more immersive fields of view.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
We’ve seen the company use the technology before on everything from collaborative group meetings between team members to a simulator that lets you drive an Audi in a sandbox track. Then, hop into the drivers seat and peak around the detailed interior of the sporty vehicle using the Vive’s room scale technology.
TechCrunch VR
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. The underlying technology was based on post-graduate research from inventor – and still CEO – Tom Carter.
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