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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.16): HTC launches Tracker 3.0, Facebook has 10,000 people working on XR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk

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Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way. While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. The VR technology behind these SDKs allows eye and lip tracking, pass through cameras, and hand tracking.

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The 2022 VR Awards Announce This Year’s Winners

VRScout

This year’s lineup was stacked yet again with some of the biggest names in the industry, from content creators like Cas and Chary VR to hardware companies such as HTC Vive.

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Disney’s Upcoming Lion King Remake Pushes The Boundaries Of VR Filmmaking

VRScout

Arriving in theatres July 19th , Disney’s photorealistic CGI Lion King remake is the product of multiple cutting edge technologies. We’ve basically built a multiplayer VR filmmaking game just for the purposes of making this movie.”. Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel making some slight adjustments to the scene. // Image Credit: Wired.

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XRA’s XR Industry Report: 2022 Highlights and Plans for 2023 and Beyond

ARPost

With over 45 member companies representing the XR industry, the XR Association (XRA) has led the way in accelerating the growth and adoption of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technology. 2022 also saw much progress in the immersive technology space, with several product launches that showcased new use cases for emerging technologies.

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Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One To Get VR Content Made By HTC

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Ernest Cline’s dystopian novel, set in a world ruled by the technology, has been given out at VR conferences and sourced as an inspiration countless times within the industry. Facebook’s Oculus even once gave all new employees a copy of the book. HTC today announced that it has exclusively partnered with Warner Bros.

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AWE Asia 2023: Unleashing the Power of the Metaverse

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The finest showcase for AR, VR, AI, and Spatial Computing is taking place this August in Singapore, book now! Mark Billinghurst will take us on a journey through Empathic Computing, a field of research that combines metaverse technologies for natural collaboration, experience capture, and implicit understanding.

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