Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras. Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin on stage today at WCVRI 2018 in Nanchang, the capital of China’s Jiangxi province. Image courtesy HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Yesterday for the first time I have attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen, China! The price: 5,699 RMB in China, $799 in the West. In China, instead, it is also being sold to consumers and this is where the multi-modality should kick in. It has been really special to announce our content directly from China!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The latter two are not yet globally available, with the Vive Focus only available in China and the Oculus Go still only being sent to developers. From left to right: LEAP Motion motion tracking, flex sensor based motion tracking, exotendon based motion tracking. Leap Motion hand tracking sensor.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Leap Motion) on the same headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking. Let me tell you my first hands-on impressions on it! North Star AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

If the answer is no, then WCVRI is not interesting for you, because it is an event very China-oriented. China is a very interesting market for VR, because the government is investing a lot in it. Maybe if you have a game you want to promote big in China, other exhibitions like the ChinaJoy are more suitable.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

“China is the leading mobile market in the world today, and has the momentum to lead the global VR. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC, in a prepared statement. This makes the markets unclear for these initial Vive-branded standalones. market as well,” said Alvin W.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

The graphics, story integration to the motion profile and the gesture interactivity were all created in-house for their proprietary Interact system.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In these 2 days (October, 19-20th), in Nanchang, China, it is held the first edition of the World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI) , a very important event to talk about virtual and augmented reality. China Pres #XiJinPing message at #WCVRI “VR expands our perception & will impact all facets of our lives.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 31, 2016

on stage today in Beijing, China. Baofeng Group, a Chinese mobile communications giant, announced their fifth generation VR headset, the Mojing 5.0, The post Baofeng Showcases Mobile VR Headset With Positional and Finger Tracking appeared first on UploadVR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

and “What are the differences with the Mainland China”. What are the differences with Mainland China? From my point of view, Taiwan and Mainland China are very similar and for sure stem from the same cultural background. Taiwan looks to me like a little version of Mainland China, a bit less Chinese and a bit more Western.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

I’ve met Noah 2 times in China, and for two times I’ve been able to appreciate his amazing technical competence (he’s a genius, really) and his passion for XR. 3 Headsets come from China with love. This week we had the announcement of 3 headsets from China. News worth a mention. Image by Derek Liu, DPVR).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2016

While the same consumer-facing headsets that you’ll find on a shelf at Best Buy are popping up in VR arcades across China and elsewhere, Sensics is aiming to build a VR headset that’s optimized for the Out-of-Home market, consisting of businesses like theme parks, entertainment venues and arcades.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Huawei VR glasses are now available in China. Huawei has finally released its 3DOF glasses in China for 2999 Yuan (around $430). More info (TESTED video on Half-Life: Alyx) More info (Summary of most important points of the video by Upload).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While HTC is only releasing the headset in China, and not in the West as previously announced, the company is using Vive Focus as the impetus for its own mobile VR platform that aims to resolve what HTC calls a “highly fragmented” mobile VR market in China, and become a common platform and storefront across disparate hardware vendors.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I studied under Nick Mitchell at the China Virtual Reality Institute of Technology for 5 weeks to learn how to make games using Leap Motion and Unity.”. The post 12 Games to Unleash Your Magic Powers appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. I had a dream to create a game by myself. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

As I had already occasion to try with the Dexmo Gloves in China, the straps can be a big nuisance: if you close them loosely, the gloves move slightly during the usage and this is annoying; if you close them too tight, they become uncomfortable on the long run, leaving visible signs on your fingers. My hand with the SenseGlove installed.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 1, 2016

AR/VR startup uSens completed a series A round of fundraising to the tune of $20 million. uSens was founded in 2013 and is working on inside-out position and hand tracking technologies. The post uSens Raises $20 Million To Pursue Inside-Out Tracking Technology appeared first on UploadVR.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In December 2017, IDEALENS officially launched the third generation of VR all-in-one HMD IDEALENS K3 basic and VR education scheme at the Education Equipment Exhibition in China. During the CES, IDEALENS released the reference market price of K3 basic for USD 499.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

Me trying a SteamVR multiroom setup in Beijing, China. We are talking about an evolution of the Vive Pro , a very good evolution: same display resolution, but better lenses, framerate, FOV, and frontal cameras. But, there is no mind-blowing feature : no eye tracking, no super-resolution of the display, no wireless, etc… This is VR 1.5,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

It has bought the hand-tracking company Leap Motion various months ago for $30M since the two hardware are a perfect fit the one for the other. The only thing truly worth a mention is the support for 5G connectivity; Huawei has actually put on sale in China its smartglasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

This hand tracking is very rough, so do not expect a Leap Motion -type interface, but it can be good for some VR applications. Mister President while talking about how China is doing very well in VR. The magic computer vision algorithms can roughly track both hands and so can also detect rough gestures. Other news.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Mr. Graylin is the China President at HTC, leading all aspects of the Vive/VR (VIVE.com) and the Smartphone businesses in the region. Mr. Graylin was born in China and educated in the US. Alvin Wang-Graylin.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Mr. Graylin is the China President at HTC, leading all aspects of the Vive/VR (VIVE.com) and the Smartphone businesses in the region. Mr. Graylin was born in China and educated in the US. Alvin Wang-Graylin.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

Maybe I will explain that in detail to you if we will ever drink a bubble tea together in Shenzhen, but for now, let me just explain briefly what are the tracking alternatives on the market and their pros and cons: Optical tracking solutions like Leap Motion are great because they can provide all 27 degrees of freedom of the hands, but the tracking (..)

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

It is an augmented reality glass that is being developed in China by a former Magic Leap engineer. The other AR company to follow is for sure RealMax, that at CES has launched the RealMax Qian , another very interesting AR headset from China. In my opinion, Nreal has been one of the biggest AR reveal of this CES.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device. I have heard many people making confusion between “Magic Leap” and “Leap Motion”, but no one doing the same with Nreal and Unreal.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Just for Context the worlds current population is 7 Billion, India & China's Collective population is 2.7 Written By: Eddie Avil. 4- Kshitij Marwah. Ceo-Founder Tesseract/#Jio Glass.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

In China, Rokid has made a smart glass with thermal sensors included , so police forces can immediately detect people having a flu. Another great UX post by Leap Motion. In the meantime, even HTC that was safe until now is having troubles in manufacturing the external tracking faceplate , whose release date will be delayed.

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