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Hands-On With Valve’s Knuckles Prototype Controllers

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Editor’s Note: Valve has started shipping the prototype Knuckles controllers to select VR developers in limited quantities. User interfaces in virtual reality start with your hands. It’s like the Moore’s Law of motion control; each incremental improvement in tracking brings with it new possibilities.

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

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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. Hand tracking is not really meant to necessarily replace controllers,” said Laverde. There are still use cases where a controller is better and vice versa.”. Keep Coming Back.

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

The Ghost Howls

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. Some days ago, the Chinese government has released a document that states how China really wants to commit to VR , how wants the ecosystem to grow well and fast and how also wants to lead the world for what concerns virtual reality. Introduction.

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Manus Brings Your Entire Body Into VR With its Polygon System

Peter Graham

Ever since virtual reality (VR) remerged as a viable consumer product the quest has been to make the technology as immersive and interactive as possible. That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

Now let’s take a look at the history of Virtual Reality and Virtual Reality headsets. Then in 1958, his works were translated and published in English as “The Theater and its Double”, this is the earliest use of virtual reality. Data glove and high-resolution goggles were used to view the experience.

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#BuildYourNorthStar Workshop Brings AR to Life in 48 Hours

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In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Noah has been active in the augmented reality and open hardware communities for over a decade. He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion. Noah’s North Star Development Journey.

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Oculus Quest’s Hand Tracking Could be its New Killer Feature

Peter Graham

There were several announcements at Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) this year that could have taken the top spot. Oculus Link for example or Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond are two worthy mentions, yet it must be the experimental hand tracking feature for Oculus Quest that takes home the crown, especially after testing the technology first-hand.