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Take A Look At Facebook’s New VR Avatars For Quest

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The new avatar system will debut first on Facebook Horizon for Oculus Quest headsets. Yesterday, Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, sat down with CNET’s Scott Stein to chat about the companies advancements in VR avatar technology, during which a brand new VR avatar system for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets was revealed.

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Oculus Touch Review: The World’s Best VR Controller

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Oculus Touch officially launches tomorrow and when it does it will make the Oculus Rift a more viable and powerful virtual reality platform than ever before. The Rift’s biggest competitor, the HTC Vive, was able to enjoy the better part of a year as the only PC-powered VR system to boast hand-tracked controllers.

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Pico Becomes Last One Standing in Enterprise 3DoF

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In June, Oculus announced that it would no longer carry Go. It may not seem like it, but it’s been over two years since Oculus launched the Go. The model was more affordable than just about anything out there but also had more limited memory and controls. Oculus has since made good on its promise. Pico G2 4K Enterprise.

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Developing Better Haptics With Interhaptics

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The other product is an “interaction builder” for creating gesture controls. These controls are showcased to many XR users in a gaming environment but have huge practical implications in enterprise training. Controllers are more precise from a tracking perspective, but they are a barrier to entry,” said Vezzoli.

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Dedicated AR and VR Accessories Manufacturers

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MANUS creates gloves for both motion capture as well as for controlling sensitive VR applications. The most recent MANUS product is the SteamVR tracker for precise gesture controls and motion capture. “As These include hand-held controllers, hand tracking devices for use with AR glasses, and the ever awe-inducing Finch Ring.

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A Closer Look at the HP Reverb G2

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The company’s original Reverb headset is well known to industry users, but is less popular among casual users than models by companies like VIVE and Oculus. As a tethered VR headset, the main competition that the Reverb is walking into involves the previously alluded to VIVE Pro and Oculus Rift S.

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Facebook’s Prototype Touch Controllers Let You Feel The Heat Of Fire And Chill Of Ice

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It might seem a little early to ask, but what do you want to see in the next Oculus Touch? Improved gesture control? He presented two Touch controllers, each of them wired up to a concealed piece of hardware. Without entering VR, the Facebook team took turns in holding the controller around a campsite environment.