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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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, there was one thing that was missing, hand tracking. In fact, Intel was already demoing hand tracking this year at CES with their Project Alloy prototype. The real improvements are increased performance, power savings and support for Leap Motion.

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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. With new resources being added for GearVR and Google Cardboard, we’re looking forward to bringing the SDK to public developer beta very soon. New Widgets for VR.

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JULY 31, 2017

Smith has been using an HTC Vive for the project though, instead of the kit’s position-tracked controllers, he can be seen on News 4 Jax using a Leap Motion sensor for hand-tracking. This allows him to more realistically handle the virtual tumor. Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As mainstream VR/AR input continues to evolve – from the early days of gaze-only input to wand-style controllers and fully articulated hand tracking – so too are the virtual user interfaces we interact with. Even examples of hand-based, wearable UIs and dynamic deployable UIs. Concept: A Playset, Not A Control Board.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It seems that Mark is still working on that vision, so that in the end, Facebook will be able to do on its devices whatever it wants, without compromises and without control. A company of this kind, with full control and no restrictions, could do great things on the tech side, but very bad things on the privacy side. I hate this.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

The system is already used on the $3,000 HoloLens, an advanced augmented reality system, but with it employed on a low-cost VR headset Microsoft may have leapfrogged efforts by both Facebook and Google, powered by Windows. Very early prototype controllers from Valve that simulated gripping and dropping objects. ”

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Between Google’s Tilt Brush and Blocks and Oculus’ Medium and Quill you might not think there’s much room for more creative experiences within VR. With my left motion controller (in this case Oculus Touch) I can change the tools in my hand to suit a variety of different needs.

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MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller. Then it kind of hit me.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VR has the power to transform our lives and connect us in new ways, while hand tracking lets you reach beyond the digital divide and take control. Please try a new text input interface using Leap Motion!” Recommended: Google Chrome. Recommended: Google Chrome. ” Requires: Windows.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

But, we do know that the Santa Cruz features four ultra-wide cameras on the leading edges that perform the inside-out positional tracking, as well as tracking the 6DOF controllers. Google Cardboard ($15) . It was first distributed to attendants at the 2014 Google I/O meeting as a gift. Google Daydream View ($99).

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 9, 2016

Nonverbal communication has been huge for us, where we can have people wave, give the Fonzi ‘eyyyy, air quotes, thumbs up… especially with Leap Motion Orion. For folks to talk with their hands, it’s definitely a big add as far as making that connection and really seeing that person as another human behind behind the avatar.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

” you’d either need to memorize the URL and enter it directly or memorize the name of the app and then Google it to hopefully find it inside the headset. Additionally, hand-tracking is getting an expanded, gesture-based menu. Now when you do the same in v37 you’ll be greeted with a new menu with quick actions.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This way the Official Store remains curated like a console, but sharing unapproved apps become much easier than having to use Sidequest and sideloading in general (and also gives Facebook more control on unofficial apps). Google makes Tilt Brush opensource. The bad news is that this means that Google has abandoned it.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

This is also an answer to Lenovo Mirage Solo, that lets you directly install apps from Google Play. Awesome controllers. The Vive Focus has inside-out 6DOF tracking but has only a damn 3 DOF controller. Well, actually, I should say “had” 6 DOF controller emulation. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

And the moderation tools look like a scary Big Brother where you may always be controlled by some person from Facebook. Ultraleap (previously known also as Leap Motion) has struck a great deal with Qualcomm. Thanks to it, the XR2 Reference Design will feature as official hands tracking the one created by UltraLeap.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We’re used to navigating our computing with keyboards, mice, and maybe track pads — analog input. That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We’re used to navigating our computing with keyboards, mice, and maybe track pads — analog input. That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We’re used to navigating our computing with keyboards, mice, and maybe track pads — analog input. That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The whole event was all about Facebook creating a parent company called Meta that is going to control all the products that until now were in the Facebook’s family, that is Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus, Portal, and all the rest. Google is still into XR. Ultraleap releases Gemini hands-tracking runtime.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. A goggle is better with an eye tracker, a hand controller and a haptic device. Eye tracking software converts eye images into gaze direction. Hand tracking software converts hand position into gestures.

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