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JULY 20, 2023

Hand Tracking 2.2 Since releasing controller-free hand tracking as a software update for the original Oculus Quest in late 2019, Meta has been steadily improving the technology with further updates. update in January reduced tracking loss and sped up reacquisition when tracking is lost. Then the 2.1

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Lynx R-1, the upcoming standalone MR headset, has been delayed to late 2020, but a new update from the company says they’re targeting a lower price and now including Ultraleap hand-tracking. Ultraleap’s hand-tracking is recognized as perhaps the best commercially-available hand-tracking solution.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Since it doesn’t support dedicated controllers like all VR headsets out there though, it’s leaving many developers essentially stuck and unable to port many of the most popular immersive games to Vision Pro. Why can’t Apple just play nice and just give us some controllers? Want to learn more about Vision Pro?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! 6 DOF Controllers for Vive Focus. In short: the Vive Focus will finally have two 6 DOF controllers.

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2022

A new photo of Magic Leap 2 appears to show the device’s controller equipped with cameras for inside-out tracking which would be the first time we’ve seen the approach employed in a commercial XR headset. The original Magic Leap 1 also had a motion controller, but it used magnetic tracking.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

improves the headset's controller-free hand tracking quality, specifically reducing jitter and improving accuracy and stability. I tried out hand tracking in the home environment on the new OS version and found this to be true, though the latency still feels significantly higher than Meta's hand tracking on Quest.

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Upload VR

MAY 20, 2022

Location based VR company Zero Latency is getting rid of the backpacks. Zero Latency’s existing offering uses a HP Reverb headset connected to heavy backpack PCs worn by each user. The new offering replaces this with a Vive Focus 3 – the content is now streamed wirelessly from non-worn PCs via Wi-Fi 6E.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Images appearing to show new ringless Pico controllers were shared on Chinese social media. The existing Pico 4 controllers each have a Pico system button with a colored ring icon, red on the left one and purple on the right one. Unlike the Pico 4 controllers though, the leaked controllers have no tracking ring.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Passthrough : ISP chip contains custom high-bandwidth memory made by SK Hynix, providing low latency color passthrough. Audio : H2 chip, providing ultra-low latency connection with the second-generation AirPods Pro and future AirPods models.

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Upload VR

JULY 21, 2023

Meta Quest Pro is getting a simultaneous hands and controllers mode in the v56 software development kit update. This mode was announced alongside Quest Pro's Touch Pro controllers at Connect 2022 in October. This should allow one-controller games like GOLF+ and Walkabout Minigolf to track your other hand, for example.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2023

Here’s all of the major apps and features mentioned in the report: iPad apps adapted for mixed reality : Calendars, Contacts, Files, Home control, Mail, Maps, Messaging, Notes, Photos, Reminders, Music, News, Stocks, and Weather apps. Siri voice control is also present. Camera app : can take pictures from the headset.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2023

Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Passthrough : ISP chip contains custom high-bandwidth memory made by SK Hynix, providing low latency color passthrough Audio : H2 chip, providing ultra-low latency connection with the second-generation AirPods Pro and future AirPods models.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

Eye and hand-tracking technology is quickly becoming crucial to the extended reality experience. With state-of-the-art sensor technology, XR developers can eliminate the need for clunky controllers. Many of the most advanced vendors in the XR space offer eye and hand tracking to boost user immersion.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2023

Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Passthrough : ISP chip contains custom high-bandwidth memory made by SK Hynix, providing low latency color passthrough Audio : H2 chip, providing ultra-low latency connection with the second-generation AirPods Pro and future AirPods models.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2023

Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Passthrough : ISP chip contains custom high-bandwidth memory made by SK Hynix, providing low latency color passthrough Audio : H2 chip, providing ultra-low latency connection with the second-generation AirPods Pro and future AirPods models.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2018

HTC earlier this month revealed a 6DOF controller dev kit for the Vive Focus standalone headset. When HTC revealed the Vive Focus 6DOF controller dev kit earlier this month , the company wasn’t ready to share details. SEE ALSO Google Reveals Experimental 6DOF Controllers for Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 VRDK , a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking. The latest images of the reference headset show what appear to be six ultrasonic emitters (and/or receivers) on the headset, three on each side.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Regarding the photon-to-photon latency of the passthrough, Optofidelity confirmed with a test that it is below 12 ms, as Apple claims. The big caveat is that Quest 3 needs hand tracking to refine the controllers’ tracking , so this method may lead to big inaccuracies in the tracking of the controllers’ pose.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Apart from being more accurate, Hyperion features some important new features, that the company describes as follows: Microgesture interactions: Hyperion can track small finger movements down to the millimeter, enabling subtle gestures that require minimal effort. I believe there will be many use cases for this.

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Upload VR

MARCH 20, 2024

Asked about the studio's hand tracking focus and how Apple Vision Pro uses hand tracking as its primary control method, Eiche believes Apple's system feels like "huge vindication" for Owlchemy's strategy. "We Owlchemy Labs has a prominent history when it comes to hand-tracking controls.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Screenshot Shortcut: Hold Meta button (menu button on right controller) then pull trigger once Start Video Capture Shortcut: Hold Meta button (menu button on right controller) then pull and hold trigger for a few seconds. To switch back to controllers just pick them up. But sometimes it gets a little confused.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Since it relies on hand tracking, motion controllers aren’t the ‘out-of-the-box’ control method. CEO Stan Larroque tells Road to VR that its 6DOF controllers are based on Finch Technologies ‘Shift’ controller hardware, something we’ve seen in practice with HTC Vive Focus in the past.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Challenges: Matching real environments’ spatial data with virtual content that is streamed right in front of the user’s eyes in MR headsets requires sophisticated tracking and mapping technologies to accurately align virtual content with the physical world. Matt Tullis Hand tracking is now an essential element of the MR experience.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2023

Dreamscape Immersive uses trackers for motion control, one for each hand and one for each foot, as well as laptop backpacks. They also make good use of tracked props. Participants can expect to carry tracked items light torches or the aforementioned lost pearl. I had a chance to try two of their adventures.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the place of clunky plastic controllers and remotes, we’re seeing the rise of hand and eye tracking solutions, allowing users to move more freely throughout the digital world. XR motion tracking could even be a way for professionals in the athletic and sporting industry to detect issues with form and posture for each athlete.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 16, 2019

For more natural hands-on interactions, Varjo’s VR-2 Pro features built-in Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand-tracking technology that removes the need of physical controllers and letting users engage with the VR environment using their own two hands. Image Credit: Varjo.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

It features a 4nm-based AR processor that’s capable of handling multiple features, such as visual analytics and graphics, and it can also support up to nine cameras that would be used for tracking you and your environment. This isn’t counting the cameras on the new Touch Pro controllers.

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2024

This lets you, for example, use Quest 3's IOBT for the upper body and real Vive Trackers for the lower body, giving you true 6DoF body tracking at the lowest possible cost. It also adds the ability to emulate Valve Index controllers using Quest's controller-free hand tracking, enabling finger tracking in SteamVR games which support it.

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VRScout

APRIL 10, 2018

The company reveals plans to release their prototype design for a $100 hand-tracking AR headset. If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking technology to your VR or AR experience, there are few options outside Leap Motion technology. All of which come together for a total price tag of just $100.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

With our devices, astronauts can see and virtually interact with the switches and control panels inside their Starliner capsule and read the real-time data on their crew displays. The next demo I tried was set in an airport control tower, where eye and hand tracking played a crucial role.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Lynx R-1 headset houses six cameras: two B&W cameras for 6DoF positional tracking, two IR cameras for hand-tracking, and two RGB visible light cameras for the color passthrough AR mode. Hand-tracking, controllers. AR + Hand-tracking. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0. Connectors.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 13, 2017

II’s built in RealSense hand-tracking. Alloy’s many built-in sensors allow for real world objects, such as hands or other people, to be visualized once the person comes close enough to you. I could chip away at the spinning gold tubes with an entire hand, two fingers, one finger, etc. with precision.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

VIVE XR Elite includes a full color RGB passthrough camera, and hand-tracking, which enables a whole new dimension of MR scenarios. That includes content from services like Netflix and Disney+ or games like Fortnite, and you can even connect a Bluetooth controller to your phone for a full gaming experience. VAT UK £1,299 inc.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

Editor’s Note: Valve has started shipping the prototype Knuckles controllers to select VR developers in limited quantities. UploadVR hasn’t gotten its hands on a pair just yet, so we’ve reached out to the development community to see what they think.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Though the gloves are designed to work in conjunction with 6DOF tracking (via a SteamVR tracker or other motion tracking tech), the GDC demo didn’t employ 6DOF (which is why the visualization of the arm rotates in place). The latency reflected in this setup is also purportedly not representative of the actual tracking latency.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A defining factor of the Vision Pro is its controller-less design, instead leveraging tracking technology to record inputs. While HTC VIVE also offers user tracking for its XR headsets. The firm also believes controllers hold a place; “we believe that controllers give you a certain immersion,” Shen remarked.

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