Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It was also said that the company is evaluating controllers from Finch as a potential controller solution. Lynx is aiming to support OpenXR and Unity as a development environment (ostensibly Unreal Engine 4 would work equally well once OpenXR implementations are tested and complete).

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Photo courtesy Unity Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Creating a phenomenal XR experience requires the careful alignment of software and hardware solutions. An “Edge” cloud infrastructure allows businesses to place XR assets within their operator networks, promoting a low-latency and highly scalable on-site experience. Edge and Cloud Computing.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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. First, let’s start with installing Unity hand-tracking. How to Set Up Hand Tracking in Unity 3D. Let’s start there—let’s download Unity and set it up for hand-tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Unfortunately, even as hardware and software solutions in the MR, AR, and VR landscapes continue to evolve, there’s something holding XR evolution back: streaming. Through XR streaming, companies can overcome the restrictions of their existing computer technology and hardware and leverage a new level of scalable performance in XR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

Motion Capture software, or “Mocap systems”, are particularly valuable for content creators looking to enhance XR experiences with realistic avatars, motion, and gesture controls. Mocap solutions are primarily used for the creation of XR content. Plus, users can also leverage drag-and-drop plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 WebXR Device API Introduced in 2018, it is an API that implements the core of the WebXR feature set, manages the selection of output devices, renders the 3D scene on the chosen device at the appropriate frame rate, and handles the controller's input.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced Daydream VR platform , an initiative that’s poised to bring low latency VR to a number of select Android smartphones later this fall, wasn’t exactly what the Internet was expecting when it heard about Google wanting to make its own VR headset. Watch Google I/O 2016 Livestream.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

Doing so will also provide greater interoperability with additional platforms such as Unity and Xcode, among others. This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. “Everyone was even waiting till Apple announced something. “Now we need to see the stuff working,” he said.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As a leader in industrial-grade VR/XR software and hardware, Varjo already has an outstanding reputation in the enterprise landscape. Varjo’s newest headset (available in various styles) sincludes multifocal passthrough cameras, controllers co-developed by Razer, and even integration with the powerful NVIDIA Omniverse.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Haptics be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in a computer simulation, to control such virtual objects, and to enhance the remote control of machines and devices (telerobotics). Latency? —?The In the real world, there is virtually no latency. Hit-testing ?—?used Phone Camera? —?supplies Placing? —?when

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

Pico Neo 3 Link is more or less the same headset as the Pico Neo 3 Pro : Pico claims to have applied some small modifications and improvements, but the basic hardware specifications remain the same. Pico Neo 3 Pro headset and controllers. Promotional image of the Pico Neo 3 Link (Image by Pico). Pico Neo Link specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. More info (HTC is going to launch a new hardware) More info (Second tweet from HTC) More info (Third tweet from HTC). Chinese VR manufacturer Pico has just got a big round of financing of 242M yuan (circa 37 million dollars) to continue developing its hardware and software platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Yes, it is a sign that Facebook is all in for XR , as someone made me notice, but hiring 10,000 people and losing billions every year in R&D and hardware sold under cost wasn’t already a clear sign of it? Zuck also didn’t address much the theme of privacy and how much data harvesting in VR could be dangerous.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AR smart glasses can come with many benefits that boost the hardware market as a source of reliable workplace tools, notably small form factors, simple UIs, and accessibility. For frontline workers, it’s important that they have technology at their disposal that is entirely voice-controlled and, therefore, hands-free.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Platforms already exist that provide the immersion Apple offers but without the need to have a bulky — and very expensive — piece of hardware strapped to your face.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

Other Contributing Factors 5G allows developers access to low-latency, low-bandwidth, and seamless connectivity to create and execute such programmes. Finally, XR headsets have benefitted from innovations in gaming hardware, micro-OLED displays, haptic feedback controllers, and full-colour passthrough cameras.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The device comes with its own convenient controllers, and works well with Windows operating systems, for quick access to a range of enterprise applications. Latest HP News Acer Another computing and electronics company exploring the mixed reality environment is Acer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 31, 2017

Similar to solutions from Ximmerse and others, Chinese company LYRobotix’s set of sensors and controllers that make up this new offering promise to enable Roomscale VR on mobile phones. NOLO VR wants to change that with the help of your smartphone.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Varjo Exploring both software and hardware-based solutions for the extended reality world, Varjo is assisting businesses in numerous industries in the discovery of immersive opportunities. The device comes with its own convenient controllers and works well with Windows operating systems, for quick access to a range of enterprise applications.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

At CES in January the Leap Motion team let us get our hands on Orion with an early verison of their Interaction Engine, a significant milestone for the company in terms of their overall tracking framework with impressive leaps in lowered tracking latency and the systems ability to handle hand tracking issue.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. Since VRidge and our Unity Core Assets both take advantage of OpenVR, it’s possible for you to build and test your project using this minimal setup. Additional latency. You will “feel” the latency in ways that you wouldn’t on a full setup.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It’s part hardware, part software, built from the ground up to tackle the unique challenges of hand tracking for VR. We’ve unlocked lower latency. Even applications will be faster thanks to a new API that can be used initially in Unity. But to make that happen, you need a more natural interface. Longer range.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

He said that Facebook still believes in the tech and will continue investing a lot in it, and this delay may even be an advantage for FB : since Facebook was not a hardware company, the fact that VR will take longer than expected means that the company will have more time to learn about hardware manufacturing.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Rob is a big fan of PCVR (he even tried to design a new SteamVR controller , do you remember?) It’s refreshing to see Pimax continuing to develop high-end virtual reality hardware, whilst other players have scaled back their plans, canceled projects, or just offered… radio silence.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

also facilitates work with Unity-based architecture via a sample client. Unity Plugin , which seamlessly integrates Unity XR API and others on CloudXR. This provides developers with the capacity to build fully-featured CloudXR clients via the Unity Engine, deployable across XR client platforms. Additionally, CloudXR 4.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Some hardware accessories have been announced for this headset, like a fitness 3DOF tracker for the feet, and a dedicated router for wireless streaming. It has just announced that it will release a new tool to create virtual worlds for the platform based on Unity. Rec Room announces Rec Room Studio.

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XROM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The toolkit supports Unity so you can build environments in a familiar way and leverage existing scenes and assets to build experiences in Mesh. Security, privacy, and access are handled similarly to other business applications in the Microsoft 365 admin center giving you flexible control of company data.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 8, 2015

When I started designing this project, I chose the Playstation Move controller as my input device. It looked good on paper, but once I started working with it, I quickly realized that most of my time would be spent just trying to get the device to properly communicate with Unity and pair with the OS rather than having fun making stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

After the startup has started its marketing push at the beginning of this year, I’ve seen too many Youtube videos titled with captions like “THIS IS THE FUTURE”, “BRAIN CONTROL IS HERE” or other bombastic things. But… there is also a drawback, that is the latency.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. GREEN: Firmware (“embedded” programs in hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

According to the rumors, it will be called Vive Flow and it is a hardware product. The strong control on the behavior of Horizon users that Facebook announced some months ago is also very coherent with this choice of having a safe environment for kids. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 29, 2021

How do the various pieces of hardware communicate? ESC = Electronic Stability Control , GNSS = Global Navigation Satellite System , A/N]. Following this announcement, we partnered with Unity and Audi and for a US roadshow that brought us from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Let’s get technical. How is it performed?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. And to be clear, I used it in a real home, not a carefully controlled demo environment or a well-lit studio. But does it deliver?

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