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Showing Off VR 2.0 at #CES2019

Tech Trends VR

Pimax unveiled prototypes of intuitive controllers and high-resolution, broad Field of View bundles in Las Vegas this week at CES 2019. Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking Click To Tweet. to the industry Click To Tweet. “As

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A Hands on Look at the State of Input in VR

VRScout

Playstation Move controllers that were included with the PSVR headset. Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. With an emphasis on active experiences and the success of tracked controllers, keyboard and mouse input has become virtually nonexistent. Xbox controller. Steam compatible controller.

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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

Tech Trends VR

Dynamically mapping rich features of input gestures to properties of physics-based simulation made the interface controllable in most cases. To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.15): Apple kills its AR glasses, Oculus full-steam ahead on 2nd gen VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. But what sparks the biggest debates are the controllers , with the thumbsticks that are not perfect and don’t click in all directions. More info. A good story for Reddit.

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Twist the Gears of a Massive VR Music Engine with Carillon

Leapmotion

Touchscreens, accelerometers, and a bevy of easy-to-use external controllers have given performers many options in how to control and shape sound and music. The impossibilities of VR are extremely exciting as anything in virtual space can be controlled by the performer and used to create sound and music.

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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Side note that AR will be much bigger than VR, in both the diversity of use cases and market size (analysts predict $30B for VR versus $90B for AR by 2020), but I still believe that most homes will have a dedicated VR space for total immersion. Control options. Our future VR setups won’t need controllers. Body movement.

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Pokémon Go Is a Game-Changer, What Can Augmented Reality Do Next?

VRWorld

With AR (and VR) lending itself nicely to the immersive and interactive nature of gaming, we could soon see other developers harnessing the power of AR. Picking up awards at two industry shows, VR Roulette combined Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller s to plunge players into a virtually interactive casino.