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JULY 20, 2023

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. which it says reduces hand tracking latency, "bringing the experience closer to controllers". Hand Tracking 2.2 Then the 2.1

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. What is impressive on the good side is instead the stability of the tracking : we all know that Oculus Insight is the best in class tracking solution among VR headsets, and in AR this is even more important.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In these days I have given a try to the Oculus Link , the amazing feature announced by Facebook at the Oculus Connect 6 that is able to transform the Oculus Quest into a tethered headset… let’s say an Oculus Rift Q. But is it good as people say? Is it really able to destroy completely the Rift S?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Today at Oculus Connect 6, CTO John Carmack dove into the work the company has done on Oculus Link, the Quest feature which will soon allow the headset to tether to PC to play Rift games. Some of that could be further improved, he said, especially if Oculus can get lower level access to the headset’s underlying hardware.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2018

Developed as part of Y Combinator’s most recent class of start-ups, Plexus Immersive Corp’s haptic gloves are an intuitive new solution to VR & AR control that utilize a generous selection of compatible baseplates to work cooperatively with most major VR controllers. Wireless: 2.4GHz Custom Low Latency Protocol.

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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. Image courtesy Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It is simple: imagine that you have little money and can’t afford to buy a full VR rig, but you can only afford to buy a Samsung Gear VR or an Oculus Go , for instance. I have been able to play Steam games using my Vive Focus + 6 DOF controllers devkit. VRidge controller. Let’s explore them. It has been great!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus PC apps, Meta says Application Spacewarp will produce even better results. It’s even harder if they want to use the 90Hz or 120Hz display modes (which make apps look smoother and reduce latency). Developer Control. Lower Latency Than Full Framerate.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Hands-on With Zero Latency.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2019

Beyond being a great VR game, Beat Saber has inadvertently turned out to be an excellent benchmark of controller tracking performance, and thus a great test for the upcoming Oculus Quest standalone headset, the first from the company to feature inside-out tracking. Without enough accuracy you’re prone to miss more often.

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ARVR

JUNE 10, 2022

After using oculus for Development, Playing games, socialising and for fitness. Games: The first thing I did in Oculus was to play the over hyped BeatSaber. Gaming in any VR would give you an immersive experience and oculus joins the list of one among. Oculus is worth the money for playing games. Unity-tutorial ?

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 has everything you need in the box to get playing an awesome selection of VR games. With onboard computing, sensors, and battery all located inside the Oculus Quest 2, the device is decidedly front-heavy. Official Oculus Link Cable | Image courtesy Oculus. Upgrade Your Headstrap. Thankfully, any 3.0

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VRScout

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The latest iteration of its one-size-fits-all Forte Data Glove can now be combined with the Oculus Quest controllers, integrating BeBop’s hand tracking technology with the Quest’s 3D tracking. According to Bebop Sensors, the latency between your real-world actions and what happens in VR is virtually unnoticeable.

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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. We know that now with the Oculus Touch and the HTC Vive, but even when VR was simply a screen strapped to your head many felt that hands were the future.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Announced yesterday, Oculus Link will allow Quest to play Rift games by connecting to any VR-capable PC. In our hands-on at Oculus Connect, the feature really does seem to deliver an experience that feels like a native PC VR headset. The cable will reportedly cost $79. Photo by Road to VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

Perfect VR input needs precise control and realistic feedback, two things that are difficult to balance with modern technology. This new motion controller is completely different the the Oculus Touch, Vive wands, or VR gloves. There are also four buttons at the end of the controller for your fingers to push.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

These days, I am experimenting a lot with Oculus Quest because of its new amazing features. One of these is the Oculus Link, that lets you connect your Quest to your PC and use it as a PC VR headset. Oculus Link Setup. Oculus Link setup is actually a non-setup, since it is incredibly easy to be done. Are you interested?

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2021

As an additional layer of security, Bigscreen’s has a built-in Parental Control that will give you the ability to stop your children from entering any of the 18+ plus rooms, public rooms, or even certain social situations that they could encounter. This is just the start for Bigscreen. But that’s all Bigscreen is telling us right now.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2018

Nearly seven months after its announcement back in October 2017, Oculus Go, the company’s first standalone VR headset, is finally here. Oculus Go Review Summary. Launching today in 23 countries, Oculus Go is the company’s new take on mobile VR. Both have very little latency. Read on to find out.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

To boot, Google is also providing their new VR ecosystem with a handy Wiimote-style motion controller. Unlike Samsung Gear VR , which features a separate IMU from the phone itself, Daydream-ready phones will supposedly already be suitable for low latency VR by providing sub-20 millisecond motion-to-photon latency natively.

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Doc-Ok

AUGUST 25, 2015

I finally managed to get the Oculus Rift DK2 fully supported in my Vrui VR toolkit , and while there are still some serious issues, such as getting the lens distortion formulas and internal HMD geometry exactly right, I’ve already noticed something really neat.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2021

Last year the company correctly reported that Oculus would release a successor to the Quest with a faster refresh rate, new controllers, and a smaller redesign that would remove the headset’s fabric accents. Bloomberg has a decent track record regarding the accuracy of its VR sources. Four months later, Quest 2 was announced.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android. Since it relies on hand tracking, motion controllers aren’t the ‘out-of-the-box’ control method. million in June. Lynx R-1 Specs.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2021

The team says it’s working on bringing it to the Oculus Store in the future, and also to Android by the end of the year. Calibration is said to be “the easiest mixed reality calibration yet,” which only requires you to hold a Touch controller to the iOS device so the physical and digital cameras can line up properly.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

SenseGlove Nova can be used with Meta Quest and HTC VIVE headsets by mounting the controllers on gloves. 5G is vital for the future of XR as it has the potential to provide low-latency, high-bandwidth connections that can support immersive experiences. Motorola-Verizon’s 5G Necklace.

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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. Really fantastic.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Oculus announced last month that Quest will soon be able to play Oculus games on PC via a new feature called Oculus Link. Though Oculus Link will immediately add big boost in value to existing Quest headsets, perhaps even more interesting is what this announcement tells us about next-gen Oculus headsets.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Cloud compute specialists Scalable Graphics are to debut a new 1 pound wireless PC VR solution compatible with both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets at next weeks CES convention in Las Vegas. Input data from the headset is again sent wirelessly back to the host machine, and in the case of connected wireless controllers, bi-directionally.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook’s VR strategy by moving away from the PC. While there’s a handful of hand-tracking games available on the headset, the entire Quest menu, including the Oculus browser, can be controlled completely by your hands. Image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2021

Though Quest 2’s AR view is still fairly low resolution and black & white, it’s expected that future headsets from Facebook will focus on improving the passthrough AR view.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. Unplugged Details: Available On: Oculus Quest (coming soon to PC VR). Release Date: October 21st, 2021.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2020

Oculus Rift powered the virtual experience. High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. Additionally, a leap motion 3D controller enabled them to interact with it. Saatchi & Saatchi Sri Lanka , for example, made a virtual reality campaign for Hatton National Bank in 2015.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In the game, you control Alyx Vance on a mission to seize a super weapon belonging to the alien Combine. The Half Life development team used the Valve Index to create Alyx, which should mean tight integration and mapping between the game and controllers. Reviews online also say that you can sync Valve Knuckle controllers with the G2.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

This time it’s designed for ease of use; it’s wireless and is compatible with standalone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, Pico Neo, and Vive Focus. On a more closed-off system like the Oculus Quest, the controllers are mounted on the gloves to make motion tracking possible.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

David of Upload says that thanks to its big boost in specifications , PS5 can offer an amazing flat screen experience : better resolution, better framerate, better graphics, better load times, better controller. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Other relevant news. Image by Microsoft).

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Virtual reality uses software to create realistic images, sounds, and other senses that replicate a real environment and mimic a user’s physical presence within this environment, controlled or experienced by body movement. If you’re wondering what the Oculus Rift is, it’s a solid step into VR gaming and its immersive nature.

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