XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. UI controls. Oculus (Unity 2019.3

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2019

” SEE ALSO Most Windows VR Headsets Have Vanished from the Microsoft Store, Limited Stock Elsewhere. “As always with Pimax we take into account feedback we see across the VR marketplace and we realize how important it is we get our Pimax controllers ‘right’ ” Image courtesy Pimax. .

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

Intel earlier this year showed a standalone aiming for release late this year that offered limited and awkward hand controls and it isn’t clear what virtual worlds would be accessible through the headset. Unfortunately, these controllers may only work well when they are in view of the headset’s sensors.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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. Inside-out tracking: Intelligent inside-out tracking and built-in Varjo controllers created with Razer. What is the Varjo XR-4 Series?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Microsoft has released this week a new video showing how the game will work.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For sure this has not been made by chance, so there must have been some experimentation that has lead to this design : maybe for the usual movements of the VR users, this setup is able to track the controllers with more reliability, especially when the hands are closer to the body of the user. attaching Leap Motion through an adapter).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And there are booths of many important companies : Lenovo, Microsoft, HP, Huawei, GoPro, etc… so this event has cool stuff to showcase. Markers can be used to define where to show virtual elements, and in the demo that I tried were used to show virtual Chinese artworks in a room; Leap Motion device on Realmax glasses.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 1, 2015

FlyInside FSX is a plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Prepar3D that brings you inside a completely realistic airplane flight deck. Daniel’s first stretch goal for the Kickstarter was to bring hands into the experience, and he’s already made major progress with his Leap Motion integration.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

The Reverb was already a very good headset (as you can read in my hands-on impressions ) with good comfort and an astonishing resolution, but it had some problems with the display (mura, red smearing) and with the controllers (classical mediocre WMR tracking). built in to headband Controllers ?—?6DOF pounds (0.55kg) Cable Length: 19.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Honestly, this scares me a lot. More info (Report on TechCrunch) More info (Report on Upload).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Or maybe a section of the floor itself serves as the treadmill, raised up as a platform that controls pitch, yaw, roll, and speed. For those who want to push immersion further, optional climate controls mirror environmental conditions (within a safe temperature range). Control options.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. When the Oculus Rift first shipped out, they didn’t come with motion controls — just an Xbox One game controller.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Microsoft Stays Mum on Xbox VR. Image courtesy Microsoft. During Microsoft’s main E3 2018 presentation, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talked briefly on stage about the future of the brand, mentioning ‘future “consoles”‘ in development, but there was once again no sign of VR support for Xbox One.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

Microsoft is taking a holistic approach with Windows Mixed Reality being baked into Windows 10, meaning that developers can create a single application that can run on the HoloLens, on one of their partner VR headsets, on a Surface tablet, or as a desktop app. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Don’t forget that your headsets need chargers and your controllers need batteries; Elements to guarantee the hygiene of your users. For the batteries of the controllers, think about the discharging time that you have experimented in the office for a new set of batteries , and calculate how many sets do you need.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Innovators in the world of Mixed Reality, Microsoft relies heavily on concepts like hand and eye tracking to help users combine the physical and digital worlds. The Microsoft HoloLens technology available today comes with state-of-the-art eye-tracking, and hand tracking capabilities to ensure users can easily interact with digital content.

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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). This new runtime improves a lot the accuracy of hand tracking on Windows PCs, even with the old Leap Motion Controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. And you walk in.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

To me, it seems a choice similar to what Microsoft has done with Hololens 2. The controllers are great and let you finally also throw objects in VR and give you all five fingers. the headset alone $500 and the headset+controllers will be priced at $750. At these high prices, mainstream adoption is just impossible.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I think there were people early on, like the folks at Sixth Sense who have the hand controllers. They were talking about there are a wide variety of things you can do with these hand controllers for VR. And that was with controllers. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

Its controllers have no ring and no onboard cameras. That’s why Quest Touch Pro controllers are better. Quest 3 will be compatible with Touch Pro controllers for the ones that need better accuracy. I’m just wondering how Microsoft is still supporting the project and if there will be a MRTK 4.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2017

43% of those are the Microsoft Hololens. 59% of universities have Leap Motion Controllers. The post Universities Drive VR/AR Research with Leap Motion appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The number of VR headsets at universities has quadrupled in the last 6 months. Image credit: VR FIrst.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. And our third product category we call Clay Control, which is kind of all the devices that can use gesture interaction at a distance. Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens.

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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. Magic Leap is not commercial yet. Microsoft Hololens kits are shipping to developers, but are not priced for consumers yet.

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