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VR Technology and Hand Tracking in VIVE’s Second Developer Talk

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Tuesday, April 7, saw VIVE’s second weekly developer live stream, “Build for Tomorrow – VIVE Hand Tracking SDK.”. The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way.

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Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest

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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. BeBop Sensors Forte Data Glove could actually bring that missing layer to VR. Image Credit: BeBop Sensors.

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Manus VR brings full arm tracking to HTC Vive.

Cats and VR

For now, the HTC Vive brings you the most immersive right out of the box VR experience out of any on the market HMD due to its excellent motion controls. As we are now looking at a time when a quality VR experience is achievable on a consumer level, more and more immersion is desired. Enter Manus VR. Punch Club 3000! Cats And VR.

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Manus Brings Your Entire Body Into VR With its Polygon System

Peter Graham

Ever since virtual reality (VR) remerged as a viable consumer product the quest has been to make the technology as immersive and interactive as possible. That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process.

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Hands-On With Valve’s Knuckles Prototype Controllers

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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. We began to develop The Gallery on the first Oculus devkit with the Razer Hydra (a Sixense technology) to deliver surrogate hand tracking and body presence back in 2013.

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Going (Literally) Hands-on With Manus Prime Haptic Gloves

Peter Graham

Virtual reality (VR) is all about immersion in whatever experience you happen to be in. One of the biggest names in the VR data glove field is Manus VR, and VRFocus recently got to test its new flagship product, Manus Prime Haptic. Prior to the demo, the prospect of testing these gloves was an exciting one.

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Oculus Quest’s Hand Tracking Could be its New Killer Feature

Peter Graham

Oculus Link for example or Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond are two worthy mentions, yet it must be the experimental hand tracking feature for Oculus Quest that takes home the crown, especially after testing the technology first-hand. Even more so when it comes to the popular standalone Oculus Quest.