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The Latest Hand-Tracking Innovations from Meta and Shopify

XR Today - Virtual Reality

January is a productive month for extended reality (XR) technologies following CES 2023; as February approaches, Meta and Shopify have introduced hand-tracking innovations for their customers, continuing the journey of XR innovation. Meta Debuts Hand-Tracking v2.1 This Thursday, Meta released hand-tracking v2.1

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Google Releases Real-time Mobile Hand Tracking to R&D Community

Road to VR

Google has released to researchers and developers its own mobile device-based hand tracking method using machine learning, something Google R esearch engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang call a “new approach to hand perception.” in palm detection, researchers claim.

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Oculus Claims Breakthrough in Hand-tracking Accuracy

Road to VR

At F8 this week, Oculus showed work being done on hand-tracking to bring more intuitive control and accurate avatars into VR. Beyond hand-tracking, she also revealed the Oculus ‘Half Dome’ prototype , a headset with a 140 degree field of view and varifocal display.

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Hands-On: Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Feels Great, But It’s Not Perfect

VRScout

Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction. 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.

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Five Reasons to Buy XR Eye & Hand Tracking Tools in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In an XR (Extended Reality) environment, learning how to use various additional tools and controllers can detract from the overall experience of the technology. Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms. Data Collection and Insights. Enhanced Immersion.

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Top 5 Use Cases For Hand Eye Tracking Technology

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In the place of clunky plastic controllers and remotes, we’re seeing the rise of hand and eye tracking solutions, allowing users to move more freely throughout the digital world. But where exactly can the benefits of hand and eye tracking technology begin to reveal themselves? Data Collection and Insights.

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Google MediaPipe Offers ML-Based Hand-Tracking Tools

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Google debuted MediaPipe, an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that detects people and objects in 3D space, in 2019 and the machine learning (ML) solution accurately tracks targets to transform 2D media as 3D spatial data. Objectron paths an object, from a 2D image, as real-time 3D (RT3D) data points.