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Meta Quest Debuts ‘First Hand’ Tracking Demo

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers. Modular systems for adjusting hand-tracking functions such as pose recognition and velocity tracking.

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Oculus ‘First Steps’ Now Works With Quest Hand-Tracking

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‘First Steps With Hand Tracking’ and ‘Tiny Castle’ are available now via the Oculus App Lab. It was back in 2019 that Facebook first began rolling out support for hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. Feature Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Facebook.

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AWE 2022: hands-on Tobii and Ultraleap technologies

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They had no new hardware for me to review, but they let me have a test with a Neo 3 Pro Eye ( Pico Neo 3 with Tobii eye-tracking incorporated) and showed me a few demos while they explained to me me the importance of eye-tracking. The demos were quite simple but effective to showcase the added value provided by eye-tracking technologies.

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Oculus Quest App ‘Magic Keys’ Teaches You Piano Using AR

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This past July Facebook released its experimental Passthrough API into the wild, allowing developers to harness the Oculus Quest’s built-in cameras to create engaging mixed reality experiences. Originally developed for the Magic Leap One mixed reality headset, Magic Keys uses Passthrough technology to teach you how to play the piano.

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A Guided Demo of Nanome Came With a Free Chemistry Lesson From Founders

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Before my life as a technology journalist, I worked in a university’s biomedical engineering research lab. It’s partially funded by Meta, but founders got in with Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov long before Facebook bought the company (and subsequently changed the name of both companies to “Meta”). But, not just a flat recording.

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Miniature Beat Saber Powered By Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Looks Incredible

VRScout

When he’s not serving as the head of AR & VR at Shopify, Daniel Beauchamp, better known by his online handle “ Push Matrix “, is pushing the boundaries of Oculus Quest hand tracking technology and sharing his wild experiments with the online community. Image Credit: Danial Beauchamp (Push Matrix).

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Immersive Technology for Education: How Virtual Reality Will Change the Learning Process

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The rapid development of technology could not but affect the educational process. Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. Visibility.