VRScout

MARCH 21, 2020

According to leaked documentation recently discovered by a handful of Oculus developers, it appears as though Facebook has already begun development on its next VR headset. Code-named ‘Del Mar’, the device was referenced briefly in an infobox posted on the official Oculus website. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. First Hand. First Hand Trailer. First Hand is a small application that Meta has developed and released on App Lab.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2020

Check out this next-gen office powered by Oculus’ Passthrough technology. Earlier this week Facebook’s head of AR & VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth showed off an experimental mixed reality workspace powered via prototype Oculus hardware. Image Credit: Andrew Bosworth.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At Oculus Connect 6, we had the opportunity to try out many of the new things announced at the event, as well as check out the latest work by developers and creators working in the VR space. Vader Immortal – Episode II is now available for $10 on the Oculus Quest and Rift platforms. Oculus Link. Oculus Hand Tracking.

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Road to VR

MAY 7, 2020

An upcoming online workshop by XR development educator Circuit Stream will teach developers the basics of building applications for Oculus Quest. With many of us a stuck at home with some extra time on our hands from not traveling (or getting dressed) it may be an opportune time to learn new skills.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Developers wasted no time creating unique experiences that effectively showcased the potential of Oculus Passthrough technology. Interaction SDK makes it easier for you by solving many of the tough interaction challenges linked to computer vision-based hand tracking. Voice SDK will be powered by Facebook’s Wit.ai

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

I removed the Main Camera from the scene, then I selected the menu voice Oculus-> Tools -> Building Blocks and added the camera rig and the passthrough to my project. Heading to the Passthrough API documentation , you can discover that there are many tools to manipulate passthrough.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The Quest has more tracking cameras and more audio jacks.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices. They’re fancier than the standard QR codes, but they seem also harder to decode and track due to a missing calibration pattern. Image by Oculus).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Hand-tracking, controllers. For example, there was a robot arm that calibrated the display, and pre-production units were assembled by hand. AR + Hand-tracking.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 2, 2017

Back in mid-April we wrote about a new patent from Oculus that further supported theories the company may one day release hand-tracking gloves for VR experiences. Now another new patent points to the company’s work in eye tracking. Will Oculus reveal its plans for eye tracking this year?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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ARPost

APRIL 30, 2020

Simplified Documentation and More SDKs. However, a lot of the talk involved making their available SDKs and documentation easier to find and approach. “ However, a lot of the talk involved making their available SDKs and documentation easier to find and approach. “ We are always listening to our developers,” said Walia.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Developers can already implement dynamic occlusion for your hands by using the Hand Tracking mesh, but few do because this cuts off at your wrist so the rest of your arm isn't included. You can find the documentation for Unity here and for Unreal here. 0:00 / 0:42 1× UploadVR testing Depth API occlusion on Quest 3.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. 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. Cas & Chary Present.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

I have shot the usual video documenting my unboxing experience with the headset. The video documents my full unboxing experience of the package as it has been sent to me from VR Expert , and it is slightly different from the real unboxing experience with a brand new HoloLens. Hands Tracking. Specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus brands disappears. And most importantly, the Oculus brand will disappear and will just become Meta : Oculus Quest will be the Meta Quest (yes, it sounds terribly, I know). He says that “We all have a strong attachment to the Oculus brand, and this was a very difficult decision to make”, but I don’t believe him at all.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This is similar to other headsets like Rift S and Quest; we also requested a breakdown from Oculus on the camera privacy on those headsets. You can find a collection of ‘Vive Legal Documents’ here , which include the HTC privacy policy and the Vive EULA & Terms of Use. Vive Cosmos Camera Privacy.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

With Valve’s new input system, dubbed SteamVR Skeletal Input, the company is essentially giving app developers a ready-made set of lifelike skeleton-based hand animations that support a number of existent controllers: Vive controllers, Oculus Touch, and the new Knuckles EV2 design.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 2, 2022

With an Oculus headset, users can jump into a virtual meeting space and access a range of unique capabilities. Easy-to-use and convenient, this app comes with all the features you would expect from a powerful collaborative tool, including immersive hand tracking and remote desktop streaming.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 20, 2020

Currently, Facebook has a strong yet simple lineup of virtual reality (VR) headsets, the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest. These take years to develop which the company occasionally teases at its Oculus Connect event, like the recent project Half Dome prototypes.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2016

This allowed you to gesture at your screen to scroll through webpages, pinch zoom, draw, play games and even sign digital documents. But now the Leap Motion controller has found new life as a virtual reality hand tracker. Currently no consumer VR headset has a built in hand tracking system using Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico has been a very smart company, and all these years it has been able to evolve from the mediocre Pico Neo 1, to the interesting Pico Neo 2, to arrive at the Pico Neo 3, that on paper, looks like a Chinese version of the Oculus Quest 2 , and it seems to have all the features to compete properly with this device. But is it really that good?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. If you have an Oculus Quest, there’s even a piano tutorial app available on SideQuest called VRTuos. It uses hand tracking and a real piano to teach you to play songs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. The glasses tether to a PC or select Motorola smartphones via USB-C cable to enable smart workers to view documents, collaborate, and visualize schematics. Artist Madison Beer, as a virtual avatar, performed her song “Boyshit” on a virtual stage before a virtual live audience.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In his latest Q&A he was asked about the potential for full-body tracking on future headsets from the company, but dismissed the idea as not viable with inside-out tracking. But it’s something that we’re always looking at and have in mind for sure.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2016

‘Step Into Rift’ had been Oculus’ mantra since the launch of the headset back at the end of March this year, but with the launch of Oculus’ dedicated motion controllers, Touch, players can finally ‘Reach Into Rift’ too. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift Review: Prologue to a New Reality. Oculus Touch is (finally) here.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2020

The Oculus Quest has been my daily driver for standalone VR ever since its release. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. The Oculus Quest can be front heavy for many. Optimal Tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2022

Devices supported by Microsoft include the Meta Quest, Windows Mixed Reality, SteamVR, and Oculus Rift. According to Microsoft documentation , the firm will soon add more device delivery options. Furthermore, Microsoft is adding various accessibility features to MRTK3, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and low-vision assistance.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

This is a cool video of me unboxing the Nreal Light Devkit: I have to say that I loved unboxing this headset : while Nreal has not reached the mastery of packaging that Oculus has, it has done a great job: the external box is in a very elegant silver color, and the case of the glasses is small and beautiful.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

From the document, it is possible to find some interesting info: The device is dubbed Pico 4. There is a Pico 4 Pro version which includes eye tracking ; It has some interesting lenses , which look very different from the Fresnel lenses used by Pico until now; It features pancake lenses and a sleek design. with a median of 0 friends.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro. The official Oculus Developers Twitter account announced the release with an illustration from the documentation showing a user’s full body pose being tracked.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It also has a lens design that is unique in its field , and hands tracking as its primary interaction means. This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Spaces offers functionalities in: Image tracking Object tracking Hand tracking Spatial mapping Environment understanding and meshing Plane detection Real/virtual world occlusion …and more. Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking. Responsive Scale?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Oculus support at its best Funny link. Some XR fun.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

Meta Quest 3 was revealed June 2023 and it'll ship fall 2023 starting at $500 from the companies formerly known as Facebook and Oculus. Oculus Go, Quest, Rift S, Quest 2 and even Sony's PlayStation VR2 headsets all use a bulkier fresnel lenses. Here's everything we know about Quest 3 so far.

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