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We need camera access to unleash the full potential of Mixed Reality

The Ghost Howls

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding. They are not many, but they are.

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Triton Project is an affordable DIY AR headset

The Ghost Howls

Then for the next 6 months I built the platform and documented everything to be replicated by the community both in the user experience and pure excitement as AR brings your surface to life. . This is the official documented guide for building a Triton headset. Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking.

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What is MRTK-Unity? – Mixed Reality ToolKit

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller.

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Reality is Your Instrument: Composing in Soundscape VR

Leapmotion

Designed for the Oculus Rift, it’s available free for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. Over time, my interest shifted to Unity3D, and now I love to tinker with new hardware like the Leap Motion, Oculus Rift, or Kinect – which led to experiments like Hoverboard VR , Polyrider , and Soundscape VR.

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Open Source Augmented Reality?

VRGuy

Here why: OSVR includes two independent parts: an open-source HMD (the "Hacker Development Kit") and the OSVR framework, a free and open-source software platform that provides an easy and standard way to discover, configure and operate a wide range of virtual reality and augmented peripherals. Coordinate systems and units are consistent.

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What is Ultraleap Gemini? Functionalities, Features, and Benefits

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

Several devices such as integrated hand-tracking headsets from Varjo or Lynx, Leap Motion Controllers, or even the company’s VR Developer Mount can used the device as an added peripheral. The company also collaborates with software and hardware partners to develop turnkey solutions for a broader audience.

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Bring Your Own Hands Into Virtual Reality

Leapmotion

You can also try it yourself in our updated UI Widgets demo and the latest version of ElementL: Ghost Story , or learn more from the official documentation. Our Image Hand next-gen software demo brings these two worlds together by projecting the raw images of your hands into a 3D mesh that can interact with other objects in real-world space.