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Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech

Road to VR

Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million. However, one place in VR still seems like a potential sweet spot for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking tech: mobile.

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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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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.22): Oculus working on AR glasses with Luxottica, Apple glasses FOV discovered and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! Other relevant news. Image by Martin Hajek).

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. Hybrid headsets.

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

Mr. Graylin was born in China and educated in the US. Yes, so at the VEC – and at GDC – we actually announced our USDKs for hand tracking. And you know, one of the things that you posted recently was on education and how VR is improving students’ concentration. Alvin: Yes.

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

Mr. Graylin was born in China and educated in the US. Yes, so at the VEC – and at GDC – we actually announced our USDKs for hand tracking. And you know, one of the things that you posted recently was on education and how VR is improving students’ concentration. Alvin: Yes.

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Build AR & VR Apps With the Open-Source Virtuoso SDK

Peter Graham

VSDK is a Unity-based solution for developers looking to create naturalistic user interactions whilst supporting a wide variety of headsets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest) and peripherals (bHaptics TactSuit, Leap Motion, and ManusVR gloves.).

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