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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

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Apart from being more accurate, Hyperion features some important new features, that the company describes as follows: Microgesture interactions: Hyperion can track small finger movements down to the millimeter, enabling subtle gestures that require minimal effort. I believe there will be many use cases for this.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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Some examples of this category of glasses: Intel Vaunt (project abandoned); North Focals; Vuzix Blade; Snap Spectacles v2 (they are just cameras to share videos); Bose AR glasses (these are not for visual, but for audio augmented reality). Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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What is MRTK-Unity? – Mixed Reality ToolKit

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OpenVR – Windows Mixed Reality headsets, HTC Vive , and Oculus Rift. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. Slider – User interface slider for altering settings that support direct hand tracking. Ready-to-Use Mixed Reality Templates or MRTK “Examples”.

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Bohemia’s ‘Virtual Battlespace 3’ Military Sim Adds Rift CV1 and Vive Support

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Virtual Battlespace 3 , a professional simulation experience from Bohemia Interactive Simulations, today added support for the Oculus Rift’s consumer version (CV1) and the HTC Vive as part of its v3.9.2 The software had previously supported the Rift’s DK2. The developer is also working on its own VR videogame.

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Gravity Sketch Is An Impressive VR 3D Modelling Tool Available Today

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With my left motion controller (in this case Oculus Touch) I can change the tools in my hand to suit a variety of different needs. For example, I can use two hands to pull through the air, creating surfaces with curves in them, making it easy to create a bend in the front of a shoe, for example.

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Valve shows Knuckles prototype controllers v2

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One of the biggest drawbacks of HTC Vive headsets with regard to Oculus Rift are the controllers: while Oculus Touch is ergonomic and can emulate the hands quite well, Vive has controllers that are quite big and are usable only as wands. Areas where the force sensors are installed (Image by Valve). Oculus Touch Controllers.

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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience.

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