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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. 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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The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Ready-to-Use Mixed Reality Templates or MRTK “Examples”.

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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.23): Facebook works on its OS, Oculus Link official cable released, Huawei VR glasses available, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. More info (Example n.1 I hate this.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.01): Facebook is very confident in Quest 2 sales, Valve is working on Neural Interfaces, and more!

The Ghost Howls

UltraLeap launches Gemini hands-tracking runtime. UltraLeap (formerly known as Leap Motion) has just launched the 5th iteration of its hands-tracking runtime, called Gemini. This new runtime improves a lot the accuracy of hand tracking on Windows PCs, even with the old Leap Motion Controller.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Some of the companies trying to go out too early — castAR is a good example of that. You see these companies… like Jaunt, for example. Here’s a prime example. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Some of the companies trying to go out too early — castAR is a good example of that. You see these companies… like Jaunt, for example. Here’s a prime example. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?