Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

From gaming to big data, virtual reality gives us the chance to build and explore whole new worlds beyond the screen. As we developed demos and prototypes with the Oculus Rift internally, several UX insights sprung forth. Maintain a comfortable distance between the viewer and layered virtual objects.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There were several announcements at Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) this year that could have taken the top spot. Oculus Link for example or Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond are two worthy mentions, yet it must be the experimental hand tracking feature for Oculus Quest that takes home the crown, especially after testing the technology first-hand.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, pushing an on/off button in virtual reality.). For example, pinching the corners of an object and stretching it out. For example, pointing at oneself when referring to another person would feel strange.). Metaphorical interactions are partially abstract but still relate in some way to the real world.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Thanks to BCI, we could have a virtual reality that goes beyond physical reality. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Last year, Facebook announced that it was going to release in 2021 a new side content distribution platform for the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

Some weeks ago, a group of 12 indie development studios decided to launch the first bundle dedicated to App Lab experiences for Oculus Quest. The user could buy the bundle and get access to sideloadable versions of the games, with the promise of a free key for when the game would have been approved by Oculus on App Lab.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 19, 2016

Coming to Gamescom 2016 right after the recent launch of their IndieGogo campaign , the team is now showing off a near finished version of their hardware in hopes that the burgeoning virtual reality industry will make way for a glove that effectively lets you feel VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. Header image by Leap Motion). The post Augmented reality is reaching a mature state according to Gartner appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2018

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. Oculus Touch Controllers. and can also produce confusing interfaces. Knuckles EV2.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Theoretically, the SenseGlove can be used outside VR, but practically speaking it is inside the virtual reality that it shines , because it is able to give more realism to your VR experiences by offering more realistic touch sensations. SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I’m Bastien Bourineau, project manager and lead developer at OpenSpace3D, and I’m back to introduce the new OpenSpace3D release with improved Leap Motion support – including how we got around the perennial indexing issue. Another example would be playing piano with notes corresponding to the fingers. Hello again!

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

These rules are so fundamental that we design our digital realities to reflect human expectations about how things work in the real world. At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Contact, Grasp, Hover. Some of these are straightforward, others more complex.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

. “Most consumers will experience Windows Holographic for the first time through VR, not through HoloLens,” wrote Raven Zachary, founding partner of mixed reality startup Object Theory, in an email. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. The Santa Cruz inside-out tracking prototype from Oculus.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 17, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. Once the most underrated element of virtual reality, sound is now widely recognized to be a major element in creating VR with “presence.” Tracking Boundaries.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 30, 2015

While the Leap Motion Controller can track more than 2 feet away, the “sweet spot” for tracking is roughly 1 foot from the device. However, with headsets like the Oculus Rift, the user’s eye lenses remain focused at infinity. For example, the Oculus Rift DK2 recommends a minimum range of 75 cm.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In this post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about our integrations and best practices for augmented and virtual reality, desktop, and the Internet of Things. With APIs for six programming languages and dozens of platform integrations, the Leap Motion SDK has everything you need to get started.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 5, 2015

These are just some of the videos that you can dive into with Kolor’s 360° video player Kolor Eyes, now featured on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery. Kolor’s platform works by stitching together panoramic videos into massive virtual experiences that let you look anywhere within the scene. Play & Pause. Clap your hands once.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 29, 2015

Players can pilot the ship with their head using the Oculus Rift DK2, while freeing up his or her hands to control the weapon system. It’s available free for Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. After developing for Leap Motion and VR with Unity, do you have any cautionary tales from the trenches? Yup, definitely!

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 2, 2016

With the Leap Motion Unity Core Assets and Modules , you can start building right away with features like custom-designed hands, user interfaces, and event triggers. Each section includes links to more information, including high-level overviews, documentation, and examples. Leap Motion Core Assets. Hands Module.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

For the array of new 3D input devices, especially in virtual reality, the lack of options and standards can create significant development challenges. Yesterday, I introduced you to Hovercast – a hand-controlled menu interface for virtual reality environments. The Hovercast project was born.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

One of the most powerful things about the Leap Motion platform is its ability to tie into just about any creative platform. Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting getnamo’s community Leap Motion plugin for Unreal Engine 4, which offers some unique capabilities alongside the official plugin. GET THE PLUGIN.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 2, 2016

This was driven by what we’ve learned from several years of developing with Leap Motion hands and an eye towards both performance and workflow. This means that you can now see Leap Motion hand models – 3D representations with Leap IHandModel scripts attached – in the Unity Editor hierarchy window and in the scene view at editor time.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

You’ve built incredible things this year, and along the way, we’ve based many of the experiments, resources, and examples found in the Developer Portal on your feedback and feature requests. And now, for a bit of inspiration, behold – our 2014 Shortlist of Virtual Superlatives: Most Uncanny Robert Downey Jr. It’s visually stunning.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Host device.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2017

Click To Tweet To bring Leap Motion tracking into a VR experience, you’ll need a virtual controller within the scene attached to your VR headset. Our Unity Core Assets and the Leap Motion Unreal Engine 4 plugin both handle position and scale out-of-the-box for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

With Paper Plane , we studied the basic features of Leap Motion using fairly simple mechanics. The idea for Hauhet came during the discussion about different ways to look at interaction in virtual reality. What was it like incorporating Leap Motion into your Unity workflow? How did each idea come about?

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Leapmotion

MARCH 6, 2015

I got my Leap Motion Controller at the start of 2014, and quickly went about making demos. It can still be found on Oculus Share, although it’s quite old now. I’ve also built a couple of smaller proof-of-concept pieces that people may have seen on the leapmotion or oculus subreddits.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 12, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. For example, pointing at oneself when referring to another person feels foreign. Semantic gestures are based on our ideas about the world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

The Dexmo force-feedback glove is an exoskeleton that you wear to have true fingers presence in any virtual environment. It can be used both with a standard screen or an AR/VR headset, but I think that virtual reality is where this device really shines. Force-feedback. You may wonder what “force-feedback” means.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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VR Bites

OCTOBER 10, 2016

You need quite a bit of technical knowledge if you want to use the OSVR (Open Source Virtual Reality). For example, you can use the Oculus Rift sensor instead of the OSVR sensor. The OSVR is packed in a brown cardboard box which is bit similar to the Oculus Rift DK2 box. This cable is connected to the belt clip.

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Leapmotion

MAY 15, 2015

At a recent Designers + Geeks talk , Jody Medich and Daniel Plemmons talked about some of the discoveries our team has made (and the VR best practices we’ve developed) while building VR experiences with the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller. Here’s what we’ve learned building menus for Leap Motion.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Host device.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The Oculus Best Practices , Designing for Google Cardboard , and other resources cover this issue in great detail, but no guide to VR design and development would be complete without it. On the other hand, being able to control movement reduces the experience of motion sickness. What’s the most important rule in VR?

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Vincent McCurley’s post Storyboarding in Virtual Reality covers several techniques informed by Mike Alger’s work on VR interface design. Many developers are also using Oculus Medium to rapidly prototype scenes before committing to more robust scene designs. They also captured Oculus Story Studio a well-deserved Emmy.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 18, 2015

You can download the Windows demo free for the Oculus Rift: frooxius.itch.io/world-of-comenius. Virtual reality allows us to create experiences that wouldn’t be possible in the real world, so you can play around inside of a cell, observing how its biochemistry reacts to little changes you make (like a sandbox game, but based on facts!)

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Picking up awards at two industry shows, VR Roulette combined Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller s to plunge players into a virtually interactive casino. Although still a novel concept, the industry is clearly taking altered realities seriously. Indeed, AR could bring a new dimension to a host of games.

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