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Top 5 XR Innovations to Invest in During 2022 and 2023

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Hand-Eye Tracking. As such, many XR innovators are now investing more heavily in hand and eye tracking. Using a combination of sensors and receivers, eye and hand tracking solutions allow for the creation of a powerful human-personal computer interface for XR.

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Meta’s ‘Body Tracking’ API For Quest Is Just A Legless Estimate

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Quest’s ‘Body Tracking’ API isn’t what it looks and sounds like. Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro. That’s our current strategy.”.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

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Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. What is interesting for us is the last line “adoption and support of ARKit features and future VR features into Unreal Engine by their XR team”. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Notice that Apple talks about “future VR features” that it is going to implement. This is huge.

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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Javier de la Torre, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, CARTO , explained, “Photorealistic 3D Tiles are a really exciting addition to Google Maps Platform. Additionally, Unreal included its Pixel Streaming service for interoperability across devices.

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How Apple Vision Pro Will Catalyze India's XR Industry

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Apple's strategy of launching cutting edge, flagship products at luxury prices that then become mainstream over time has characterized product categories from the iPhone to the Apple Watch. Vision Pro Version 3 or 4, with the right, more attainable cost, will likely be key to mainstream consumer uptake.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!).

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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It’s no secret that Microsoft’s mixed reality strategy is centered around its Intelligent Cloud, and the Intelligent Edge; therefore the HoloLens team has worked very closely with Azure to bring it all together in one sleek package. So, here’s the full low-down on Microsoft’s newest immersive device: It’s all about the Cloud.

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