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Highlights From the 2021 Snap Partner Summit

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Partners like Farfetch, Prada, and MAC Cosmetics are using the company’s new tools for voice and gesture-controlled virtual product try-ons, social shopping experiences in AR, and more. This will allow users to play as their custom bitmoji characters in mobile, PC, and even console games made by participating developers.

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Competition in MR Glasses Market to Heat Up With PhotonLens

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In addition to the glasses themselves, the system will include two custom wireless 6DoF controllers, and a multi-touch panel for versatile gaming. The “bumper” controllers can be attached to the panel, or used separately depending on the experience and playstyle. The software running the Photons is also impressive.

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Top 5 XR Communities To Stay Updated With The Latest XR Trends in 2021

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If there is any new feature released in SDKs or libraries in Unity, you are most likely to find the first tutorial video about it on his YouTube channel. Join Dilmer Games?—? Manomotion Manomotion is a hand tracking and gesture control SDK for smartphones. They would love to understand your AR/VR learning needs.

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ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit

Road to VR

ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.

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Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro: A Tale of Two Headsets

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Where previous Quest headsets were announced at last year’s Connect – Meta’s biggest annual event – the Quest 3 was announced through a relatively low-key social media campaign on the morning of the Meta Gaming Showcase. Developers with early access include JigSpace , and the headset’s software is compatible with Unity.

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Leap Motion's Interaction Engine Brings Natural Gestures into Virtual Worlds

Next Reality VR

Leap Motion created gesture control for all sorts of things, including virtual reality, long ago, but developers must build in support for their tracking peripheral to use its full potential. Leap Motion explains: The Interaction Engine is a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics.

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Mocap for Content Creators: The Top 5 Solutions 

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Motion Capture software, or “Mocap systems”, are particularly valuable for content creators looking to enhance XR experiences with realistic avatars, motion, and gesture controls. Mocap solutions are primarily used for the creation of XR content. Plus, users can also leverage drag-and-drop plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.