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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M Investment, Releases Calorie-counting Software for Quest

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The plug-in tracks calories burned while in any VR game or app while using Quest, and also extends to a mobile app that syncs to Apple Health and Google Fit. SEE ALSO Ultrahaptics Relaunches as 'Ultraleap' After Leap Motion Acquisition. “We Image courtesy YUR. The post VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M

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VR Prototyping for Less Than $100 with Leap Motion + VRidge

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If you have a newer Android phone and a good gaming computer, it’s possible to prototype, test, and share your VR projects with the world using third-party software like RiftCat’s VRidge. 63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. . $63 15 for a Google Cardboard viewer.

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A Hands on Look at the State of Input in VR

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Today, as more companies enter the VR headset game and input devices continue to see rapid technological advancement, there are now more ways than ever to get your hands into VR. Google Daydream View plus 3DOF controller. Google Daydream Controller. Fully immersive VR experiences bring us to tracked motion controllers.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. Google Maps in AR).

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Exclusive: Scaffolding in VR – Interaction Design for Easy & Intuitive Building

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Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training—not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Guest Article by Barrett Fox & Martin Schubert.

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The 2016 Proto Awards: See Who Took Home VR’s Biggest Honors

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Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games. Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios. Best Game: Raw Data – Survios. The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games. Bullet Train – Epic Games. Tilt Brush – Google. Fantastic Contraption – Northway Games & Radial Games (Winner) .

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