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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The main trigger can give adaptive force-feedback, applying a different force on the index finger depending on what is happening in the game. Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. Maybe are they talking about the games by Ubisoft? News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Leap Motion) on the same headset. I liked it a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2018

showcased one year ago (Image by Cloudhead games). Owlchemy Labs, Cloudhead Games, etc…). The handle and one of the top buttons can sense the force you’re applying on the controller : this is a game changer for games UX. Until today. Valve Knuckles v1.3, And they are amazing info.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Pool Nation VR – Perilous Orbit & Cherry Pop Games. SEE ALSO AltspaceVR Debuts Key Tech to Massively Scale Virtual Events. Best Game: Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner). The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games. Bullet Train – Epic Games. Blocks – Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 14, 2015

“I’ve worked on front-end web applications, middleware, server software and databases, but the most fun I’ve had in recent years has been with the Unity game engine. Designed by a team of students at Game-U ( @gameu_nj ), Nerves is an intense visit to the operating room for a motion-control surgeon. Earth Elevator.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

When virtual reality and musical interface design collide, entire universes can be musical instruments. Created by artists Rob Hamilton and Chris Platz for the Stanford Laptop Orchestra , Carillon is a networked VR instrument that brings you inside a massive virtual bell tower.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 7, 2017

This week we hit the CES showfloor in Las Vegas with two missions: share our Mobile VR Platform with the world and play “spot Leap Motion in the wild.”. What is Leap Motion? We’re not philosophically opposed to using controllers for some types of games. " – Jeff Regan #VR #CES2017 pic.twitter.com/dPeNsfZ5fr.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

While in the neighborhood filming Takei’s Take in Austin, the incomparable George Takei swung by the studio to try Shark Punch – an underwater virtual reality experience that enables you to, well, you get the idea. Most Game-Changing Tool for Self-Expression. Most Transcendent We’ve Ever Felt About Building the 3D Web.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Take to the skies in this on-rails shooter by Scott Creager ( @VirtualArenallc ), whose 3D Jam development made him rethink how a game should be played. I was so surprised how playing a game with my hands as the controllers changed what was fun and what felt odd to do.”. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. In development. In development.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Fight hellish spawns of teddies, bunnies, and elephants with your bare hands in this mild survival horror game. Take the leap! Inspired by the classic memory game Simon, CUBiCULO features various levels of difficulty. Charles ( @cwan2011 ) is a software developer experienced in both iOS and Unity game development.

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Leapmotion

MAY 7, 2016

While working on demonstration projects here at Leap Motion, we’ve found ourselves wanting to use different sets of hands for a variety of reasons. A superhero game could benefit from the flexibility of completely different iHandModel implementations for fire hands versus ice hands. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 3, 2023

On the last day, I tried many interesting technologies, but I selected two for this summary, which are the first two that I’ve tried: the new Leap Motion Controller by Ultraleap and the AR technology by LetinAR. You can see how it is in this picture, where I’ve put my hand for scale.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 28, 2015

It’s very challenging to balance the requirements of the training with fun game mechanics. We think that making the game fun, and getting people into “flow” where they are just reacting and enjoying themselves is critical to the success of the training. What’s the role of hand controls in the game? What does it offer players?

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Click To Tweet The Leap Motion Interaction Engine lets developers give their virtual objects the ability to be picked up, thrown, nudged, swatted, smooshed, or poked. Rapid Prototyping and Development at Leap Motion. A scene from last month’s Leap Motion internal hackathon. A Living Sculpture.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Established in 2015, Circuit Stream has helped over 40,000 people learn to design and develop virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The FPS Microgame lets you modify and play first-person shooter games. Test all of your gestures to make sure it accommodates all your user group. Image credit: gfycat.

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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). Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

It will be the conference through which Facebook will talk about its most innovative products and research about immersive realities and beyond. All the people that were working on AR/VR inside Facebook now have a new group they belong to: “Facebook Reality Labs”. This is a PC-only game.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

I had a chance to sit down for an hour with two representatives from Microsoft to talk about the latest HoloLens updates, the VR headsets coming from their partners, as well their overall Mixed Reality strategy. SEE ALSO HoloLens Inside-out Tracking Is Game Changing for AR & VR, and No One Is Talking about It.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 1, 2016

In rebuilding our Unity developer toolset from the ground up , we started by rearchitecting the interfaces that receive data from the Leap Motion device. Moving up the tech stack, we then refactored most of the mid-level Unity scripts that pair the Leap hand data with 3D models and manages those representations.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alvin Wang Graylin is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, particularly virtual reality. Alan: Today’s guest is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, and particular virtual reality, Mr. Alvin Wang-Graylin. That is a game changer.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alvin Wang Graylin is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, particularly virtual reality. Alan: Today’s guest is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, and particular virtual reality, Mr. Alvin Wang-Graylin. That is a game changer.

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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. In the context of motion controls, good affordance is critical, since it is necessary that users interact with objects in the expected manner. Limit unintended interactions.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 1, 2016

We have found that hand presence within virtual reality is itself a powerful element that reinforces the user’s sense of space. Even in menus, when the game is paused, or during cutscenes, users should be able to look around. These allow your user to interact with the world in different ways and use different muscle groups.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 11, 2020

I got an exclusive devkit before the lockdown, so let me tell you my impressions on them so that you can understand who of the above groups of people is correct. The controllers as-is are 3DOF ones , and so they aren’t very useful for virtual reality. Use with virtual reality. What are the Etee controllers?

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Depending on the nature of the interface, the first object of a group to be touched can momentarily lock out all others. At Leap Motion, we’ve been experimenting internally with a range of different interfaces that are part of the user. The post Beyond Flatland: User Interface Design for VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

So, basically, you connect with a USB cable your Quest to your PC, and you can play PC VR games, on the Oculus Store, Steam or Viveport. In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. 13- Amitt Mahajan.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. Increased Device Diversity leads to more Choices for Customers Trends An avalanche of new virtual reality devices arrived. We see goggles, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs and body suits.

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