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Ultraleap, BrightSign Collaborate on Hand-Tracking Digital Displays

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This Monday, hand-tracking and haptics hardware manufacturer Ultraleap partnered with BrightSign to distribute its TouchFree solution across XC5 media players to enhance digital signage communications and marketing opportunities. More on Ultraleap The firm is developing a range of hand-tracking and haptic technology.

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

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The headset has been relatively easy to speculate on, seeing as it is the fourth iteration of flagship headsets in a familiar and built-out hardware and software ecosystem. Developers with early access include JigSpace , and the headset’s software is compatible with Unity.

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ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit

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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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ManoMotion Introduces Apple ARKit Hand Gesture Support

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Developers will soon be able to integrate hand gesture control into their projects on the ARKit platform, no extra hardware needed. The 3D recognition technology allows users to interact with virtual and augmented elements using their actual hands. 2017 has been an absolutely enormous year for augmented reality.

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Microsoft Reveals HoloLens 2 with More than 2x Field of View & 47 Pixels per-Degree

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HoloLens visionary Alex Kipman took to the stage in Barcelona to introduce HoloLens 2 which addresses many of the key criticisms of the original headset: field of view, comfort, and hand-tracking. HoloLens 2 also brings hand-tracking which goes much further than the coarse gesture control in the original headset.

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Dedicated AR and VR Accessories Manufacturers

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Right now, some of these products have limited out-of-the-box utility, but integrations with experiences, software, and hardware platforms are expanding all the time. The most recent MANUS product is the SteamVR tracker for precise gesture controls and motion capture. “As But that can change.

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An Overview of the VRARA’s VR/AR Global Summit on XR Technology

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A version will also be created that uses more sophisticated hand tracking and gesture controls rather than a physical book. Baron compared the move from 2D to XR technology-enabled modeling with the move from vellum to CAD software. “I A Watch Call From Lenovo.