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XR Today’s 2022 Microsoft HoloLens 2 Review

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. It includes gesture controls for interacting with real-time 3D (RT3D) content. First launched in 2016, the HoloLens became one of the early entrants in the mixed reality (MR) headsets segment and the first to run the Windows MR platform.

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XR Today’s 2023 Microsoft HoloLens 2 Review

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. It includes gesture controls for interacting with real-time 3D (RT3D) content. First launched in 2016, the HoloLens became one of the early entrants in the mixed reality (MR) headsets segment and the first to run the Windows MR platform.

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Dream On: Aerosmith and 90’s VR

VRScout

Bearing physical similarities to other 90’s data gloves, he is given full hand and finger tracking as well as gesture control of the user interface. Even letting him reach out and interact with the Aerosmith band members in their own virtual world.

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How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Regarding hand tracking, Xiaomi’s latest AR smart glasses boast micro gesture controls, leading to enhanced human-computer interfacing (HCI) capabilities. These allow users to swipe virtual pages in manuals and eBooks, exit apps, navigate maps, and other controls.

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

How will a soldier quickly navigate an AR display while carrying equipment and speaking on a radio? Gesture controls preclude hands-free operation. These scenarios reveal the limitations of existing methods for interaction. Voice commands are awkward in public and fail in noisy environments.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

So originally when North was founded, it was actually called Thalmic Labs, and the product was a gesture control armband. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. I wonder-- you started off life as a gesture armband.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

So originally when North was founded, it was actually called Thalmic Labs, and the product was a gesture control armband. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. I wonder-- you started off life as a gesture armband.

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