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BMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars

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BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. I didn’t know the 850i used gesture control, because, frankly, I had forgotten BMW had this technology; I stumbled upon it. In-air gesture control could improve the user experience with touchscreens.

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AWE Day 3: The Most Wholesome Day in the History of XR Technology

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The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. For example, how does someone with Parkinson’s navigate gesture controls? Industry Announcements.

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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 industry has seen the release of not one, but two powerful AR platforms , support from a wide variety of developers, and some of the coolest immersive experiences of the year.

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Resonai CEO Emil Alon Shares How Augmented Reality Will Transform the Modern Workforce

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Pebbles Interfaces, a company specializing in gesture control, was one of them. While Vera is applicable across industries, we are focused on three segments where we see a very compelling value proposition in 2020. Third parties can use it to build apps and explore new use cases in various industries.

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Greenlight Insights and Adlens Release Study on the Future of XR

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Another problem comes with AR applications that use gesture controls. Gesture control is supposed to – and has the potential to – make interactions more natural. Suddenly, gesture controls feel less like holding an object and more like using supernatural powers. .

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A Closer Look at the HP Reverb G2

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The company’s original Reverb headset is well known to industry users, but is less popular among casual users than models by companies like VIVE and Oculus. The more exclusive hour-long webinar hosted by Reuters Events provided more info on the headset as well as commentary by industry leaders that already have access to it.

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Ultraleap, BrightSign Collaborate on Hand-Tracking Digital Displays

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.” Gupta continued: We are proud to collaborate with BrightSign and integrate our gesture control technology into their XC5 media players. The integration of Ultraleap’s gesture control technology is available as a software extension on the XC5 media players.