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5 Potential Gear VR ‘Killer Apps’ Demonstrated During Samsung Contest

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The Gear VR Killer App contest hosted by Samsung at the Upload Collective earlier this month brought in a hundred-plus technophiles eager for a chance to check out the finalists — and to find out which (if any) deserved “killer app” status. “[It] Or put more simply: A killer app “turns a technology into a product.”.

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

That, in turn, allowed their partner developers to secure key contracts as they figured their way around the new technology. Because of that we hope – and it would make sense – if they adopt an OEM for their Mixed Reality technology. Between Magic Leap and HoloLens, which is going to win over developers?

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Leap Motion’s New 180-degree Hand-tracking Comes to Qualcomm’s Latest VRDK Headset

Road to VR

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. Leap Motion has been working on hand-tracking technology since 2010, and in recent years has pivoted their focus toward use as an input technology for VR.

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Hands-On: The Mira Prism Headset Wants To Be The Google Daydream Of AR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Instead of relying on hand-based gesture controls every Prism will come with a controller you hold in your hand similar to the Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream controller. In addition to announcing the device today, Mira is announcing $1.5 Now with Prism, the two realities are able to merge together seamlessly.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

XR technologies are undeniably a leap forward in humankind’s mechanical evolution. Alan: That, to me, is something that… at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds — or probably a thousand headsets — all synchronized. Alex: Right.

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

XR technologies are undeniably a leap forward in humankind's mechanical evolution. at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds -- or probably a thousand headsets -- all synchronized. Just seeing a technologist refer to hands as this natural gesture interface is hilarious.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

XR technologies are undeniably a leap forward in humankind’s mechanical evolution. Alan: That, to me, is something that… at the very beginning when VR was kicking off, when Samsung did this huge presentation and they had hundreds — or probably a thousand headsets — all synchronized. Alex: Right.