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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. These motions will allow users to alter digital elements and gesture them anywhere they’d like within their 3D space, opening up an endless supply of potential use-case scenarios. “

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

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For example, how does someone with Parkinson’s navigate gesture controls? Andrew Maneri and Jono Forbes announced “MARS,” the platform’s new authoring tool. Designers also brought in two extra side-facing cameras to increase the range of gesture controls – a trick borrowed from Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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Highlights From the 2021 Snap Partner Summit

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Partners like Farfetch, Prada, and MAC Cosmetics are using the company’s new tools for voice and gesture-controlled virtual product try-ons, social shopping experiences in AR, and more. Making AR Tools and Experiences More Visible. Farfetch Try-On.

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Top 5 Use Cases For Hand Eye Tracking Technology

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In the place of clunky plastic controllers and remotes, we’re seeing the rise of hand and eye tracking solutions, allowing users to move more freely throughout the digital world. The data collection capabilities of eye and hand tracking tools are particularly beneficial for the retail and marketing sectors.

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“Facebook” Is now “Meta” and Other News From Connect 2021

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Horizon Rooms, the recently announced enterprise collaboration tool, is also getting updates, including greater room customization tools, 2D progressive web apps, and the ability to include office space in the Horizon Home. The “Presence Platform” Developer Tools. Gaming Announcements.

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ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit

Road to VR

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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Developing Better Haptics With Interhaptics

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The other product is an “interaction builder” for creating gesture controls. These controls are showcased to many XR users in a gaming environment but have huge practical implications in enterprise training. Controllers are more precise from a tracking perspective, but they are a barrier to entry,” said Vezzoli.

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