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Lexus ‘Electrified’ Concept Car Features AR Displays, Gesture Controls, Personal Drone

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Passengers have access to video, navigation, and other features via an AR-activated glass roof. While in the driver’s seat, or “cockpit,” operators have access to an advanced steering wheel complete with various controls for navigation and entertainment. Image Credit: Lexus. Image Credit: Lexus. Image Credit: Lexus.

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2021 Mercedes S-Class Will Feature AR Navigation And 3D Eye-Tracking

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In the past the luxury vehicles company has experimented with numerous VR and AR applications, from an AR owners manual and VR car-buying experience to an AR-enhanced vehicle tour and multiple 360-degree videos. Now it appears as though the company is taking things a step forward by applying that same technology to the vehicles themselves.

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Take A Look At Facebook’s New VR Avatars For Quest

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“I really love this new style,” states one of the avatars in the video. Hand gestures controlled via the Touch controllers also added greatly to the conversation, allowing both users to express themselves in greater detail via body language. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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This Sony proto VR controller gets smarter as you use it

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A video shared by Sony Interactive Entertainment shows a prototype controller that tracks the entire human hand. This controller was the subject of research done on overcoming the limits presented by gesture control systems and traditional controllers.

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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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The Continuing Saga of Focals by North

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The company, which was founded by three friends, Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant, had formed the company, then called Thalmic Labs, to develop an EMG based gesture controller, the Mio Armband , (which is still the most capable EMG controller ever offered to consumers), before pivoting into the perilous waters of augmented reality.

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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. Camera shortcuts will make AR lenses and other video and image augmentation content more accessible within the app. Farfetch Try-On.