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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The sign up on Unity's site for a visionOS roundtable to be hosted later this month mentioned you'll "hear how Owlchemy Studios brought their popular titles, Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator , over in the fully immersive (VR) space". Both games are presumed to use hand tracking, though that hasn't been officially confirmed.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

Firms such as AWS, Samsung, and HTC VIVE took to the event to showcase the future of work and paradigm-shifting immersive technology. Reports suggest the firm’s new device will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. FCC certifications are requested before releasing an electronic device in the US (to certify that it is safe to be used), so this is a clear sign that HTC is going to release a new headset soon.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Two years ago, on the eve of consumer VR, we put together a piece laying out options consumers had to get their hands into VR. The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. You can now interact with virtual objects and environments like never before, taking immersion to an entirely new level.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. I wonder if Facebook has already taken the decision of leaving the enterprise market to HTC and Pico , while focusing on the much bigger piece of cake of the consumer market. Image by Lynx).

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Now, it appears that various major firms are joining suit by developing immersive workplace solutions. Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. However, HTC VIVE still believes that controllers hold value.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Much of the report was dedicated to identifying issues that potential policies for immerse worlds could touch on. About the “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report. Identifying Policy Issues. Economic Issues. “If

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones. Baidu’s XiRang platform wants to be the foundation of the Chinese metaverse.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 3, 2024

Apple Vision Pro’s latest update optimises the device’s persona remote immersive communication feature, further boosting the device’s potential of bringing immersive conferencing features to the productivity-focused device. update for Vision Pro improves application placement and tracking of environmental changes.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Immersive technology continues its push towards mainstream appeal. While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking. We are also seeing significant advancements in AR with full-body tracking , something which is important to ensure that digital content is not always overlapping other people in the space; for both safety and immersion reasons.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New?

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. See Also: Best VR Hand Tracking Games for Oculus Quest in 2020. The Dawn of Art , an immersive art history experience by Atlas V. Immersive Collaboration Platform (ICP) by Accenture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

AR tech firm Magic Leap is set to launch in 19 countries across the world, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programs for Magic Leap announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe on Madeira Island, Portugal. Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE. Smaller, Lighter, Comfortable, Compelling.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! base stations and a 20m fiber cable.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Menlo Park-based firm will also host part of the event in person at its HQ, allowing audiences to get hands-on with their immersive portfolio – including the Quest portfolio, Ray-Ban Stories, Avatars, and Horizon Worlds. Meta will reveal more details concerning the event as the date comes closer.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Image by HTC). The interesting thing is that HTC has claimed that duration, but then some people of HTC said that is not true, and also some reviewers called this a fake news. The situation is a bit confused; Tracking not working in dim light. We wait and see what HTC will tell us. Good luck to him and to HTC!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. Top news of the week. Chipset : Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Display Type : LCD Display resolution : 3.2K

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But Meta’s recent VR for Work report highlights how, despite the poor adoptions of the firm’s immersive enterprise solutions, such as Quest Pro, the firm is deeply involved in enterprise-grade XR research and development. The Ford Motor Company and PepsiCo are examples of companies using XR to improve their design processes.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami concluded on Wednesday, where some of the biggest players in the tech industry gathered to explore the future of Web3 technologies. This began with devices from Lenovo, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, and Meta Platforms, so the growth we’ve seen for consumer use cases has been very strong since then.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

Moreover, in 2023, Meta sees partnerships with various large-scale companies to scale its immersive solutions, notably through a Ray-Ban collaboration over smart glasses and a recent alliance with LG to create unconfirmed AI-ready XR products. million, for Meta’s immersive product portfolio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

However, there was one thing that was missing, hand tracking. In fact, Intel was already demoing hand tracking this year at CES with their Project Alloy prototype. The fact that the Snapdragon 835 VR platform will support both eye tracking and hand tracking is huge because both of those are natural interfaces.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. According to Stereo Labs, “Through high definition stereo cameras, the headset blends the virtual and real worlds together in an immersive and photorealistic way.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Image by HTC). Vive Focus 3 , instead, has just released a new version of the runtime that dramatically improves hands tracking , making it able to track properly also hands that are moving very fast. The solution is very versatile, and can track the full body and also the hands. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

You will be able to finally buy it in Europe and North America for $599, from the dedicated page on the HTC website. HTC Vive Focus Specs. The Vive Focus is HTC’s standalone headset , the one that the Taiwanese/Chinese company wants to use to start making virtual reality widespread.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2018

But we could see that change in the near future, thanks to research from Google which details a system for low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking. But both headsets have controllers which track rotation only, meaning that hand input is limited to more abstract and less immersive movements.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

The new HoloLens is expected to be lighter (my sources say that it is much smaller than the current one ), with a field of view that is the double of the current one , full hands tracking, eye tracking and integration with AI thanks to a dedicated chip (this could add object detection and other fancy features to the device).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. The company has just revealed the Vive Wrist Tracker, which is an external 6DOF tracking unit that can be put on the wrist of the user or also on external props.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. But, we do know that the Santa Cruz features four ultra-wide cameras on the leading edges that perform the inside-out positional tracking, as well as tracking the 6DOF controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

On the UX side, other interesting things are being rumored: the headset would ship with no controller, and rely only on eye tracking and hands tracking for interactions. And to select objects, you have just to look at them and then pinch with your hand. This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”.

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ARPost

JANUARY 3, 2022

While researchers use VR visualization to handle and analyze big data , other people are trying to express themselves artistically in an immersive environment. Now that new technologies push the barriers of cyberspaces, it is possible to become immersed in a virtual world where you can create 3D art. Exploring Creativity in 3D.

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