Road to VR

JULY 17, 2017

Founded in 2010, Leap Motion would release its initial product (today called the ‘ Leap Motion Controller ‘) in 2012, a desktop-focused peripheral which offered touchless hand-tracking. However, one place in VR still seems like a potential sweet spot for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking tech: mobile.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The event hosts people from very important companies like NVIDIA, VR Chat, The Khronos Group, Alibaba (there is Jack Ma!),

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. It starts with how you can install Unity and get started with hand tracking development and then proceeds with some suggestions about hands tracking UX.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This new device is a hacked together hand-tracking module that does two very important things for the Leap brand: it expands the trackable range of their previous iteration, and it makes the technology work on mobile VR devices. . Tagged with: finger tracking , hand tracking , leap motion , peripheral , tracking.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2023

This new game mode utilizes various technologies—from passthrough and hand tracking to mixed reality—to offer a variety of challenging strength-building routines. You instead follow a virtual trainer through set routines that target 16 important muscle groups. per month via the Meta Store.

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Cats and VR

JULY 17, 2017

Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, has joined Leap Motion’s board of directors. Natural input through full hand tracking is inseparable and fundamental to the future of VR/AR, and Leap Motion is a principal driver of its widespread adoption,” said Michael Buckwald, CEO and Co-founder of Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2022

This way, if there is a problem with the first group that receives it, the company can pause the distribution and solve it before causing bugs to all the millions of Quest users (with subsequent shitstorm on Reddit). It means that the updates are not distributed using region groups (e.g. different language packs). How is it possible?

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2023

“If you purchased a new state-of-the-art TV, surround-sound system, powerful computer with multiple high-definition displays, a high-end camera, and more, you still would not have come close to what Vision Pro delivers,” Apple’s Technology Development Group VP Mike Rockwell said in the WWDC event that introduced the device.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Fluid Reality is a subsidiary of Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University, whereby the spin-off is looking to leverage its findings to provide enterprise and consumer XR solutions. However, their haptic immersion remains low, due in part to the limitations of vibrotactile actuators which dominate the AR/VR market.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

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. XR motion tracking could even be a way for professionals in the athletic and sporting industry to detect issues with form and posture for each athlete.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2021

In this social VR experience, groups of up to six players strap into VR backpacks and embark on a location-based free-roam adventure throughout the halls of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There’s even foot and hand tracking, allowing you to see your teammates’ exact movements in VR in real-time.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Snap has opted instead to distribute hardware to a select group of creators familiar with Lens Studio , the company’s Lens-building software. Another Lens had me interacting with an AR art project using the device’s built-in hand-tracking capabilities. The glasses aren’t available for purchase at the moment.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

It stands to reason that full immersion like this should vastly increase the effectiveness of group practice for unplanned events and working together in simulated dangerous situations, while building the team’s responses and decision-making abilities, without ever putting the astronauts in danger.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Quest version of the game ditches the Touch controllers in favor of hand-tracking technology, allowing you to physically take hold of your virtual ax and shred your way through a soundtrack of head-banging rock-n-roll tunes. You may recognize the groups’ frontman as your fabulous in-game mentor, Satchel.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2023

Whether it’s a group of friends or a family, it’s all part of a shared adventure, similar to cinemas, arcades, and many other leisure activities. Divr Labs decided to forgo props or guns, opting instead for hand tracking. In my case, I really enjoyed the hand tracking aspect of the experience.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Plus, it means groups of people can share the same aligned XR interaction. For instance, the BMW group used RT3D solutions create a combination of AR and VR applications designed to train frontline workers, manage the assembly line and improve quality control.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Unfortunately the standard didn’t gain traction and appears to now be abandoned by the group that created it. SEE ALSO OpenXR Now Certifying Headset & App Compliance, Adds Extensions for Hand-tracking & Eye-tracking. But for some reason VirtualLink’s momentum faltered.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We know it : Zuck is going to announce a full restructuring of all the Facebook group, under a parent company probably named Meta, Horizon, or something similar. Considering that there is not much content just working with hands-tracking, I would bet on the first option… but who knows. This is never going to happen.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One instance where I realized I was over-scoping was with my plans to support hand-tracking in the initial release of the game. The reality was that hand-tracking at the time still had limitations, and the quality of people’s experience with it varied highly depending on their lighting conditions and their expectations of the feature.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2023

Kuo, an analyst at Asia-Pacific financial services group TF International Securities, is widely considered one of the most accurate voices in predicting Apple releases. No 3.5mm and possible no support for non-AirPod BT headphones. Prescription Lenses : Magnetically attachable custom prescription lenses for glasses-wearers.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

To bring a more organic and natural typing experience into VR, a group of researchers from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich , Switzerland have developed a set of wristbands called TapID that—when combined with hand tracking—allows you to “feel” the keys of your virtual keyboard as you type.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 17, 2017

While China is the world’s manufacturing center it is also home to a wide range of headsets less well known in the west that might be targets for the company’s hand tracking tech. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, Lawrence Unrein, is joining Leap’s board of directors.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 5, 2020

XR Hub There is a high chance that you are already a member of this group. This group has been started by one of the most active XR Developers on YouTube. XR Creators This group has been started by XR Bootcamp, which is one of the best online bootcamps for aspiring XR Enthusiasts. Join Dilmer Games?—? Have some ideas?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2022

After a simple onboarding session, the invited groups joined a shared immersive Workroom environment. While Meta dispersed the two groups in separate rooms, the immersive avatar and spatial audio systems quickly engaged everyone. Meta also representatives used the time to show the Quest Pro’s hand-tracking capabilities.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

In the ‘one more thing’ bit of the WWDC keynote, Apple lauded Vision Pro’s AR capabilities thanks to its color passthrough cameras, impressively responsive UI, and, from our hands-on with the headset , rock-solid hand-tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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VRGames

MARCH 30, 2023

Incorporating various technologies like passthrough and hand tracking to mixed reality, this game mode has users ditching motion controllers in favor of real dumbbells to target 16 important muscle groups via an interactive muscle map. Rather […]

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens. The experience is set to end on December 8th. Otherwise you can sign up here (Japanese).

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

The report says Cook “rarely visits the group at its offices away from the main Apple campus.” The three men had initially wanted to build a VR headset, but Ive’s group had concerns about the technology, said three people who worked on the project. Rockwell, Meier and Rothkopf soon encountered pushback from Ive’s team.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. Avatarico in Europe and Asia, and Entermission in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia provide seated VR escape games (you can also call it hand tracking VR). . Hand tracking VR allows players to interact with objects in VR with their hands.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We have OpenXR from Khronos Group, a common standard for virtual reality and augmented reality applications to support any suitable hardware, however, this solution is still in its infancy and has not yet become the default target for AR/VR apps. Not restricted to specific hardware, anyone will be able to connect to the metaverse.

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VRGames

MAY 14, 2023

Meta recently hosted its Presence Platform Hackathon in California and London, awarding two innovative groups the chance to win a $50,000 prize. The hackathons yielded some creative applications of mixed reality tools such as eye tracking, body tracking and hand tracking.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2020

Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR industry standard, today announced that it has begun officially certifying products that correctly implement the OpenXR standard. Additionally, the group has added new extensions to the standard to support hand-tracking and eye-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett. Apple’s tendency to operate outside of standards was discussed.

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