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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. And the fact that it was not on sale was frustrating.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany.

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The Importance of Hand Tracking UX Design

The Ghost Howls

The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. If you’re going to do a lot of development, you had better use Oculus Link through a USB 3.0 Also, install the Oculus app and the Oculus Hub on your computer.

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VR Design Guide

Leapmotion

In the context of motion controls, good affordance is critical, since it is necessary that users interact with objects in the expected manner. With 2D Leap Motion applications, this means adapting traditional UX design principles that condensed around the mouse and keyboard. Limit hand interactivity. Ergonomics.

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Beyond Flatland: User Interface Design for VR

Leapmotion

The interface in Quill by Oculus builds on the physical skeumorphs of traditional PC design to create a familiar set of cues. Depending on the nature of the interface, the first object of a group to be touched can momentarily lock out all others. We won’t even have to think about it. Limit hand interactivity.