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Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech

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Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million. 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 XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

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Or will it become a partner and will help mobile GPUs in Snapdragon reference designs in growing even faster? You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come.

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Leap Motion Raises $50 Million For Its Finger Tracking Technology

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Leap Motion is one possible solution, with its hand and finger tracking technology offering one route for VR and AR headsets to let people make selections and interact with virtual worlds. This potential likely figured into the $50 million Series C funding raised by Leap Motion. The round was led by J.P.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.

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Design Sprints at Leap Motion: Crafting Reactive Behaviors with the Interaction Engine

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strLast time, we looked at how an interactive VR sculpture could be created with the Leap Motion Graphic Renderer as part of an experiment in interaction design. The Leap Motion Interaction Engine provides the foundation for hand-centric VR interaction design. The initial function was a spherical layout function.

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‘Ralph Breaks VR’ Hyper-Reality Experience Is An All-Out Assault On Your Senses

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However, when a megalomaniacle security system referred to a B.E.V. Ralph Breaks VR utilizes Leap Motion tracking devices mounted to the front of the headsets to capture each players hand movements. Upon entering the experience, the first thing you notice is the lack of any controller peripheral.

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WCVRI Day 1: Hands-on RealMax AR glasses and Droolon F1 eye tracking!

The Ghost Howls

Around the event venue, instead, there are many writings about VR, and many references around the tech. In the surroundings of the event, there are many references to VR and 5G. RealMax can mount a Leap Motion device, so you have the power of using naturally your hands to interact with AR elements. I liked it a lot.