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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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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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Leap Motion secures $50M to continue its work in VR/AR hand-tracking tech

Cats and VR

Leap Motion, Inc., the leading creator of motion tracking technology for natural input in virtual and augmented reality, today announced $50 million in Series C funding led by clients advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, has joined Leap Motion’s board of directors.

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Volkswagen Launches Custom VR Exhibit At Historic Brand Tower

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Volkswagen Group is back again with yet another VR project that continues to prove just how much faith the German automaker truly has in the immersive medium. We’ve seen the company use the technology before on everything from collaborative group meetings between team members to a simulator that lets you drive an Audi in a sandbox track.

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Reliving Memories With The Looking Glass Pro 3D Holographic Workstation

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This USB-C input can also be used to connect a variety of compatible controllers, including the Leap Motion tracker, Intel’s Realsense, even a Nintendo Joy-Con. Image Credit: VRScout.

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The 2016 Proto Awards: See Who Took Home VR’s Biggest Honors

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Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs. Best Interaction Design: Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs. Blocks – Leap Motion. Kiya – Emblematic Group. Best Game: Raw Data – Survios. The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed – Cloudhead Games. The Climb – Crytek. Space Pirate Trainer – I-Illusions (Winner) .

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11 New #3DJam Demos: Droids and Discovery

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With an interactive simulation of a chemistry lab, you can try burning, exploding, irradiating, polymerizing, and more. I’ve been using Unity for over 5 years for developing 3D simulations and virtual world applications, data visualization solutions, and more recently for game projects.”. Requires: Windows, Mac. Earth Elevator.