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Despite having only been available on Oculus Quest for roughly three months, independent developers have already established a sizable catalog of unique hand tracking applications pushing the boundaries of Oculus technology. MORE
Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. MORE
Since hand tracking launched on the Quest as an experimental feature last year, there’s been a slew of new demos and proof-of-concept games utilizing the new technology. MORE
I have just tried the hands tracking solution offered on the Vive Focus Plus by the Vive Hands Tracking SDK and I want to tell you what has been my experience with it and how it does compare with other hands tracking technologies, like the ones offered by Facebook or UltraLeap. MORE
Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. Hand-tracking brings many benefits to Quest, especially ease-of-use. MORE
‘First Steps With Hand Tracking’ and ‘Tiny Castle’ are available now via the Oculus App Lab. It was back in 2019 that Facebook first began rolling out support for hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. MORE
Facebook says the latest update, version 16 of the system running Oculus Quest rolling out this week, allows the set up of “your roomscale Guardian boundaries without controllers by using hand tracking instead.” MORE
The 3D puzzler Cubism will be updated this Wednesday, March 17th, to support controller-less hand-tracking. Although the game is also available on Oculus PC and Steam, those versions of the game won’t support hand-tracking. MORE
Navigate the Quest Home interface and first-party Oculus apps with your bare hands. Originally revealed during Oculus Connect 6 this past September, native hand tracking for Oculus Quest headsets is scheduled to begin rolling out this week as part of software update v12. . MORE
Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later. Ghost Hands. Dynamic Hand Smoothing. MORE
You can now switch to hand-tracking by simply putting down your Touch controllers. The most noteworthy of which, a new hand-tracking option that — when enabled, allows you to automatically switch between your Oculus Touch controllers and hand-tracking mode. MORE
Facebook introduced controllerless hand-tracking in beta on Oculus Quest late last year and it has remained an “experimental” feature ever since. Since late last year it’s been possible to enable hand-tracking on Quest as an experimental feature. MORE
Elixir is a free hand-tracking demo game for Oculus Quest developed by Magnopus and Facebook Reality Labs. feet, and your hands. It’s very cute, pretty funny, and full of lots of clever interactions that morph your hands into various things. MORE
update to Oculus Browser adds experimental support for the Oculus Quest’s hand tracking feature. That means you can use your hands in WebXR apps, which are VR experiences that run natively on a browser page, without the need to download anything. The latest 8.0 MORE
A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects. build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support, both of which are considered ‘experimental’ at this time. MORE
Oculus Quest now supports native hand tracking using the device’s built-in cameras. Initially announced at OC6, hand tracking on Quest was scheduled for a 2020 release but Facebook released the feature early. Planned Hand Tracking Support. MORE
Facebook recently released the experimental controller-free hand tracking feature for the Oculus Quest and a week later they released the hand tracking software development kit , allowing developers to start to experiment with the feature. Hand Tracking Floaty Blocks. MORE
Oculus announced today that hand-tracking on Quest is rolling out starting today with basic functionality. A hand-tracking SDK will be made available next week, giving developers the ability to create third-party applications which use the new feature. MORE
At the end of a change log for the latest build of Tea for God , developer Void Room stated that they are working on implementing the Oculus Quest’s controller-free hand tracking into the game in a future update. MORE
This week in a tweet on the Oculus Developers Twitter account, Facebook revealed that they are now officially opening up submissions for hand-tracking apps on the Oculus Quest. Hand-tracking is also coming to Unreal (UE4) soon as well. MORE
A new demo made by Daniel Beauchamp allows for greater social expression in VR by bringing the hands of people wearing Oculus Quests into the same virtual room. We had some of the simplest avatars possible — a sphere for a head and glove-like hands. MORE
Hand Tracking now activates automatically on Oculus Quest when you aren’t using the Touch controllers. Facebook added experimental controller-free hand tracking for Quest in December. MORE
A wristband with four thermal sensors promises a more detailed hand tracking experience. Instead of firing webs, however, this device captures your hand movements and then transfers that data to a tethered Raspberry Pi-powered device connected to a computer. MORE
Yet more amazing Oculus Quest hand-tracking demos have surfaced online over the past week. Last week we covered a bunch of new demos from developer Daniel Beauchamp, who showcased Quest hand-tracking used for finger skating and more. This is getting out of hand. MORE
Nreal Light AR glasses will get controller-free hand tracking in a near-future software update, thanks to a partnership with Qualcomm-backed Clay AIR. Controller-Free Hand Tracking. Nreal is not the first AR headset to get hand tracking. MORE
A new video appears showing the potential of hand tracking in VR. When Facebook announced that they were bringing native hand tracking to the Oculus Quest back in September during Oculus Connect 6 , attendees gleamed with excitement. MORE
High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. To bring hand tracking to Nreal Light glasses, Clay AIR took advantage of the embedded spatial cameras built into the headset to overlay a 3D hand skeleton model in full HD on top of your physical hand. MORE
When he’s not serving as the head of AR & VR at Shopify, Daniel Beauchamp, better known by his online handle “ Push Matrix “, is pushing the boundaries of Oculus Quest hand tracking technology and sharing his wild experiments with the online community. MORE
One of the biggest post-launch features added to the Oculus Quest so far has been controller-free hand tracking. However, more than a year down the line, the headset now also supports controller-free hand tracking. What Are The Best Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Games? MORE
An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019. MORE
Unlike existing VR rhythm games like Beat Saber, Audica, and Synth Riders , Unplugged does away with gamepads and even the Touch controllers, instead relying on the Oculus Quest’s built-in hand-tracking. Shredding an air guitar never felt so good. MORE
But now, with beta support for Oculus Quest hand tracking, it just got a whole lot more immersive. A new update coming soon changes this entirely, bringing hand tracking support to the standard plank mode of the game on Oculus Quest. MORE
Unlike conventional VR shooters which rely upon motion controllers to fire weapons and interact with the in-game world, Finger Gun VR claims to be the first VR first-person shooter powered entirely by hand tracking. A childhood fantasy brought to life on SteamVR and Oculus headsets. MORE
Facebook’s Reality Labs (FRL) today revealed new research into hand tracking which aims to bring touch typing to AR/VR users, all without the need of a physical keyboard. “This, along with a language model, predicts what people intended to type despite ambiguous hand motion. MORE
Well, with Trippy Fingers, you can now create something very similar on your own using hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. Trippy Fingers is the latest of many apps available on SideQuest that implement the new controller-free hand tracking SDK for a proof-of-concept or short demo game. MORE
Controllerless hand-tracking on Quest is a great convenience feature. While we still expect controllers to be the go-to for hardcore games , there’s definitely opportunity for casual and novel games and experiences to prosper with hand-tracking. Thrown Hand. MORE
Several developers made proof of concept games and apps that utilize new controller-free hand tracking features after the release of the software development kit for the Oculus Quest last week. MORE
an open source AR headset based on Project North Star that utilizes Ultraleap hand-tracking. Is An Open Source AR Headset Based On Project North Star With Ultraleap Hand-Tracking appeared first on UploadVR. MORE
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VRScout
MARCH 4, 2021
‘First Steps With Hand Tracking’ and ‘Tiny Castle’ are available now via the Oculus App Lab. It was back in 2019 that Facebook first began rolling out support for hand tracking on the Oculus Quest.
UploadVR
JUNE 13, 2020
But now, with beta support for Oculus Quest hand tracking, it just got a whole lot more immersive. A new update coming soon changes this entirely, bringing hand tracking support to the standard plank mode of the game on Oculus Quest.
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The Ghost Howls
MARCH 18, 2021
I have just tried the hands tracking solution offered on the Vive Focus Plus by the Vive Hands Tracking SDK and I want to tell you what has been my experience with it and how it does compare with other hands tracking technologies, like the ones offered by Facebook or UltraLeap.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
update to Oculus Browser adds experimental support for the Oculus Quest’s hand tracking feature. That means you can use your hands in WebXR apps, which are VR experiences that run natively on a browser page, without the need to download anything. The latest 8.0
VRScout
MARCH 6, 2020
High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. To bring hand tracking to Nreal Light glasses, Clay AIR took advantage of the embedded spatial cameras built into the headset to overlay a 3D hand skeleton model in full HD on top of your physical hand.
Road to VR
MARCH 30, 2021
Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later. Ghost Hands. Dynamic Hand Smoothing.
VRScout
MAY 12, 2020
When he’s not serving as the head of AR & VR at Shopify, Daniel Beauchamp, better known by his online handle “ Push Matrix “, is pushing the boundaries of Oculus Quest hand tracking technology and sharing his wild experiments with the online community.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
You can now switch to hand-tracking by simply putting down your Touch controllers. The most noteworthy of which, a new hand-tracking option that — when enabled, allows you to automatically switch between your Oculus Touch controllers and hand-tracking mode.
Road to VR
AUGUST 26, 2020
Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset.
UploadVR
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Several developers made proof of concept games and apps that utilize new controller-free hand tracking features after the release of the software development kit for the Oculus Quest last week.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Unlike conventional VR shooters which rely upon motion controllers to fire weapons and interact with the in-game world, Finger Gun VR claims to be the first VR first-person shooter powered entirely by hand tracking. A childhood fantasy brought to life on SteamVR and Oculus headsets.
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UploadVR
JANUARY 2, 2020
Facebook recently released the experimental controller-free hand tracking feature for the Oculus Quest and a week later they released the hand tracking software development kit , allowing developers to start to experiment with the feature. Hand Tracking Floaty Blocks.
VRScout
JULY 21, 2020
A wristband with four thermal sensors promises a more detailed hand tracking experience. Instead of firing webs, however, this device captures your hand movements and then transfers that data to a tethered Raspberry Pi-powered device connected to a computer.
UploadVR
MAY 29, 2020
This week in a tweet on the Oculus Developers Twitter account, Facebook revealed that they are now officially opening up submissions for hand-tracking apps on the Oculus Quest. Hand-tracking is also coming to Unreal (UE4) soon as well.
VRScout
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Navigate the Quest Home interface and first-party Oculus apps with your bare hands. Originally revealed during Oculus Connect 6 this past September, native hand tracking for Oculus Quest headsets is scheduled to begin rolling out this week as part of software update v12. .
Upload VR
JULY 7, 2020
One of the biggest post-launch features added to the Oculus Quest so far has been controller-free hand tracking. However, more than a year down the line, the headset now also supports controller-free hand tracking. What Are The Best Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Games?
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Since hand tracking launched on the Quest as an experimental feature last year, there’s been a slew of new demos and proof-of-concept games utilizing the new technology.
UploadVR
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Oculus Quest now supports native hand tracking using the device’s built-in cameras. Initially announced at OC6, hand tracking on Quest was scheduled for a 2020 release but Facebook released the feature early. Planned Hand Tracking Support.
Road to VR
JULY 22, 2020
A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects. build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support, both of which are considered ‘experimental’ at this time.
VRScout
MAY 10, 2020
Despite having only been available on Oculus Quest for roughly three months, independent developers have already established a sizable catalog of unique hand tracking applications pushing the boundaries of Oculus technology.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. Hand-tracking brings many benefits to Quest, especially ease-of-use.
Road to VR
MARCH 15, 2021
The 3D puzzler Cubism will be updated this Wednesday, March 17th, to support controller-less hand-tracking. Although the game is also available on Oculus PC and Steam, those versions of the game won’t support hand-tracking.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
A new video appears showing the potential of hand tracking in VR. When Facebook announced that they were bringing native hand tracking to the Oculus Quest back in September during Oculus Connect 6 , attendees gleamed with excitement.
Road to VR
MAY 18, 2020
Facebook introduced controllerless hand-tracking in beta on Oculus Quest late last year and it has remained an “experimental” feature ever since. Since late last year it’s been possible to enable hand-tracking on Quest as an experimental feature.
UploadVR
MAY 22, 2020
Elixir is a free hand-tracking demo game for Oculus Quest developed by Magnopus and Facebook Reality Labs. feet, and your hands. It’s very cute, pretty funny, and full of lots of clever interactions that morph your hands into various things.
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2020
An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019.
UploadVR
MAY 29, 2020
an open source AR headset based on Project North Star that utilizes Ultraleap hand-tracking. Is An Open Source AR Headset Based On Project North Star With Ultraleap Hand-Tracking appeared first on UploadVR.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Yet more amazing Oculus Quest hand-tracking demos have surfaced online over the past week. Last week we covered a bunch of new demos from developer Daniel Beauchamp, who showcased Quest hand-tracking used for finger skating and more. This is getting out of hand.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Well, with Trippy Fingers, you can now create something very similar on your own using hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. Trippy Fingers is the latest of many apps available on SideQuest that implement the new controller-free hand tracking SDK for a proof-of-concept or short demo game.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Hand Tracking now activates automatically on Oculus Quest when you aren’t using the Touch controllers. Facebook added experimental controller-free hand tracking for Quest in December.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Controllerless hand-tracking on Quest is a great convenience feature. While we still expect controllers to be the go-to for hardcore games , there’s definitely opportunity for casual and novel games and experiences to prosper with hand-tracking. Thrown Hand.
UploadVR
JUNE 9, 2020
A new demo made by Daniel Beauchamp allows for greater social expression in VR by bringing the hands of people wearing Oculus Quests into the same virtual room. We had some of the simplest avatars possible — a sphere for a head and glove-like hands.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Oculus announced today that hand-tracking on Quest is rolling out starting today with basic functionality. A hand-tracking SDK will be made available next week, giving developers the ability to create third-party applications which use the new feature.
UploadVR
MARCH 6, 2020
Nreal Light AR glasses will get controller-free hand tracking in a near-future software update, thanks to a partnership with Qualcomm-backed Clay AIR. Controller-Free Hand Tracking. Nreal is not the first AR headset to get hand tracking.
UploadVR
JANUARY 17, 2020
At the end of a change log for the latest build of Tea for God , developer Void Room stated that they are working on implementing the Oculus Quest’s controller-free hand tracking into the game in a future update.
VRScout
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Unlike existing VR rhythm games like Beat Saber, Audica, and Synth Riders , Unplugged does away with gamepads and even the Touch controllers, instead relying on the Oculus Quest’s built-in hand-tracking. Shredding an air guitar never felt so good.
UploadVR
APRIL 18, 2020
Facebook says the latest update, version 16 of the system running Oculus Quest rolling out this week, allows the set up of “your roomscale Guardian boundaries without controllers by using hand tracking instead.”
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