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Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras. HTC also indicates that the capability can track individual finger movements too. MORE
We’ve seen plenty of new usecases for both, including inside-out positional tracking for mobile VR headsets and some pretty mind-blowing experiments too, but this is the first we’ve seen hand-tracking integrated into either AR platform. MORE
They’ve got a white glove that encapsulates your hand while you’re wearing it and hides all of the motorized tendons and electronics. What sets the Contact CI glove apart from other gloves that might just track your fingers or even HaptX which provides a bit of haptic feedback in your hand, is that Contact CI is able to accurately simulate tension. For the actual hand and finger tracking they were using a Leap Motion sensor which is neat, but not very accurate. MORE
Where things changed was when developers got their hands on it. An unnamed Japanese developer used the dual cameras to do hand-tracking without the Vive’s motion controllers, though this comes with obvious limitations — what do you do when your hands aren’t in your camera’s field of vision? While many news sites are reporting on this as a dedicated hand-tracking feature, it’s time to clarify a little bit: it’s not. MORE
We can only speculate at this point how good both the eye and hand-tracking are (so we won’t). News Steam VR Compatible VR Headset 8k vr 8k vr headset eye tracking hand-tracking high fov vr imax starvr pimax pimax 8k pimax 8k headset starvr MORE
Leap Motion has announced it’s to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine , a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. MORE
HTC reveals native hand/finger tracking for Vive Pro alongside 6DoF functionality for Vive Focus. HTC revealed the devices exciting tracking capabilities during their time at last weeks 2018 World Conference on VR Industry in Nanchang, China. MORE
This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space. It can even track individual fingers and has been well received by the immersive community so far. The improved tracking was the easier of the two for the team to accomplish. MORE
A partnership between an engineering company building solutions geared toward professionals (VRgineers) and a leading hand-tracking company (Leap Motion) aims to pair up their technologies. The goal is to offer an ultrawide field of view VR headset that lets you see your hands more often than in current systems. Now they can move their virtual hands throughout the headset’s entire field of view without losing sight of them.”. MORE
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Vivepaper doesn’t use the Vive’s position-tracked wands. You’ll hold this up to the headset’s front-facing camera to be scanned, and then you’ll press you hand into the center of the booklet to register it as the input device. Yes, Vivepaper really uses a primitive form of hand tracking. Print is dead. It’s a phrase we’ve heard time and time again over the last decade. MORE
Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion , the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they’re working together to embed Leap Motion’s tech into professional-grade VR headsets. MORE
Chopra asked his colleague to show his hands and soon they appeared on screen surrounding the balloons. No, these were his actual, real world hands — complete with wedding ring. Tagged with: CES , hand tracking , hands , Intel , merged reality , project alloy. MORE
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 ! Watch the video below to see the 6 DOF tracking in action. MORE
” Notably, the researcher’s hardware appears to use fairly expensive Optitrack cameras for the system rather than the buggy Oculus Sensor tracking system the company used for the consumer Rift. MORE
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Leap Motion continues to improve its hand tracking technology with the latest update today. Software updates issued over the last few years for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking sensors have steadily improved the hardware’s functionality. MORE
The company reveals plans to release their prototype design for a $100 hand-tracking AR headset. If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking technology to your VR or AR experience, there are few options outside Leap Motion technology. MORE
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Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements “across the board.” Updated Tracking. Faster and more consistent hand initialization. MORE
During an interview with UploadVR at this year’s Augmented World Expo, The post The Meta 2 Begins Shipping In Two Weeks With Improved Hand Tracking appeared first on UploadVR. AR hardware alpha ar beta gribetz hand tracking Headset meron Meta Meta 2 tracking updated MORE
At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules. MORE
But we could see that change in the near future, thanks to research from Google which details a system for low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking. To simplify the system, we use the same cameras for headset 6-DoF pose tracking on mobile HMDs as our input. MORE
Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. Hand-tracking for Gesture Input. MORE
Oculus Video Shows Advanced Hand Tracking Gloves via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 25, 2017. virtual reality augmented reality vr ar MORE
Hand-tracking looks likely to play a big part in that future, and Leap Motion is one of a few companies leading the charge in this department. Leap’s latest, well, leap is to bring its controller-free hand tracking tech to mobile VR headsets. Leap’s demo was its usual one, in which you can put your hands together, pinch, and stretch out to create different sized blocks. Tagged with: hand tracking , leap motion , qualcomm , standalone. MORE
Hand Tracking hardware Intel VR Headsets hand tracking merged reality movidius realsense MORE
Keiichi Matsuda went from being a dystopian filmmaker to becoming the Vice President of Design at hand-tracking company Leap Motion. By default it will be a tethered AR HMD with a 180° x 180° hand-tracking volume. MORE
Earlier this year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a new form of input being developed over at Oculus: hand tracking gloves. Though there’s no text to accompany the clip it looks like the back of the hand is lined with markers. MORE
What made the VR 820 so compelling was that it had 6-DoF tracking as well as integrated compute (Snapdragon 820) which was on par with all the latest flagship phones. It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI. MORE
The new Leap Motion Mobile Platform consists of hardware and software optimised for VR and AR hand tracking on mobile devices. This allowed users to finally ‘see’ their hands in VR, with fully-tracked fingers, marking the beginning of a fruitful relationship between Leap Motion and VR. MORE
The self-contained virtual reality headset makes use of Intel’s vision technologies to create a wireless, inside-out positionally tracked headset. Let There Be Hands. II’s built in RealSense hand-tracking. Tracking and Performance . MORE
Last week I got the chance to go hands-on with the new enterprise-focused 5K VR headset (that’s 2560 x 1440 per eye, or 5120 x 1440 total,) XTAL, from VRgineers , the same company behind the VRHero 5K headset. MORE
Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017. MORE
A few weeks back I went hands-on with Leap Motion’s mobile VR hand-tracking solution, and now you can see it in action for yourself. Here users can create different shapes by pinching their hands together and then pulling them apart. MORE
At F8 this week, Oculus showed work being done on hand-tracking to bring more intuitive control and accurate avatars into VR. Beyond hand-tracking, she also revealed the Oculus ‘Half Dome’ prototype , a headset with a 140 degree field of view and varifocal display. MORE
This time last year, computer vision company uSens introduced a stereo camera module capable of hand tracking. Using a smartphone's RGB camera, uSensAR Hand Tracking uses computer vision and deep learning to track the full hand's skeletal dynamic. MORE
If two hands are better than one, then two hand-tracking SDKs must be better than one as well. After uSens announced its Hand Tracking SDK at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara on Thursday, ManoMotion unveiled the latest version of its own SDK. MORE
The pair confirmed to UploadVR today that the Goblin, a three degrees of freedom (3DOF) all-in-one device that’s usually operated with a 3DOF controller, is getting support for uSens’ Fingo hand-tracking solution. The Fingo hardware provides 26DOF tracking that brings your hands into virtual worlds, following hand position and finger movements to allow to realistically interact with the environment around you. MORE
Some have begun to offer a degree of interactivity based on where you look , but there’s only so much you can achieve with a fixed track. MORE
GDC and MWC are just around the corner, and Qualcomm is diving head-first into virtual reality with a new dev-kit and hand-tracking technology. The chipmaker may be best known for its smartphone processors, but that same silicon is just as much at home in head-mounted displays. MORE
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. MORE
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. Since its founding in 2010, Leap Motion has become the recognized leader in motion tracking for VR/AR. MORE
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Road to VR
MAY 3, 2018
At F8 this week, Oculus showed work being done on hand-tracking to bring more intuitive control and accurate avatars into VR. Beyond hand-tracking, she also revealed the Oculus ‘Half Dome’ prototype , a headset with a 140 degree field of view and varifocal display.
Road to VR
MARCH 13, 2018
Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion , the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they’re working together to embed Leap Motion’s tech into professional-grade VR headsets.
Road to VR
MAY 24, 2018
Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. Hand-tracking for Gesture Input.
Next Reality AR
MAY 31, 2018
This time last year, computer vision company uSens introduced a stereo camera module capable of hand tracking. Using a smartphone's RGB camera, uSensAR Hand Tracking uses computer vision and deep learning to track the full hand's skeletal dynamic.
UploadVR
AUGUST 24, 2016
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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 ! Watch the video below to see the 6 DOF tracking in action.
UploadVR
JUNE 11, 2018
Leap Motion continues to improve its hand tracking technology with the latest update today. Software updates issued over the last few years for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking sensors have steadily improved the hardware’s functionality.
Next Reality AR
MAY 31, 2018
If two hands are better than one, then two hand-tracking SDKs must be better than one as well. After uSens announced its Hand Tracking SDK at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara on Thursday, ManoMotion unveiled the latest version of its own SDK.
UploadVR
MARCH 2, 2017
Hand-tracking looks likely to play a big part in that future, and Leap Motion is one of a few companies leading the charge in this department. Leap’s latest, well, leap is to bring its controller-free hand tracking tech to mobile VR headsets. Leap’s demo was its usual one, in which you can put your hands together, pinch, and stretch out to create different sized blocks. Tagged with: hand tracking , leap motion , qualcomm , standalone.
UploadVR
JULY 25, 2017
Earlier this year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a new form of input being developed over at Oculus: hand tracking gloves. Though there’s no text to accompany the clip it looks like the back of the hand is lined with markers.
UploadVR
JUNE 2, 2016
During an interview with UploadVR at this year’s Augmented World Expo, The post The Meta 2 Begins Shipping In Two Weeks With Improved Hand Tracking appeared first on UploadVR. AR hardware alpha ar beta gribetz hand tracking Headset meron Meta Meta 2 tracking updated
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.
Road to VR
MARCH 10, 2017
Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 7, 2016
The new Leap Motion Mobile Platform consists of hardware and software optimised for VR and AR hand tracking on mobile devices. This allowed users to finally ‘see’ their hands in VR, with fully-tracked fingers, marking the beginning of a fruitful relationship between Leap Motion and VR.
Road to VR
JUNE 11, 2018
Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements “across the board.” Updated Tracking. Faster and more consistent hand initialization.
UploadVR
MARCH 15, 2017
A few weeks back I went hands-on with Leap Motion’s mobile VR hand-tracking solution, and now you can see it in action for yourself. Here users can create different shapes by pinching their hands together and then pulling them apart.
UploadVR
AUGUST 15, 2018
Last week I got the chance to go hands-on with the new enterprise-focused 5K VR headset (that’s 2560 x 1440 per eye, or 5120 x 1440 total,) XTAL, from VRgineers , the same company behind the VRHero 5K headset.
UploadVR
JANUARY 5, 2018
The pair confirmed to UploadVR today that the Goblin, a three degrees of freedom (3DOF) all-in-one device that’s usually operated with a 3DOF controller, is getting support for uSens’ Fingo hand-tracking solution. The Fingo hardware provides 26DOF tracking that brings your hands into virtual worlds, following hand position and finger movements to allow to realistically interact with the environment around you.
AllThingsVR
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Oculus Video Shows Advanced Hand Tracking Gloves via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 25, 2017. virtual reality augmented reality vr ar
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
We’ve seen plenty of new usecases for both, including inside-out positional tracking for mobile VR headsets and some pretty mind-blowing experiments too, but this is the first we’ve seen hand-tracking integrated into either AR platform.
UploadVR
AUGUST 23, 2016
Hand Tracking hardware hand tracking Interaction Engine leap motion
Road to VR
OCTOBER 20, 2018
Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras. HTC also indicates that the capability can track individual finger movements too.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
” Notably, the researcher’s hardware appears to use fairly expensive Optitrack cameras for the system rather than the buggy Oculus Sensor tracking system the company used for the consumer Rift.
VRScout
OCTOBER 22, 2018
HTC reveals native hand/finger tracking for Vive Pro alongside 6DoF functionality for Vive Focus. HTC revealed the devices exciting tracking capabilities during their time at last weeks 2018 World Conference on VR Industry in Nanchang, China.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
What made the VR 820 so compelling was that it had 6-DoF tracking as well as integrated compute (Snapdragon 820) which was on par with all the latest flagship phones. It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI.
VRWorld
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Where things changed was when developers got their hands on it. An unnamed Japanese developer used the dual cameras to do hand-tracking without the Vive’s motion controllers, though this comes with obvious limitations — what do you do when your hands aren’t in your camera’s field of vision? While many news sites are reporting on this as a dedicated hand-tracking feature, it’s time to clarify a little bit: it’s not.
UploadVR
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Hand Tracking hardware Intel VR Headsets hand tracking merged reality movidius realsense
Road to VR
JANUARY 8, 2019
At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules.
UploadVR
JULY 21, 2016
Experiences Hand Tracking VR Industry News arm tracking demo dev kit finger tracking gloves hand tracking manus vr preview
UploadVR
JANUARY 13, 2017
The self-contained virtual reality headset makes use of Intel’s vision technologies to create a wireless, inside-out positionally tracked headset. Let There Be Hands. II’s built in RealSense hand-tracking. Tracking and Performance .
Slashgear
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
GDC and MWC are just around the corner, and Qualcomm is diving head-first into virtual reality with a new dev-kit and hand-tracking technology. The chipmaker may be best known for its smartphone processors, but that same silicon is just as much at home in head-mounted displays.
UploadVR
MARCH 16, 2018
A partnership between an engineering company building solutions geared toward professionals (VRgineers) and a leading hand-tracking company (Leap Motion) aims to pair up their technologies. The goal is to offer an ultrawide field of view VR headset that lets you see your hands more often than in current systems. Now they can move their virtual hands throughout the headset’s entire field of view without losing sight of them.”.
Road to VR
APRIL 28, 2018
But we could see that change in the near future, thanks to research from Google which details a system for low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking. To simplify the system, we use the same cameras for headset 6-DoF pose tracking on mobile HMDs as our input.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
We can only speculate at this point how good both the eye and hand-tracking are (so we won’t). News Steam VR Compatible VR Headset 8k vr 8k vr headset eye tracking hand-tracking high fov vr imax starvr pimax pimax 8k pimax 8k headset starvr
VRScout
APRIL 10, 2018
The company reveals plans to release their prototype design for a $100 hand-tracking AR headset. If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking technology to your VR or AR experience, there are few options outside Leap Motion technology.
UploadVR
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
controllers Hand Tracking hardware MediaMarkt oculus touch
UploadVR
MARCH 2, 2017
Vivepaper doesn’t use the Vive’s position-tracked wands. You’ll hold this up to the headset’s front-facing camera to be scanned, and then you’ll press you hand into the center of the booklet to register it as the input device. Yes, Vivepaper really uses a primitive form of hand tracking. Print is dead. It’s a phrase we’ve heard time and time again over the last decade.
UploadVR
JANUARY 11, 2019
They’ve got a white glove that encapsulates your hand while you’re wearing it and hides all of the motorized tendons and electronics. What sets the Contact CI glove apart from other gloves that might just track your fingers or even HaptX which provides a bit of haptic feedback in your hand, is that Contact CI is able to accurately simulate tension. For the actual hand and finger tracking they were using a Leap Motion sensor which is neat, but not very accurate.
Cats and VR
JULY 17, 2017
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. Since its founding in 2010, Leap Motion has become the recognized leader in motion tracking for VR/AR.
Road to VR
JULY 15, 2017
Some have begun to offer a degree of interactivity based on where you look , but there’s only so much you can achieve with a fixed track.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2018
Keiichi Matsuda went from being a dystopian filmmaker to becoming the Vice President of Design at hand-tracking company Leap Motion. By default it will be a tethered AR HMD with a 180° x 180° hand-tracking volume.
Road to VR
AUGUST 31, 2016
Leap Motion has announced it’s to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine , a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands.
UploadVR
JANUARY 6, 2017
Chopra asked his colleague to show his hands and soon they appeared on screen surrounding the balloons. No, these were his actual, real world hands — complete with wedding ring. Tagged with: CES , hand tracking , hands , Intel , merged reality , project alloy.
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