Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2018

HTC earlier this month revealed a 6DOF controller dev kit for the Vive Focus standalone headset. When HTC revealed the Vive Focus 6DOF controller dev kit earlier this month , the company wasn’t ready to share details. New details have emerged about the device this week.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. A true patchwork of all the different technologies.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

In 2022 , Cook said: I am incredibly excited about AR as you may know, and the critical thing in any technology, including AR, is putting humanity at the center of it. The processors are of note because, unlike competitors, Apple is not leveraging Qualcomm technology. That is what we focus on every day And Apple delivered.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Options like hand-tracking and eye-tracking have made their way into the offering, and now ultrasonic tracking for 6DOF controller input is available, as noted in a press release by Goertek , the manufurating partner of the Snapdragon 845 VRDK. Image courtesy Qualcomm.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2016

Usens is one of the early developers of hand and head tracking tech; according to the announcement from the company this investment will help launch new and improved non-controller hand and head tracking tools. The company’s technology is being demonstrated this week at the Augmented World Expo (AWE).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

While the Vive Focus initially launched with a single 3DOF controller, HTC recently announced a dev kit add-on which brings a pair of 6DOF controllers to the standalone headset. We got our first chance to try out the system today at an HTC press event in San Francisco.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

If you’re not amazed because many XR applications have built-in hand tracking, remember that your hands need to be in view of the headset’s cameras for hand tracking to work. You can do it with your hands behind your back. “The Not so with StretchSense. StretchSense. You can do this in a pocket.

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