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Video Offers a Glimpse of Vision Pro Hand-tracking & Occlusion Performance

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A video posted by a Vision Pro developer appears to show the current levels of hand-tracking and occlusion performance that Apple’s new headset is capable of. Apple Vision Pro, expected to launch in the next few months , will use hand-tracking as its primary input method.

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Meta Upgrades Hand Tracking On Quest VR Headsets

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The company’s new VR game, Move Fast , demonstrates major improvements in latency. The v56 update also introduces Hand Tracking 2.2, which according to Meta reduces latency by 40% during typical movements and 75% while performing faster actions.

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Meta’s New Demo App is Like ‘Beat Saber’ for Hand-tracking

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Meta’s hand-tracking has improved by leaps and bounds since we first saw it on the original Quest in 2019, but as Apple serves up stiff competition with its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset , Meta tossed out a new hand-tracking demo that shows off the benefits of its latest software update.

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Meta Shows Off Quest Hand-tracking Improvements, Claims “almost as responsive as controllers”

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Apple is going all-in with hand-tracking for its upcoming Vision Pro , but can hand-tracking really replace proper VR controllers? First announced in late July, the company’s Hands 2.2 Hands can also provide a faster on ramp for users new to VR.

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Four Quest 2 Apps Making Use of Hand-tracking 2.0 Improvements

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Alongside the announcement that Quest 2 is getting upgraded controllerless hand-tracking which improves robustness, Meta revealed that it had given select developers access to the tech ahead of time, some of which used it to directly improve their apps. The update to hand-tracking is a very big deal for us.

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Oculus ‘Designing for Hands’ Document Introduces Best Practices for Quest Hand-tracking

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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. SEE ALSO Three Totally Creative Uses of Quest Hand-tracking.

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‘Unplugged’ Review – Rock Star Ambitions Stifled by Quest’s Hand-tracking

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Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. And the lack of 100 percent precise hand-tracking is a shame, because everything else about Unplugged is legitimately awesome.