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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality.

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Existing VR Games Would Look Great on Vision Pro, But Without Controllers Most Are Stuck

Road to VR

Without them, adapting most existing VR games to the Vision Pro becomes either an exercise in retrofitting control schemes, or completely starting on new projects built around the headset’s admittedly impressive hand and eye-tracking.

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The Best Third-party Vision Pro Accessories & Why You’ll Want Them

Road to VR

Magic Trackpad ($130) : Hand-tracking is also pretty great on Vision Pro, but you may not be somewhere you can ‘pinch to move’ a webpage or spreadsheet, like a crowded coffee shop or airport, giving a physical (and more precise) option the leg up. Any wireless headset should work, but who else is promising lossless audio?

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Nreal Air Smart Glasses Debut in UK

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Additionally, the Nreal Air contains a 46-degree field of view, 90Hz refresh rate, and 77-gram frame, and also integrates 5G to enhance media streaming and deliver low-latency connections. The device supports various phone models such as Samsung Galaxy, Sony Experia, and OPPO Find models, with a complete list available on EE’s website.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.03): HTC prepares the launch of its headset, Facebook acquires Onward devs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Its sentence mimics a statement from PlayStation about the upcoming PSVR2, so it seems that now Facebook sees Sony as the only credible competitor. Quest 2 hands tracking gets 60Hz update. I think that this can enable new kinds of applications (maybe even some workouts) to use hand tracking.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.31): Roblox released on Quest, Apple bringing back investments in VR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The ring should have a double purpose: on one end, it should act as a health sensor, able to track heart data like a smartwatch; on the other end, it should act as a controller to be used in conjunction with XR glasses.

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HTC VIVE Debuts Ultimate Trackers, FOTA 6 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Additional specs include proprietary, low-latency 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi as well as 6DoF ‘inside-out’ tracking. Users can also turn on and off hand tracking right from the VIVE menu for added usability. Ultimate Trackers offer completely different form factors compared to the VIVE Tracker 3.0

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