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Leading Hand-tracking Company Ultraleap Raises $82 Million Investment

Road to VR

Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond. Last month the company released its latest revision.

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Magic Leap One Developer Review – An Ambitious Headset with Untapped Potential

Road to VR

There’s a lot that can be said about the Magic Leap One. It’s trying to do a ton—eye-tracking, hand-tracking, 6DoF controllers, real-time meshing and a number of other features that haven’t been seen in a mobile MR device before. Meet the trio | Image courtesy Magic Leap. Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. ODG is launching a patent sale now in January.

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Leap Motion’s North Star is the DK1 of AR: hands-on preview and how to buy it!

The Ghost Howls

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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Hands-on Ultraleap Stratos: feel the touch in XR without gloves!

The Ghost Howls

Ultraleap Stratos Explore is the product for which Ultrahaptics (which later became Ultraleap after the fusion with Leap Motion) was famous. It is a little box you could put on your table to feel haptic sensations on your hands without wearing any kind of gloves. Ultraleap Stratos Explore. on the index fingertip).

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RealMax Qian review: wide FOV AR is amazing!

The Ghost Howls

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. Since having a 3DOF controller with a 6DOF headset is weird (HTC and Lenovo know this well), RealMax has decided to add also support for Leap Motion.

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Most Innovative XR Hand and Eye Tracking Vendors to Watch in 2022

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

To achieve their mission of delivering highly immersive, productive, and engaging experiences, Meta invests heavily in tracking technologies. Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Unity and Magic Leap.