Road to VR

JUNE 10, 2020

There’s no comprehensive app out there yet for learning sign language in VR, however a student at the computer science department of the Bern University of Applied Science is using Oculus Quest’s native hand-tracking to see just how close we might get to achieving that goal with today’s tech.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2024

Barra warns that, like the company’s first standalone headset Oculus Go, the novelty around casual content consumption will probably fade fairly quickly. Most users who bought Oculus Go completely abandoned the headset after a few weeks.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Oculus Connect 6 is starting today, and ahead of the festivities Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a video showing off some pretty nuanced hand interaction, something he says will be apart of his talk today. Now, we know that Quest will soon include optical hand-tracking.

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ARPost

APRIL 8, 2020

Tuesday, April 7, saw VIVE’s second weekly developer live stream, “Build for Tomorrow – VIVE Hand Tracking SDK.”. The talk, presented by HTC’s senior developer Dario Laverde, focused on how developers can integrate hand tracking into their applications. Hand Tracking in VR Technology – It’s Come a Long Way.

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ARVR

JUNE 15, 2020

Hand gestures can be considered as one of the most intuitive interaction modes in human-computer interaction (HCI)/ Human Device… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

More than any other virtual reality (VR) headset, 2019 was Oculus Quest’s year – and it wasn’t even a full year! Facebook released two major updates for the standalone device in the latter half of the year, namely Oculus Link and hand tracking. Improved Hand Tracking stability.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Well, you will be able to create ever more realistic and accurate hand tracking interactions. The Interaction Builder already includes a wide range of interaction primitives that you can use to enhance your hand-tracking projects. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. What is the problem it is addressing?

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Upload VR

JULY 29, 2022

A new update is available for Myst which adds hand tracking support and other requested features. Players can now use hand tracking for the entire Myst experience from start to finish on Quest with gestures for smooth locomotion and other interactions. You can read more in our full review.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2020

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors. The post Sony Researchers Unveil Knuckles-style Prototype VR Controller with Full Hand Tracking appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hand-tracking is on the rise in the XR market. In the last couple of years, several emerging high quality and precise hand-tracking technologies were introduced to the market. Optimizing 3D models for Augmented Reality 3. VRfree is a solid device including precise and scalable hand tracking data.

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Upload VR

JUNE 27, 2022

Little Cities will receive hand tracking support this week on Oculus Quest and Meta Quest 2. After some discussions internally and a few requests from fans, Purple Yonder decided hand tracking support would be the game’s first big piece of post launch content.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 3, 2022

First Hand is a new demo built by Meta to introduce Quest buyers to advanced interactions built around hand tracking. The demo available through Meta’s App Lab program lists both Quest and Quest 2 support for hand tracking only.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Yesterday, I have dressed as a fortune teller and I have given you my predictions for augmented reality in 2019. Now, it is the turn of virtual reality. Let me do some speculations… Virtual Reality in 2018. This has been the year of the disbelief in virtual reality. How has VR performed in 2018?

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2017

Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million. However, one place in VR still seems like a potential sweet spot for Leap Motion’s hand-tracking tech: mobile.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Coming to Quest VR headsets in late 2022, Fight Back is a free VR app aimed at teaching self-defense via hand tracking. From Céline Tricart and produced by both Tricart and Marie Blondiaux, Fight Back uses storytelling steeped in metaphor to teach self-defense techniques via VR headset hand tracking or optional controller tracking.

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Slashgear

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Oculus and Facebook made a lot of announcements at Oculus Connect 6 in September, but one of the biggest announcements was that Oculus Quest would be getting a hand tracking feature. With hand tracking, users will be able to ditch the controllers and use their hands to interact with objects in VR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2020

If you were one of the poor souls desperately trying to purchase an Oculus Quest this holiday season, you know better than anyone how difficult it’s been to locate a headset whose price hasn’t been inflated hundreds-of-dollars by third-party sellers. Image Credit: Oculus, Facebook. “We’ve

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

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 ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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Slashgear

MAY 18, 2020

A “one year anniversary” announcement was made this morning by Oculus for the headsets Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S. In their excitement for a full year of sales and functionality, Oculus representatives noted that “people have spent more than $100M on Quest content.”

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Established in 2015, Circuit Stream has helped over 40,000 people learn to design and develop virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. That said, have a nice read!

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Slashgear

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Oculus Connect 6 is underway, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a lot to say about the company’s newest VR headset, the standalone Oculus Quest. In addition to touting the Quest’s success thus far, Zuckerberg also revealed that Oculus Quest will soon be capable of hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. I couldn’t wait to put my hands on it, and I expected all the other devs to be pretty excited too. The community immediately grasped the potential of hand tracking and embraced it totally.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Last week at Oculus Connect 6 there were major AR and VR announcements made. Oculus Quest and Rift News. Oculus Quest and Rift News. At the OC6 keynote, Mark Zuckerberg shared Oculus’ goal was to have forward compatibility on all future devices. The first big reveal was the upcoming Oculus Link add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Apart from the splendid Cathedral and the tasty Trdelnik, Prague also features an interesting Virtual Reality startup: VRgineers. Having a tour inside VRgineers, that is a startup that is trying to develop almost all the main parts of its headset , made me understand how creating a Virtual Reality headset is incredibly difficult.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2020

These days we have had various leaks about a new upcoming Oculus Quest , with also renders and photos shared by the famous leaker Walking Cat. Oculus is going to release a new Oculus Quest. Various rumors and leaks in the past weeks hinted to an upcoming release of a new Oculus Quest headset. The comfort enigma.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 23, 2022

Owlchemy Labs’ next VR project will feature multiplayer and hand tracking support. The project remains unnamed and details are scarce, except that it will feature multiplayer and is “built from the ground up for hand tracking.”

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. Here is a summation of all things virtual reality as we currently know it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2020

Today I was reading Upload VR, and I’ve found a very interesting article by David Heaney stating that now it is possible to use your real environment as your Oculus Quest Home environment. I immediately got excited, because this meant that the Oculus Quest has now some augmented reality functionalities!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. They’ve built realistic hand interactions for OctoXR that complement Ultraleap’s hand tracking perfectly.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

virtual reality peripheral that can be mounted onto an Oculus Rift headset. This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space. ” For Leap, this meant that heavy optimization would be required to get IR hand tracking to work on mobile devices.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. First Hand. First Hand Trailer. First Hand is a small application that Meta has developed and released on App Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

I have had the joy of trying the new UltraLeap Stereo IR 170 hands-tracking sensor for VR and evaluate its performances. Of course, it is not only for them: if you are a maker or a research center, you can also buy it as an accessory for your headset, to experiment with high-quality hands tracking in VR. Are you in?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It’s since when I launched my blog that I always dreamed of interviewing someone from Oculus , and finally today this dream has come true. The VRX conference will be held in San Francisco on December, 12-13th and will feature very high-level speakers from companies like Oculus/Facebook, HP, Snap and many others. Hey, Antony.

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Ryan Schultz

MARCH 2, 2024

), I still do believe that Meta makes great virtual reality hardware! Since I already had the Oculus app installed on my work iPhone from when I set up my Meta Quest 2, the QR code didn’t really do much of anything. I think Meta is already vacuuming up an alarming amount of my personal data as it is!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Welcome to our weekly virtual reality art roundup! Everything you are about to see was made by hand by in a variety of VR creation programs that include Google’s Tilt Brush , Oculus Medium , Quill and Gravity Sketch. European Shorthair – Oculus Medium. Moog Lil Phatty Stage II – Quill .

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AllThingsVR

JULY 25, 2017

Oculus Video Shows Advanced Hand Tracking Gloves via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 25, 2017.

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