VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Soon you’ll be able to wave around a controller to instruct your virtual worlds, probably like a laser pointer. PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. QUALCOMM’S REFERENCE VR HEADSET ADDS HAND TRACKING AND MORE. touchpad on the side of the head-mounted device anymore. …and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

The most interesting ones for me are related to hand tacking. Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2, which makes the hand tracking more responsive to fast movements of hands : the system can so track the hands also when the user is playing fitness games like FitXR (or HitMotion: Reloaded).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Various months ago, Jason Rubin told the press that he was investigating an exchange of exclusive titles with Sony : his purpose was the one of bringing some of the best PSVR titles, like Resident Evil 7, to the Oculus Store. CTRL+C in the real world, CTRL+V in the virtual one.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2. This was a much awaited feature. Great job Pico on this one.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This is a framework that introduces many facilities for applications employing hands tracking: for instance, it makes sure that the hands of the user adapt dynamically to the shape of the object they are holding. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is also the most interesting because it introduces features like eye tracking, hand tracking, and especially a 2280×2280 per-eye resolution display that makes it compelling for professional use. Sony was pushing developers to have hybrid VR games, and Gran Turismo seems to work exactly along these lines.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

IDEALENS plans to partner with the leading human-computer interaction technology company Leap Motion to embed its next generation hand tracking technology in IDEALENS K3-E headset. Sony PlayStation VR ($399.99). Up until today, Sony has sold nearly one million Playstation VR headsets. Oculus Go ($199).

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Haptic gloves: Similar to the gloves attached to the cabinet, the at home version exoskeleton design brings hand tracking and touch to VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Valve’s SteamVR Tracking could have a huge impact on the mixed reality industry this year and next. Sony is going to try to put PS VR’s in 53 million homes this year too and the price of PCs capable of running nausea-free room-scale VR will undoubtedly continue to drop. These apps really are just the beginning.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Doing marketing in virtual worlds can be valuable. Vive Focus 3 now supports Hands Tracking even in PCVR mode (Thanks Paolo Leoncini for the tip). News worth a mention. Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Other news. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

This openness reflects also on the hardware side, where Pico has just announced a partnership with Ultraleap to bring its hand-tracking device to Pico via an adapter. Epic Games just got $2B from Sony and the owners of the Lego group to keep building its metaverse. I am very much flattered by it. Some articles on the metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

This was the final big surprise of the event: Sony Pictures and Meta, in partnership with nDreams, will bring the famous franchise to virtual reality. Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. I’ll keep you posted about my findings.

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