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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APRIL 3, 2023

Instead of interacting with tracked controllers, I used Meta’s latest Hand Tracking 2.1 I came out of my demo and asked Andrew Eiche, the new CEO of Owlchemy Labs , if he thinks they’ve achieved the full interaction experience of Job Simulator with only hand tracking. ” Eiche asks.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2020

Here are 20 tips & tricks for new users (and maybe even a few for seasoned Questers). If tip #1 doesn’t help, then you can buy comfort accessories or make one yourself. If you pay attention to these tips however, you’ll avoid risking motion sickness and you may even become less sensitive to it with practice.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2021

Odder Lab’s upcoming VR game features unique environments, animated set pieces, online multiplayer, and hand-tracking. The game also tracks your moves as you play, allowing you to better analyze past games and identify your mistakes. Image Credit: Odders Lab. Those who preorder can score 10% off for a limited time.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You may be noticing that I’ve mentioned no hand-tracking hardware: competitors like Senseglove Nova or HaptX Gloves all have some integrated sensors to detect the pose of the fingers and use some external systems (e.g. Vive Tracker) to get the overall pose of the hand. I was so satisfied with my quick test.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2022

The app also uses hand-tracking technology to deliver a VR design experience that feels natural while offering the same tools and features that you would have with your controllers. Arkio lets you use your Meta Quest controllers to grab, pinch, and pull objects throughout your scene.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

More info Monado now supports hands tracking Collabora, the company behind the open-source XR runtime Monado, has just shown that it has been able to implement a working version of hands tracking into its framework. Now users will be able to move in the scene without the need of having a controller in their hands.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2021

Daniel Beauchamp, aka Pushmatrix , has been taking the web by storm with his series of hilarious VR projects powered by Oculus Quest hand-tracking. Due to its many similarities with Beat Games’ original VR rhythm game , it’s unlikely we’ll ever get our hands on this entertaining proof-of-concept.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Thanks Ivan Aguilar for the tip) More info Quest has now better input capabilities With the new runtime, Quest 3 gains a “multimodal” user interface, which means that the user can use in the same app (that supports it) both the controllers and the hands in a seamless way.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2022

The Quantum Metagloves have a magnetic base positioned on the back of the palm while each finger has a module on the tip that is sensed within the magnetic field. Even expensive optical tracking systems (with markers on the tips of each finger) can be foiled easily by self-occlusion or one hand occluding the other.

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MARCH 15, 2024

It's a considerably different proposition than Quest due to the lack of tracked controllers, relying instead on hand tracking and pinch gestures. We'll touch upon this with individual titles, but hand-tracking in faster-paced games often feels sluggish, an assessment David Heaney noted in our Apple Vision Pro review.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The device will supposedly make use of hand tracking or a clothes-pin like a finger module for pointing and selection. Zuckerberg has tipped a price point between $300-500 and the release is expected later this year. Meta, in contrast, is aiming for a more commercially viable XR product.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2023

I’ve been tipped about the fact that the Korean store of HTC may have accidentally leaked the name of the new Vive headset that will be revealed at CES… and maybe also its price. It supports 6DOF VR controllers along with optical hand tracking. Let’s start this 2023 with a leak!

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Sharing a tip with fellow developers, he says, “there is a plan for a Go emulation layer that allows Quest owners to play approved Go games too.” . Hand Tracking. The big news is, the Quest is getting full hand tracking support. There will always be a place for hand-controllers, especially in games,” he says.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Because Vision Pro ditches motion controllers for hand-tracking, the kinds of VR/AR/MR/XR games that will be available may be quite a bit different from other headsets, while Apple insists on calling them "spatial" games. A release date remains unknown.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

WebXR is an open standard API that enables webpages to display immersive content on headsets that tracked controllers can interact with. You can access WebXR apps UploadVR David Heaney Still, seeing features like hand tracking available to a single world in both Vision Pro and Quest is an interesting moment for WebXR.

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Steki Amusement

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Owatch Virtual Reality Hand Interactive Arcade Game The world’s leading hand tracking and haptic technology! Deliver world-class hand tracking to anyone, anywhere. Ultraleap’s optical hand tracking module captures your hand movements with unparalleled accuracy and near-zero latency.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2024

It has a hands-first philosophy and provides out-of-the-box hand tracking support as well as controller support. I show tips to the side of panels, with a line to the UI component they describe. Users can cycle through tips and hide ones they are familiar with. This reduces the amount of text on the panel.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Track Craft Teases Potential Hand-Tracking Controls Messing around with hand tracking since it is now a big thing thanks to #AppleVisionPro. Would you enjoy having more hands-on control in Track Craft? What do you think? Fanatec released a new high-end steering wheel for Gran Turismo 7.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2022

At the time of this writing, the project has already blasted past its original funding goal of ¥26M (~$200,000) with over funds tipping over ¥29M (~$220,000). Hand tracking : bending sensor and IMU (standard version does not support finger opening). Vibration : Back of the hand (equipped on all models). Charging time : 2.5

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MAY 4, 2024

For everything else, here are our top five VR news stories we previously missed: VRChat Reworks Hand Tracking For Cross-Platform Support In the latest developer update , VRChat announced its reworked hand tracking support. for new features and customization options. Pavlov released the minor update 30.1

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

I hope that we can arrive together to the 400th episode in two years… let’s see If you want to give me a tip for all these hard years at work, you can join my Patreon. Owlchemy is convinced that hand tracking is what will pave the way to make VR mainstream, because it makes interactions more natural, intuitive, and frees us from controllers.

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VRScout

JANUARY 7, 2022

To bring the Thor AR fitness experience to life, Live and Bouffard took advantage of Spectacles hand tracking abilities in order to layer Thor’s hammer over the real-world dumbbell. We started off trying curls, but because of the occlusion of the weights, it wouldn’t always see my hands. And he’s not alone in these thoughts.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One instance where I realized I was over-scoping was with my plans to support hand-tracking in the initial release of the game. The reality was that hand-tracking at the time still had limitations, and the quality of people’s experience with it varied highly depending on their lighting conditions and their expectations of the feature.

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MAY 11, 2024

Rogue Ascent , a hand-tracking VR roguelike shooter that launched on Quest last year, celebrated its first anniversary with the sandbox update. If you've got an update for a VR game we should know about for this article or future updates, you can use our contact page or email tips@uploadvr.com with details.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Controller tracking on the site is relatively good, as is the skeletal hand-tracking feature, which makes it easy to navigate your XR apps hands-free. If you want to connect your system to a PC, you simply remove the battery pack, and attach the temple tips to the hinges.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

The headset should also provide hand tracking, eye tracking and reverse passthrough , so people should be able to see the eye of the wearer. They are dubbed “Meta Touch Plus”, and they work (as I predicted last week) by fusing the data of IMU, IR LED tracking, and hand tracking together. A must-watch.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Achille’s heel of positional tracking is the light: if the room is completely dark, it doesn’t work anymore. Hands Tracking. HoloLens 2 has no controllers, but it lets you interact with the mixed reality elements through hand tracking, eye tracking, and voice commands.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It feels a little novel, but I could see this being used as an easy way to emulate pinch inputs in hand-tracking apps without any need for the developers to make changes. As for the attachable stylus tip which goes on the bottom of your controller… I’m not really sold. Image courtesy Meta. Photo by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

You can go forward, backward, and skip a track by just slightly sliding one finger tip over the other, an operation you can do by lying comfortably on a bed , without even raising your hands (like hand tracking would require) and without having a bulky controller with you.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I’ve attempted the same cube spinning interaction with various VR hand-tracking tech (which tracked my hands but offered no haptics or force feedback), and it’s never felt very good. This means it’s clear to me that the object is responding to me and able to be gripped. Photo by Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It turns out that it has been delayed again since the company is not satisfied with the quality of the hands tracking offered by the currently-used tracking cameras. The Lynx will ship with hands tracking as the primary interaction method, so high-quality hands tracking is crucial for this headset.

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APRIL 13, 2024

Rogue Ascent , a hand-tracking VR roguelike shooter that launched on Quest last year, is getting a sandbox update next month to celebrate its 1st anniversary. If you've got an update for a VR game we should know about for this article or future updates, you can use our contact page or email tips@uploadvr.com with details.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

Meta releases hands tracking 2.0 Meta has just released the v2 of its hand tracking system for Quest. But the applications won’t use it automatically, but they have to change a little flag to enable the use of this new hand tracking algorithm. I’ll keep you posted about my findings. Learn more.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2019

Built with SteamVR Tracking tech, the stylus works similarly to a typical SteamVR controller, but affords the natural precision that comes with precise finger control. While it works well for drawing in the air, a pressure-sensitive tip also makes it great for drawing (and potentially evening writing) against a physical surface.

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MAY 20, 2024

We encourage developers to submit again in a later event if we can’t fit your video or trailer into this Showcase, and you can always reach out with interesting information and videos to tips@uploadvr.com for our staff to consider for coverage.

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