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Patent Hints At Further Oculus Research Into VR Hand Controllers Beyond Touch

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A patent application filed today by Oculus indicates the Facebook-owned virtual reality team is researching new kinds of hand controllers. The company’s current solution for bringing your hands with you into a VR experience is Oculus Touch. Like all patents, take this one with a grain of salt.

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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

Addressing an audience of over five thousand developers in Seattle’s Washington Convention Center, Nadella struck a soberly optimistic note; on the one hand insisting on the message he delivered last year about the great transformative power of technology, but also highlighting the monumental challenges that come with its rapid development.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

From zero gravity chambers to organic gaming consoles, Hollywood has been dreaming up some of the biggest and best ways to implement virtual reality for decades. Haptic gloves: Similar to the gloves attached to the cabinet, the at home version exoskeleton design brings hand tracking and touch to VR. Brainscan (1994).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.02): PSVR likely not to come in 2021, new info revealed on Decagear, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. PSVR 2 is probably coming in 2022 and with a slow transition. I admit that this news caught me a bit off guard. OpenXR slowly increases its adoption.

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4 Ways to Unleash the Power of Sound in VR

Leapmotion

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. Once the most underrated element of virtual reality, sound is now widely recognized to be a major element in creating VR with “presence.”

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

Alvin Wang Graylin is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, particularly virtual reality. Alan: Today’s guest is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, and particular virtual reality, Mr. Alvin Wang-Graylin. Alvin: Hi, how are you doing, Alan?

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

Alvin Wang Graylin is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, particularly virtual reality. Alan: Today’s guest is an industry leader, evangelist and passionate driver of XR technologies, and particular virtual reality, Mr. Alvin Wang-Graylin. Alvin: Hi, how are you doing, Alan?