The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Sony promises amazing haptic sensations on the controllers, that should be able to provide “impactful, textured, and nuanced” sensations. Facebook is also working with haptics, and it has presented two prototypes of the wristbands that could apply vibrations or pressure sensations on the wrist. It will so have inside-out tracking.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Their computer vision team came up with a new method of using deep learning to understand the position of your fingers using just the monochrome cameras featured on the Quest, with no active depth-sensing cameras, additional sensors, or extra processors required. It’s not perfect, but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

And it's pretty cool that we get to experiment with the latest and greatest machine learning models, and try to get the most out of those chips. But after seeing what came out of CES this year, and learning about this Qualcomm XR2 chip, you've now got AR glasses coming out en masse. Varag: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

And it's pretty cool that we get to experiment with the latest and greatest machine learning models, and try to get the most out of those chips. But after seeing what came out of CES this year, and learning about this Qualcomm XR2 chip, you've now got AR glasses coming out en masse. Varag: Yeah.

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Hand tracking Automotive Haptic AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

And it's pretty cool that we get to experiment with the latest and greatest machine learning models, and try to get the most out of those chips. But after seeing what came out of CES this year, and learning about this Qualcomm XR2 chip, you've now got AR glasses coming out en masse. Varag: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens. Alex Kipman, the mind behind Microsoft HoloLens, has confirmed again in an interview that Microsoft will one day build a consumer version of HoloLens. You can now touch a virtual cat with full haptics. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. We see goggles, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs and body suits. The same is also true for input and output peripherals such as eye trackers and haptic devices. It turns out that others share this vision.

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