XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Danderyd Municipality, Sweden-based firm has led markets since 2001, offering headset manufacturers, and software developers top-tier solutions for doing so. The company also has a longstanding relationship with major hardware component manufacturers such as Qualcomm Technologies.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 19, 2016

Setting up a Daydream Developer Kit appears relatively simple, as the software and hardware are designed to remain open and accessible. The final piece of necessary hardware is a headset device, such as a Google Cardboard, preferably one with a head strap. First and foremost, you need a Nexus 6P phone. Read more here.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Find out this week on Developer Labs with a retro art experiment and how hardware hacking can change the world. To take control of your own hardware integrations, check out Cylon.js to hack an Arduino. Let us know your hardware hacking dreams @LeapMotionDev with the hashtag #WWYL. How Hardware Hacking Can Change the World.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The technology has since been updated to form the Glass 2 device, which features safety frames, a lightweight form factor, and instant access to software for collaboration capabilities. The Google Glass 2 smart glasses run on an Android open-source project operating system, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Rokid Max AR Glasses Review: Hardware and Design For most companies investing in the smart glasses landscape , the main focus is on creating an ergonomic, lightweight device users can wear all day. For access to software, the Rokid Max AR specs feature a companion app, available for Android phones.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 7, 2016

Funding Roundup: Merge VR Raises $10M & uSens Raises $20M Merge Labs funding came from a whole community of investors in gaming, software, hardware and retail sectors across the nation. With the 26DOF mobile hand tracking, this solution replaces the need for peripheral devices such as game controllers or gloves.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

Hand tracking and head tracking. Six degrees of tracking with spatial anchors and depth mesh. Additionally, since the glasses are compatible with various spatial computing technologies and hardware, they could deliver exceptional versatility to all users. Screen mirroring with USB-C and HDMI video output.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

The Air headset, introduced at CES , offers 3 degrees of head tracking, and echo cancellation technology, while the Light glasses provide 6DoF head, hand, image, and plane tracking. The HoloLens 2 features 4 visible light cameras for head tracking, 2 IR cameras for eye tracking, and a 5 channel microphone array.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Additionally, the tools can integrate with common MDM solutions for device management, and come with their own integrated memory. Easy to use alongside a range of devices and enterprise software options, the Vuzix Blade 2 smart glasses are brimming with connectivity solutions. They support both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz networks.

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Anand Tech

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well as delivering hardware updates for both their desktop and mobile lineups this morning, as part of AMD’s CES 2022 keynote, the company also offered a quick update on their Radeon driver plans for the first quarter of the year.

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AR Insider

JULY 30, 2019

Our sister report on mobile AR had similar findings, but its adoption barriers are lower due to “zero cost hardware” (existing smartphone) and less bulk. People need to experience VR before they convert, which presents logistical challenges in pushing that “first taste” at scale. That means movies (which scored high) and casual games.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

The search giant and Android maker has slowly but surely found its footing as a hardware company in recent years thanks to a series of fantastic Pixel phones. But having the feature at all is a nice selling point, and pre-release builds of Android 13 already have built-in support for spatial audio with head tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time, and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices. The professional-grade mixed reality solution available from the company today is the Varjo XR-3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Varjo Exploring both software and hardware-based solutions for the extended reality world, Varjo is assisting businesses in numerous industries in the discovery of immersive opportunities. The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 10, 2017

The first is a complete lack of positional tracking. The Pimax representatives on site assured me that positional tracking would be added in by this spring, but for now you’re limited to head tracking only which is a far cry below what it will take to unseat the current kings of the VR hill.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. VEX Arena (front) and VEX Adventure (back) Both setups used haptic vests but otherwise, the hardware differed significantly. It looked like Pico Neo 3 , combined with SteamVR tracking, hand tracking, and Pico 3 controllers that were mounted into the guns.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

According to Shawn Nash, the software engineer responsible for implementing VR into iRacing , it was a very close call. “We The older DX9-based support for DK2 was decent, if it played nicely with your hardware, but the easier to use ‘Direct Mode’ was temperamental at best on my system.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

We believe that XR will eventually be accessible to the mass market when the hardware becomes more affordable and powerful. Hardware-based big tech companies would further fuel the wave, introducing their own devices or expanding their VR device product lines. Some of the big techs are also developing their software and games.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you have a newer Android phone and a good gaming computer, it’s possible to prototype, test, and share your VR projects with the world using third-party software like RiftCat’s VRidge. VRidge is software that streams PC VR experiences to your phone via wifi. Install the Leap Motion Orion software. Your VR Prototyping Kit. $63

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Furthermore, $2 million goes further today toward a creating an XR headset than it did years ago thanks to more readily available and mature hardware, supply chains, and software. Software & Content. One of those shortcuts to market comes through Qualcomm’s hardware accelerator program and its XR SDK.

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Doc-Ok

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Results of these extractions, so-called “visualization primitives,” are presented in real time, with the default extraction latency being 100ms (note that extraction latency is independent of display latency , which is determined by the VR display hardware, and much lower at around 10ms – 20ms).

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Controller and head tracking is solid on the device — as it was on Quest 1 — while hand tracking will only get better. As above, Facebook has positioned Quest 2 to gain capability and appeal over time with hand tracking, expanding libraries and features unlocked through software.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Controller and head tracking is solid on the device — as it was on Quest 1 — while hand tracking will only get better. As above, Facebook has positioned Quest 2 to gain capability and appeal over time with hand tracking, expanding libraries and features unlocked through software.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2018

AMD today launched an updated version of their AMD Radeon Software suite which now includes the ability to stream SteamVR games to standalone and smartphone-based headsets, assuming you have a compatible AMD GPU. But until mobile headsets support the full head/hand 6DOF input that PC VR apps expect, it’s potential is quite niche.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

To the right side of the page you will see Build Guides and under it links to assembly, 3d printing, and software setup. I do sell a software launcher that allows you, once the Triton is assembled, to run and begin the software side of the Triton journey. . Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This will allow the creation of experiences shared by different people in the world that use different hardware. Sensors Head tracking Eye tracking Depth Azure Kinect sensor IMU Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer Camera 8MP stills, 1080p30 video. USB USB Type-C. Fit Single size Fits over glasses.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

And they’ll be powered by new GPUs and graphics software that will be almost unrecognizably different from today’s technology. All of this innovation points to a new way of interacting with computers, and this will require not just a new devices or software but an entirely new system for VR. The GDDR5X memory in the 1080 provides 1.7x

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2017

For instance, one might want to predict the orientation of the head or the position of the hand. Yuval and his team designed the OSVR software platform and built key parts of the OSVR offering. Why Predictive Tracking is Useful. Guest Article by Yuval Boger. Yuval is CEO of Sensics and co-founder of OSVR. Data smoothing.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Although coverage is increased, there’s still some tracking deadzones above and below the headset which can sometimes be annoying but never significantly impacted gameplay.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

The main appeal of standalone VR is the self-contained hardware design. By integrating the processor, battery, and all the required visual, audio, and tracking technology into the headset, they provide the tetherless freedom of mobile VR in an optimised design that breaks free of the constraints of smartphones.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I learned how to build hardware because back in the late ’90s, we weren’t using beautiful inside-out tracking systems. There was a lot of hardware work. You were really there building hardware and using very low frame, low-resolution headsets. Or Unreal if that’s your language.

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Doc-Ok

JANUARY 17, 2017

the position of the screen(s) is fixed and precisely measured during installation, and the viewer’s eye positions are provided via real-time head tracking. Based on that, the software can project 3D objects using one or more projection matrices, depending on whether the projection surface is planar or not. In CAVEs et al.,

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VRWorld

JANUARY 30, 2017

This should overall improve head tracking problems we had on Pimax 4K. Even though the price is the same, previous generation product simply did not had the software support which made Pimax 4K tedious to use. This looks as a big improvement too, since the last Pimax headset was relying only on built in sensors.

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Headjack

JANUARY 12, 2015

So far there are two major types of VR companies: those creating hardware, and those creating games and animated content. 2: Use identical hardware and identical settings. Possibly even more important than hardware are the capture settings. Even Microsoft decided to join the club. 2015 is going to be an exciting year!

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VRGuy

MAY 8, 2016

If you have additional information about the behavior of the tracked body, this can also improve prediction accuracy. For instance, when doing head tracking, understand how fast the head can possibly rotate and what are common rotation speeds, can improve the tracking model. Data smoothing. Transmission delays.

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Doc-Ok

JULY 4, 2019

The old VCI was the technology underlying videos such as this one: Figure 1: Collaborative exploration of a 3D CAT scan of a microbial community, between a CAVE and a 3D TV with head-tracked glasses and a tracked controller. Latency from intermediate sound processing/transmission software such as Linux’s PulseAudio.

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Doc-Ok

JUNE 8, 2016

At its core, Chaperone is a combination user interface / software / API system that brings relevant parts of users’ physical environments into their virtual environments. Concretely, during environment setup, users can sketch out the horizontal boundaries of their “play space” by tracing them with a tracked controller.

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