ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2021

Incredibly secular and in need of the right software and hardware components to get off the ground, AR as we know it wouldn’t see major leaps in the public sector until the mid 2010s. Most people don’t know augmented reality was first created and tested in the late 1960s: by a Harvard professor, with a wired head-mounted display.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. Olson explains that there is a short setup process for shape matching but it “could eventually be automated”.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

It is, according to the company, “the world’s first highly integrated smart clothing apparel that includes haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and other systems”. Different poses have different effects on the muscles and skin and they wanted to be able to capture that data as well. Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

Vicon, a major provider of computer vision and motion capturing (mocap) technologies, revealed it had struck a partnership with visual effects (VFX) solution provider Artanim. Sandbox will bring to the premier centre its next-level motion-capturing camera systems, bespoke hardware, full-body trackers, and haptic feedback systems.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2023

It also debuted numerous creator tools, including a motion capture (mocap) system for small content creators. Walt Disney-Snap AR Partnership Recently, the Walt Disney Company partnered with several AR enterprises, including Snap for immersive tools for its product lineups.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The company behind the software is teaming up with various 3rd party manufacturers of motion capture suits such as Xsens , Rokoko and PrioVR to provide the tools necessary to bring the experience on a tour to locations across the U.S. Anyone up for a professional virtual reality shooter league? I sure as hell am.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The piece of news that made people hope for a close release is the recent radio certification that Valve has obtained in Korea for its new unknown hardware device. A musician will perform live to over 1 [million] people on Roblox, using a phone for motion capture 1.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2023

Pooya Koosha, Oorbit’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder , said that his company had been building hardware, software, and networking layers for the Metaverse for over ten years. Meta Platforms and Microsoft have also boosted serious gaming tools in a massive collaborative effort for the Meta Quest Pro.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. It utilizes one of the most powerful hardware features for AR on a mobile device, the LiDAR scanner on the iPad Pro and Phone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max and 14 Pro smartphones.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 11, 2023

Varjo Backs NVIDIA Omniverse for Ray-Tracing XR Tools Varjo , the Finnish producer of the world’s most advanced headsets, announced on Tuesday it would back the use of NVIDIA’s Omniverse and CloudXR platforms to develop the industrial metaverse. .”

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ARVR

JULY 19, 2021

All actors of the value chain, from the software development with Interhaptics and Innoactive to hardware manufacturers with SenseGlove , ManusVR , and Sensoryx. Their modular set of software tools and web services allow the VR training app development and deployment to be scalable. Indeed, it drastically reduces the costs.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Motion capture can find its roots in the art of rotoscoping, a technique developed in 1915 where animators trace over motion picture footage. Motion capture takes that to the next level by using different suits and tools to record the movement of subjects for use in various forms of media on 3D models.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

We’ve reported on new tools like Rokoko’s motion capture suit and studios like Survios wanting to go beyond immersive VR into something more human. Survios’ likely meant that regarding the depth of the experience delivered by software, but achieving such a feat may rest with advancements in haptic technology.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Other companies specializing in motion capture, like IKinema, might also be able to put together products and services that are more accessible to a larger group of creators. When combined with the head’s position via the headset itself, these six points provide an incredibly realistic real-time body capture system.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Adobe XD is a very powerful tool that UI/UX designers use to produce mockups of applications. Top news of the week. News from partners (and friends).

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XROM

JANUARY 9, 2024

Through integration with third-party 3D creation applications, it also supports remote, real-time review between locations, making this an intuitive and immersive tool for the entire process of spatial content creation. link] The device features Snapdragon® XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, the latest XR processor by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? HTC launches Vive XR Suite. Learn more.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Meaning, that the only way we, as content creators, can produce the kind of content we desire, is to work to create the hardware or software solutions as we go. Along with the emergence of the VR industry, a slew of gadgets and supplementary hardware devices have begun to flood in. The hardware still has room to improve.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Jason Crawford, CEO of Modal VR in Los Angeles, said in an interview that the company is creating hardware and software as part of its platform. Those sensors functioned a lot like the sensors in a motion-capture studio. I had gloves with sensors on my fingers. There were sensor detectors set up across the soccer field.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I also use technologies such as Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , motion capture (mocap), and Disguise Designer to produce my VNCCII XR stage shows. Lumen has also expanded its capabilities to support multiple reflection bounces and faster performance for consoles with hardware ray tracing.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

The hardware at the endpoint, the headset, glasses, microphones, etc. This would require virtual reality (VR) goggles and motion capture gloves to display the expressions, body language, and quality of voices of others. Such tools could extend the reach of workers, allowing them to perform tasks virtually.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

There were many demonstrations on display in the VR lab, including advanced motion capture devices and a game of catch with a robot. Devices like this go far beyond the basic haptics offered by current VR gaming controllers, allowing users more complete sensations of surface and substance.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

I developed many software and hardware products in the past, not only as Electronics Engineer but also as a Product Manager, worked in some well-known corporates such as Nokia and Verifone then a couple of years ago I founded WalkOVR, the first wearable walk-in-place locomotion solution for Virtual Reality. . Thanks for hosting me.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Langzou VR in education, VR Waibao in collaboration tools) and other on hardware (e.g. Since VR is only now starting to grow worldwide and it is not a mature technology yet (it lacks proper hardware and content), there is an opportunity for China to enter this growing field and become a worldwide leader in innovating the technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Commonly used for creating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, motion capturing (mocap) has rapidly become a mainstay in the extended reality (XR) market, employed on the latest headsets. In our discussion, we explore the rise of immersive motion-capturing technologies for the gaming industry.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Innovative cinematographic hardware used by John Gaeta. It will be amazing; Game Engines should be called “real-time graphics engines” because now they serve a lot of purposes and not only games; VR is a great artistic tool. He was obsessed with Virtual Reality. But VR encloses people and makes them stay in virtual rooms.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

Apple continuously advertises a number of job positions dealing with AR software and hardware. At three successive WWDC dev conferences, the company has also showcased iterative versions of ARKit, the iOS-based augmented reality developer tool. SEE ALSO Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. Oculus announces Hardware Reports. This is Oculus’s answer to Steam Hardware & Software Survey. What is the most used Gear VR device?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2020

The problem is more on the hardware side than on the software one : I mean, after hours with a headset on my head, I started feeling some ache. A special mention should also be said about the human characters (the NPCs), with the facial motions captured performed by Cubic Motion that feels very realistic.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Since the launch of the Vive Tracker earlier this year, impressive full-body motion capture has been demonstrated through the use of three Tracker units , in combination with the two tracked controllers and headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

IKinema was a company working on motion capture and had developed a great solution that lets people animate a full-body avatar with just some Vive Trackers on their limbs. If you have to develop geolocalized AR experiences, now you have a new tool that can help you. Apple acquires IKinema.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

They also had a disassembled Vive headset, Vive controller and Vive base station on display, giving me a rare glimpse into the inner workings of this new SteamVR hardware. The HTC VIVE Tracker is a huge part of our tool belt when it comes to the development of custom peripherals. Vive headset disassembled (Image provided by Rob cole).

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VRScout

MARCH 31, 2018

Afterall, the only thing more important than the hardware itself is the content to experience. Available now for PC and the Oculus Rift, this bizarre soccer “simulator” does away with motion controls in favor of full-body interaction.

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Cats and VR

JULY 2, 2018

A full-body inverse kinematics (IK) system and support for full-motion capture offers realistic, real-time avatar movement within VR. It is fully extensible, allowing integration of third-party applications and hardware. Creators can import existing 3D objects generated in common 3D modeling or CAD tools.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 8, 2021

Like several content-based sectors, this includes platforms, creation tools, delivery platforms, app layers and of course hardware. Taking this batch of speakers as an example, Spatial represents the app layer with a tool that enables synchronous 3D meetings and interactions. The coexist principle likewise applies to hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

We have a lot to go through; we’re going to go through all of the different hardware aspects involved in Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality — XR — and it’s not just the headsets or headphones. I think that it’s one of the best — from what I’ve been able to see — collaboration tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

We have a lot to go through; we're going to go through all of the different hardware aspects involved in Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality -- XR -- and it's not just the headsets or headphones. And I think, now that you mentioned that bHaptic suit combining with that, this is going to be a very, very powerful tool for enterprises.

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