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SIGGRAPH 2017: Optitrack Reveals Tracking Puck For Full-Body VR Immersion

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The head-mounted display features specifications and clarity matching consumer VR headsets like the Rift and its tracking system, powered by long-time motion-tracking company Optitrack, is seamless in allowing freedom to move around multiple rooms so you can find objects and walls exactly where you expect them to be.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

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Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

VRScout

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy.

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Varjo Expands Enterprise Headset Lineup With VR-2 & VR-2 Pro

Peter Graham

The latter is a £6000 GBP head-mounted display (HMD) which launched back in February and today the company has announced two new additions to its product lineup, the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro. Additionally, the Varjo VR-2 Pro also comes with integrated Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand tracking technology.

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Enterprise VR: How VRgineers is Creating the Ultimate HMD for Simulation

Peter Graham

The consumer virtual reality (VR) market is a tough industry to be in, for hardware and software companies alike. Depending on application companies have a range of head-mounted displays (HMD) to choose from, with only an elite few competing in the upper echelons, one of which is VRgineers’ XTAL headset.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

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The last few years, VR has been about putting on a head-mounted display and looking around,” Edwards said. “It Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. It’s a bit unfortunate.

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OSVR Roadmap: Creating an Ecosystem of Interoperable VR Hardware and Software

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Created by Sensics and Razer, OSVR includes two independent components: 1) the OSVR software platform and 2) the open-source Hacker Development Kit VR headset. Since the OSVR launch in January this year, nearly 250 organizations including Intel, NVIDIA, Xilinx, Ubisoft, Leap Motion, and many others have joined the OSVR ecosystem.