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Qualcomm VR HMD gets Snapdragon 835, Leap Motion hand-tracking

Slashgear

GDC and MWC are just around the corner, and Qualcomm is diving head-first into virtual reality with a new dev-kit and hand-tracking technology. The chipmaker may be best known for its smartphone processors, but that same silicon is just as much at home in head-mounted displays. … Continue reading.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

VRScout

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. 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.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

VRScout

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. 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.

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VR Interface Design and the Future of Hybrid Reality

Leapmotion

This week, motion designer Mike Alger released an 18-minute video that digs into the cutting edge of VR interface design using the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift. In coming years the consumer market will run virtual reality through the refining crucible of ethics, etiquette, and social acceptance.

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

Peter Graham

There are several virtual reality (VR) headsets competing in the higher end enterprise sector such as the HTC Vive Pro Eye, VRgineers’ XTAL and Varjo’s VR-1. 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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Your Left Hand Holds the Past. Your Right Hand Reveals the Future

Leapmotion

It’s available free for the Oculus Rift on the Leap Motion App Store. What are the strengths of the Leap Motion Controller? Why do you think dystopian narratives lend themselves so well to virtual reality? Wearing a futuristic head-mounted display and being in a futuristic world is consistent thematically.