Hands-on review: Apple’s head-tracking for music is one weird trip
Digital Trends
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
What happens when you add head-tracking to the already immersive audio experience of Dolby Atmos Music? We put Apple's tech to the test.
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Digital Trends
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
What happens when you add head-tracking to the already immersive audio experience of Dolby Atmos Music? We put Apple's tech to the test.
Digital Trends
JULY 5, 2021
Apple delivers an immersive movie experience through a set of wireless headphones, putting the Apple TV 4K ahead of Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Google Chromecast.
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Road to VR
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers. Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week.
VR Game Critic
JUNE 1, 2016
uSens has raised $20 million to develop natural hand and head tracking for augmented reality and virtual reality applications. The company is built around the idea that once you immerse yourself in virtual reality, the next thing you want to do is interact with it using your hands and have it track your head movements accurately.
VRScout
OCTOBER 8, 2021
In a video posted to Reddit this week, user classified39 shows off a custom mod that allows them to view a 360 virtual image complete with head tracking inside of Minecraft using Immersive Portals and Computercraft. Immersive Portals + Computercraft Pt. 3: Did I just invent VR in Minecraft?
VRScout
OCTOBER 24, 2021
You can play the entirety of the legendary campaign from start to finish, all from an immersive first-person perspective. Based on videos provided by BrianMp16, the VR mod appears to support 6DoF head-tracking and at least some degree of motion controls.
ARPost
JULY 3, 2020
A reliable player that satisfies the average user’s needs should have the following features: Compatible with various video formats; Capable of accessing media from various sources, such as local storage and URLs; Allow the user to set various parameters for an optimal viewing experience; Good head tracking with reduced latency.
ARPost
APRIL 22, 2020
The immersive nature of virtual reality makes the often dull world of finance more compelling for people. Immersive learning environments provide visual and tactile stimuli. High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. That includes banking. you might ask.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 7, 2022
LG's Tone Free T90Q bring head-tracking spatial audio to both iOS and Android users alike, breaking Apple's monopoly on the immersive listening feature.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MAY 31, 2023
Immersive developers also consider sickness when creating immersive games, VR training scenarios, and augmented desktop setups. XR headsets and smart glasses contain accessibility options to ensure an immersive experience operates uninterrupted and without sickness breaks. Most XR devices have a recommended play-time.
Road to VR
JANUARY 4, 2022
Tracking system : 6DOF, camera based inside-out head tracking. Its IMU-based body tracking system, HaritoraX , has been on the Japanese market for some time now though, which better positioned the company to dive deeper into the world of XR hardware development. Weight : Approx. 250g (8.8oz) – Without cable.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JANUARY 19, 2024
Hand tracking and head tracking. Six degrees of tracking with spatial anchors and depth mesh. Display and Sound Quality Until now, many AR Glasses have struggled to offer a truly immersive experience. Every experience was deeply immersive, with a vast viewable area that felt natural. 52-degree field of view.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The headset is high-end standalone, meaning it doesn’t rely on a PC, but still manages to include the positional head and hand tracking that makes high-end headsets so immersive. Revealed today by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Quest took a premier spot in today’s Oculus Connect keynote.
VRScout
MAY 22, 2017
The VR experience is enhanced by Positron’s Voyager platform, featuring guided 360-degree motion control, head-tracked 3D audio and haptic integration—allowing you to experience the world of The Mummy in an entirely new way.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Specific settings will be switched off by default, such as head tracking. However, this might be a good thing, as the head-tracking capabilities in the glasses are a little unpredictable at best. Plus, they could be ideal for meetings when you want to immerse yourself in collaborative settings.
ARPost
MAY 19, 2023
See Also: VR Mindfulness: Is Immersive Technology The Next 'Big Thing' in Workplace Well-Being? The thumbsticks can be used for snap turns, but there’s no movement and head-tracking is sufficient. Further, the initial app download is small but individual modules within the app come as independent downloads.
VRScout
APRIL 27, 2017
As entertaining as they can be however, most examples of the still-budding medium lack many of the features that add the extra level of immersion shown by more advanced VR experiences. Key components such as room-scale VR, parallax effects and head-tracking add to the realism of virtual experiences by making movement seem much more natural.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Tobii has remained at the forefront of these solutions, recognising that eye-tracking tools pilot the world’s top immersive experiences. XR Today interviewed Emma Bauer, Senior Vice President of Segments & Products , on Tobii’s latest eye-tracking innovations. Device Performance. Social interaction.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Many spatial audio solutions ignore real world physics, and end up producing unrealistic audio experiences that throws you out of immersion (especially if you are an audiophile). This is why they created the Waves NX head tracker. If you want to try it yourself, Waves has a web demo which uses your webcam for head tracking audio.
VRScout
DECEMBER 27, 2016
The gameplay is tight, the head-tracking is responsive, and the multiplayer is impressively stable. “We The immersiveness of VR and the knowledge that you are actually wrecking another person with a VR headset makes it so much more fun.”.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Optic ID Iris-based biometric authentication OS VisionOS Audio Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, a 6-mic array with directional beamforming Battery 2 hours of general use or 2.5 This makes it easy to customize your experience for different types of “immersive sessions.” Plus, the eye tracking is insanely good.
VRScout
DECEMBER 19, 2019
On Friday, December 13, Dreamscape Immersive launched a fourth destination and immersive adventure with “Dreamworks Dragon Flight Academy,” based on the Dreamworks movie “How to Train your Dragon.” Basic hand-tracking and head-tracking enable guests to wave to fellow adventures with visible directional gaze.
VRScout
DECEMBER 22, 2016
“We’re thrilled to introduce our dynamic list of immersive VR experiences to users on a platform that is quickly evolving to be more than a gaming console,” Kliavkoff.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
. “Does Not Exist drops you into the center of Reeps One’s first virtual reality Beatbox performance – exploring the latest technology for VR and head-tracked 3D spatial audio.” Even without the SubPac, this piece is as immersive and beautifully shot packed with creative quick cuts.
Road to VR
JULY 10, 2017
Presence researcher Richard Skarbez thinks of these two components as “immersion” and “coherence,” and we previously discussed his presence research where he found that both illusions are vital for a deep sense of presence.
Road to VR
MAY 2, 2017
He’s already taken the Rfactor 2 beta for a spin in VR with the Rift and the results he captured look nothing short of intense; you can see him in action in the video heading this article. Photo courtesy Studio 397.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JANUARY 3, 2017
According to the blog post spotted by Engadget : “The ZenFone AR with Snapdragon 821 is built for VR with high-resolution display, ultra-smooth graphics and high-fidelity sensors for precise head tracking.
Steki Amusement
MAY 17, 2021
Super Cool Appearance Design, High Immersion Effects, Accurate motion simulation With High Quality Magnetic suspension motorcycle racing games (8 different scenes) & V-Racer games(16 racing tracks). 3, Head-tracking Selecting Game. 2021 Newest Design! Advanced Commercial Features. 1, Morden Patent Design.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Oculus wants your AR/VR experience to not only be a 360 immersive visual experience that includes real time head tracking and full immersive audio during your VR experience, but would also include real time hand tracking as part of the virtual and augmented experience.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
AUGUST 17, 2023
However, many immersive technology firms are deeply involved today in promoting MR content for enterprises and beyond. Moreover, PICO improves controller-less inputs with more accurate and stable motion tracking. Alongside its hand-tracking update, PICO OS 5.7 includes updates to its MR abilities. Further Updates PICO OS 5.7
Road to VR
JUNE 25, 2016
The latest release of Dolphin VR, an impressive Nintendo Gamecube emulator that ads VR functionality to games, adds support for Oculus’ consumer headset the CV1 so now you can play Metroid Prime in VR, with head tracking and have it look better than ever. Version 5.0 of Dolphin VR has now been released and it adds Oculus SDK 1.3
Road to VR
JUNE 11, 2018
While the company is focused on automotive and wearable HUD devices in the near term, it’s also focusing on longer term on enabling AR headsets with more immersive fields of view. Image courtesy DigiLens. DigiLens says its in the process of demoing the AR HUD reference headset to potential partners. Image courtesy DigiLens.
Road to VR
MAY 25, 2021
In theory, that means if you were holding an augmented reality book in front of you at a normal distance, you’d easily be able to make out the letters on the page (assuming the image processing pipeline applied during head tracking doesn’t sacrifice any clarity).
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) is the newly adopted name of team at Facebook which is building immersive technologies (including Oculus headsets). To do this, Facebook researchers built prototype earbuds and prototype glasses with several microphones, head tracking, and eye-tracking.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
OCTOBER 6, 2016
The entire experience is played with a gamepad and requires a high degree of dexterity between operating both thumb sticks, face buttons, triggers, and head-tracked movement all at the same time. Landfall is a top-down action game that uses a mixture of tactical real-time strategy game mechanics and twin-stick shooter gameplay.
Road to VR
JUNE 3, 2023
More than four years after I first caught wind of their tech, CREAL’s light-field display continues to be one of the most interesting and promising solutions for bringing light-fields to immersive headsets. But you won’t really see the magic until you see a light-field with both eyes and head-tracking.
Road to VR
JULY 5, 2016
The title has roots in an experimental project for which the developers integrated a hacked-up pair of stereoscopic glasses with rudimentary Wii-mote inspired head tracking.
Road to VR
MAY 10, 2017
While virtual reality surely has high performance requirements to maintain a comfortable experience, immersive AR may ultimately require a greater level of performance if we’re to achieve the theoretical ideal.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
MAY 9, 2017
It’s a natural fit to give players a weapon and ask them to explore a world in first-person since that’s the most intuitive application of head tracking and letting a screen surround you as a portal to another world. When most people think of VR games they probably think about first-person adventures and shooters.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MAY 8, 2023
In recent years, companies from virtually every industry have begun to discover just how beneficial immersive technology can be when it comes to improving collaboration and productivity. In fact, immersive headsets are becoming a commonplace investment for brands in the health, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
Road to VR
APRIL 2, 2018
Consumer headsets like the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus are all based on earlier versions of the Snapdragon VRDK, but none of them offer 6DOF controller tracking.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MARCH 23, 2023
In recent years, companies from virtually every industry have begun to discover just how beneficial immersive technology can be when it comes to improving collaboration and productivity. In fact, immersive headsets are becoming a commonplace investment for brands in the health, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
DECEMBER 22, 2016
This app will be available for free download immediately and grants PS VR users access to, “ Jaunt ’s entire catalog – including more than 150 high-quality and award-winning, immersive VR experiences spanning travel, sports, music, film, horror and more,” according to a release.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
The magic of the SubPac is that it translates the inaudible frequencies lower than 40Hz into a vibrating haptic feedback that provides a much more immersive experience. We also talk about the future of immersive sound design, and his prediction that music labels will want to remix albums to work well within spatialized audio environments.
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