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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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Oculus Store Thanksgiving Sale Now On, Up to 50% Off Rift Games

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Oculus dropped prices on several VR titles on their store for Thanksgiving with those prices likely to persist through the weekend until Cyber Monday. Space Jones VR – $10 (38% off) – a compelling space shooter, with head-tracked flight controls, weapon upgrades and varied combat. Here’s what’s on offer.

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Top 10 VR headsets to spice up your Thanksgiving

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Oculus Quest 2. The Oculus Quest 2 standalone virtual reality headset is the best in all categories given its room-scale VR capability, a large library of games, fast performance, and good resolution, especially for its price point. Tracking: Inside-out tracking and hand tracking. Price: $3,500 from Microsoft.

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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon XR2 5G Reference Design Headset

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The designs cover all three technologies from a sleek looking, matt black VR headset to an MR device similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens. The platform can support up to 7 seven cameras, two internal, one for each eye for eye-tracking and four external cameras, two RGB cameras for MR experiences and two for head tracking.

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Acer Windows VR Headset Review

Road to VR

Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ platform has finally landed and the first batch of supported VR headsets are hitting the streets. From that foundation, Microsoft’s partners, including Acer, have built the external look and feel of the headsets. Acer Windows VR Headset Review Summary. Photo by Road to VR.

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HoloLens Inside-out Tracking Is Game Changing for AR & VR, and No One Is Talking about It

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But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers has had one major hurdle that Microsoft may have just solved. When accuracy and latency isn’t low enough, the augmented objects swing around with your head and your brain doesn’t consider them part of the world. HoloLens’ sensor cluster has a whopping 11 elements.

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Hands-On With Google’s Inside-Out WorldSense Tracking

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I covered both the outward facing cameras and Google’s tracking technology continued to track my head movements in every direction accurately for about one second. Then it reverted to the kind of 3DOF head tracking seen with current Daydream and Gear VR headsets.

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