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New Leap Motion 2 Brings High-end Hand-tracking to Standalone Headsets

Road to VR

10 years after the launch of Leap Motion—which garnered praise for offering some of the best hand-tracking in the industry—the company has announced a next-generation version of the device which now supports standalone XR headsets in addition to Windows and MacOS.

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Hand & Finger Tracking Coming Soon To The HTC Vive Pro

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HTC reveals native hand/finger tracking for Vive Pro alongside 6DoF functionality for Vive Focus. It looks as though the front-facing cameras on your Vive Pro will finally begin seeing some use as HTC reveals plans to launch native support for hand and finger tracking on their high-end PC VR headset. Image Credit: HTC / GIPHY.

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HTC Plans to Bring Hand & Finger Tracking to Vive Pro

Road to VR

Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras. Back in April HTC launched new tools to help developers take advantage of the Vive Pro’s largely unused front-facing cameras. Image courtesy HTC.

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HTC Vive announces 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and teases hand tracking for Vive Pro

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Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Nanchang City is showing a very warm welcome for the 4000+ delegates of the “World Conference of the VR Industry”. #VR

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing. It currently supports the following devices and XR systems: SteamVR: HTC Vive and Windows MR headsets. Leap Motion. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Sense Glove.

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Intel Teases Depth-Sensing HTC Vive For Developer ConferenceAn.

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Intel Teases Depth-Sensing HTC Vive For Developer Conference An Intel engineer tweeted a tease suggesting VR is going to be a major theme at the company’s developer conference in a couple weeks. The tease is a photo of a unicorn-shaped modification to the HTC Vive that uses a series of cameras to sense the depth of surrounding objects.

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AWE 2017 Announces Keynotes And Speaking Sessions

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Today, they’ve announced the keynotes and speaking sessions for its 8th year and it certainly seems excitement for AWE permeates across the tech industry as they gain more and more notable speakers, exhibitors, and partners. ” AWE 2017 is being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center from May 31st to June 2nd.