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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. Since HTC has always made announcements during the CES, I think it will be announced in January.

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Fan-Created ‘xkcd’ VR Tool Lets You Make Your Own xkcd-style Webcomics in VR

Road to VR

Built as an entry at the Winnipeg Winter Game Jam and xkcd Game Jam this past weekend, the comic-creation tool lets you set up a cell, use props and act out the part of one of 8 xkcd characters. The post Fan-Created ‘xkcd’ VR Tool Lets You Make Your Own xkcd-style Webcomics in VR appeared first on Road to VR.

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‘Mindshow’ Creative App to Launch Open Beta in Q3 2017, Watch New Trailer Here

Road to VR

Revealed in the description of the new promo released today on the company’s YouTube channel, the makers of Mindshow haven’t cranked down on a definite release date yet, but have said it will be launching on HTC Vive. Once everything is set, users can record the scene and capture voice-over as they are acting out the scene.

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HaptX Launches True-Contact Haptic Gloves For VR And Robotics

VRScout

HaptX also employs the use of magnetic motion tracking, a proprietary motion capture system featuring sub-millimeter precision, 30 DoF (degrees of freedom) per hand, and no latency or occlusion. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic showed us how valuable virtual tools are to virtually all industries.

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Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations

Road to VR

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. Olson explains that there is a short setup process for shape matching but it “could eventually be automated”.

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LUMO Labs Bringing Wireless Full-Body Tracking And Dreamscape Games To VR

VRScout

The company behind the software is teaming up with various 3rd party manufacturers of motion capture suits such as Xsens , Rokoko and PrioVR to provide the tools necessary to bring the experience on a tour to locations across the U.S. The first universe is being revealed on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.

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WellTown Is A VR Experience Built For An Entire City

VRScout

Lintott continues, “ We used city-wide data supplied by Wellington City Council to create the virtual Wellington City and then added a layer of story and gamification though utilising motion capture, CG, 360 interactive video and photogrammetry.”. WellTown is available now on SteamVR and Oculus.

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