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Leap Motion Raises $50 Million For Its Finger Tracking Technology

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What’s unclear is just how you’ll be able to interact with the virtual worlds and objects produced inside these headsets. Leap Motion is one possible solution, with its hand and finger tracking technology offering one route for VR and AR headsets to let people make selections and interact with virtual worlds.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

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Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world? For example, while holding a physical prop, such as a welding torch, the hand tracking remains robust.

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Showing Off VR 2.0 at #CES2019

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So by that measure, Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking being developed in partnership with 7invensun. Pimax holds the Guinness World Record for the most successful crowdfunded VR project with over $4m in funding.

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10 Projects That Have Us Excited About the Next Generation of VR & AR

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The larger field of view will make the virtual world feel much more encompassing and immersive. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion. The world of AR is poised and waiting for its breakout headset. Oculus Santa Cruz. image courtesy Oculus.

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What Makes a Spoon a Spoon? Form and Function in VR Industrial Design

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Martin Schubert is a VR Developer/Designer at Leap Motion and the creator of Weightless and Geometric. This line of thinking is what eventually led to the famous one liner associated with modernist architecture and industrial design: form follows function. And then along comes virtual reality. Form Follows Function”.

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Soccer Balls and Galaxies: David Holz on the Future of VR, Inputs, and Sensors

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With countless new virtual worlds just around the corner, the future is already taking shape in hardware labs and hidden codebases around the globe. Last week at Vision Summit , Leap Motion CTO David Holz talked about the rapidly emerging future of VR technologies and what it means for human experience. feet) right now.

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11 New #3DJam Demos: Droids and Discovery

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ChemGrabLab is the creation of Christine Hart ( @dstrawberrygirl ), a 15-year software industry veteran. “I’ve I’ve been using Unity for over 5 years for developing 3D simulations and virtual world applications, data visualization solutions, and more recently for game projects.”. HomeBright. Laser Tanks!