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Meta’s ‘Body Tracking’ API For Quest Is Just A Legless Estimate

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The spokesperson described the technology as a combination of inverse kinematics (IK) and machine learning (ML). Meta’s pitch here is that its machine-learning model can produce a more accurate body pose for free. The system shown isn’t fully accurate though and has 160ms latency – more than 11 frames at 72Hz.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.26): Facebook aims at the Metaverse, Quest 2 goes MR, and more!

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Sentences like “With eye-tracking (ET) and a few well-placed sensors, they’ll learn our unconscious reactions to anything we see. Acquiring it, Epic secures a great source of assets for the developers using its Unreal Engine, and also the connection with many talents. Learn more (Discover the finalists). Learn more.

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Emteq Aims to Humanize VR by Capturing Your Facial Expressions

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As researchers and VR start-ups make great strides in increasing the sense of presence such as larger field of view, lower latency and more natural input, a Brighton based start-up has just announced a new technology that can track a user’s facial expressions without markers. Emteq, with was founded with $1.5

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Assembling a Billion Polygons in Real-Time, with Epic Games' Marc Petit

XR for Business Podcast

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Assembling a Billion Polygons in Real-Time, with Epic Games' Marc Petit

XR for Business Podcast

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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PanguVR mixes virtual reality and artificial intelligence to revolutionize interior design

The Ghost Howls

The aim in developing the PanguVR engine was to equip content producers to create immersive and interactive content, in UE4 (Unreal VR Engine), automatically meaning without any learning curve. It is a limitless space in which we can play, learn, and enjoy services to the extent our imagination allows. How do you achieve that?

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Assembling a Billion Polygons in Real-Time, with Epic Game’s Marc Petit

XR for Business Podcast

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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