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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology. The round was led by JP Morgan Asset management, and this fresh influx of cash brings Leap Motion’s total funding to almost $95M. UNITY ADDS MAP FUNCTION, SO LOCATION IS OFFICIALLY FOUNDATION FOR VR/AR GAMES.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And then Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion coming together, creating that virtual hand tracking meets virtual manipulation of the air: ultrasonics. Well, I guess if you look at who’s going to save money with these headsets, then that’s a more interesting equation for all the enterprises. Alan: It’s so true.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And then Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion coming together, creating that virtual hand tracking meets virtual manipulation of the air: ultrasonics. Well, I guess if you look at who’s going to save money with these headsets, then that’s a more interesting equation for all the enterprises. Alan: It’s so true.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

John Riccitiello -- the CEO of Unity -- was one of the first to point out that there was going to be this great sort of gold rush of people who were going to overhype VR and its potential, and then we're going to see this gap of a disappointment where the early reality didn't match up with the hype and a lot of people were going to bail on it.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

And then Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion coming together, creating that virtual hand tracking meets virtual manipulation of the air: ultrasonics. Well, I guess if you look at who’s going to save money with these headsets, then that’s a more interesting equation for all the enterprises. Alan: It’s so true.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion. Arvind Neelakantan was earlier part of Unity India & was instrumental in the adoption and growth of the company's solutions across product verticals. 25- Pankaj Raut. 37- Arvind Neelakantan.