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Andy Serkis to Star as “orc-like” Motion Capture Character for Magic Leap One

Road to VR

Andy Serkis, the actor-director you may recognize for his award-winning performances as Gollum in the Lord of The Rings film franchise, is lending his likeness to a new AR creation for Magic Leap One headset in what The Hollywood Reporter describes as an “orc-like creature.” Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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Going (Literally) Hands-on With Manus Prime Haptic Gloves

Peter Graham

In its current line-up the company has four products for various use cases, starting with the entry-level Manus Prime One for basic finger tracking, the Manus Prime Xsens; designed for integration into an Xsens motion capture suit, the OptiTrack Hybrid Gloves for use with Optitrack systems and finally the Manus Prime Haptic.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

The Ghost Howls

A Japanese entity called “Akiya Research Institute” has shown on Twitter that it is developing a system to let you perform motion capture with just two webcams connected to your PC , and this could be used also as a very cheap way to have your full body in VR. Track your body in VR with just two webcams. More info.

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

XROM

Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. Is the Founder-Ceo of #HoloSuit a full body motion tracking suit with haptic feedback. 25- Pankaj Raut.