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MAY 14, 2017

We also tested combining the HoloLens with the Leap Motion because of the more accurate hand tracking. Although the Leap Motion controller gives the player the ability to have freedom of interaction with their hands, we had to attach the Leap Motion controller to the HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking. What was inferior to Microsoft’s headset was, of course, the tracking.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. This is not the case with the headsets on the way from Microsoft’s partners. “The strategy has become clear. . “The strategy has become clear.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim.

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JULY 26, 2017

Microsoft, meanwhile, is partnering to release a series of Windows-powered VR headsets that require a PC to operate but also include motion controllers. Unfortunately, these controllers may only work well when they are in view of the headset’s sensors. ” Tagged with: Vive Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2018

Spacee will be the first to tell you that what they are offering is not the same as something like Microsoft HoloLens, Leap Motion, or Magic Leap technology. Custom storefront windows provide an intuitive shopping experience without even having to even step inside the store.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Unrelated to my demos with the XR-4, I have also tried a demo with a previous Varjo headset and a plane simulation machine together with Microsoft Flight Simulator. To work, it requires a login: at least once every 48 hours, the headset should be connected to the network (via its computer) and communicate the login.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Much like the Microsoft Hololens the user is looking at the real world and the device overlays virtual objects and avatars into your view so they appear to be part of the real world.

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JUNE 20, 2017

Both headsets are said to feature a Tegra chip and 2560 x 1440 OLED displays, along with Leap Motion, front-facing stereo cameras and eye-tracking. This less expensive unit is said to be available by the end of this year while GF-LD with SteamVR Tracking is aiming for availability to developers in the middle of 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And there are booths of many important companies : Lenovo, Microsoft, HP, Huawei, GoPro, etc… so this event has cool stuff to showcase. Markers can be used to define where to show virtual elements, and in the demo that I tried were used to show virtual Chinese artworks in a room; Leap Motion device on Realmax glasses.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 6, 2018

At Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical experience. While the classic Leap Motion Controller’s FOV is significantly beyond existing AR headsets such as Microsoft Hololens and Magic Leap One, it felt limiting on the North Star headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

attaching Leap Motion through an adapter). Someone noticed that it looks a bit like the Microsoft Surface charger and that little line drawn inside it may be the led related to the charging operation. For instance, you may use it to charge your device while keeping the USB-C port free for other uses (e.g.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2017

43% of those are the Microsoft Hololens. 59% of universities have Leap Motion Controllers. The post Universities Drive VR/AR Research with Leap Motion appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The number of VR headsets at universities has quadrupled in the last 6 months. Gaming and education dominate.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. It has bought the hand-tracking company Leap Motion various months ago for $30M since the two hardware are a perfect fit the one for the other. It will be important to see what changes this new CEO will take with him.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

To me, it seems a choice similar to what Microsoft has done with Hololens 2. Then there is the yearly price for the service that has to be added… Another non-sense choice is the decision to force the users to buy the high-storage models.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Innovators in the world of Mixed Reality, Microsoft relies heavily on concepts like hand and eye tracking to help users combine the physical and digital worlds. The Microsoft HoloLens technology available today comes with state-of-the-art eye-tracking, and hand tracking capabilities to ensure users can easily interact with digital content.

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MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes. AWE is a snapshot of a developing industry, though it does not have participation from major players with developer conferences of their own.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. The XR-4 series also supports UltraLeap’s Leap Motion 2 hand-tracking module for custom requirements. Starting at $3,990, the base model is almost half the price of the previous generation XR-3.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Keep in mind that this device has a pixel density far superior even to the one of the Valve Index, so it is perfect not only for gaming but also for prototyping, design and architecture.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 1, 2015

FlyInside FSX is a plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Prepar3D that brings you inside a completely realistic airplane flight deck. Daniel’s first stretch goal for the Kickstarter was to bring hands into the experience, and he’s already made major progress with his Leap Motion integration.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

I don’t think that people at Microsoft are crying because of this. The epic Noah Zerkin (the guy making the Leap Motion North Star headsets) at our booth to try the game! Not everyone will like your game… it is normal. Minecraft is one of the most successful games in this world, but honestly, I don’t like it.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

Hand and finger tracking, gesture interfaces, and grip simulation: Leap Motion: Manus VR: Neurodigital: Gestigon: Handpose: Usens: Dexta Robotics: Minority Report (film).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They teased a lot of interesting features and services of the device, and left the remaining technical details to some technical sheets on Microsoft website. But Microsoft, thanks to innovative 2K displays, has managed to keep the same high-quality pixel density of the HoloLens 1, that is 47 PPD (pixels per degree). Resolution.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 25, 2015

Two projects from Microsoft, Pivot and SandDance , demonstrate the power of dynamic movement between data visualizations to reveal patterns within data. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The animated transitions between the views help users understand the context. The post What Would a Truly 3D Operating System Look Like?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. There are three storey gray buildings.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. There are three storey gray buildings.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It's just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. There are three storey gray buildings. And you walk in.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. Magic Leap is not commercial yet. Microsoft Hololens kits are shipping to developers, but are not priced for consumers yet. We wanted to provide an open alternative to walled-garden, single-device approaches.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. There are three storey gray buildings.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Microsoft Stays Mum on Xbox VR. Image courtesy Microsoft. During Microsoft’s main E3 2018 presentation, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talked briefly on stage about the future of the brand, mentioning ‘future “consoles”‘ in development, but there was once again no sign of VR support for Xbox One.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Ultraleap) Ultraleap launches Leap Motion Controller 2 Hand-tracking company Ultraleap has just announced the Leap Motion Controller 2 , the evolution of the iconic Leap Motion Controller, which is smaller and more precise than its predecessor.

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