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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. And the fact that it was not on sale was frustrating.

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Researchers Develop VR Haptic Feedback System Using Custom Quadcopters

VRScout

Utilizing the Motive OptiTrack motion capturing system combined with 12 Flex 3 cameras covering a total space of 4m x 4m x 3m, VRHapticDrones is able to track the HMD, multiple quadcopters, as well as a users defined body parts and stream 100 Hz samples to the VRHapticDrones backend with millimeter accuracy.

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Sensics Releases High Resolution VR Headset Built Specially for Arcades and Theme Parks

Road to VR

As for resolution, the company maintains the screen door effect (SDE) is diminished with the headset’s dual 1440×1600@90 Hz LCD displays, a 70 percent increase in pixels over consumer devices like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack. image courtesy Sensics.

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CAD Experiment: Disassemble a Spherical Robot in VR

Leapmotion

I got my Leap Motion Controller at the start of 2014, and quickly went about making demos. It can still be found on Oculus Share, although it’s quite old now. I’ve also built a couple of smaller proof-of-concept pieces that people may have seen on the leapmotion or oculus subreddits.

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Take an Infrared #Selfie, Sculpt Pottery in VR, and 15 More Art/Music Experiences

Leapmotion

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Hand Capture. A new motion capture and animation plugin for Autodesk MotionBuilder 2016, Hand Capture lets you “capture hand and finger movement in real time directly inside MotionBuilder.” ” Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Jamming with Leap.

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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

Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook). Track your body in VR with just two webcams.

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

XROM

While there, she led the launch of the company's Gear VR software application, drove social media strategy, and worked closely with partners like Oculus and the NBA. He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion. 43- Dillon Seo - Co-Founder #Oculus.