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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

You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. Leap Motion 1 has been used by almost every developer and researcher , both in VR and not. Yes, the price is higher than the cheap Leap Motion 1, but this is also a far better device.

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Leap Motion + iClone 7 for Professional Animation

Leapmotion

Animate from fingers to forearms with @LeapMotion and Reallusion iClone 7 for professional motion capture animation. This week we’re excited to share a new engine integration with the professional animation community – Leap Motion and iClone 7 Motion LIVE. Click To Tweet. Animate from Forearms to Fingers.

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Researchers Develop VR Haptic Feedback System Using Custom Quadcopters

VRScout

In a recent scientific publication entitled VRHapticDrones: Providing Haptics in Virtual Reality through Quadcopters , researchers from LMU Munich, TU Darmstadt, Wellesley College, the University of Duisburg,-Essen, and the University of Regensburg offer a solution to body-free VR haptic feedback in the form of a programmable quadcopter system.

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

Road to VR

Sensic, a long-time player in virtual reality and co-founder of OSVR , finally released their VR headset destined to make its way to public venues such as theme parks and arcades. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack. Front IR window for optional embedded Leap Motion controller.

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Meet the Winners of 3D Jam 2.0

Leapmotion

Based on community ratings and scores from the Leap Motion team, we’re excited to present the winners of the second annual 3D Jam. 3rd Place: Hand Capture. Motion control is an incredibly powerful tool for 3D animation. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The votes are in!

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

Peter Graham

Virtual reality (VR) is all about immersion in whatever experience you happen to be in. Hand tracking is one of those technologies that will become more ubiquitous whether it’s via gloves or systems like Leap Motion. At £5k you’re not going to be adding them to your HTC Vive kit just yet.

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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. Aside from this, my major work with Leap Motion is my game Robot Chess , a relatively simple game which allows you to use your hands to pick up and move around chess pieces as you play against a robotic AI opponent.