Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 11, 2019

Back in 2016, Oculus’s chief scientist Michael Abrash predicted that within five years, VR headsets would have a monocular 4K resolution and 140-degree FoV. Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking Click To Tweet.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. Oculus – Rift. Oculus – Touch.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Leap Motion is a young technology company that is perhaps best known at this point for what it sells at your local Best Buy. virtual reality peripheral that can be mounted onto an Oculus Rift headset. This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

AltspaceVR is a virtual social space where you can strap on your Vive and meet people from around the world. Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. On the Oculus Rift, the distance between the controller and your eyes is about 8 cm.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In fact, I’m a bit surprised it took this long, but researchers at Virginia Tech have put their brains to good use and come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Creativity, Technology, and the Arts.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

The reason for such a decision would be that was impossible to create a glass that could be thin enough and that could contain all the desired technology (e.g. If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem.

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MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. It showed me that virtual reality has only scratched the surface. Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

From gaming to big data, virtual reality gives us the chance to build and explore whole new worlds beyond the screen. As we developed demos and prototypes with the Oculus Rift internally, several UX insights sprung forth. Maintain a comfortable distance between the viewer and layered virtual objects.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

After significant breakthroughs in the sphere of AR and VR technology happened in recent years, and creation of relatively wide and available-for-mass consumer line of products, pent-up demand for more user-friendly interfaces (rather than for traditional controllers) began to form. Project North Star; Source: Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

First demonstrated to theme park executives at the Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore last month, Holovis ’ R3ex (Rideable Realtime Robot Experiences) project combines virtual reality with four/six-axis robot arm amusement rides.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful.

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MAY 10, 2017

The acronym for Augmented World Expo (AWE) welcomes a wonderful play on words, recognizing the incredible minds behind augmented and virtual reality as the tech superheroes they are and having attendees to stare in “AWE” at their work.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

One part of the characteristics of VRTK is its management of the project/scene for specific platforms (Oculus, Vive, etc.). The First No-Headset Virtual Monitor 3. Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? Interaction Technology VRTK is it is pretty similar to the VR Interaction Framework comparison.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The best news of the week has not been the release of a new fantastic VR headset or AR glass, but of a technology that will make a new generation of XR headsets possible: I’m talking about the XR2 chipset by Qualcomm. That is, the Quest 2 and the Vive Focus 2 may be based on this technology. Why am I so excited?

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, pushing an on/off button in virtual reality.). Leap Motion Orion tracking was designed with simple physical interactions in mind, starting with pinch and grab. Virtual reality gives us the power to augment our digital selves with capabilities that mirror real-world wearable technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Honestly, I find it a smart idea for this moment, but I also think that HTC has to invest more to have more content on Viveport on the long term if it plans to fight with Oculus and its upcoming Quest. What is great is that this technology works with every already existing 360 videos. The 8 modes of the Vive Focus Plus.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

There are a number of ways to create your own virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) app/videogame. VSDK is a free, augmented/virtual reality software development kit that helps developers rapidly achieve results,” said Dr. Michael Jenkins, Senior Scientist at Charles River Analytics in a statement.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

At E3 2016 I got to see the latest prototype version of Gloveone, a haptic motion input glove designed for virtual reality. But that first version of the glove required a third-party tracking system like Leap Motion in order to translate the movement of the user’s hands into virtual reality.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Our CTO David Holz and engineer/ AR tennis champion Jonathon Selstad joined the workshop, along with former Leap Motion engineer Adam Munich. Noah has been active in the augmented reality and open hardware communities for over a decade.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

One month ago, I’ve participated in the Stereopsia event in Bruxelles (Belgium) to perform a talk about how to organize an event in virtual reality. I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. An Oculus Go with the picture of a painting attached to it. VR Pianist.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). News worth a mention. Image by Microsoft).

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This week, motion designer Mike Alger released an 18-minute video that digs into the cutting edge of VR interface design using the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift. In coming years the consumer market will run virtual reality through the refining crucible of ethics, etiquette, and social acceptance.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

Some weeks ago, a group of 12 indie development studios decided to launch the first bundle dedicated to App Lab experiences for Oculus Quest. The user could buy the bundle and get access to sideloadable versions of the games, with the promise of a free key for when the game would have been approved by Oculus on App Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. I don’t see this device stealing the scene from Oculus, since Oculus is cheaper, but I’m quite sure this new headset will be able to grab a good market share.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Leap Motion) on the same headset. I liked it a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. Leap Motion has also been the first important company I have interviewed in this blog.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We all love virtual reality, but sometimes it gives us big headaches. And not because of the motion sickness , but because something doesn’t work. And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!),

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

. “This means shifting from being a HoloLens-focused mixed reality company to a Windows Holographic focused mixed reality and virtual reality company. Low end VR on Xbox and these new headsets, all the way through high end mixed reality on HoloLens. The Santa Cruz inside-out tracking prototype from Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Theoretically, the SenseGlove can be used outside VR, but practically speaking it is inside the virtual reality that it shines , because it is able to give more realism to your VR experiences by offering more realistic touch sensations. SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 17, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. Once the most underrated element of virtual reality, sound is now widely recognized to be a major element in creating VR with “presence.” Tracking Boundaries.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

When virtual reality and musical interface design collide, entire universes can be musical instruments. Created by artists Rob Hamilton and Chris Platz for the Stanford Laptop Orchestra , Carillon is a networked VR instrument that brings you inside a massive virtual bell tower. Where will the next “saxophone” come from?

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Host device.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 31, 2015

At Leap Motion, we’ve seen our fair share of impressive motion-controlled robots that will one day bring about the robocalypse. On another level, a high school student’s robotics project is combining the Oculus Rift and motion control to create an experience that takes you wherever the robot goes. Happy Halloween!

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