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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

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This is especially a big relief for universities, for which allocating this annual year was a huge bureaucratic mess The Varjo Focal edition is mostly used in simulations, where the customer wants to see reality with great accuracy. For now, anyway, tracking is already good for simulation use.

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SenseGlove review: a nice DK1 for force-feedback in VR

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The SenseGlove can apply a strong force-feedback to stop your fingers , to simulate a solid object in your hands, like a bottle, or it can just apply some resistance , to simulate a malleable material, like the one of an anti-stress ball. But to learn something more advanced I would need a bit of time to study the whole SDK.

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Leap Motion tracking v4 sample apps show how Virtual Reality UX should be made

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This is because Leap Motion has announced its v4 version of the tracking runtime and with it three demos to showcase the new tracking functionalities: Cat Explorer, Particles, and Paint. Cat Explorer is an educational app made to show you all the anatomy of a cat and it obviously employs Leap Motion as the only medium of interaction.

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VR Bungee Jumping, Samurai Swords, and 16 More New Demos

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Chris is a 3D artist and programmer studying at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center. His project Let’s Go Fly a Kite is a physics simulation of kite-flying with some interesting twists and turns. “In There’s no shortage of creative developers with awesome ideas for using the Leap Motion.

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Simple, Elegant, Fun: Hauhet + Paper Plane by VRARlab

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With Paper Plane , we studied the basic features of Leap Motion using fairly simple mechanics. That’s the feeling we wanted to simulate. What was it like incorporating Leap Motion into your Unity workflow? Hauhet is very abstract and futuristic, while Paper Plane is uses very classic arcade motifs.

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NextMind Review: select objects using your brain powers

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After all this study, a random light pattern appears, and I don’t see it. A future runtime could offer more functionalities , a bit like it has happened with Leap Motion that in 2012 was a rough accessory and now is an amazing hands tracking device. Then I go on with “C” and I get 3Hz, and so on.

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Welcome to CadaVR: A Living Cadaver Laboratory on the Web

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Not only does CadaVR let students use their hands and other senses to learn about anatomy, but it also has things that are not available in physical labs, such as a simulation of how the heart beats. (If Get the project on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery ! CadaVR is built on the web, so you can access anywhere, anytime.