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We need camera access to unleash the full potential of Mixed Reality

The Ghost Howls

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding. in the toilet).

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? We are all curious to see how this strategy will pay off. All without leaving your editor.

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Varjo XR-4 Series Review: Next-Level Mixed Reality Headsets

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Users can access over 100 third-party applications and engines, including Unreal Engine and Unity. The XR-4 series also supports UltraLeap’s Leap Motion 2 hand-tracking module for custom requirements. For those with advanced extended reality strategies, the upgraded versions of the XR-4 base headset are particularly compelling.

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EXCLUSIVE: First details about Valve Deckard have been leaked

The Ghost Howls

AI reconstruction of how the launch of the Deckard may happen The controllers are an optimized version of Valve Index Controllers , smaller and more reliable, even if I’m told that the headset can also track the hands thanks to an integrated Leap Motion controller.

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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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“The strategy has become clear. Voice input is something Microsoft can do , but hand-tracking is a separate and enormously difficult problem despite companies like Leap Motion working hard at it. Low end VR on Xbox and these new headsets, all the way through high end mixed reality on HoloLens.

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Scaffolding in VR: Interaction Design for Stacking and Assembly

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Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training – not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming. Check out our results below or download the example demo from the Leap Motion Gallery. The Challenge.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.04): Apple to launch its headset, Meta unveils Quest 3 and many games, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple needs developers to start playing around with the SDK of this device, create applications, and find uses, so that later it can see what is more popular and adjust accordingly its strategy for the launch of the next model, which should happen next year. The Quest 3 is similar to what Brad Lynch already leaked months ago.

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