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Leap Motion’s North Star is the DK1 of AR: hands-on preview and how to buy it!

The Ghost Howls

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

Tech Trends VR

candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Creativity, Technology, and the Arts. And although the fun factor and Star Wars association are surely enough to justify any number of grant hours dedicated to such pursuits, there are practical applications that also makes this technology rather attractive.

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VRTK vs INTERACTION BUILDER: Which one is for you?

ARVR

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. It now supports Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and UltraLeap (former Leap Motion) systems of skeletal hand tracking for interactions based on realistic, and customizable, hand poses. Interaction Technology VRTK is it is pretty similar to the VR Interaction Framework comparison.

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NextMind Review: select objects using your brain powers

The Ghost Howls

BCIs are still in the early stages, and even if they are evolving at a good pace, the technology for “brain control” is still not here. 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.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). More info (Volu official website) More info (The technology behind Volu).

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OSVR Co-founder on the Future of Open Source Virtual Reality

Road to VR

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. I’d like to describe how I hope to see OSVR develop given past and present industry trends. We see headsets, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs, and body suits. Photo courtesy Denny Unger.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.23): Half-Life: Alyx launches, Oculus Del Mar leaked, PS5 revealed and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unity is offering 3 months of Free Learning so that you can sharp your development skills. More info (Apple iPad Pro featuring LiDAR sensor) More info (New iPad Pro demo applications) More info (New iPad Pro environment reconstruction video) More info (Depth sensors are the new trends for mobile). Another great UX post by Leap Motion.

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