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HTC reveals native hand/finger tracking for Vive Pro alongside 6DoF functionality for Vive Focus. It looks as though the front-facing cameras on your Vive Pro will finally begin seeing some use as HTC reveals plans to launch native support for hand and finger tracking on their high-end PC VR headset. Image Credit: HTC / GIPHY.
Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras. Back in April HTC launched new tools to help developers take advantage of the Vive Pro’s largely unused front-facing cameras. Image courtesy HTC.
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 ! — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. Really fantastic.
From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones. Yesterday HTC has also unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC U12+. The Vive Focus and its friend the HTC U12+ phone (Image by HTC). Image by HTC).
Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. Today, HTC announced it is producing a similar device for the Chinese market powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chipset. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC, in a prepared statement.
Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. SEE ALSO After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future.
In the last photo, it is possible to see the date of this photos, that is July, 25th 2018. We don’t know if it is just a reference design for external partners (like HTC) or it is an actual headset that Valve is producing. — Andreas Aronsson (@BOLL7708) November 10, 2018. Is this a new Valve headset?
So much so that organizers are already taking registered interests for 2018. HTC – Vive. LeapMotion – LeapMotion. Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser.
In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Price (Updated January 2018). Motion Controller. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. Don’t be limited. Oculus Rift.
Some weeks ago, the CFO and the executive John Gaeta have left the company, and now we learn that i n 2018 two high profile members like Sundar Pichai and Paul Jacobs have left its board as well. HTC won’t announce anything big at CES. For the first time after 3 years, HTC won’t host a press conference at CES 2020.
It will start on May, 31st and end on June, 2nd 2018 and will feature conferences and workshops. The name is self-explanatory, but since I like to write a lot of unnecessary sentences, I’ll tell you that it is an event focused on the applications of AR and VR in architecture, design, rendering and all related sector.
According to Chris Pruet, Oculus’ Head of Development Engineering, mentioned at GDC 2018, the headset’s thermal design allows the processor to run at higher clock rates than any device he’s seen before. Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. HTC Vive ($499).
— Boz (@boztank) February 21, 2018. — Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) May 2, 2018. — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) May 2, 2018. — Karissa Bell (@karissabe) May 1, 2018. Under 70 days to go until our biggest F8 to date — where we'll share the biggest AR/VR news from Facebook to date.
In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Price (Updated January 2018). Motion Controller. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. Don’t be limited. Oculus Rift.
Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. LeapMotion. You may ask why I’m adding LeapMotion here. LeapMotion, as I have said, has not a solid situation.
HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. in 2018 ( according to SuperData ). Why not wireless? These numbers are cool, but to put it in context, Fortnite alone has made $2.8B
HTC Vive Cosmos and its controllers, just announced at CES (Image by HTC). HTC has been the VR star of this CES 2019. The biggest announcement has been the HTC Vive Cosmos , a headset that has generated a lot of hype also because HTC has not revealed all its features, but it has only teased them. FinchShift.
billion before it fell into administration in 2018 after an investor dispute prevented it from raising emergency funding. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Blippar was reportedly worth $1.5
Whereas last year’s setup still felt a bit like a tag-on, the 2018 edition received well over 500 submissions from all over the world, from which they shortlisted 33. You don a Vive Pro headset, equipped with leap-motion sensors for hand tracking, and are also able to communicate with your partner via voice.
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