The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. Since having a 3DOF controller with a 6DOF headset is weird (HTC and Lenovo know this well), RealMax has decided to add also support for Leap Motion.

AR 541

AR Leap Motion Augmented Reality Controllers 541

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Formerly known as Ultrahaptics, Ultraleap was formed after the UK-based haptics company acquired leading hand-tracking company Leap Motion back in 2019. The new name clearly defined the merger’s unique combination of mid-air ultrasonic haptics now underpinned by some of the best hand-tracking tech in the industry.

Hand tracking 364

Hand tracking Leap Motion Magic Leap Haptic 364

Upload VR

JUNE 28, 2024

The startups formerly known as Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion appear to be heading in separate directions again after 5 years together ended in significant layoffs. In May 2019, Ultrahaptics bought Leap Motion to merge their complementary ideas – a haptic effect produced through ultrasound with industry-leading hand tracking.

Leap Motion 115

Leap Motion Hand tracking Groups Long Beach 115

AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2019

How did funding in the AR sector fare in 2019? billion for the top 10 AR funding rounds of 2019*. billion aggregate for 2019’s top 10 is down from $2.26 — Magic Leap, the top-funded company, raised $280 million compared to $1.25 Header Image Credit: Magic Leap. The post 2019 AR Funding Exceeds $1.3

AR 196

AR Magic Leap Data Leap Motion 196

Upload VR

MAY 31, 2023

Leap Motion 2 is a $140 accessory that adds ultra high quality hand tracking to PC VR and standalone headsets. The original Leap Motion was a desktop hand tracking accessory launched in 2014 that could be mounted to the front of early modern VR headsets like the Oculus DK2.

Leap Motion 119

Leap Motion Hand tracking Haptic Controllers 119

Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 11, 2019

Pimax unveiled prototypes of intuitive controllers and high-resolution, broad Field of View bundles in Las Vegas this week at CES 2019. 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.

Eye Tracking 266

Eye Tracking Las Vegas Leap Motion North America 266

Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The new version, which features a wider FOV thanks to a new pair of non-Fresnel lenses, will be making its debut at CES 2019. The most recent hardware revisions brought automatic IPD adjustment, an embedded Leap Motion sensor for wide FOV hand-tracking, and reduced weight and size.

Czech Republic 268

Czech Republic Las Vegas Leap Motion Hand tracking 268

Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules. At CES 2019 this week, the company is showing off its latest progress with the headsets and additional components.

Controllers 202

Controllers Leap Motion Eye Tracking Hand tracking 202

Road to VR

JULY 28, 2020

spec and demonstrated working bits at SIGGRAPH 2019, so much progress has happened. Hand-tracking company Ultraleap has published an OpenXR preview implementation for its Leap Motion hand-tracking peripheral , and high-end enterprise headset maker Varjo has published an OpenXR preview implementation for its eye-tracking headsets.

Eye Tracking 363

Eye Tracking Hand tracking Leap Motion Groups 363

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

A San Francisco-based startup, YUR (pronounced “why you are,”) was founded in early 2019 by Cix Liv and Dilan Shah. SEE ALSO Ultrahaptics Relaunches as 'Ultraleap' After Leap Motion Acquisition. “We YUR, a VR fitness company, today announced it’s secured $1.1

Software 280

Software San Francisco Leap Motion Oculus 280

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2019

May 2019 “ From the photo, it is possible to see what we already knew from the leaked photos of some months ago: the headset features two frontal wide-baseline cameras , the sensors for outside-in tracking and a slider for hardware IPD adjustment. This confirms that it will use SteamVR tracking (Image by Ars Technica).

Hand tracking 411

Hand tracking Leap Motion Virtual Reality AR 411

ARPost

APRIL 4, 2023

AR and VR Content Creation With Integrated Ultraleap Hand Tracking Ultraleap was founded in 2019 when Leap Motion was acquired by Ultrahaptics , and the two companies were rebranded under the new name.

Hand tracking 300

Hand tracking AR Training Leap Motion 300

VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2019

This USB-C input can also be used to connect a variety of compatible controllers, including the Leap Motion tracker, Intel’s Realsense, even a Nintendo Joy-Con. Image Credit: VRScout. Things that the looking glass isn’t really designed for is being a window into another world.

Leap Motion 288

Leap Motion Video Unreal Unity 288

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

My early start with MR As you may know, I got started with passthrough mixed reality in 2019, far before Quest enabled the use of passthrough. If you use a Leap Motion controller, you should be able to grab the feed of its cameras according to its docs.

Leap Motion 449

Leap Motion Data Tools Unity 449

Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2019

Kuo suggests that Apple will likely begin production on its AR headset sometime between Q4 of 2019 and Q2 of 2020, 9to5Mac reports, citing Kou’s translated statements in Money UDN (Chinese). SEE ALSO Report: Apple Nearly Acquired Leap Motion but the Deal Fell Through.

Apple 271

Apple AR Leap Motion Latency 271

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With an embedded Leap Motion hand tracker on the opposite side of the fixed frame, I was able to reach out to the 3D objects and bring them right up to the point where the vergence-accommodation conflict took over and I went a bit cross-eyed trying to resolve the image. Photo by Road to VR.

AR 279

AR North Carolina Leap Motion Magic Leap 279

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Jokes apart, since it is “just” an evolution of first gen, maybe we’ll be able to see some announcement in 2019 and release in 2019-2020. This is fascinating, but there is the problem is that adding weight there, would make the device uncomfortable; It is a slot to add Leap Motion. We’ll see.

Eye Tracking 366

Eye Tracking Leap Motion Course HTC 366

Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

As an adult, James decided to try retraining his brain using a combination of Leap Motion hand tracking and VR. Leap Motion hand tracking also makes it possible for patients to interact in 3D – enabling them to practice eye-hand coordination skills in a life-like environment. to an average of LogMAR 0.06.

Leap Motion 41

Leap Motion Study Hand tracking Virtual Reality 41

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

This signs seems to say: 2019 World Conference on NO VR INDUSTRY. One of the AR devices that I wanted to try out since the moment I talked about it on my post about CES 2019 is RealMax. RealMax can mount a Leap Motion device, so you have the power of using naturally your hands to interact with AR elements.

Eye Tracking 188

Eye Tracking AR Leap Motion China 188

The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

link] — Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) April 30, 2019. But we had no mention of Half Life yesterday: Valve just said that it will release a “flagship game” in 2019 and it will be available for all SteamVR headsets. I had one eye on Zuck talking on stage and the other eye on Valve’s website. Nothing more.

Oculus 244

Oculus Leap Motion Controllers Virtual Reality 244

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

It has bought the hand-tracking company Leap Motion various months ago for $30M since the two hardware are a perfect fit the one for the other. A game launch in 2019 is far different than a game launch in 2016. Qualcomm announces Enterprise XR program.

AR 343

AR Apple Oculus Augmented Reality 343

Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes.

Magic Leap 60

Magic Leap Leap Motion Conference Hand tracking 60

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. He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion.

Leap Motion 46

Leap Motion AR Data Glove Augmented Reality 46

Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. VR Accessories Both accessories, the leap motion hand tracker, and the TPCast wireless adapter are available for the Rift, too. Motion Controller. Spring 2019.

Zeiss 52

Zeiss Samsung Software Controllers 52

The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

Production stages of Dexmo gloves: Idea was conceived in 2014, the working prototype was realized in 2016, the product was ready in late 2017 and the shipping is ready now in 2019. The company claims that now can even ship tens of thousands of units if needed (Image by Dexta Robotics).

Haptic 409

Haptic Simulation Course Virtual Reality 409

Peter Graham

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Additionally, the Varjo VR-2 Pro also comes with integrated Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand tracking technology. Both headsets will be on demonstration at AWE EU 2019 later this week. Both the VR-2 and the VR-2 Pro include support for SteamVR content as well as support for the OpenVR development platform.

Head Mounted Display 63

Head Mounted Display Leap Motion Hand tracking Eye Tracking 63

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

Augmented Reality 419

Augmented Reality Magic Leap Leap Motion AR 419

Peter Graham

OCTOBER 15, 2019

VRgineers’ first product was the VRHero 5K Plus before its successor arrived in 2018, offering improved visuals, greater field of view (FoV), automatic IPD adjustment (AutoEye) and integrated hand tracking thanks to built-in Leap Motion technology.

Czech Republic 49

Czech Republic Simulation Head Mounted Display Leap Motion 49

Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Moreover, Leap Motion , a device that can be attached to the Vive’s front, has the ability to accurately track your hands with VR applications. VR Accessories Both accessories, the leap motion hand tracker, and the TPCast wireless adapter are available for the Rift, too. Motion Controller. Spring 2019.

Zeiss 52

Zeiss Samsung Software Controllers 52

VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to UploadVR , citing independent sources, Oculus is targeting a Santa Cruz release date for Q1 2019 but the world will really find out on the 26th and 27th at OC5.For Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets.

San Jose 46

San Jose Virtual Reality Google Samsung 46

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Today, at MWC 2019, Alex Kipman went on stage together with Satya Nadella and Julia White to announce the new HoloLens 2. The new HoloLens features: Eye tracking Full hands tracking (a la Leap Motion) Voice commands understanding. So, let’s see what we know regarding the headset!

Microsoft 400

Microsoft Leap Motion Eye Tracking Unreal 400

XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The startup was rescued from bankruptcy by existing backer Candy Ventures in 2019. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. Blippar was reportedly worth $1.5

Augmented Reality 52

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality India Asia 52

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. If companies raise money now — the end of 2019/2020 — I think it’s the perfect time, because we’re only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And we can start bringing in all kinds of applications.

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And then, as of 2019 — by the end of this year — they’ll kind of cross. If companies raise money now — the end of 2019/2020 — I think it’s the perfect time, because we’re only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And we can start bringing in all kinds of applications.

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Gartner Hype Cycle 2019. Header image by Leap Motion). Some days ago, the new Gartner Hype Cycle has been released and this time, as you can see here below, not only there is no mention of VR, but there are also no references to AR and MR ( Thanks Kevin Williams and Sam Watts for having made me notice that).

Augmented Reality 417

Augmented Reality AR Technology Latency 417

Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Major Tracking Update for Leap Motion. Image courtesy Leap Motion. In typical style, the haphazard trailer gave very little information, but it is targeting an early 2019 release for PS4 and PSVR. PSVR Exclusive Ghost Giant Announced. Image courtesy Zoink.

Leap Motion 177

Leap Motion Gaming Sony Microsoft 177

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And then, as of 2019 -- by the end of this year -- they'll kind of cross. If companies raise money now -- the end of 2019/2020 -- I think it's the perfect time, because we're only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. Is that what you're seeing across the board? Alan: It's so true.

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60