XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. They’ve built realistic hand interactions for OctoXR that complement Ultraleap’s hand tracking perfectly.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

Gears & Goo is out now on Apple Arcade for Vision Pro and it's a must-play for subscribers and strategy fans. I spent the better part of two 7-hour train rides over Christmas break locked into Gears & Goo from Resolution Games on Apple Vision Pro. Read on for our full overview.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2023

Here’s everything we might know about Apple’s long-rumored XR device. The rumors about Apple’s rumored mixed-reality headset have been gaining some big momentum thanks to a recent tweet from Palmer Luckey alluding to the fact that he has seen and tried the mystery device. The Apple headset is so good.

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MARCH 9, 2025

Gurman has a relatively strong track record of reliably reporting on Apple's product plans years in advance, and successfully described many details of Apple Vision Pro's hardware and software before it was officially revealed. In September, Apple released visionOS 2 , the first major update. Further, with visionOS 2.2

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2024

While “tracking” technologies aren’t new in this landscape, new eye and hand-tracking trends are emerging as we move towards a new future of immersive, spatial computing. Here are some of the major trends worth watching in the eye and hand-tracking space today.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The stable release of visionOS 2 is out now for Apple Vision Pro. visionOS 2 was announced back at Apple's WWDC24 event in June. But the first stable release is out now, and should be available for every Apple Vision Pro owner. But the first stable release is out now, and should be available for every Apple Vision Pro owner.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

0:00 / 1:16 1× visionOS 2 was announced back at Apple's WWDC24 event in June. How To Download Pre-Release visionOS Versions To enable downloading beta and release candidate (RC) Apple operating systems you just need to sign in with your Apple ID on the Apple Developer Center website at least once.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

Eye and hand-tracking trends have evolved rapidly in recent years. Eye and hand-tracking solutions use spatial computing concepts to make interacting with computer systems more natural and intuitive. Teams will rely on virtual avatars to help them connect more effectively with their colleagues in immersive spaces.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Apple Vision Pro's long-anticipated 'Spatial Personas' feature is now available. Personas are Apple's realistic virtual avatars in visionOS, driven in real-time by the headset's eye, face, and hand tracking sensors. 0:00 / 0:24 1× Spatial Personas in Apple's Freeform collaboration app.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

Even in 2007, when Apple announced the first iPhone, Steve Jobs was keen to get rid of the stylus for touchscreen management, arguing separate controllers and devices make using technology more cumbersome. Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Hand-tracking. Hand-tracking first came to the original Quest in late 2019, offering users and developers a controllerless option for input on the headset. Fitness Tracking. The feature works a bit like a FitBit or Apple Watch by using your movements to estimate your calorie burn. Image courtesy Facebook.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2024

It appears that innovative digital healthcare solution providers are taking note of the recently released Apple Vision Pro. The Apple Vision Pro is becoming a hotbed for healthcare solutions; this should be no surprise. Osso VR has recently launched its Healthcare XR training service for the Apple Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. This is because they learn to perform a job or a skill in the virtual environment while practising the learnings and interacting with objects in the real world.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Since 2020 Immersed has offered a free app now available on Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, Vive Focus, and Pico that shows your PC monitor in VR and lets you spawn entirely virtual extra monitors, for up to 5 monitors in total if you pay. Like Apple Vision Pro, it has a tethered battery and is primarily intended to be used seated.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Is building a handful of custom tools a requirement for developing adaptive Mixed Reality? We’re already seeing Meta and Apple come out with mixed reality emulation tools of their own, letting developers test their apps in a simulated virtual environment, even without a headset.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

AUGUST 2, 2024

After introducing their cutting-edge PC virtual and mixed reality headset at CES 2023, Somnium Space has now officially entered the XR hardware market. Depending on the edition you choose, you’ll be able to experiment with cutting-edge eye and hand tracking, and amazing mixed reality features.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 25, 2024

So, is Moohan ready to compete with the likes of the Meta Quest 3, or even leave the Apple Vision Pro in the dust? At a glance, the Samsung headset looks similar to a mix between the Meta Quest 3 and the Apple Vision Pro. Apple discovered that strategy doesnt pan out when it launched the Vision Pro too. What is Project Moohan?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

In this XReal Air 2 Ultra review, we’re taking a closer look at the specs, design, and features of a set of spatial computing glasses eager to give Apple a run for its money. Plus, it helps position XReal as a direct competitor to companies like Apple and Meta. Hand tracking and head tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

Eye and hand-tracking technology is quickly becoming crucial to the extended reality experience. As we continue our journey into the digital world, here are some main reasons companies investing in XR should consider implementing eye and hand-tracking tools.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

Even Apple seems to focus on the business world with its pricey Apple Vision Pro. Remember, alternatives like the Apple Vision Pro are set to cost almost four times as much ($3,499). However, the company has announced its plans to update the hand-tracking and eye-tracking capabilities in the Pro going forward.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Although Microsoft ended support for the Windows Mixed Reality platform in 2023, its partnering with other XR leaders to give users access to their favorite Microsoft 365 apps in spatial environments. Although Metas headsets dont run Windows natively, they allow users to stream content from a PC or virtual PC and interact with apps naturally.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 23, 2022

Global XR firms Qualcomm, Apple, and Vuzix revealed updates to their head-mounted devices (HMDs) for consumers and enterprises. Clegg added that an open and transparent Metaverse was crucial to its success, adding an open Metaverse needs to respect inclusivity as individuals “need to feel safe” in virtual environments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meta says that some of its questioned firms reported that workers feel a significant increase in levels of immersion while working in a virtual environment. The Menlo Park-based firm also found that end-users experienced more natural digital conversations during virtual meetings.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. And that you do with force feedback, so the resistance on your fingers in a virtual environment. Now, these are not fashionable gloves.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. And that you do with force feedback, so the resistance on your fingers in a virtual environment. Now, these are not fashionable gloves.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you could do that in VR and can have that similar behavior that a human has inside the virtual environment, that really is cost saving for companies like Volkswagen. And that you do with force feedback, so the resistance on your fingers in a virtual environment. Now, these are not fashionable gloves.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

While the Apple Vision Pro is largely intended for productivity (with Apple even coining the term “spatial computing” to emphasize its productivity and ‘computing’ focus), it missed the mark on a number of fronts. Finally getting one of the headsets in hand, I did my best to learn what little I could without seeing it in action.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Haptic gloves: Similar to the gloves attached to the cabinet, the at home version exoskeleton design brings hand tracking and touch to VR. Locomotion: Placed in the middle of the tracking area is an omnidirectional treadmill that that allows the user to walk in any direction. Brainscan (1994). The Cell (2000).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. The idea being, Andy Rubin felt that Android and the mobile phone could really transform how people interact with information, how they communicate with one another.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. The idea being, Andy Rubin felt that Android and the mobile phone could really transform how people interact with information, how they communicate with one another.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

After he gave his TED Talk on it, there's interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. The idea being, Andy Rubin felt that Android and the mobile phone could really transform how people interact with information, how they communicate with one another.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The team's continued commitment to supporting existing players, while also expanding onto new platforms like PC and PSVR 2 (and soon, Apple Vision Pro ) is impressive. Hand tracking on Quest is also supported, just as it is in Demeo, along with local multiplayer for those playing together in the same physical space.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Read More : F2P Shooter Gun Raiders Jumps From App Lab To Oculus Quest & Rift Store Quest Store Elixir Elixir is a free hand-tracking demo game developed by Magnopus and Reality Labs. Though it's use of Quest's hand-tracking has been surpassed, we still consider it a fun demonstration of what hand-tracking can do.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

For sure the announcement at FC and the release date in 2021 have been studied to put some pressure on Apple , which seems to be the only rival to Facebook for what concerns the AR future. Oh the Irony, “Put people FIRST” is actually at the FOURTH place in this list of priorities by Boz (Image by Facebook).

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