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TapID Uses Bone Conduction To Deliver A Better Typing Experience In VR

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To bring a more organic and natural typing experience into VR, a group of researchers from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich , Switzerland have developed a set of wristbands called TapID that—when combined with hand tracking—allows you to “feel” the keys of your virtual keyboard as you type.

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PICO Debuts Enterprise-Ready MDM Platform for Headset – AWE EU ’24

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PICO shipped the 4 Ultra across Europe, including countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Additionally, PICO’s Motion Trackers became available for £79.00. pixels per degree (PPD), and a refresh rate of 72 Hz.

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Meta Horizon Desktop Editor Now Publicly Available In Early Access

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Meta's (Limited-Scope) Unity Competitor According to creators who have been testing the closed beta version, the Meta Horizon Desktop Editor has an interface resembling a simplified version of game engines like Unity, reminiscent of Apple's Reality Composer Pro, the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), or the Roblox Creator Hub.

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Apple Trademarks 'xrOS' Ahead Of Expected June Headset Reveal

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An Apple-linked company applied to trademark 'xrOS' in New Zealand. Spotted by The Verge's Parker Ortolani , the word mark uses Apple's SF Pro typeface and was filed by Deep Dive LLC, a firm believed to be a shell company of Apple. The Information and Gurman have previously reported the product will be priced around $3000.

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Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back

Road to VR

Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. Co-founder Marco Salerno told me that the current prototype is capable of pushing back with two newtons (about the force of two apples resting on your hand), though they could feasibly push upward of 15 newtons with some different design tradeoffs.

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PICO’s Apple Vision Pro-Style Workplace Device to Ship, Days Before Meta Connect ’24

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

PICO is shipping the 4 Ultra in Europe, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Apple and upcoming headset vendors such as Samsung have deep hardware ecosystems that may boost the capabilities and adoption of XR devices.

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Big XR News: The Decline of VR Headsets, Apple Vision Pro Available Worldwide, Samsung’s XR Headset

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Our guests include: Cam Stevens, CEO and Lead Consultant at Pocketknife Group Letitia Bochud, Director, Virtual Switzerland and Chair of the Board of Directors, XR4Europe Jennifer Rogers, Executive Officer, Learning Technology Standards Committee at the IEEE Thanks for watching.