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Google Releases Real-time Mobile Hand Tracking to R&D Community

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Google has released to researchers and developers its own mobile device-based hand tracking method using machine learning, something Google R esearch engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang call a “new approach to hand perception.” in palm detection, researchers claim.

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ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit

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ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.

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Hands-On: The Mira Prism Headset Wants To Be The Google Daydream Of AR

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When Ben Taft and Matt Stern, two of the co-founders of Mira, opened up the box of the Prism AR headset for me for the first time I’ll be honest: I wasn’t that impressed. The Prism AR headset, from new company Mira, is lightweight, cheap, and surprisingly effective.

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AWE 2024: Magic Leap to Wow Attendees with Android Smartwatch AR Input Device

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At AWE this week, leading XR headset vendor Magic Leap and gesture technology innovators Doublepoint Technologies are highlighting a deep product partnership to distribute WowMouse, an input device that leverages Android smartwatches to enable gesture controls such as pinch and gaze for AR applicaitons.

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The Continuing Saga of Focals by North

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Focals by North In October 2018, the Kitchener, OT based company North, introduced a consumer AR glasses called Focals. Detractors dismissed the Focals as just another re-spin of Google Glass, with the Verge dubbing it a ‘smartwatch for your face’. But, alas, there was a fatal flaw?—?the So is that the end of the story? Perhaps not.

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What to Expect from Apple in the AR/VR Space

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While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like.

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

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She also regularly writes for Fast Company, Ars Technica, Quartz, Wired and others. For companies looking to get into Immersive technologies our VR Consultancy service offers comprehensive support in strategic deployment of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief.