Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2021

Ultraleap, the company behind the Leap Motion hand-tracking controller , has released a Developer Preview of its hand-tracking engine Gemini. Antony Vitillo of XR publication Skarred Ghost went hands-on with Gemini using his first-generation Leap Motion tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news! but I have found some time anyway to read all the news I found about AR and VR and create this summary just for you! Not reading it would be a pity, so go on…. Facebook may be partnering with Luxottica to create consumer AR glasses. Top news of the week. Image by Ray-Ban).

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

Here’s a smattering of exciting projects that are likely to influence the VR and AR space in the next two years. Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Prior to launch the first consumer Rift headset, Oculus had a long history of showing prototypes and development kits. Leap Motion North Star. Oculus Santa Cruz.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2020

Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the “fastest, most accurate, and most robust hand tracking.”

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2020

The minds over at Cornell University’s SciFi Lab , along with help from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have come up with a unique wristband device that uses four small (9.30mm) synchronized thermal cameras to deliver more precise VR and AR hand tracking experiences. You can also access their white paper here. Image Credit: Sci-Fi Lab.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On his Linkedin profile , you can see that he has strong competencies in marketing, SEO, growth hacking, but also a great passion for AR/VR, and this is the reason why I got to know him a long time ago. If you’re looking to learn more about AR/VR design or development , check our free XR workshops and courses at Circuit Stream.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! Are you ready? These are the settings you have to pay attention to.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Futurologists had predicted and filmmakers embodied on the screen that mankind would forget any third-party apps and devices alien to human physiology even before the first concepts of AR and VR appeared. There is a big difference between VR-helmets (or AR-glasses) with controllers and ones that can be controlled by hand gestures.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2020

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Leap Motion. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github. It currently supports the following devices and XR systems: SteamVR: HTC Vive and Windows MR headsets. Sense Glove. bHaptics TactSuit.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 11, 2019

Back in 2016, Oculus’s chief scientist Michael Abrash predicted that within five years, VR headsets would have a monocular 4K resolution and 140-degree FoV. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

This is great for PSVR users because finally, they’ll have controllers that are suitable for VR, and also for VR developers, that so will be able to port titles from PCVR or Quest to PSVR without having to remap the controls in a weird way. Facebook reveals its work on the UX of AR of the future. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And as I promised you, I’m sharing with you all my impressions , so you will feel as if you were here with me… Today I will talk with you about the WCVRI event, the RealMax AR glasses and the Droolon F1 eye tracking accessory! Hands-on Realmax AR glasses. It’s like having the FOV of a VR headset on an AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Honestly, I find it a smart idea for this moment, but I also think that HTC has to invest more to have more content on Viveport on the long term if it plans to fight with Oculus and its upcoming Quest. HTC is also experimenting with implementing hand gestures and actions ; I want to try it to verify its real accuracy and speed.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

They’re also developing ‘R3ex Arena’ solutions with multiple robots, and thanks to the company’s expertise in mixed reality, are promising a “unique onboard and offboard solution that allows the guests in the queue to game using BYOD/smartphones and AR technology”.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

There it has presented a lot of news regarding all Facebook companies (Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, etc…) and of course, among these pieces of news, we had some AR and VR ones. Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. I’ve purchased my Oculus Go!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

At WCVRI , I have tried some cool AR/VR hardware. North Star AR headset. Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. Me trying the new version of the North Star AR headset. Up view of the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. So, we are at premium 1st gen levels. The rightmost ones are clearly bigger. There are no signs of eye tracking in this headset. Tethered, wireless or standalone?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

No smearing, reduced mura; The lenses have been upgraded, using the ones engineered by Valve for the Index; The audio is conveyed through off-the-ear speakers , like the ones of the Valve Index; Comfort has been improved; There is IPD adjustment; There are now 4 tracking cameras. Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The new Leap Motion Mobile Platform consists of hardware and software optimised for VR and AR hand tracking on mobile devices. Building on the success of the original Leap Motion device, the brand new hardware aims to be tightly integrated into future mobile VR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

The summary will be split in two parts: today I’ll tell you about Stereopsia and some nice companies I met there, while tomorrow I’ll describe more the artistic/storytelling side of the event (and I will also talk about the Lenovo AR headset!). An Oculus Go with the picture of a painting attached to it. How is Stereopsia?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

In addition, over 300 speakers are on the agenda from a wide range of companies in and around the AR and VR industries. Individuals from companies such as HTC Vive, NVIDIA, Osterhout, Unity, castAR, Qualcomm, Leap Motion, Meta, Verizon, Dell, Oculus, and more will be among the over 300 featured speakers in attendance.

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Leapmotion

JULY 21, 2015

Early last month, Leap Motion kicked off our internal hackathon with a round of pitch sessions. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen. Our team’s video got shared on /r/oculus and led to a feature on Wired. Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We at Thomas Street have been eyeing the Oculus Rift for quite some time, paying particular attention to demos featuring novel interfaces. Outcome aside, working with the Oculus Rift is, you know, working with the Oculus Rift , so the experience was a ton of fun. Leap Motion UI summary. Initial Research.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

A lot of these scripts are utility scripts for specific needs, it means that you do not necessarily need to know everything to be able to build your VR solution. One part of the characteristics of VRTK is its management of the project/scene for specific platforms (Oculus, Vive, etc.). Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

That’s a bit disappointing and considering that in some months Oculus will release the Quest , that has full 6 DOF support, HTC had necessarily to do something. With a selfie and a short voice recording, ObEN could create a 3D personal intelligent avatar that looks, talks and behaves like you and brings it to VR and AR world.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

It was hosted by Polaris AR. 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. Had a really great first day building a Project North Star AR headset.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2016

She shot a video of of her co-worker in VR trying out the latest Leap Motion Orion update, and tweeted it out saying “This is the future.” Here’s the video that Eva shot, as well as her original tweet: This is the future @oculus @LeapMotion #VR pic.twitter.com/1z7VscNsLO. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

It is a square one, so it seems that the system takes the undistorted view of one eye, exactly as the Oculus Go does when recording a video. This hand tracking is very rough, so do not expect a Leap Motion -type interface, but it can be good for some VR applications. AR/MR mode.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

These are the official specs of NextMind: Dimension : 135x66x55mm Weight : 60 grams Headband size : 54 cm to 62 cm Clip-on system : can be clipped directly on a headband, a cap, or a VR/AR headset EEG: 9 high-quality electrodes Battery : Lithium-Polymer battery (3.7 The sensor is compatible with PC and Mac. Hands-on with the demos.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. This take on AR is what Oculus’ chief scientist, Michael Abrash called “ Augmented Virtual Reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

It can be used both with a standard screen or an AR/VR headset, but I think that virtual reality is where this device really shines. You choose… and Dexta even made a demo using the glove with Oculus Quest controllers! What is incredible is that the glove can work with WHATEVER tracking system.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

” Head tracking is an essential part of all mixed reality technology, both VR and AR, and the so-called inside-out variety in a VR headset makes set up dramatically easier. The Santa Cruz inside-out tracking prototype from Oculus. Last month it was revealed Oculus hired USC’s pioneering mixed reality expert Mark Bolas.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

There are a number of ways to create your own virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) app/videogame. Today, Charles River Analytics – a developer of intelligent systems solutions – has announced the launch of the Virtuoso Software Development Kit (VSDK), to aid speedy development of AR and VR experiences.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Masahiro Yamaguchi (CEO, Psychic VR Lab), God Scorpion (Media artist, Psychic VR Lab), Keiichi Matsuda (VP Design, Leap Motion), Oda Yuda (Designer), Akihiro Fujii (CTO, Psychic VR Lab). Alex Colgan (Leap Motion): What inspired you to build a North Star headset? Recently we caught up with them.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

These rules are so fundamental that we design our digital realities to reflect human expectations about how things work in the real world. At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Now it’s in your hands – we can’t wait to see what you build with it.

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