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The Importance of Hand Tracking UX Design

The Ghost Howls

Established in 2015, Circuit Stream has helped over 40,000 people learn to design and develop virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The article Dejan has written is a big collection of tutorials, suggestions, and tips about developing applications that use hand tracking. That said, have a nice read!

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Hand Tracking Comes To Nreal AR Glasses

VRScout

High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. To bring hand tracking to Nreal Light glasses, Clay AIR took advantage of the embedded spatial cameras built into the headset to overlay a 3D hand skeleton model in full HD on top of your physical hand. Image Credit: Nreal).

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Nu Eyes AR glasses.

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OpenAR brings accessible augmented reality to students and developing countries

The Ghost Howls

You can go forward, backward, and skip a track by just slightly sliding one finger tip over the other, an operation you can do by lying comfortably on a bed , without even raising your hands (like hand tracking would require) and without having a bulky controller with you. project: [link]. OpenAR materials: [link].

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Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Game Has You Solving Puzzles By Throwing Your Dismembered Hand

VRScout

A proof-of-concept shows how hand tracking technology is bringing new possibilities to VR gaming. Daniel Beauchamp is Head of Virtual and Augmented Reality at Shopify. If you take a look at his Twitter , you’ll find a multitude of demos showcasing the wide range of possibilities afforded by hand tracking.

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Hand-tracking Text Input System From Facebook Researchers Throws Out the Keyboard (sort of)

Road to VR

A prototype from Facebook Reality Labs researchers demonstrates a novel method for text input with controllerless hand-tracking. The system treats the hands and fingers as a sort of predictive keyboard which uses pinching gestures to select groups of letters. Most participants reached a mean speed of 12.54 WPM, or 20.07

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Hand Tracking Wristband Brings More Detailed Hand Movements To VR & AR

VRScout

A wristband with four thermal sensors promises a more detailed hand tracking experience. Because FingerTrak uses thermal images to track your hand movements, the system is capable of more precise hand tracking when compared to options such as the Leap Motion Controller or the Oculus Quests.