Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

While there’s certainly a range of exciting games and other VR software coming soon to first-generation hardware, it feels like the market is steadily turning its attention toward next-generation technologies, and fostering a renewed sense of excitement and momentum. Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Leap Motion North Star.

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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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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. UE4 has built-in Vive support, and with the new official plugin release in Unreal Engine 4.11 , it’s easier than ever to get started with Leap Motion + Vive. Have a question about Leap Motion + HTC Vive?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. It showed me that virtual reality has only scratched the surface. Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Circuit Stream , the company he works for, offers a full platform of AR/VR training and learning services to help people master immersive technology. Established in 2015, Circuit Stream has helped over 40,000 people learn to design and develop virtual reality and augmented reality applications. cable with data connection.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

After significant breakthroughs in the sphere of AR and VR technology happened in recent years, and creation of relatively wide and available-for-mass consumer line of products, pent-up demand for more user-friendly interfaces (rather than for traditional controllers) began to form. Project North Star; Source: Leap Motion.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

One part of the characteristics of VRTK is its management of the project/scene for specific platforms (Oculus, Vive, etc.). Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? Interaction Technology VRTK is it is pretty similar to the VR Interaction Framework comparison. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. Oculus – Rift. Oculus – Touch.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

As the XR landscape continues to grow, accelerating towards an expected value of $300 billion by 2024, immersive technology is evolving at an amazing rate. Increasingly, vendors and innovators are searching for new and improved ways to immerse users in unique experiences, using powerful and disruptive technology.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With Pokémon Go recently breaking a financial milestone – reaching one billion USD in revenue , it may finally be time to say that Augmented Reality (AR) is now reaching mainstream acceptance and acknowledgement. Although still a novel concept, the industry is clearly taking altered realities seriously.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

Building the world’s most advanced augmented reality headset isn’t exactly for beginners. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The best news of the week has not been the release of a new fantastic VR headset or AR glass, but of a technology that will make a new generation of XR headsets possible: I’m talking about the XR2 chipset by Qualcomm. That is, the Quest 2 and the Vive Focus 2 may be based on this technology. Why am I so excited?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

We all love to make speculations on the technology and I am no exception. Augmented Reality in 2018. Not because I am a genius, but because the technology is still evolving very slowly and so it is very predictable. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Earlier this summer, we open sourced the design for Project North Star , the world’s most advanced augmented reality R&D platform. 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).

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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. With VSDK, developers with less experience, training, and time can still quickly design augmented and virtual reality experiences with intuitive and natural interactions with virtual content.”.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 22, 2014

Experimental headsets are changing how we see the world, either by creating the virtual worlds of our imaginations, like the Oculus Rift, or adding ghostly layers on top of the real world, like Google Glass. At the same time, GetVu wants to bring a new level of control to augmented reality with Leap Motion technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

I found very interesting that they are trying to create full-body VR content for the Oculus Quest. I have instead tried another demo for Oculus Quest called Anamika, where you impersonate a four-armed Indian goddess. They showcased a series of 360 videos shot by them and that could be enjoyed through an Oculus Go. VR Pianist.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. I don’t see this device stealing the scene from Oculus, since Oculus is cheaper, but I’m quite sure this new headset will be able to grab a good market share.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Leap Motion) on the same headset. I liked it a lot.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The system is already used on the $3,000 HoloLens, an advanced augmented reality system, but with it employed on a low-cost VR headset Microsoft may have leapfrogged efforts by both Facebook and Google, powered by Windows. Low end VR on Xbox and these new headsets, all the way through high end mixed reality on HoloLens.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 31, 2015

At Leap Motion, we’ve seen our fair share of impressive motion-controlled robots that will one day bring about the robocalypse. On another level, a high school student’s robotics project is combining the Oculus Rift and motion control to create an experience that takes you wherever the robot goes. Happy Halloween!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Leap Motion at PennApps. We’ll be sharing more about our experiences soon, including some very cool Leap Motion API hacks. Compare Metrics + Leap Motion Hackathon. Watch how sensrec is using Leap Motion technology to teach SCARA and Stäubli robots how to perform tasks. Read more ».

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

But the Daydream project never took off, and its competitor Gear VR, thanks to Oculus money and branding has always performed better. Notice that only programs built with Varjo SDK will be able to exploit the special two-displays technology. VR-2 Pro adds an integrated Leap Motion and a 10m cable. Other relevant news.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Please try a new text input interface using Leap Motion!” Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Leap Commander. Leap Opticals. Build Chinese. Who knows what’s next for me as a VR developer!”.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The AR/VR track covers experiences built on tethered HMDs like the Oculus Rift, while the Open track covers desktop, hardware hacks, and the Internet of Things. Our Core Assets for Unity now feature: Full Oculus 0.7 Quick Switch to swipe between virtual and augmented reality. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. I honestly never heard of the Leap Motion Controller until someone posted on Facebook about the 3D Jam. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Leap in the Clouds. Leap into the Hole. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Adventure of Ball.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device. We’ve also seen smartphones with depth cameras, for instance from Lenovo and Asus with Google’s pre-ARCore Tango technology.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs. Oculus is de facto no more. This week, Facebook has finally announced the date of the Oculus Connect 7, which is September, 16th. But it won’t be called Oculus Connect 7, but Facebook Connect. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

I’m an early-stage VC focused on virtual and augmented reality, so I pieced this together based on the forward-thinking pitches and demos I’ve been lucky enough to see through my work, plus a lifetime of burning through sci-fi and video games. Today, we’re seeing the very beginning of what VR technology will look like.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 12, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. In the context of motion controls, good affordance is critical, since it is necessary that users interact with objects in the expected manner. Ergonomics.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

When you’ve been a journalist on the XR technology beat for 20 years, like VentureBeat’s lead writer Dean Takahashi has, you develop a hunch or two about the direction the industry might go. You’ve written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. Alan picks Dean’s brain for a few such scoops.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

When you’ve been a journalist on the XR technology beat for 20 years, like VentureBeat’s lead writer Dean Takahashi has, you develop a hunch or two about the direction the industry might go. You’ve written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality. Alan picks Dean’s brain for a few such scoops.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

These are all very positive news for VR: the technology is slowly getting adoption and while not mainstream yet, I agree with Zuck that in 1–2 years we’ll start getting there. The technology is amazing, but I think it’s too rough to be reliably used nowadays in gaming. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon.

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