VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Virtual reality-based imagery rehearsal and rescripting treatment (ReScript) aims to enable participants to gain cognitive control over intrusive imagery, and lessen overall anxiety, nightmare distress, or nightmare daytime effects. Image Credit: Center for Mind and Culture.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 18, 2023

Since purchasing Oculus, Meta has made significant strides in the extended reality (XR) world. The Quest 2 is a cutting-edge consumer-grade VR headset, with black-and-white passthrough, gesture controls, powerful processing, and exceptional visual clarity. Four cameras for controller and headset tracking.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Leaks in advance of Facebook Connect, particularly around the time that VIVE Flow was announced , had many anticipating new devices from Oculus. He also more than suggested at a couple of points that Facebook logins would no longer be required for Oculus headsets in the near future. Horizon Updates and an Interoperability API.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Why should we invent another joystick, gamepad or controller, if we already have, thanks to millions of years of evolution, the most perfect controller for interaction with the environment – hands? Let’s build a web-cam in a vanity dresser and add a remote controller to take a snap, and instantly post it on Instagram.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

It might seem a little early to ask, but what do you want to see in the next Oculus Touch? Improved gesture control? He presented two Touch controllers, each of them wired up to a concealed piece of hardware. Without entering VR, the Facebook team took turns in holding the controller around a campsite environment.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Another problem comes with AR applications that use gesture controls. Gesture control is supposed to – and has the potential to – make interactions more natural. Suddenly, gesture controls feel less like holding an object and more like using supernatural powers. It too comes with drawbacks.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Currently available for free with every new purchase of a Vive and now released on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, Job Simulator is a great example of what can be done with user-tracked VR. Thalmic Labs, the creator of the Myo gesture-control armband, is also listed under Consumer Tech.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

The existing models were already top of the class, but the announcement comes amid similar announcements from Pico and Oculus, and hardware updates from VIVE. Oculus Rift used to be a powerhouse enterprise VR headset line. This was discussed in “Oculus for Business” at Facebook Connect in September. HP Reverb G2.

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ARPost

APRIL 4, 2020

The game, available on Oculus Quest Store, Oculus Rift Store, Steam, and Viveport, requires users to hit notes flying through space, timed to 33 original songs. The added feature created through a collaboration with YUR watch allows users to check stats like how many calories are burning through simple gesture control. “We

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. ZENIMAX AND OCULUS: THE PLOT THICKENS.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 16, 2016

Oculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR Controller? Before we get started, let me make something perfectly clear: what is about to follow is an opinion I have formed after spending considerable time with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift’s hand tracking solutions for virtual reality.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

The existing models were already top of the class, but the announcement comes amid similar announcements from Pico and Oculus, and hardware updates from VIVE. Oculus Rift used to be a powerhouse enterprise VR headset line. This was discussed in “Oculus for Business” at Facebook Connect in September. HP Reverb G2.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A version will also be created that uses more sophisticated hand tracking and gesture controls rather than a physical book. Facebook didn’t have any announcements of their own, having just had Connect just a few weeks earlier, but the Oculus owners could have been a subtopic to themselves. A Watch Call From Lenovo.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 4, 2022

From the world-changing augmented experiences offered by Pokémon Go, to the incredible worlds unlocked by the Oculus Quest, the innovations of XR in gaming are quickly becoming mainstream. Already, we’re seeing the rise of everything from gesture control in the Oculus, to Speech Recognition.

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

The glasses are expected to place AR objects on top of the real world (through Apple’s existing ARKit technology) and be gesture-controlled, though the degree and sophistication of such control remain unknown. They will be wirelessly charged on a special stand. Tim Cook, CEO of ?Apple Apple Inc. © Apple, Inc.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Multi-user B2B software for creating and playing 360° VR presentations, the app is optimized for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Cardboard. Just released to the Oculus Store , Mefisto may add smartwatch support to the game, “so the user can see his O2 levels and the Geiger Counter needle by looking at his wrist… If the game does well.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

In the 1970’s scientists at the University of California popularized the term “brain-computer interface” or BCI , referring to a hardware and software system that uses brainwaves to control devices. Gesture controls preclude hands-free operation. Current Limits. The authenticity of the VR environment is not the same for both.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Designed by a team of students at Game-U ( @gameu_nj ), Nerves is an intense visit to the operating room for a motion-control surgeon. Requires: Mac, Oculus Rift. Control a Darby robot on the Raspberry Pi and a Rodeo machine with this project from Hirokazu Egashira and @routeflags.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Today we're speaking with Varag Gharibjanian, the chief revenue officer at Clay AIR, a software company shaping the future of how we interact with the digital world, using natural gesture recognition. Varag: Wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Today we're speaking with Varag Gharibjanian, the chief revenue officer at Clay AIR, a software company shaping the future of how we interact with the digital world, using natural gesture recognition. Varag: Wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

That’s why we need gesture controls ASAP, according to today’s guest, Clay AIR’s Varag Gharibjanian. Today we're speaking with Varag Gharibjanian, the chief revenue officer at Clay AIR, a software company shaping the future of how we interact with the digital world, using natural gesture recognition. Varag: Wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As you know, if you take a Hololens or any other smart glass, you have the gesture control usage. If you want to do content creation in AR, then you need something a little bit more powerful than gesture control. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As you know, if you take a Hololens or any other smart glass, you have the gesture control usage. If you want to do content creation in AR, then you need something a little bit more powerful than gesture control. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. What they were saying was, “we’re now excited to introduce the natural user interface,” and it’s called like “intuitive gesture control.” Alan: Got it. Alex: It does.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 is an inexpensive and easy to use headset that offers a wide range of experiences for all kinds of people. First Steps is a short demo experience from Oculus that comes pre-installed with your Quest. Fujii is a serene and fantastical game that’s an excellent first introduction to more complex VR controls.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody's synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, "Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive." Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. What they were saying was, "we're now excited to introduce the natural user interface," and it's called like "intuitive gesture control." Alan: Got it. Alex: We're still making custom experiences for everybody.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

If you look down, you can actually see your keyboard, or you could see your hand game controller, and that way you’re able to manipulate physical objects, even when you’re in this headset as a monitor replacement. And a week later, on the control group, was down to, I think it was a D+. It was a disaster.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

If you look down, you can actually see your keyboard, or you could see your hand game controller, and that way you’re able to manipulate physical objects, even when you’re in this headset as a monitor replacement. And a week later, on the control group, was down to, I think it was a D+. It was a disaster.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. What they were saying was, “we’re now excited to introduce the natural user interface,” and it’s called like “intuitive gesture control.” Alan: Got it. Alex: It does.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Oculus Touch officially launches tomorrow and when it does it will make the Oculus Rift a more viable and powerful virtual reality platform than ever before. The Rift’s biggest competitor, the HTC Vive, was able to enjoy the better part of a year as the only PC-powered VR system to boast hand-tracked controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Learn more (Investment news) Learn more (My hands-on with a Distance prototype) DoublePoint launches WowMouse Presenter DoublePoint has just launched WowMouse Presenter , an app that turns your Wear OS smartwatch into a gesture-controlled remote for PowerPoint and Google Slides presentations.

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