Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Back in April HTC launched new tools to help developers take advantage of the Vive Pro’s largely unused front-facing cameras. On the Vive Pro today, the system can understand the position of a user’s hands thanks to a pair of controllers which are tracked with external beacons.

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Road to VR

MAY 10, 2018

However, the team at Leap Motion has also investigated more exotic and exciting interface paradigms from arm HUDs and digital wearables, to deployable widgets containing buttons, sliders, and even 3D trackballs and color pickers. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. And when I put the headset on, I could see the grey intro environment, with all the controllers moving regularly. , but sometimes it is still tricky and problematic. WTF SteamVR.

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ARPost

APRIL 4, 2023

Focused on creating AR and VR spaces for education, training, onboarding, events, and more, and aimed at non-technical users, the company provides a cross-platform, no-code AR/VR building tool. They don’t need to know how to code to create VR apps and tools, including training programs.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2018

As part of its interactive design sprints, Leap Motion , creators of the hand-tracking peripheral of the same name, prototyped three ways of effectively interacting with distant objects in VR. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Guest Article by Barrett Fox & Martin Schubert.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2018

Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Through a mix of prototyping, tools and workflow building with a user driven feedback loop, Barrett has been pushing, prodding, lunging, and poking at the boundaries of computer interaction. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion.

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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 ! 6 DOF Controllers for Vive Focus. In short: the Vive Focus will finally have two 6 DOF controllers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2018

Today we’re excited to share the second half of our design exploration along with a downloadable demo on the Leap Motion Gallery. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion. Tool adjustments. The Time Hand.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding. Meta already does that with some features (e.g.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 2, 2017

Created by a London-based startup, this new release isn’t so much about artistic expression (though that’s completely possible) as it is a genuine tool for creating professional 3D models. When you jump into Gravity Sketch you’ll be greeted with a simple stroke tool not too dissimilar from the ones in Tilt Brush and Quill.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. Having haptic sensation on the palm is very important to increase the sense of presence when you are holding a tool in your hand.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

So, this article helps you learn these: How to setup hand-tracking in Unity The different uses for hand tracking in your VR projects A quick guide to hand-tracking design for AR/VR with the Oculus Quest When you should use controllers or hands When and how to use levers Other interesting facts about hand-tracking.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2019

Apple has been continuously iterating on ARKit , its augmented reality development tool that lets creators make smartphone-based AR experiences. One of the biggest claims to come from the report is the supposed announcement surrounding OS support for controllers with touchpads as well as “stereo AR headsets.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Simple interactivity with the orbs is possible with motion control; the experience will support all major VR hardware, but is likely to feel most engaging when used with the Leap Motion hand tracking system. To progress to the next chapter, you’re asked to leave your own audio message behind, for others to discover.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

If you’re following this tutorial, I assume you already know: How to install Unity and all the Android Tools; How to put your Quest in developer mode; How to develop a basic Unity application for the Quest. There was the cube, but no matter how I moved my hands in front of the headset, I could only see my controllers.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 24, 2016

Leap Motion shows off Interaction Engine for their VR hand-tracking tech VR makes the most sense when you don’t have to learn the controls and stuff just works. The new developer tools are now available as a module for their Unity Core Assets. Read more here.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2022

The question is, which innovative tools are offering the best tracking experience in the XR environment today? Here are some of our most popular hand and eye tracking tools to guide your purchasing choices. The powerful eye tracking tools can even convey blinking and natural eye movements in avatars , for better collaboration.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is currently producing its DK1 device , that can be used both with Vive systems (in this case, a Vive Tracker is attached to the gloves to provide the positional tracking) or Oculus systems (in this case, the Oculus Touch controllers are used). It has not been thought for games, but more for enterprise uses like training.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 27, 2015

From the operating room to virtual reality, here are 5 ways that people are using Leap Motion tech for medical and assistive applications. Solution: One of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 Inventions of 2014, MotionSavvy’s UNI is a two-way communication tool for the deaf using Leap Motion and speech technologies.

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Leapmotion

JULY 22, 2015

We’ve come a long way since we first launched the Leap Motion Controller two years ago. Since we released our technology to the world, we’ve been constantly working to bring new tools and assets to developers building with the Leap Motion platform. The Leap Motion team. Launches on Sept.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 25, 2023

Notice how the lenses are almost completely transparent Digilens Argo runs on top of a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset, and they will be compatible with Snapdragon Spaces, so developers will be able to use a known tool to create applications for it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

For this reason, sound is more than just an immersive tool – how (and where) objects around you sound has an enormous effect on your understanding of where they are, especially when you’re not looking at them. Tagged with: leap motion Facebook Twitter Reddit More. But it’s not perfect. Tutorial Audio. Magic and Progression.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 31, 2017

Smith has been using an HTC Vive for the project though, instead of the kit’s position-tracked controllers, he can be seen on News 4 Jax using a Leap Motion sensor for hand-tracking. VR is finding plenty of use as a healthcare tool with similar applications.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

Without using Vive Trackers or other sensors, they try to reconstruct the pose of the full body of the users by just using the pose of the headset and the two controllers. The very original idea is that among these 4 arms, two are controlled by you (with your controllers) and the other two are controlled by the other player.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

The Reverb was already a very good headset (as you can read in my hands-on impressions ) with good comfort and an astonishing resolution, but it had some problems with the display (mura, red smearing) and with the controllers (classical mediocre WMR tracking). built in to headband Controllers ?—?6DOF pounds (0.55kg) Cable Length: 19.5

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Last year, we released an early access beta of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics. Contact, Grasp, Hover. Graphic Renderer.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

As an adult, James decided to try retraining his brain using a combination of Leap Motion hand tracking and VR. Leap Motion hand tracking also makes it possible for patients to interact in 3D – enabling them to practice eye-hand coordination skills in a life-like environment. Multiple studies show positive results. “I

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Leapmotion

MAY 17, 2015

In the process of building applications and various UX experiments at Leap Motion, we’ve come up with a useful set of heuristics to help us critically evaluate our gesture and interaction designs. The team at Leap Motion is constantly working to improve the accuracy and consistency of our tracking technology.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

And we also used collaborative tools like Figma to produce covers, ads, as the launch. Now that the Quest pitch process is gone, Oculus must find a way to help the vast majority of developers market their apps and games , with as many marketing tools as possible. Playing around with the Leap Motion interaction system.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We all grew tired of talking about how we wanted to explore VR development, so we allocated several weeks to tinkering with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion — staffing one full-time developer and a few designers part-time. We got things started by downloading the most popular Oculus Rift / Leap Motion demos and giving them a try.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As mainstream VR/AR input continues to evolve – from the early days of gaze-only input to wand-style controllers and fully articulated hand tracking – so too are the virtual user interfaces we interact with. Concept: A Playset, Not A Control Board. What kinds of 3D UIs would you like to see, touch, and create with these tools?

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It removes the extra utility tools to focus on an easy to use interaction development system, which is completely focalized on a painless and streamlined development process. VRTK, as other existing VR interaction toolkits, is built around logic input from controllers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. Through input events, the user may configure apps to receive inputs from a number of input sources — 6 degrees of free (6DoF) controllers, articulated hands, and voice, as well as Select or Menu, features, and correlate them with various inputs.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Hand and eye tracking tools, capable of sensing the movements, gestures, and gaze of a user, can take XR experiences to a new level. These tools open the door for everything from completely hands-free XR user interfaces to intelligent foveated rendering. The company also supports eye tracking, for concepts like foveated rendering.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Recently we created a quick VR sculpture prototype that combines the latest and greatest of these tools. Click To Tweet The Leap Motion Interaction Engine lets developers give their virtual objects the ability to be picked up, thrown, nudged, swatted, smooshed, or poked. Rapid Prototyping and Development at Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2014

Want to see more projects with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion Controller? The Oculus Developer forums are a great place to explore how motion control and virtual reality can work together – from games to educational and therapeutic tools. Update: Diplopia is now Vivid Vision.

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Leapmotion

MAY 15, 2015

At a recent Designers + Geeks talk , Jody Medich and Daniel Plemmons talked about some of the discoveries our team has made (and the VR best practices we’ve developed) while building VR experiences with the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller. Here’s what we’ve learned building menus for Leap Motion.

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