Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Designed for the Oculus Rift, it’s available free for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. Over time, my interest shifted to Unity3D, and now I love to tinker with new hardware like the Leap Motion, Oculus Rift, or Kinect – which led to experiments like Hoverboard VR , Polyrider , and Soundscape VR.

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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. According to Stereo Labs, “Through high definition stereo cameras, the headset blends the virtual and real worlds together in an immersive and photorealistic way.

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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? It’s definitely the future of the user interface I think.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. Header image by Leap Motion).

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 29, 2015

Players can pilot the ship with their head using the Oculus Rift DK2, while freeing up his or her hands to control the weapon system. It’s available free for Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. After developing for Leap Motion and VR with Unity, do you have any cautionary tales from the trenches? Yup, definitely!

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Locomotion is one of the biggest challenges in VR development, with solutions ranging from omni-directional treadmills and Blink , to Superman-like flight in Leap Motion demos like Weightless. ” You’ll also notice that this version includes Image Hands , now available in our Unity Core Assets for Oculus SDK 0.7.

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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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Leapmotion

JUNE 9, 2015

Using technology like the Leap Motion Controller allows us to use our hands to directly engage virtual instruments, from the plucking of a virtual string to the casting of a sonic fireball. Carillon was really built for VR: the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller are key components in the work.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. It’s not perfect, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Following up on last week’s release of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , I’m excited to share Weightless: Remastered , a major update to my project that won second place in the first-ever 3D Jam. You can now actually grab the floating Oculus DK2 and try to put it on! A lot has changed since then!

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s available free for the Oculus Rift on the Leap Motion App Store. I think my background in architecture definitely influences my designs and I’m excited to see how my education can manifest itself in a new medium. The space station in Weightless has an area that feels like a sci-fi museum. What inspired that?

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Future solutions will get rid of clunky wired headsets and move onto glasses that can project a high-definition image onto the eye, a la Magic Leap, and eventually contact lenses that contain tiny screens.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I think this definition shows you the faith that VR developers have in commercial BCI devices. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Last year, Facebook announced that it was going to release in 2021 a new side content distribution platform for the Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2018

These are definitely the VR powers you’re looking for…. To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. It was only a matter of time. Maher Professor of Computer Science and director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction. .

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 18, 2015

You can download the Windows demo free for the Oculus Rift: frooxius.itch.io/world-of-comenius. It’s a definitely challenging part to design. The post Why VR Will Transform How We Learn About the World and Ourselves appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. world-of-comenius.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys -- Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously. well, failing.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I remember seeing the Oculus guys — Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell and Brendan (Iribe) over at one of their CES tables in the early years, well before they were acquired. And even the Oculus Quest is at $400, and they seem to be the $200 Oculus Go. Facebook is still investing in Oculus, obviously.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: It's actually pretty cool that you say that, because that is one of the use cases that comes in often inbound to us, as companies -- it hasn't happened yet -- but those companies definitely brainstorming around how you track the hands even with just a smartphone, like overlaying something. Alan: We actually did it. Varag: Wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: It's actually pretty cool that you say that, because that is one of the use cases that comes in often inbound to us, as companies -- it hasn't happened yet -- but those companies definitely brainstorming around how you track the hands even with just a smartphone, like overlaying something. Alan: We actually did it. Varag: Wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: It's actually pretty cool that you say that, because that is one of the use cases that comes in often inbound to us, as companies -- it hasn't happened yet -- but those companies definitely brainstorming around how you track the hands even with just a smartphone, like overlaying something. Alan: We actually did it. Varag: Wow.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

. These are definitely the VR powers you’re looking for…. To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. It was only a matter of time. Maher Professor of Computer Science and director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Don’t forget that Steam’s Winter Sale and Oculus’ as well are both still going on. This one lets you try out Leap Motion controls as well as the usual position-tracked and gamepad options. Nick is quite possibly the definitive Christmas themed title, flipping jolly old St. Wave Magic VR, from Overrun Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alvin: Yeah, we definitely have a lot of news packed in to– Alan: I’ve got a long list here! I mean, I think those are definitely probably the most extreme examples. And you know, one of the things you mentioned was looking down and seeing your hands. Alvin: Yes. Alan: This is going to unlock so much. I’m gonna keep going.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Alvin: Yeah, we definitely have a lot of news packed in to–. I mean, I think those are definitely probably the most extreme examples. And you know, one of the things you mentioned was looking down and seeing your hands. Something else you guys addressed at VEC this year was native hand-and-finger tracking. Alvin: Yes. Alvin: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

You choose… and Dexta even made a demo using the glove with Oculus Quest controllers! This definitely opens a lot of doors for more natural interactions in immersive worlds. What is incredible is that the glove can work with WHATEVER tracking system. Final impression. I’m like Thanos looking for VR infinity gems!

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