VRScout

JUNE 19, 2018

If you’ve seen the movie ‘Ready Player One’ or have been to CES or other recent gaming/technology trade show, then odds are you’re at least somewhat familiar with the concept behind omnidirectional treadmills. An immersive VR locomotion solution that ditches the omnidirectional treadmill design in favor of a swivel chair.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

If you imagine shuffling the soundtracks in these three examples, you can understand how it would fundamentally change the experience. Blocks , for example, is designed with a wide range of sounds – from the high and low electronic notes that signal the block creation interactions, to the echoes of blocks bashing against the floor.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 9, 2017

In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities. This type of technology has been used in similar ways before — though not exactly in the muscle structure described above.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 31, 2017

For example, a friend’s leg could be bending backward in an awkward way that reminds you what you’re seeing is faked. Two more Optitrack pucks on each hand or arm and the use of Leap Motion (which recently got big funding ) or gloves could provide the final bit of finger tracking for complete full-body immersion.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2019

. — There were some high-profile flameouts in 2019, including Meta, ODG and Daqri, while others exited below previous funding totals (a veritable down-round), including Leap Motion. That period is defined by sobering realizations that the technology isn’t ready, or that it’s not gaining the traction previously expected.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

I’m often presented as a creative technologist , meaning that I’m at the crossing of creativity and technology. For example, we launched without a trailer , and with a very basic cover for the bundle, just 12 thumbnails all together. Playing around with the Leap Motion interaction system. What are your future plans?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Let me explain this better with an example: if you grab a bottle in real life, your fingers can’t trespass the bottle, because the material of the bottle exerts a force towards your fingers which prevents them to enter. you can feel when a drilling machine is on).

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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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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Keep ergonomics and the physical constraints of both technologies in mind. When the Leap Motion Controller is mounted on a VR headset, it can see beyond your virtual field of view, but your hands will occasionally fall out of sensor range. As always, feedback is essential. Think about how to make 3D data accessible.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 12, 2019

These are all examples of things that happen in real life and that currently don’t happen in VR. The technology that they are using for force-feedback is servo motors. Dexmo gloves felt incredibly light and comfortable for having so much technology inside. Force-feedback. You may wonder what “force-feedback” means.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 20, 2015

At Leap Motion, we believe that the next wave of technological interfaces will rely on the original human operating system: your hands. With HackingEDU just around the corner, Leap Motion is sponsoring the world’s largest education hackathon with over 100 Leap Motion Controllers for attendees to use.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Technology is like a flash in the darkness – long nights building towards an instant when suddenly everything is different. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. VR prototyping for less than $100 with Leap Motion + VRidge.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

VR was utilized in military simulations long before it became a cheaper, consumer-level technology, but now that headsets are in homes, one well-known simulator is going to use them. One example of this provided by the company was users being able to move their heads independent of aiming when manning vehicle-mounted turrets.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! the ones from Leap Motion). Welcome to 2020!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 13, 2017

The self-contained virtual reality headset makes use of Intel’s vision technologies to create a wireless, inside-out positionally tracked headset. A cube, for example, would noticeably stretch when you turned your head. Housed inside this labyrinth was Intel’s prized pig for this year’s conference: Project Alloy.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, pushing an on/off button in virtual reality.). For example, pinching the corners of an object and stretching it out. For example, pointing at oneself when referring to another person would feel strange.). Leap Motion Orion tracking was designed with simple physical interactions in mind, starting with pinch and grab.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

” Head tracking is an essential part of all mixed reality technology, both VR and AR, and the so-called inside-out variety in a VR headset makes set up dramatically easier. An example of the Windows Holographic user interface. If you want to take VR into another room, for example, you have to find places for the sensors again.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Oculus Link for example or Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond are two worthy mentions, yet it must be the experimental hand tracking feature for Oculus Quest that takes home the crown, especially after testing the technology first-hand.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 13, 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. As an optical motion tracking platform , the Leap Motion Controller is fundamentally different from handheld controllers in many ways. Range and Field of View.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Martin Schubert is a VR Developer/Designer at Leap Motion and the creator of Weightless and Geometric. In this example, the spoon’s shape (or mesh) is completely separate from its function of scooping and stirring, which is handled through scripts and trigger zones. Scoops’ by Reddit user /u/Cinder0us.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 17, 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. Weightless and Hollow , for example, both include tracks that influence how we experience them. The post 4 Ways to Unleash the Power of Sound in VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Meantime we already have iOS and Android smartphones and tablets: Microsoft Hololens, Google Glass and many others such as Magic Leap, North, Vuzix, Vrvana (acquired by Apple), SMI (same), Snap Spectacles (via the acquisition of Vergence), Bose, Meta View, nReal, DreamGlass, Epson, Rokid (working with the UK’s WaveOptics), Daqri and Realware.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

Especially my reviews-super-hero Benjamin Lang has destroyed completely the Go in his review , saying that it could have sense some years ago, but now it is just a step back from current technology. David of Upload VR instead highlighted how the battery life of only 2-2.5 hours (2 hours of gaming, 2.5

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. This allows applications to work without regards to the particular device or technology choice. For example, head tracking can come from optical trackers or inertial ones. He frequently shares his views and knowledge on his blog.

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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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Leapmotion

APRIL 18, 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. Generally, the best VR applications that use Leap Motion for navigation aren’t centered around users “walking” around in a non-physical way, but transitioning between different states.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 11, 2022

Ultraleap Gemini connects with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 platform, bringing touchless technology to self-service solutions, and supports a variety of applications like gaming, education, training, design, and manufacturing. In VR, Gemini makes it easier than ever to use two hands. Works in a challenging environment.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 6, 2015

I got my Leap Motion Controller at the start of 2014, and quickly went about making demos. Aside from this, my major work with Leap Motion is my game Robot Chess , a relatively simple game which allows you to use your hands to pick up and move around chess pieces as you play against a robotic AI opponent.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 16, 2016

What we’ve seen in the entertainment industry, since the advent of the Wii, is a lot of new breakthrough motion technologies that interface with the movements of the body and engage the player at a whole other level of interaction. All those particles in space are all interacting in a symphony of motions and interactions.

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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. For example, pointing at oneself when referring to another person feels foreign. Semantic gestures are based on our ideas about the world.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Despite being an emerging concept for the last few years, Google’s April Fools-joke-turned-into-reality made the technology a mass hit. Picking up awards at two industry shows, VR Roulette combined Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller s to plunge players into a virtually interactive casino.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 25, 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. Jody Medich is a UX designer and researcher who believes that the next giant leap in technology involves devices and interfaces that can “speak human.”

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

But for most businesses, knowing the DNA of the technology will be less important than knowing how to best use it. I am personally very, very honored to be on the advisory board of XR Bootcamp and helping them really develop the future of how organizations will train their staff on how to build XR technologies. Ferhan: Hi, Alan.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

But for most businesses, knowing the DNA of the technology will be less important than knowing how to best use it. I am personally very, very honored to be on the advisory board of XR Bootcamp and helping them really develop the future of how organizations will train their staff on how to build XR technologies. Ferhan: Hi, Alan.

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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. There’s been a number of kind of false starts with this technology. It’s an expensive technology.

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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. There’s been a number of kind of false starts with this technology. It’s an expensive technology.

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