Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2018

There’s a lot that can be said about the Magic Leap One. It’s trying to do a ton—eye-tracking, hand-tracking, 6DoF controllers, real-time meshing and a number of other features that haven’t been seen in a mobile MR device before. Part 1: The Hardware. Meet the trio | Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Magic Leap is in the midst of a notable turnaround. But among the components of Magic Leap’s return to the tech world’s good graces, most notable could be its second swing at AR glasses. To prime the launch and offer a first-hand look, Magic Leap invited us to try ML2 for a few weeks. And below is our take.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Magic Leap is in the midst of a notable turnaround. But among the components of Magic Leap’s return to the tech world’s good graces, most notable could be its second swing at AR glasses. To prime the launch and offer a first-hand look, Magic Leap invited us to try ML2 for a few weeks. And below is our take.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2018

While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn’t pulling any punches either. image courtesy Magic Leap. How does the eye-tracking work?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It avoided adding an external box that the user has to wear on this pants , but included all the required hardware into the HoloLens headset. I think that in industrial environments, where the HoloLens is having great success, the less the cables and the worn hardware, the better for the workers. Tracking technology.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Facebook has not done well in the past in guaranteeing user privacy and I’m afraid of what it can do with my data, especially when in the future there will be eye tracking, emotion tracking and such. Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. I hope for Magic Leap that the next device, Magic Leap 2, will be better.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As soon as users add the Rebuff Reality VR Ears to their hardware, they can benefit from exceptional 360-degree sound, enhanced by binaural audio. The VIVE Pro Eye headset is a powerful tool by VIVE, created with a focus on ultra-precise eye tracking and sensor technology. Magic Leap Developer Suite.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2018

We are in the days of the Magic Leap hype : developers that have bought it are posting videos everywhere and every one of us is trying to understand if the device is valuable or not. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2018

One of the best of them is when in Beijing I visited the company 7Invensun , a worldwide excellence in eye tracking. For sure you remember the name 7Invensun: I have already interviewed them when they announced that their eye tracking module aGlass DK II was able to provide eye tracking not only for the Vive, but even for the Vive Pro.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In spite of the fact we’re joking around and playing Angry Birds on Magic Leap, the whole thing feels very grown up, in the sense that these guys are in this for the long haul, and so, they reckon, is the business of making Mixed Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

Magic Leap has announced on Tuesday the release window for its sophomore augmented reality (AR) headset. The firm is making the Magic Leap 2 product commercially available on September 30 this year. Magic Leap will also debut the device in Japan and Singapore later this year.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2020

High-fidelity hand tracking for Nreal’s Nebula system comes through a partnership with Clay AIR , a hand-tracking and gesture recognition company that has worked on highly accurate and hardware agnostic interaction software to support optical hand control solutions for clients such as Lenovo, Bose, Qualcomm, and Thales. .

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. Head pose and eye-tracking.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. On more advanced headsets, ‘varifocal’ approaches dynamically shift the focal length based on where you’re looking (with eye-tracking). Image courtesy CREAL. Image courtesy CREAL.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. Maybe with eye-tracking, AI, 5G connection, and a battery that lasts all day.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Furthermore, $2 million goes further today toward a creating an XR headset than it did years ago thanks to more readily available and mature hardware, supply chains, and software. One of those shortcuts to market comes through Qualcomm’s hardware accelerator program and its XR SDK. million on Kickstarter back in 2012.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) wayfinding firm ARway, recently announced it would partner with Magic Leap to integrate its solution on the latter’s headsets. The company’s no-code platform aims to complete the process in the next 60 days, allowing ARway to provide its products to customers with compatible hardware.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Eye-tracking is an important technology that many would consider a ‘must have’ for the next generation of VR headsets, although that’s just one step towards resolving a long-standing issue in VR that prevents users from seeing the virtual world like they would naturally in the physical world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

The idea of Leap Motion is going against the current trend of augmented reality glasses, that is mostly based on expensive devices that have closed ecosystems (e.g. HoloLens or Magic Leap One ), but to create a headset that is: Affordable; Completely open, both from a software and hardware standpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

The real pioneers of this are definitely Magic Leap and their waveguide lens is the future that I was expecting Apple to actually achieve some kind of breakthrough on,” said Almeida. In fact, Apple is adamant about the Pro not having or needing controllers but getting along with eye and hand tracking as its only inputs.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

We also have an older build for Magic Leap, but currently there are technical limitations preventing third party browsers on that platform. The new WebXR standard not only unifies access to VR and AR hardware, but provides a way to improve the privacy and performance of web applications. Mozilla Hubs.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2020

Steve answered me that they don’t want to over promise as other companies have done in the past (cough…cough… Magic Leap ), but of course, they have to talk about what they are doing to generate awareness and attract investors. He says that they are very comfortable for mainly two reasons: They are custom-built for his eyes.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The addition of eye-tracking injects a new layer of interactivity to the user experience. EYE-TRACKING AND VOICE COMMAND. Eye-tracking technology was an important feature for Microsoft as they wanted to ensure the headset offered users a fluid hands-free experience. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

” Meta’s video, which it released during its Connect developer conference in October, is less a roadmap and more a marketing barrage—like a hundred Magic Leap ‘whale’ moments smooshed into one. If the mobile market is any indication, we can at least expect to see early efforts divided along product ecosystems.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

But still, this is a pretty unique piece of hardware. It is also the most interesting because it introduces features like eye tracking, hand tracking, and especially a 2280×2280 per-eye resolution display that makes it compelling for professional use. Two are the main news to consider from this event.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

” None of that’s particularly uncommon practice when it comes to hardware development—just ask Magic Leap insiders from the early days—however the report notes the company’s MR headset hasn’t gained the same support from Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook, that Steve Jobs had for iPhone’s development. .”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 4, 2025

The hardware design reflects Samsungs ecosystem-first approach. Other key design features include a lightweight frame with premium build quality, magnetic light seals for customizable immersion, plush padding for extended wear comfort, automatic IPD adjustment via eye tracking, and smart device integration built into the core design.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 29, 2023

For example, the industry relies on the following technology components: VR hardware – Medical practitioners and patients can use VR headsets, controllers, trackers, and other hardware solutions to interface with real and immersive environments.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. People at Kura love to experiment with hardware going very hands-on the technology (Image by Kura Technologies). We also welcome partners in OEM, ODM, tracking, optics, etc….

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. Quest Pro has eye tracking, but almost no one with eyes has a Quest Pro , because it was totally not worth its price. And Vision Pro’s eye and hand interface feels like telepathy most of the time.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 1, 2024

HoloLens 2: A Category-Defining Device HoloLens 2 launched in 2019, three years after the original, with upgrades to almost every aspect: a wider field of view, higher resolution, eye tracking, vastly improved hand tracking, and more powerful compute housed in the rear of the strap to deliver a balanced comfortable design.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Well, now he has amazing hardware, a very good operating system, a profitable store, some of the best XR games, full control of the user accounts. Considering that game engines know about hardware products far before their official release, I found reliable that Apple was talking with them about future features.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Magic Leap One ), your brain kind of accept that you see augmentations only through the lens of the glasses and not in the peripheral vision, and so the limited FOV becomes more acceptable. The Achille’s heel of positional tracking is the light: if the room is completely dark, it doesn’t work anymore. Hands Tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Lenovo has announced a new headset. It’s like its 357th one. Yeah, I’ve actually not stopped joking.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2020

Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. On more advanced headsets, ‘varifocal’ approaches dynamically shift the focal length based on where you’re looking (with eye-tracking). CREAL’s approach aims to get us a several steps closer.

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