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OpenXR Now Certifying Headset & App Compliance, Adds Extensions for Hand-tracking & Eye-tracking

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Additionally, the group has added new extensions to the standard to support hand-tracking and eye-tracking. ” Khronos also announced new extensions to OpenXR which expand the standard to support hand-tracking and eye-tracking.

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CES 2019: Pimax Showcases Open-Palm Controllers, Hand & Eye-Tracking

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Now, thanks to partnerships with Leap Motion and 7invensun , Pimax is introducing additional functionality in the form of both hand and eye-tracking. Beginning today, all models of the Pimax 5K Plus, 8K, and 5K BE headsets will include Leap Motion embedded modules. Image Credit: Pimax VR. and 2.0. “As

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Varjo Unveils Human Eye-Resolution VR Headsets With Hand And Eye Tracking, Available Now

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Along with human eye-resolution and improved processing speeds, the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro both feature Varjo’s 20/20 Eye Tracker technology, allowing companies and other industry professionals the ability to track a user’s precise eye movements while in-headset. Image Credit: Varjo. Image Credit: Varjo.

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Qualcomm’s Standalone VR Is Getting Embedded Leap Motion Hand Tracking

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What made the VR 820 so compelling was that it had 6-DoF tracking as well as integrated compute (Snapdragon 820) which was on par with all the latest flagship phones. It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI.

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VRgineers Reveals Improved ‘XTAL’ Professional Headset with Auto IPD Adjustment & Leap Motion

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VRgineers , a Czech-based startup building enterprise VR headsets, today revealed their new ‘XTAL’ headset, an improved version of their prior VRHero “5K” headset, which is smaller, lighter, and builds Leap Motion’s hand tracking tech directly into the headset. Image courtesy VRgineers.

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Pimax’s Long-awaited Eye & Hand Tracking Modules Shipping to Backers “in a month”

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A Pimax spokesperson took to Reddit Sunday to reveal that both eye and hand tracking modules will be shipping “in a month” to backers. “Backers will be able to get the eye tracking for $99 for a limited time,” the spokesperson says. “The price is greatly below the cost to produce it.

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Qualcomm Signs “Multi-year” Deal to Bring Ultraleap Hand-tracking to XR2 Headsets

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Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the “fastest, most accurate, and most robust hand tracking.”