Road to VR

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Fantastic Contraption released originally as one of the launch bundle titles for the HTC Vive. As we’ve had some issues with the fidelity of PSVR’s hand tracking, we wonder if jitter could impact building at this scale. It’s since come to Oculus Touch and, in Spring 2017, will land on PSVR.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Best Art or Film. Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Alvin Graylin, HTC China President, presented the Auggie for Best Head-Worn Device. All these four awards are decided at the conference. This is the company’s third Auggie. Best Developer Tool.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nintendo’s Power Glove was, to quote one of the eighties’ finest films, “so bad.” The product combines hand tracking with haptic feedback to give the user a more hands-on approach to interacting with the virtual environment around them. It’s compatible with HTC Vive headsets, as well as Steam VR hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

Somnium Space included various hardware considerations to power an MR headset that competes with major industry players like Meta, PICO, and HTC VIVE. Hand tracking. Eye tracking. HTC VIVE Announce Major Meta Quest Competitor. HTC made its XR Elite product available for pre-orders, starting at £1,299.00.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Noitom have unveiled their VR gloves which aim to put your hands and fingers into virtual reality with motion tracking provided courtesy of HTC’s recently launched Vive Tracker accessory. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HTC's New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories.

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ARPost

APRIL 15, 2020

Last week’s talk focused on VIVE’s hand tracking SDK. Some rooms are picturesque or scenic, while others look like something out of a science fiction film. It was the third of seven scheduled live webinars that VIVE announced as a way to share content in lieu of the canceled Game Developers Conference.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Venice Film Festival is featuring a rich VR section. Among the most important film festivals, La Biennale del Cinema di Venezia is the only one with an official VR competition. HTC Vive is supporting 6 experience showcased there, among which shines Inory , that accompanies the viewer on a spiritual journey. exits beta stage.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

AltSpaceVR is the first cross-platform social VR application that supports both the Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. We also talk about some of the social dynamics that occur when they mix together the full range of interaction fidelity between hand-tracked Vive, Leap Motion hands in the Rift, and just the head rotation of the Gear VR.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

The music, film, tv, and many other creative industries have been overtaken by several corporations that consolidate enough influence and power that they are able to negotiate with, or acquire, anyone smaller than them from a position of incredible strength.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 29, 2016

Breqlabs : The company behind a pair of hand-tracked glove controllers which offer force feedback. Kaliedoscope : A group of artists and creators from across the globe making original content such as VR films. Immersv : A new VR advertising platform designed to increase discovery and revenue for other developers.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2023

In an unusual move by the company, Meta has quietly slashed the price of Quest Pro for a limited time, putting it more directly in competition with HTC’s recently revealed Vive XR Elite standalone headset. If you want to learn more about Quest Pro and Vive XR Elite, check out our in-depth hands-on articles with both headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE. Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects. The system can detect and track specific objects like chairs and feet all just using your phone camera. This is so sad.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Being one of the earliest films to explore the combination of human computer interaction, TRON is well known for its, at the time, exceptional graphics. TRON (1982).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

The most reactive major XR company has been HTC that has decided that its annual VEC event, that was usually held in Shenzhen, China, will be held in the ENGAGE virtual platform. HTC has answered to Road To VR about the critics regarding the too many headsets of its on the market. nReal adds hands tracking to its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2020

Yesterday, I attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference, the annual event by HTC, that his year was held completely inside ENGAGE. The first major company to have the courage to take its whole event fully in Virtual Reality has been HTC, that has held yesterday its annual VEC event completely inside the ENGAGE platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

I was puzzled by this omission, as their previous collaboration with HTC saw the Vive released in 2016 with both narrow and wide facial gaskets to offer 2 fitting options out of the box. . This is not ideal in the long term as it may cause similar damage to that seen on the HTC Vive when used with PU cushions.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). We can track wands… this [shows a device in front of the camera] is our six degrees of freedom wand that comes with it. In the Kickstarter, you’re gonna see hand tracking and a bit more the advanced tracking being demonstrated. The Vive Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price. Are you ready? (PS

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Arguably the most important update, and something long awaited by the non-Beta community, was the activation of eye tracking. Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. As the old saying goes, “Content is king!”

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro on the other hand has occlusion in two distinct forms. The main form is hand and arm occlusion. There’s clearly a 2D hand and arm segmentation model (separate to the 3D skeletal hand tracking) running for each eye’s camera. Unintentional inputs are also a very real problem with hand tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

The latest generation of XR technologies introduces radical new capabilities, from multi-user tracking in massive spaces, to 6DOF standalone headsets, to the ability to track hands, eyes, and lips. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

The latest generation of XR technologies introduces radical new capabilities, from multi-user tracking in massive spaces, to 6DOF standalone headsets, to the ability to track hands, eyes, and lips. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Well, maybe they could film point of view themselves and walk people through the training of it. But the interactions with your hands are going to be very close to being naturally part of reaching out, reaching and grabbing a hologram. Alan: The Quest hand tracking is coming in January and the Hololens 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Well, maybe they could film point of view themselves and walk people through the training of it. But the interactions with your hands are going to be very close to being naturally part of reaching out, reaching and grabbing a hologram. Alan: The Quest hand tracking is coming in January and the Hololens 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Well, maybe they could film point of view themselves and walk people through the training of it. But the interactions with your hands are going to be very close to being naturally part of reaching out, reaching and grabbing a hologram. Alan: The Quest hand tracking is coming in January and the Hololens 2.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This year’s Raindance Film Festival in London showcased an amazing selection of immersive stories. Here’s what got Tech Trends really excited: Raindance is a very well-established and well-respected independent film festival, but it isn’t a particularly flashy one. Yet that lack of over-the-top glamour actually suits it very well.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we’re still very early in that era.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We'll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there's a lot of innovation that's happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we're still very early in that era.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll eventually have digital objects on top of reality, but I think there’s a lot of innovation that’s happening, at least in the storytelling around, where when I go to these different film festivals, I kind of see what the storytelling potential is with these mediums. And I think we’re still very early in that era.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Since then, Facebook has continued to roll out new features such as native hand tracking and Oculus Link , which allows users to experience PC VR HMD quality on the standalone headset. HTC Vive Retires. The HTC Vive was phased out in October, replaced by the Vive Cosmos , which was priced at $699. Rising From The Ashes.

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