XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 13, 2024

The timing aligns with other big hardware announcements from HTC VIVE and Meta. First, the Pico 4s device looks to come with controllers for conventional XR navigation. Second, the promo images showcase a wristband-style controller that suggests hand tracking and gesture control.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

HTC VIVE Cosmos Playing the Long Game. HTC’s VIVE is another major Varjo competitor at this level of play. A design partnership with Valve also created a lightweight and comfortable headset with built-in immersive audio and a wider range for gesture controls – all about half-a-pound under the industry standard.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

There are no advanced “spatial computing” features like sensors or gesture controls. Instead, you use controllers to interact with a digital landscape. However, with these types of VR, you only interact with the virtual environment on a fundamental level. Driving simulators are perhaps the best example of this.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 16, 2024

Both Pico and HTC VIVE are due to unveil new hardware by the end of the month, with each firm looking to drum up interest spurred on by the new 2024 wave of mainstream XR interest. The timing coincides with other major hardware announcements from HTC VIVE and Meta. Big news will hit the XR shores next week and the week after that.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Rift’s biggest competitor, the HTC Vive, was able to enjoy the better part of a year as the only PC-powered VR system to boast hand-tracked controllers. This unseen narrator will guide you through the unique buttons, analog sticks, and gesture controls on each device. And it does so with style and personality.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As you know, if you take a Hololens or any other smart glass, you have the gesture control usage. If you want to do content creation in AR, then you need something a little bit more powerful than gesture control. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As you know, if you take a Hololens or any other smart glass, you have the gesture control usage. If you want to do content creation in AR, then you need something a little bit more powerful than gesture control. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. But totally, yes.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody’s synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, “Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive.” Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: Well, the problem with that is you need to make sure that everybody's synchronized, because if my company bought Oculus Go headsets for training and then my supplier comes along, goes, "Hey, we just made this training in VR, but it only works on the HTC Vive." Hand gesture control, hand using hand gestures.

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