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Google Releases Real-time Mobile Hand Tracking to R&D Community

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Google has released to researchers and developers its own mobile device-based hand tracking method using machine learning, something Google R esearch engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang call a “new approach to hand perception.” in palm detection, researchers claim.

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Highlights From the 2021 Snap Partner Summit

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Lens creators also have access to new machine learning capabilities including 3D Body Mesh and Cloth Simulation, as well as reactive audio. In addition to recognizing over 500 categories of objects, Snap gives lens creators the ability to import their own custom machine learning models. Lego Connected Lenses.

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ManoMotion Brings Hand Gesture Input to Apple’s ARKit

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ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machine learning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.

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Top 5 Use Cases For Hand Eye Tracking Technology

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In the XR training and education landscape, for instance, hand and eye tracking technology can provide a behind-the-scenes insight into how users might engage with specific machines, technology, and processes. Already, we’re interacting with a range of artificially intelligent bots and automated tools through gestures, and voice.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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The game allows you to manipulate objects and battle foes with your mind, and is played entirely without handheld controllers. According to Neurable, this works using machine learning to interpret “your brain activity in real time to afford virtual powers of telekinesis.”

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WebAR to Wearables: AR’s 2020 Outlook

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Spatial computing made its mark as a tool for learning, training and development: As we’ve become increasingly familiar with the positive effects AR has on attention and memory encoding, it was exciting to see AR’s adoption expand outside of a marketing context.

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AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview

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Microsoft set machine learning to design the MR headset to be as usable as possible despite the fact that it works entirely using gesture controls. While there’s an affordable leasing option, Microsoft prioritizes working with companies and serious developers.

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