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A proof-of-concept shows how handtracking technology is bringing new possibilities to VR gaming. He’s also an avid VR developer working on some of the most unique projects for the Oculus Quest using the headsets’ newly-implemented handtracking functionality. Image Credit: Danielle Beauchamp.
Oculus Quest hand-tracking turns one apartment into an XR playground. Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character cycles through a bunch of important police data by swiping his hands across a massive holographic display? 02 Transform any surface into a giant touch screen.
So, you just picked up your Oculus Quest 2 headset and you’re ready to dive into a massive catalog of AAA games and apps like The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners , Beat Saber, or Blaston! Next, download the official Oculus companion app via the iOS App Store or Google Play. Unfortunately, this is non negotiable.
Google Earth VR , which is available today on PC VR, is a breathtaking way to explore our fascinating planet. With Google unfortunately abandoning many of its VR initiatives, it’s unlikely that we’ll see a version of Google Earth VR with multiplayer, let alone Quest support.
The Oculus Quest 2 goes “hands-free” with this week’s latest update. It looks like the Oculus Quest 2 is in the middle of a growth spurt. As part of a rolling update arriving now on Oculus Quest 2 headsets allow you to use the voice command “Hey Facebook” to navigate your Quest headset.
It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI. However, there was one thing that was missing, handtracking. In fact, Intel was already demoing handtracking this year at CES with their Project Alloy prototype.
Oculus Quest gets handtracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu.
Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official
The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,
According to leaked documentation recently discovered by a handful of Oculus developers, it appears as though Facebook has already begun development on its next VR headset. Code-named ‘Del Mar’, the device was referenced briefly in an infobox posted on the official Oculus website. Looks like a new Oculus headset is in the works?
Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Handstracking for Vive Pro. Header image by HTC).
In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.
But we could see that change in the near future, thanks to research from Google which details a system for low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking. But both headsets have controllers which track rotation only, meaning that hand input is limited to more abstract and less immersive movements.
In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Meta Quest 2 (formerly the Oculus Quest 2) is absolutely crushing it this holiday season. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time.
Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Tracked controllers were still new to the market and the gamepad was a controller that gamers were already familiar with. Google Daydream View plus 3DOF controller. Google Daydream Controller.
Oculus today announced that it’s rolling out a small but welcomed change to Quest’s voice commands feature: the ability to activate it with a wake phrase—”Hey Facebook.” “Hey Oculus” or “Hey Quest” seems much more intuitive, and comes with less baggage. .”
The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.
Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.
Meta is rolling out update v37 for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 bringing quality-of-life improvements like interface tweaks and tracking support for the Apple Magic Keyboard. ” you’d either need to memorize the URL and enter it directly or memorize the name of the app and then Google it to hopefully find it inside the headset.
It consists of you using just an Oculus account (even a new developer one) without an associated Facebook account and using an old version of the Oculus companion app on your phone that sees your Quest 2 as an old plain Quest. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. But for now, it is free real estate.
Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers.
Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.
Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! Other relevant news. Image by Martin Hajek).
We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. One question that arises from all of the above is if Realworld can compete with Google Earth VR.
Fully functioning hand-tracking might be a ways off from becoming the standard form of VR input, but Leap Motion is making a big step toward that future today, taking its Interaction development engine to 1.0 Perhaps the most exciting addition to the engine, though, is Oculus Touch and Vive controller support.
OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old.
He also said that the market is big enough for HTC and Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest gets the runtime update promised at OC6. This week, Oculus has started distributing the runtime update for Oculus Quest carrying with it some of the features promised at OC6 : Oculus Go emulation.
Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Oculus releases handstracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more.
Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.
” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). There is everything you need, but not the same wonder that you have when you open the box of a product made by Oculus. it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus.
While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. LOCATION-BASED VR. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus.
On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. Image by Acer).
Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.
If you have an Oculus Quest, there’s even a piano tutorial app available on SideQuest called VRTuos. It uses handtracking and a real piano to teach you to play songs. On Oculus Quest, you could try VRWorkout (on SideQuest) and Supernatural VR. Image courtesy Google. If you’ve got a piano, you should try it!
Oculus Quest 2. Oculus has finally revealed the Quest 2. Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). With such a powerful and affordable device, with the great content that is coming for it, Oculus is wiping away all its competition. During the whole conference, Oculus always talked about the Quest 2.
They have hired the popular singer Madison Beer (I had no idea who she was, honestly) and have made her perform inside a virtual venue for a virtual concert that won’t be available only in streaming, but also via Oculus and PSVR headsets. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Read more about this news on Google Blog. Pollen Robotics.
Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (handstracking is coming in the future). HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. Exploit the discounts on Oculus Store!
Ready At Dawn was already collaborating with Oculus since various years, so this is not surprising. Google experiments on Lightfields streaming. Google is working on the compression and streaming of light fields. Handstracking on Quest gets always more interest. Oculus hardware vs software. Learn more.
Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….
Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. VRChat , the group bringing the VR Awards online, is a free-to-play virtual world currently in early access on Steam , Oculus , and VIVEPORT. The Oculus Rift S headset. About the VR Awards.
To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Oculus fixes two of the greatest issues of Oculus Link.
Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking. We are also seeing significant advancements in AR with full-body tracking , something which is important to ensure that digital content is not always overlapping other people in the space; for both safety and immersion reasons.
More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field.
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