Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With an embedded Leap Motion hand tracker on the opposite side of the fixed frame, I was able to reach out to the 3D objects and bring them right up to the point where the vergence-accommodation conflict took over and I went a bit cross-eyed trying to resolve the image. Photo by Road to VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. It looks like it will access HTC’s storefront, called Viveport, to get to virtual worlds rather than Google Play. Where Are My Hands? ” Tagged with: Vive Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

The SDK will support eye-tracked foveation and fixed foveation (like the one of Oculus Go); The Vive Focus will soon have finger tracking : for every hand, you will be able to have something similar to what Leap Motion offers. The 8 modes of the Vive Focus Plus.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Most probably there won’t be hardware releases (Oculus has just launched the Rift S and the Quest ) but just teases of new devices of the future and a lot of new software releases and showcases (like the one about the game that is being developed by Respawn). The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! Its peculiarity?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Image by Google). Google’s next flagship phone, the Pixel 4, won’t be compatible with Daydream View headset and Google has also stopped selling the Daydream View. VR-2 Pro adds an integrated Leap Motion and a 10m cable. Header image by Google). Top news of the week. Daydream has died.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The system is already used on the $3,000 HoloLens, an advanced augmented reality system, but with it employed on a low-cost VR headset Microsoft may have leapfrogged efforts by both Facebook and Google, powered by Windows. That said, I’d like to see Microsoft provide a solution here. ”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

This was an amazing idea because apart from being technically supercool, it let all Focus users have their controllers upgraded from 3DOF to 6DOF without having to change hardware. Really fantastic. But after the announcement at Vive Ecosystem Conference, we had no more info on it and this felt a bit strange.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 8, 2015

With 25,000 new developers registered since August, there are now over 150,000 developers in more than 186 countries building with Leap Motion technology. With new resources being added for GearVR and Google Cardboard, we’re looking forward to bringing the SDK to public developer beta very soon. New hardware prototypes.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 20, 2017

Both headsets are said to feature a Tegra chip and 2560 x 1440 OLED displays, along with Leap Motion, front-facing stereo cameras and eye-tracking. This less expensive unit is said to be available by the end of this year while GF-LD with SteamVR Tracking is aiming for availability to developers in the middle of 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is also working on creating its own hardware : a previous report highlighted that it could build its own chips in the future, and this article shows how the company is working also in acquiring hardware parts markers. Of course its goal is to give importance to Steam, not to the hardware.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. UploadVR had the chance to try an prototype of the Linq at our offices in San Francisco and we found the hardware to an impressive proof-of-concept.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. 15 for a Google Cardboard viewer. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller. Once the Leap Motion Controller is properly mounted, use the USB extender to plug the controller into your computer.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It is intriguing that many companies are already experimenting with this new chipset, and one of these partners is Niantic, that is thinking about going the AR hardware route after all its hard work on gelocalized AR games like Pokemon Go. He made various experiments and hacked a Vive Pro with Leap Motion to make interactions more realistic.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Designed for the Oculus Rift, it’s available free for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. Over time, my interest shifted to Unity3D, and now I love to tinker with new hardware like the Leap Motion, Oculus Rift, or Kinect – which led to experiments like Hoverboard VR , Polyrider , and Soundscape VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

This is also an answer to Lenovo Mirage Solo, that lets you directly install apps from Google Play. This resembles a lot a feature that Google was researching and that was shown by Road To VR… so it seems that sooner or later all 3 DOF controllers will become 6 DOF ones. As you can see… from today, when the 2.0

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience. Startups will bring platforms to market that will let content creators add a scent layer to their work that a hardware peripheral will release at key moments.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 22, 2014

Experimental headsets are changing how we see the world, either by creating the virtual worlds of our imaginations, like the Oculus Rift, or adding ghostly layers on top of the real world, like Google Glass. At the same time, GetVu wants to bring a new level of control to augmented reality with Leap Motion technology.

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Leapmotion

MAY 15, 2015

At a recent Designers + Geeks talk , Jody Medich and Daniel Plemmons talked about some of the discoveries our team has made (and the VR best practices we’ve developed) while building VR experiences with the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller. Here’s what we’ve learned building menus for Leap Motion.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. And then-- Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. Google Maps in AR).

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: Yes, so Clay's-- we're hardware agnostic. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. So we feel -- like you said -- this is software that really needs to be optimized for the hardware that it's working on. Varag: Especially because every maker has got to print hardware make-up, in a sense.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2018

This is because Leap Motion has announced its v4 version of the tracking runtime and with it three demos to showcase the new tracking functionalities: Cat Explorer, Particles, and Paint. Cat Explorer is an educational app made to show you all the anatomy of a cat and it obviously employs Leap Motion as the only medium of interaction.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

It is now just the brand of a hardware product (for now) and nothing more. Ultraleap (previously known also as Leap Motion) has struck a great deal with Qualcomm. You can now try Google’s volumetric videos. (Image by Facebook). Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

In this series of articles, I want to talk about my experience there , giving you some highlights about the hardware I tried, the companies I met, etc… I want to let you feel as if you did this VR travel with me. In Taiwan, all western websites work and so you don’t need to set up a VPN just to use Google.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. But it seems like Lenovo’s interests aren’t just tied to hardware; they also hinted at an “AR platform” on their blog post.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Please try a new text input interface using Leap Motion!” Recommended: Google Chrome. Recommended: Google Chrome. Leap Motion enables new ways of using our devices but we still unconsciously use the mouse and keyboard as a model, missing potentially intuitive solutions,” the team told us.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

While everyone was focused on the events from hardware manufacturers, social VR world Somnium Space made a slew of very important announcements that show its big ambitions for the immersive future. With this new interest in hardware, it could start creating an ecosystem of its own. Google is still into XR.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

China-India & the other Asian Nations have some really interesting #augmentedreality #virtualreality #mixedreality #startups Innovating across Hardware, Software & Content. The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. 12- Tipatat Chennavasin. 14- Kai Liang. 25- Pankaj Raut. he is Currently the product Manager at Facebook.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. The OSVR goggle – called the Hacker Development Kit – has seen several major hardware improvements. VR arcades, for instance, might use custom hardware or professional tracking systems. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped.

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