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Ultraleap Reportedly Plans To Sell Its Leap Motion Hand Tracking Group Amid Major Layoffs

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The startups formerly known as Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion appear to be heading in separate directions again after 5 years together ended in significant layoffs. In May 2019, Ultrahaptics bought Leap Motion to merge their complementary ideas – a haptic effect produced through ultrasound with industry-leading hand tracking.

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Leap Motion secures $50M to continue its work in VR/AR hand-tracking tech

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Leap Motion, Inc., the leading creator of motion tracking technology for natural input in virtual and augmented reality, today announced $50 million in Series C funding led by clients advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, has joined Leap Motion’s board of directors.

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TG0’s innovative Etee controllers review!

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I got an exclusive devkit before the lockdown, so let me tell you my impressions on them so that you can understand who of the above groups of people is correct. When I downloaded the software package related to Etee, I found a practical guide on how to use the devices. What are the Etee controllers? Use without VR.

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The Importance of Hand Tracking UX Design

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When you make software changes—like updating to a newer or older version—you will have to restart Unity to initiate those changes. The more complex your application, the larger the user testing group you’ll need to make sure everything works as you’d expect. Test all of your gestures to make sure it accommodates all your user group.

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We Tried Leap Motion’s New Hand Tracking Module On Gear VR

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Leap Motion is a young technology company that is perhaps best known at this point for what it sells at your local Best Buy. The presence of a Gear VR in the demo room is significant for Leap Motion. ” For Leap, this meant that heavy optimization would be required to get IR hand tracking to work on mobile devices.

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HTC Vive announces 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and teases hand tracking for Vive Pro

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The event hosts people from very important companies like NVIDIA, VR Chat, The Khronos Group, Alibaba (there is Jack Ma!), We don’t know if the software solution will continue its development on a parallel road, though. pic.twitter.com/X1dWr780Se. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

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It is amazing how Sony has decided to offer high-quality controllers to its users, and it is also great that it is following current VR standards so that to not disrupt the software that is already on the market. One is Adventure Lab, which lets a group of people have fun in VR (and non) from home, living a funny adventure together.

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