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JUNE 24, 2024

Ultraleap with tracking cameras The first demo I tried when I entered Ultraleap’s booth was its flagship hand tracking with a VR headset. It’s incredibly stable and accurate, not only with the single hand but also for complex bimanual interactions.

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MARCH 13, 2025

XR Games, the studio behind Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded (2024) and Starship Troopers Continuum (2024) , announced a new rhythm game for Quest called BEATABLE, which uses hand-tracking to turn any table into a musical instrument. It’s been awhile since I’ve been so addicted to a rhythm game.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Credit: Meta There’s also a new hand-tracking-based locomotion option you can try out in the free First Hand hand tracking demo. Update v50 reduces the amount of time it takes for the Quest Pro to begin tracking the Touch Pro controllers, allowing you to hop into your games and apps even faster.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Vision Pro is built entirely around hand-tracking while Quest 3 uses controllers first and foremost, but also supports hand-tracking as an alternate option for some content. But which has better hand-tracking? The core input system combines hands with eyes to control the entire interface.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sony is demonstrating controller-free hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. It also lists the tracking rate at 60 FPS, and claims the system "displays the hands smoothly" with "low latency". 0:00 / 0:09 1× Footage from X user kure.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Steam Link now supports Quest hand tracking, and forwards it to PC VR apps so they can use it. The Steam Link app forwards hand tracking through to any PC VR app that uses either OpenXR hand tracking or SteamVR Skeletal Input. Hand tracking is also supported in the SteamVR interface itself.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

I started by testing in total darkness, finding that Quest 3 and Quest 2 were unable to track either my head or hands at all. On both headsets, a message appeared telling me tracking was unable to initialize, offering to disable tracking. This aspect of controller tracking works even in total darkness.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A video posted by a Vision Pro developer appears to show the current levels of hand-tracking and occlusion performance that Apple’s new headset is capable of. Apple Vision Pro, expected to launch in the next few months , will use hand-tracking as its primary input method.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

Meta Quest v72 is starting to roll out, bringing significantly improved hand tracking, passthrough keyboard cutout, a new Gallery app, and more. Hand Tracking 2.3 The flagship improvement in Quest v72 is to controller-free hand tracking. 0:00 / 0:15 1 Here are the specific changes Meta says Hand Tracking 2.3

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Road to VR

JULY 22, 2024

Disembodied is a unique platformer coming to Quest that answers the question: how do you build a ‘traditional’ game entirely around hand-tracking? Retroactively adding hand-tracking to existing games is a bit of a mixed bag.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

brings phone mirroring, mouse & keyboard support, improved hand tracking and passthrough, and a number of other improvements. In Meta Quest, on the other hand, bringing your phone into the headset requires using a USB-C cable and USB capture card. also improves controller-free hand tracking.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned studio behind Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019) , surprise announced its next VR title today, a hand-tracking-tastic social co-op game called Dimensional Double Shift. And you can get ready to multiplayer job this week.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Waltz of the Wizard is the first game on PlayStation VR2 to support hand tracking following today's free update. While Waltz of the Wizard initially introduced hand tracking back in 2020 on Quest 1, developer Aldin Dynamics revealed the PS VR2 edition now supports all hand tracking features currently available on Meta Quest.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Meta announced a new developer accelerator aimed at kickstarting ‘Lifestyle’ apps for Quest which make use of mixed reality, AI and hand-tracking. The post New Meta Accelerator Aims to Fund Quest Developers Building ‘Lifestyle Apps’ Using MR, AI, & Hand-tracking appeared first on Road to VR.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

PlayStation VR2's first hand tracking game is also available on Quest, offering a comparison between the two headsets. Waltz of the Wizard added hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 last week , the first title to do so, just under five years after it became one of the first to add the feature on the original Oculus Quest too.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

“While we strive to make Somnium VR1 as affordable as possible, we also refuse to compromise on quality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

Controller tracking SteamVR tracking is meant to track controllers or tracking pucks. Now there is anyway always growing attention towards hand tracking. Some people are even convinced that long-term, controller tracking will be niche, and hand tracking will be dominant everywhere in XR.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Most VR games today also account for (or outright avoid) interactions that would put the controllers in tracking blind spots for long periods. Hand-tracking on Quest headsets has gotten better over the years. But hand-tracking on Quest 3S (and Quest 3 for that matter) can still be frustratingly inaccurate at times.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Rogue Ascent VR is a killer-looking VR shooter that makes use of Quest hand-tracking technology to immerse you in a sci-fi adventure where you use your bare hands to blast your way through multiple action-packed levels. To access your weapons you just hold up your hands and make the classic “finger guns” gesture.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Odder Lab’s upcoming VR game features unique environments, animated set pieces, online multiplayer, and hand-tracking. The game also tracks your moves as you play, allowing you to better analyze past games and identify your mistakes. Image Credit: Odders Lab.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Now, the company has released that updated pricing info (excluding local taxes), which amounts to a 500 – 700 increase over previous prices: Edition Features Previous Price (EUR excl. taxes) USD New Price (EUR excl.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2023

Every maker or research center I know had bought this device to be used in UX studies, robotics, digital signage, or whatever other use case where hand tracking would have been useful. The Leap Motion controller was able to bring your hands into virtual reality, making VR interactions more natural.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Supporting hand-tracking, the mixed reality game lets you interact with tiny characters as you help them rebuild and customize their world, rightfully built across your real-world walls. Coming November 21st to Quest 3 and Quest 3S, Wall Town Wonders promises to turn any room in your house into a magical miniature town.

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MARCH 10, 2025

While Quest owners have enjoyed hand tracking in Waltz of the Wizard for almost five years, the feature just launched for PS VR2 headsets and Aldin's game is the first to use it. My colleague David Heaney recently compared the tracking quality between Quest 3 and PSVR 2 with some subtle nuances pointing to differences between them.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

And though our hands-on with the headset exclusively used hand-tracking and eye-tracking input, the company says it’s also making first-party motion controllers which will be natively supported as part of Android XR.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Today’s update comes with a few more platform features too, including the ability to easily add leaderboards to Lenses, an AR keyboard for hand-tracked text input, and improved ability to open Lens links from messaging threads.

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MARCH 12, 2025

BEATABLE is a new mixed reality rhythm game that aims to address hand tracking's biggest challenges, and that's out soon in early access. 0:00 / 0:36 1 XR Games aims to address what it calls the biggest challenges with controller-free hand tracking right now. Here's the announcement trailer.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, Little Cities works very well with hand-tracking input, as it includes gesture controls and bespoke bubble popping UI so users can easily place roads, construct houses, and build landmarks in their bustling little towns. Check out the trailer below, courtesy MIXED.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More info The first hand-tracked game on PSVR 2 Without much fanfare, Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December. Now we have finally the first game implementing it: it is Waltz Of The Wizard, which is getting hand-tracked interactions in a free update.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It also improves hand tracking in enclosed environments like the ones that you find when you are in travel mode.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

More info PSVR 2 may support hand tracking At SIGGRAPH Asia, Sony has demonstrated hand tracking working on PSVR 2. What is more surprising is the accompanying statement available with the latest SDK of PlayStation 5 , which seems to hint at the fact that soon games with hand tracking may be available for PSVR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2025

This means that the Visionary Edition (Eye Tracking), Ultimate Edition (Mixed Reality + Eye Tracking + Hand Tracking), and Titan Edition (Eye Tracking + Hand Tracking), which were the most requested versions are going to stay.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

TactGlove is compatible with hand tracking systems like the Meta Quest and Leap Motion. Recently, the company announced TactGlove, its first consumer-friendly haptic gloves designed for use with compatible camera-based hand tracking systems like Meta Quest and Ultraleap’s Leap Motion.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

They said hand tracking exists, but they didnt demo it.” The basics like controller motion were nailed down and resolution was solid.” ” Image courtesy Play For Dream Furthermore, Watson reports its Touch-style controllers were “also very good.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

” Considering you’ll be down on the ground, Alo Moves XR also includes support for hand-tracking across all support devices, which includes Quest 2, 3, Pro and the upcoming Quest 3S. Alo Moves XR is available for $69 per year or $10 per month, with a special bundle offer for $49 per year.

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APRIL 5, 2022

You can also learn how to “fingerspell” your name using Snap’s hand tracking technology. ” The Lens features a handful of game modes to try, each of which is designed to educate you on the basics of sign language using hand tracking technology.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. First Hand. First Hand Trailer. First Hand is a small application that Meta has developed and released on App Lab.

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