Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

The release of the Lumin SDK confirms that the Magic Leap One will include eye-tracking, as Unreal points out among the various headset capabilities supported by the engine: Head tracking. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Room scanning and meshing.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

DigiLens , a developer of transparent waveguide display technology, is creating a reference headset aimed at wide FOV AR with hand-tracking, dubbed AR HUD. The company showed the first glimpse of the headset at AWE USA 2018. DigiLens says its in the process of demoing the AR HUD reference headset to potential partners.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Magic Leap Specs and ‘Lumin’ SDK details that are known thus far: Head tracking. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Photo: Road to VR. Room scanning and meshing. Spatialized audio. Microphone input. Vulkan and OpenGL support.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

improves the headset's controller-free hand tracking quality, specifically reducing jitter and improving accuracy and stability. I tried out hand tracking in the home environment on the new OS version and found this to be true, though the latency still feels significantly higher than Meta's hand tracking on Quest.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Options like hand-tracking and eye-tracking have made their way into the offering, and now ultrasonic tracking for 6DOF controller input is available, as noted in a press release by Goertek , the manufurating partner of the Snapdragon 845 VRDK.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Generally speaking, the capabilities of ultrasonic tracking have been considered insufficient as a head-tracking solution for high-end VR headsets, though hand-tracking is less sensitive to latency and inaccuracy, and could prove effective with the right implementation.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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. Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Aria Gen 2 adds head tracking, eye tracking, hand tracking, and audio to Meta's research glasses, and it's already being tested to help vision impaired people navigate indoors. Meta's Aria glasses are not products, nor are they prototypes of future products.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tracking & Input. The headset supports 6DOF head-tracking and users can pair an Android phone to be used as a 3DOF controller (head-based pointing can be used as a fallback). Hand-tracking won’t be supported at launch, though it may come in a future update. Image courtesy HTC.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Controller and head tracking is solid on the device — as it was on Quest 1 — while hand tracking will only get better. As above, Facebook has positioned Quest 2 to gain capability and appeal over time with hand tracking, expanding libraries and features unlocked through software.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. The issue fell where I didn’t have a Linux driver for the Leap Motion sensor and there were not many stable alternatives for hand tracking at the time. Or even take it 1 step further and use the Intel Realsense to get 6DoF slam tracking working. .

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

While high-end headsets like the Rift and Vive use external sensors for positional tracking, the Windows VR headsets use a fully ‘inside-out’ solution which eliminates the need for external trackers and simplifies setup, but certainly makes hand-tracking more challenging.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2018

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. .”

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Head tracking. Eye tracking. Hand tracking. Two-handed fully articulated model, direct manipulation. Aside from field of view and resolution improvements, HoloLens 2 also launches out of the gate with full hand-tracking. Display optimization for 3D eye position. 4 visible light cameras.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

It looked like Pico Neo 3 , combined with SteamVR tracking, hand tracking, and Pico 3 controllers that were mounted into the guns. Pico Neo 3 together with Vive trackers, hand tracking, and Pico 3 controllers The VEX representative declined to discuss hardware aspects, which I can understand.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Created by a modder called Mutar, this adds full 6DOF head tracking and stereoscopic rendering, though motion controls aren't yet implemented and movement needs a gamepad. Owlchemy Labs' hand tracking co-op game, Dimensional Double Shift , launched its third minor update.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Controller and head tracking is solid on the device — as it was on Quest 1 — while hand tracking will only get better. As above, Facebook has positioned Quest 2 to gain capability and appeal over time with hand tracking, expanding libraries and features unlocked through software.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2022

250g (8.8oz) IPD adjustment : mechanical Tracking system s: 6DoF, camera-based inside-out head tracking; outside-in tracking via SteamVR Connection : Display Port Alternate Mode on USB-C or Display Port + USB2.0. Shiftall MeganeX price and release date. Promotional image of Shiftall glasses from CES 2022.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The VR gloves that will let you type and shoot spider webs from your hands. During his recent visit to the company research lab in Redmond, WA today; Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg recently posted photos of himself using a prototype glove that can be used in a AR/VR environment to emulate your physical hand movements in real time.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

If you’re not amazed because many XR applications have built-in hand tracking, remember that your hands need to be in view of the headset’s cameras for hand tracking to work. You can do it with your hands behind your back. “The Not so with StretchSense. StretchSense. You can do this in a pocket.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

My hands responded with full 6DOF movement as I moved them around, but it was quickly noticeable that the positional latency is not at the same bar as leading controller tracking systems like those used with the Vive or Rift, or even Windows VR or PSVR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2016

Usens is one of the early developers of hand and head tracking tech; according to the announcement from the company this investment will help launch new and improved non-controller hand and head tracking tools. A render of a camera-based tracking module like those used by uSens.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Basic hand-tracking and head-tracking enable guests to wave to fellow adventures with visible directional gaze. Implementing eye-tracking and AI would build another layer of emotional connection to virtual characters. If a dragon sneezes, guests may be sprayed with a watery substance.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In my hour or so in the headset, the inside-out head-tracking felt very solid and quite on par with Oculus Quest and Rift S (both of which also use inside-out tracking). Hand-tracking is another story.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Immersed says Visor features the XR2+ Gen 2 chipset , 4K micro-OLED displays, color passthrough, as well as eye tracking and hand tracking for a Vision Pro style gaze-and-pinch input system. We saw a series of images and videos displayed across both panels, as if they were a connected monitor, with no head tracking of any sort.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2023

Recently, the firm optimized each device’s MR and hand-tracking abilities – two critical aspects behind many upcoming MR headsets. PICO 4, Neo 3 Link MR and Hand-Tracking Updates and Improvements The new OS version covers PICO 4 and PICO Neo 3 Link device updates. Alongside its hand-tracking update, PICO OS 5.7

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The platform can support up to 7 seven cameras, two internal, one for each eye for eye-tracking and four external cameras, two RGB cameras for MR experiences and two for head tracking. The reference design can use Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) via a 5G connection, or on a nearby PC using a 60-GHz wireless connection.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Tracking: Inside-out tracking and hand tracking. Controllers: Two wireless hand-held controllers. Tracking: Two external base stations for full-space tracking, inside-out tracking for hand tracking including per-finger tracking on the controllers. Storage: 64 GB or 256 GB.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

On the other hand, the Pico 4 contains completive specs, including a single 1.5K display with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels, 90Hz refresh rate, Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chip, 8GB of RAM, 128GB/256GB of storage, eye-tracking, hand-tracking, passthrough cameras, spatial audio, and 2 hours of battery.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 7, 2016

Head- and hand-tracking startup uSens raises $20M Series A led by Fosun Kinzon with participation from Maison, iResearch, others; produces developer tools for creating virtual and augmented reality apps that provide physical interaction without controllers or gloves. retail competitor called GAME.“ Read more here.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Plus, unlike many other AR glasses, these specs come with built-in hand and head tracking, for immersive interactivity. Although these glasses arent quite as powerful as a full mixed reality headset, they do feature an impressive snapdragon processor and proprietary computing unit.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

Hand tracking and head tracking. Six degrees of tracking with spatial anchors and depth mesh. The hand-tracking capabilities seem to need a little refinement. Announced specs include: Spatial computing via a Samsung processors, and an XReal custom computing unit. 52-degree field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

What really made my cry has been the use of head tracking: when you select an app in the initial menu with your controller, then the system shows you a 3D gizmo of the app that you have to position in your room USING YOUR HEAD. There are hands tracking and eye tracking , but they are almost never exploited.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

The Varjo headset includes Ultraleap hand-tracking to monitor natural hand movements and true-to-life MR passthrough with 12-megapixel video. Plus, users can unlock depth awareness capabilities powered by LiDAR and Inside-out tracking capabilities for more immersive experiences.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Next, he moved briefly to audio; personalised head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) will enhance the realism of positional audio. The Rift’s current 3D audio solution generates a real-time HRTF based on head tracking, but this is general across all users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

There’s also a 3-point precision fit headband for extra comfort. The Varjo headset includes Ultraleap hand-tracking to monitor natural hand movements, and true-to-life MR passthrough with 12 megapixel video. Plus, the solution includes tools for positional tracking and hand-tracking.

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