Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Microsoft Stays Mum on Xbox VR. Image courtesy Microsoft. During Microsoft’s main E3 2018 presentation, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talked briefly on stage about the future of the brand, mentioning ‘future “consoles”‘ in development, but there was once again no sign of VR support for Xbox One.

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MAY 14, 2017

By combining the HoloLens’ spatial mapping capabilities with hand tracking, the player can hit the mole on the head. When a player holds his hand in the ‘ready state’ – lifting your index finger upwards – the HoloLens will recognize the hand and create a collider on the hand.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2019

” SEE ALSO Most Windows VR Headsets Have Vanished from the Microsoft Store, Limited Stock Elsewhere. The headset’s Hand Tracking Module is on a bit of a bumpy road. Promised back in the Kickstarter days, Pimax says that it’s been delayed due to Leap Motion’s acquisition by ULtraHaptics.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Let me tell you my first hands-on impressions on it! Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. It is so precise that it tracks down to individual finger movements.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

The headset has an inside out tracking system enabled by Intel’s amazing RealSense technology. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. It is so precise that it tracks down to individual finger movements.

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JULY 26, 2017

Microsoft, meanwhile, is partnering to release a series of Windows-powered VR headsets that require a PC to operate but also include motion controllers. Unfortunately, these controllers may only work well when they are in view of the headset’s sensors. ” Tagged with: Vive Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. The headsets planned from HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer will use what’s known as “inside-out” position tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Probably we will also hear some news on hands tracking, solutions to create multiplayer LBVR installations with Oculus Quest and accessories for Quest&Rift S. CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. And then there will be Michael Abrash and John Carmack!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This is of course not required for the Secure edition It is possible to add Ultraleap hand tracking for +499€. Unrelated to my demos with the XR-4, I have also tried a demo with a previous Varjo headset and a plane simulation machine together with Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. I hate this.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Meta is also working on new technology to track your eyes and face in the Metaverse. The company also supports eye tracking, for concepts like foveated rendering.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 6, 2018

At Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical experience. At the heart of this experience is hand tracking, which unlocks interactions uniquely suited to virtual and augmented reality. As a result, we used our next-generation ultra-wide tracking module.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Mova will be a 6DOF headset with 2 tracking cameras, working natively only with hands tracking (there is a controller for fallback, though). There will also be 5G connectivity.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes.

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MARCH 19, 2017

Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. The headset used sensors to detect my fingers, using software from Leap Motion. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi. It was cool that I didn’t have to use a touch controller.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. Tracking options: Users can configure their headset for SteamVR tracking, as well as ART and Optitrack via API. The XR-4 series also supports UltraLeap’s Leap Motion 2 hand-tracking module for custom requirements.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction. During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. The Overall.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 25, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. Jody Medich is a UX designer and researcher who believes that the next giant leap in technology involves devices and interfaces that can “speak human.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. It has released experiences like Microsoft Remote Assist, that let different teams in a company work together to solve maintenance problems. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

UltraLeap launches Gemini hands-tracking runtime. UltraLeap (formerly known as Leap Motion) has just launched the 5th iteration of its hands-tracking runtime, called Gemini. This new runtime improves a lot the accuracy of hand tracking on Windows PCs, even with the old Leap Motion Controller.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. Hand tracking is a kind of universal input system.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. Hand tracking is a kind of universal input system.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It's just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. Hand tracking is a kind of universal input system.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It’s just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture. Hand tracking is a kind of universal input system.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. Eye tracking software converts eye images into gaze direction. Hand tracking software converts hand position into gestures. Magic Leap is not commercial yet. It turns out that others share this vision.

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