Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

According to a report from Business Insider , earlier this year Apple was on the verge of acquiring Leap Motion, but the deal fell through days before it was expected to close. Founded in 2010, Leap Motion develops leading optical hand-tracking software. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Leap Motion is a young technology company that is perhaps best known at this point for what it sells at your local Best Buy. This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space. The improved tracking was the easier of the two for the team to accomplish. It’s a $79.99

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

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. The inside-out positional tracking on the Linq prototype worked better than their previous Gear VR + ZED camera combination. Linq’s system for hand tracking is also unique.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We’ve joined forces with Qualcomm Technologies to combine their Snapdragon 835 mobile platform with our embedded hand tracking technology so that people can interact with mobile VR content using their bare hands. Your hands should be free to reach directly into #MobileVR.

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MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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APRIL 28, 2015

Recently, we caught up with Vivid Vision co-founder James Blaha to ask him how he’s retraining people’s brains using VR and hand tracking technology. Using hand tracking, we can force people to judge depth with both eyes and reach out to exactly the distance they need to. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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