The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Today Ultraleap has officially released Gemini, the fifth-version of the hands tracking runtime. As usual, this article comes with a video version where I show you my hands-on session with Ultraleap Gemini! This can be an annoying problems when you are using hand tracking to interact with your VR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2022

Finally, after waiting for it for weeks, I have received the update to Hands Tracking v2 on my Quest. Do you remember that update of some months ago that improved dramatically the performance of hand tracking on Quest? The stability of two-hands interaction has really changed from night to day!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

I have just tried the hands tracking solution offered on the Vive Focus Plus by the Vive Hands Tracking SDK and I want to tell you what has been my experience with it and how it does compare with other hands tracking technologies, like the ones offered by Facebook or UltraLeap. Vive Hand Tracking SDK.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A childhood fantasy brought to life on SteamVR and Oculus headsets. Unlike conventional VR shooters which rely upon motion controllers to fire weapons and interact with the in-game world, Finger Gun VR claims to be the first VR first-person shooter powered entirely by hand tracking. Image Credit: Miru Studio VR.

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VRScout

MAY 10, 2020

Despite having only been available on Oculus Quest for roughly three months, independent developers have already established a sizable catalog of unique hand tracking applications pushing the boundaries of Oculus technology. Hand Physics Lab is available free on Oculus Quest via SideQuest.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. Hand-tracking brings many benefits to Quest, especially ease-of-use. SEE ALSO Three Totally Creative Uses of Quest Hand-tracking.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Zuckerburg reveals hand and finger tracking without the need for additional hardware. Facebook’s Oculus Connect 6 kicked off this morning with a slew of big reveals for the Oculus Quest standalone headset, one of the biggest being the reveal of hand and finger tracking. Image Credit: Facebook.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Unlike existing VR rhythm games like Beat Saber, Audica, and Synth Riders , Unplugged does away with gamepads and even the Touch controllers, instead relying on the Oculus Quest’s built-in hand-tracking. Like an old-school air guitar, players shred their virtual instrument using their bare hands.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! It is a step by step guide that will make you a hands-tracking-SDK master!

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2020

High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. To bring hand tracking to Nreal Light glasses, Clay AIR took advantage of the embedded spatial cameras built into the headset to overlay a 3D hand skeleton model in full HD on top of your physical hand. Image Credit: Nreal).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A proof-of-concept shows how hand tracking technology is bringing new possibilities to VR gaming. He’s also an avid VR developer working on some of the most unique projects for the Oculus Quest using the headsets’ newly-implemented hand tracking functionality. Image Credit: Danielle Beauchamp.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2020

Facebook introduced controllerless hand-tracking in beta on Oculus Quest late last year and it has remained an “experimental” feature ever since. This week the company says Quest hand-tracking will be rolling out as a full-fledged feature, with third-party hand-tracking apps beginning to launch next week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Last week, Oculus rolled out the runtime v12 of the Oculus Quest , which took various features to the standalone headset, and among them, there is hands-tracking support. Do you want to know my hands-on (pun intended) impressions? Oculus Quest hands tracking video review. Then follow me!

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Oculus brought controllerless hand-tracking to Oculus Quest as an experimental feature back in December , and while it’s useful for navigating around the headset’s menus when you don’t want to pick up the controllers, developers have begun prototyping more creative uses for the tech.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2021

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later. This informed most of the design decisions regarding hand input.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019. 2020 color space for Oculus Quest, and Rec.709

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2022

Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company’s controllerless hand-tracking tools. But what’s better than a good hands-on example?

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Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2021

The 3D puzzler Cubism will be updated this Wednesday, March 17th, to support controller-less hand-tracking. This Wednesday, March 17th, Cubism will get a free update which will allow the game to be played entirely with your hands on Quest and Quest 2 (controllers will of course still work too).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2020

Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the “fastest, most accurate, and most robust hand tracking.”

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2020

Controller-less hand-tracking (like what’s currently available as an experimental feature on Quest) has a handful of advantages over using controllers, like convenience and intuitiveness. However, common VR game actions like shooting and moving are difficult to do with hand-gestures alone. Image courtesy Oculus.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This past December, Oculus introduced native hand-tracking functionality for the Oculus Quest, offering users the chance to navigate the Oculus Home interface with their bare hands as opposed to the Touch controllers. This is where hand-tracking comes in. VIRTUALPIANO.

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VRScout

JANUARY 18, 2020

Oculus Quest hand-tracking turns one apartment into an XR playground. Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character cycles through a bunch of important police data by swiping his hands across a massive holographic display? 02 Transform any surface into a giant touch screen.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 14, 2024

UploadVR had been receiving review units multiple days in advance of launch under embargo from Oculus/Facebook/Meta for 8 years now: both Rift headsets, the Touch controllers, Oculus Go, and every Quest to date - until now. This aspect of controller tracking works even in total darkness.

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Upload VR

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

MARCH 26, 2021

Both Oculus Quest and Quest 2 have the ability to track your hands , but precious few games have integrated the tech. Now, indie developer Dennys Kuhnert and Holonautic are getting ready to release a virtual smorgasbord of hand-tracking-based puzzles and tasks. You can currently wishlist the game here.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Facebook’s Reality Labs (FRL) today revealed new research into hand tracking which aims to bring touch typing to AR/VR users, all without the need of a physical keyboard. As interesting and useful those use cases may be, we’re still very much in the infancy of hand tracking and its potential uses for virtual reality.

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Road to VR

JUNE 10, 2020

There’s no comprehensive app out there yet for learning sign language in VR, however a student at the computer science department of the Bern University of Applied Science is using Oculus Quest’s native hand-tracking to see just how close we might get to achieving that goal with today’s tech.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2020

A wristband with four thermal sensors promises a more detailed hand tracking experience. Because FingerTrak uses thermal images to track your hand movements, the system is capable of more precise hand tracking when compared to options such as the Leap Motion Controller or the Oculus Quests.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. Unplugged Details: Available On: Oculus Quest (coming soon to PC VR). Two hands required. Real crouch required.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2020

Additionally, the group has added new extensions to the standard to support hand-tracking and eye-tracking. SEE ALSO Oculus Now Accepting OpenXR Apps on Quest & Rift, a Big Step for Cross-platform Development. The announcements mean that OpenXR is finally ready to be rolled out widely across the XR industry.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers. Modular systems for adjusting hand-tracking functions such as pose recognition and velocity tracking.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2020

So you just got your hands on Facebook’s incredible standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, and are excited to jump into a massive catalogue of AAA games and experiences. But what about the Oculus Quest 2? Technically the Oculus Quest 2 headset can function outside. So, does the Oculus Quest 2 work outside?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Reportedly developed under the code name “Hue,” Protocol maintains it will also ship without motion controllers, instead relying primarily on its built-in hand-tracking to control apps and casual VR games. HTC also released and new hype video on its Instagram , showing a quick flash of Flow’s hardware.

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Upload VR

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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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2020

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors. The post Sony Researchers Unveil Knuckles-style Prototype VR Controller with Full Hand Tracking appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon Workrooms launched this past August on Oculus Quest 2 headsets. A combination of remote desktop streaming and hand-tracking technology allows you to access your personal computer and type on your real-world keyboard without having to remove your headset. Feature Image Credit: Zoom Video Communications.

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VRScout

AUGUST 25, 2020

Better known by his online handle “Pushmatrix”, Beauchamp has spent the past year developing some truly bizarre hand-tracking experiences for the Oculus Quest, from a physics-driven haircutting simulator and miniature Beat Saber experience to VR Jenga and virtual Chia Pet. Image Credit: Daniel Beauchamp.

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