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DECEMBER 8, 2020

A new technique for reducing positional latency called ‘Phase Sync’ has been added to both the Unity and Unreal Engine 4 integrations; Oculus recommends that all Quest developers consider using it. Phase Sync Latency Reduction in Unity and Unreal Engine. OpenXR Support for Oculus Unity Integration. Image courtesy Oculus.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2024

for Unity-based apps which support Meta’s Presence Platform capabilities, such as hand tracking, passthrough, spatial anchors, etc. for similar Unreal-based apps will also arrive, with official release of both Unity and Unreal versions coming sometime in Q4 2024.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

But until recently , the only way to build XR apps for Meta's headsets was with a game engine, such as Unity or Unreal, and Meta didn't provide any kind of UI framework for either.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

.” The company says its platform will include environmental understanding features such as spatial mapping and meshing, occlusion, plane detection, object and image recognition and tracking, local anchors and persistence, scene understanding, positional tracking and hand tracking.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements “across the board.” ” The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows , alongside three new demos to try it out for yourself.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Announced with support for both Unity and Unreal, the Lumin SDK exposes the capabilities of the Magic Leap One headset to developers who can use it to begin building augmented reality experiences for the platform. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking.

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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. Is this the only supported programming language or devs can also use Unity and Unreal Engine?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. With hand-tracking capabilities, innovators can remove the need for teams to utilize external controllers and devices when interacting with digital content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

With eye-tracking solutions, software can be designed to effectively render the content users are viewing according to their specific needs, reducing bandwidth use and improving clarity. With hand-tracking capabilities, innovators can remove the need for teams to utilize external controllers and devices when interacting with digital content.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In terms of tracking, the XR-3 features both eye as well as hand-tracking powered by integrated Ultraleap technology. In addition to visuals and tracking Varjo has also introduced several improvements to comfort. Varjo’s VR-3 features the same specifications as the XR-3 with a few additional goodies.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

Edgar Martín-Blas, CEO of Virtual Voyagers , told VRScout he’s been excited about the capabilities of eye-tracking, hand-tracking, nine hand gesture recognition, and “the possibility of controlling the content with a mobile app.”. One developer we spoke with has been eagerly exploring the SDK to see what’s possible.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Apart from being more accurate, Hyperion features some important new features, that the company describes as follows: Microgesture interactions: Hyperion can track small finger movements down to the millimeter, enabling subtle gestures that require minimal effort.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

Meta wants to help developers in creating hand-tracked experiences. Meta has just released on App Lab “First Hand”, a demo application that shows an example of the i mplementation of proper hand tracking interactions. copy-paste) on how to implement hand tracking in their own experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Alongside the haptic feedback distribution, TouchDIVER Pro leverages full hand tracking with a deep precision of 0.6 To help adopters leverage TouchDIVER Pro in business situations, WEART is also deploying a supporting Unity and Unreal-ready SDK for creating custom hand-object interactions.

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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. Use of Unreal Engine 4’s desktop and mobile forward rendering paths. Room scanning and meshing. Spatialized audio.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Hand-tracking Works with Snapdragon Spaces (Unity/Unreal) 2.5X By the way, it should be noted that Niantic Labs has also announced its own slick-looking Outdoor AR Headset powered by Qualcomm’s AR2 platform.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. More info Immersed VISOR to support hand tracking and eye tracking It seems that Immersed truly wants to compete with Apple with its VISOR headset.

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JULY 24, 2019

updates, which includes hand tracking with proper occlusion masking, “out of the box” multiplayer support, and a few other goodies that ideally position the platform to appeal to future consumers. binary builds for Unreal available through the Epic Launcher). Officially support for Unity 2019.2

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Using an Oculus Rift/Rift S VR headset in combination with Leap Motion’s hand-tracking technology, you can teleport throughout different areas of the resort and use your own two hands to add color to interactive outlines of various buildings.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Epic Games have detailed Unreal Engine’s support for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition on their blog, which confirms some significant hardware features of the device, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and room scanning.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The G1 device comes with a rich software development kit (SDK), enabling clients to integrate the HaptX brand of realistic feedback into custom immersive applications using Unreal Engine and Unity. The HaptX SDK contains tools to control G1’s feedback and input while a user is within an immersive application.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2018

Kimball said that the Unity and Unreal engine integrations for Magic Leap do much of the core balancing optimizations (between the available A57 cores and Denver 2 core) for developers already. At one point the hand is used to smack a boulder out of the way, showing that the hand-tracking system can do more than just detect gestures.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

The device also exploits Leap Motion hands tracking and offers a completely natural interface all based on hands interactions. Or because he’s been the first person attaching a Leap Motion to an Oculus DK1 with some duct tape, envisioning how hand tracking could be vital for virtual reality. Hands-on review.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Using a combination of sensors and receivers, eye and hand tracking solutions allow for the creation of a powerful human-personal computer interface for XR. Eye and hand tracking solutions also allow for better computing power distribution within XR environments.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. of our revenues with Unity. And this 2.5% Learn more Volumetrics secure $1.1M

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. Skonec has dedicated significant effort to crafting diverse user experiences using controllers, hand tracking, and curved UI elements.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Until now, building even a simple app for Quest headsets required using a full-fledged game engine like Unity, Unreal, or Godot. It provides rendering, optional passthrough, controller and hand tracking, support for flatscreen and immersive media playback, physics, and spatial audio.

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MARCH 14, 2024

It also adds the ability to emulate Valve Index controllers using Quest's controller-free hand tracking, enabling finger tracking in SteamVR games which support it. And emulated Vive Trackers isn't the only new feature in this Virtual Desktop update.

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JULY 22, 2024

0:00 / 0:50 1× UploadVR trying out Depth API with hand mesh occlusion in the v67 SDK. The Depth API now has an option to exclude your tracked hands from the depth map so that they can be masked out using the hand tracking mesh instead.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

Its first VR concert tour springs from years of R&D that resulted in proprietary 9K cameras and software that can automate complex unreal engine-based VR concert visual effects (VFX) modules and run more than 100 headsets at a time. So gaze-to-aim and hand-to-shoot.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2022

With tracking technologies, companies can build more immersive experiences for XR users. Eye tracking helps users to navigate a space more effectively, while improving software performance and minimising discomfort. Hand tracking, on the other hand, ensures individuals can interact more effectively with virtual content.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2020

The Unreal Engine General Manager Marc Petit announced new tools on the Epic Online Services platform to help developers create scaling multiplayer experiences. Emily Olman presented the Auggie Award for Best Indie Creator to Greg Madison for his work on hand tracking on flat surfaces – Tangible UI. Announcements.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2019

There have been attempts with voice input, virtual keyboards, and even real tracked keyboards ( something Logitech itself explored ), but none have proven to be effective solutions, typically due to slow input speeds (or a lack of sufficient hand tracking). A VR stylus that’s good enough for handwriting could be the key.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

If you're not familiar with it, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal. Standardization of Hand, Face & Body Tracking "Hand tracking has been supported in Godot for a long while now, however improvements have been made to ensure better cross platform support, including standardisation between OpenXR and WebXR.

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JUNE 26, 2024

"We've also been pleased with how rapidly both platforms are improving on the software side, like the lower latency hand tracking coming in visionOS2 and the improved passthrough on Quest. It’s an unreal level of contrast. We look forward to evolving THRASHER along with all these amazing platform updates."

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MARCH 19, 2024

Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, Riven is 1997's sequel to the atmospheric puzzle game Myst. The new version of the game saw the inclusion of an option for puzzle randomization, so players could choose to see the game's puzzles through fresh eyes, and Cyan's developers even added hand tracking to the experience on Quest headsets.

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