Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond.

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JUNE 28, 2024

The startups formerly known as Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion appear to be heading in separate directions again after 5 years together ended in significant layoffs. In May 2019, Ultrahaptics bought Leap Motion to merge their complementary ideas – a haptic effect produced through ultrasound with industry-leading hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Ultraleap is the company born from the acquisition of Leap Motion by Ultrahaptics and it has always worked towards offering optimal hands tracking solutions for the XR market. the fingers are bent with a slightly different angle) Pinky and ring fingers are sometimes misdetected the one for the other.

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MAY 31, 2023

Leap Motion 2 is a $140 accessory that adds ultra high quality hand tracking to PC VR and standalone headsets. The original Leap Motion was a desktop hand tracking accessory launched in 2014 that could be mounted to the front of early modern VR headsets like the Oculus DK2.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Thanks to the improvements in haptics , depth of field, and other factors, users can feel that they are actually interacting with real-life objects. Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2020

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. According to Sci-Fi Lab, however, there’s still plenty of work to be done before their product is ready for mass production.

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Road to VR

MAY 10, 2018

However, the team at Leap Motion has also investigated more exotic and exciting interface paradigms from arm HUDs and digital wearables, to deployable widgets containing buttons, sliders, and even 3D trackballs and color pickers. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. It’s well defined.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Other companies like Leap Motion have developed similar technologies, employing computer vision processing to understand the position and movement of a user’s hands without any special gloves or attachments. HTC also indicates that the capability can track individual finger movements too. Image courtesy HTC.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Hand-tracking looks likely to play a big part in that future, and Leap Motion is one of a few companies leading the charge in this department. Leap’s latest, well, leap is to bring its controller-free hand tracking tech to mobile VR headsets. Tagged with: hand tracking , leap motion , qualcomm , standalone.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

Not only does it speed up XR development, but it also removes compatibility issues, without affecting the quality of graphics, haptics, and other game interactions. Leap Motion. This means that in writing a code, a developer will treat all types of devices as if they had the same programming interface. Sense Glove.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. Haptics quality. Experimenting with different force-feedback haptics inside Unity: rigid object, bendable object, breakable object. We are too early for realistic haptic feedback , so the mechanism works very well like in 10-20% of cases.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

From left to right: LEAP Motion motion tracking, flex sensor based motion tracking, exotendon based motion tracking. This has led many teams to developing gloves or other wearable devices that will track the motions of the hand in real time. Virtual Motion Labs. Leap Motion hand tracking sensor.

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ARPost

APRIL 4, 2023

AR and VR Content Creation With Integrated Ultraleap Hand Tracking Ultraleap was founded in 2019 when Leap Motion was acquired by Ultrahaptics , and the two companies were rebranded under the new name.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 19, 2016

PowerClaw is a haptic glove that lets you feel heat, cold, and a number of sensations on the tips of your fingers. All of this however was done without any sort of tracking, a duty that PowerClaw has rested on the backs of optical hand tracking devices like Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2018

Today we’re excited to share the second half of our design exploration along with a downloadable demo on the Leap Motion Gallery. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2016

At E3 2016 I got to see the latest prototype version of Gloveone, a haptic motion input glove designed for virtual reality. But that first version of the glove required a third-party tracking system like Leap Motion in order to translate the movement of the user’s hands into virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2024

AI reconstruction of how the launch of the Deckard may happen The controllers are an optimized version of Valve Index Controllers , smaller and more reliable, even if I’m told that the headset can also track the hands thanks to an integrated Leap Motion controller.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. Having haptic sensation on the palm is very important to increase the sense of presence when you are holding a tool in your hand.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

Go Touch VR’s approach to VR haptics achieves surprising effectiveness out of small, simple haptic devices that provide stimulation to the end of your fingers. It’s that grabbing, touching, and manipulation where Go Touch VR’s ‘ VR Touch ‘ haptics hopes to excel. Photo by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

What’s different about FlyInside though is both Rift and Vive users can use their respective motion controllers to manipulate levers, buttons, and requisite knobs. Leap Motion is also supported too, letting you manipulate controls in the cockpit with your own two hands.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Sony promises amazing haptic sensations on the controllers, that should be able to provide “impactful, textured, and nuanced” sensations. Facebook is also working with haptics, and it has presented two prototypes of the wristbands that could apply vibrations or pressure sensations on the wrist. It will so have inside-out tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking?

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XROM

JUNE 2, 2023

The Leap Motion Controller 2 is the ideal hardware for experiencing Ultraleap’s world-class hand tracking. Key improvements over the original Leap Motion Controller include higher resolution cameras, an increased field of view, and 25% lower power consumption, all in a 30% smaller package for optimum placement and convenience.

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JUNE 9, 2017

In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities. The Kor-FX and Hardlight Suit, for example, are VR-ready vests that allow you to “feel” impacts and pressure on your chest through haptic feedback.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest names in the VR data glove field is Manus VR, and VRFocus recently got to test its new flagship product, Manus Prime Haptic. At first glance, the Manus Prime Haptic gloves look a bit unwieldy with cables running along the fingers and Vive Tracker on the back of each glove. Then it came to the haptics.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2022

STRATOS Inspire Haptic Module. The STRATOS Inspire Haptic Module from Ultraleap is another phenomenal tool worth exploring if you’re interested in cutting-edge XR features. More than just a hand tracking solution, this system comes with the ability to built haptic feedback into your XR interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

What is intriguing is the fact that some rumors talk about the use of “haptic audio”, so it is possible that this technology will be included inside this headset. Razer Hypersense is a technology to deliver haptic feedback to your ears based on audio cues of the game you’re playing. What can this mean?

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Ultrahaptics went on to raise $23 million, begin to interest car companies , and later absorb the much-hyped Leap Motion, which, it turns out, was a match made in heaven, by uniting both hand tracking and mid-air haptics. So Ultraleap is already working with DS Automobiles and Hosiden on new mid-air haptics experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Ultraleap) Ultraleap launches Leap Motion Controller 2 Hand-tracking company Ultraleap has just announced the Leap Motion Controller 2 , the evolution of the iconic Leap Motion Controller, which is smaller and more precise than its predecessor.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Ultrahaptics is the English company producing a haptic device that works without being worn by the user: it emits ultrasound waves that colliding with the skin of the fingers of the user provide him a sense of touch. Ultrahaptics rebrands as Ultraleap. All new products will use this new brand, while the old ones will keep the original ones.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

You can be a lot more expressive within social VR, and in mixed reality experiences where passive haptic feedback is available, having your hands tracked can actually increase the level of embodied presence. There was some uncanniness in not being able to actually physically grab objects, which can break presence.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

In all of this, someone has created the design for a Leap Motion mount for the Index that exploits the frunk. HaptX can convey better haptics, while Dexmo better force-feedback and a lighter form factor. Both solutions are very cool, but they are also expensive and can’t offer a sensation of haptics that is identical to reality.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Click To Tweet When someone first puts on a Leap Motion-enabled VR headset, it often seems like they’re rediscovering how to use their own hands. Since the iPhone introduced multi-touch input in 2007, we’ve seen 2D touchscreen interaction design evolve into a responsive, motion-filled language. In a sense, they are.

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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. The headset didn’t incorporate any touch, or haptics, technology. As soon as we get finger detection, we want haptics. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi.

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JULY 10, 2015

Leap Motion is a great tool for this.”. In the beginning, I wanted to develop a haptic glove that I could use with Leap Motion in a virtual reality scenario, allowing me to feel the stuff I touched.” I’m loving working with Leap Motion so I’ve postponed the glove component of the project a bit.”.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

To mimic the tactile feedback that you experience in real life, you’ll need sensors and haptics all over your body or at least in significant areas, like the face, hands, and feet. The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

These considerations define a lot of the design in Cat Explorer , starting from the visual aesthetic – from interactive controls that look lightweight enough that it’s easier to accept the absence of haptic response – to animations and behavior, so that most things try to be context-aware when it adds to the user experience.

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