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Qualcomm VR HMD gets Snapdragon 835, Leap Motion hand-tracking

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GDC and MWC are just around the corner, and Qualcomm is diving head-first into virtual reality with a new dev-kit and hand-tracking technology. The chipmaker may be best known for its smartphone processors, but that same silicon is just as much at home in head-mounted displays. … Continue reading.

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Optitrack Reveals Tracking Puck For Full-Body VR Immersion

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The head-mounted display features specifications and clarity matching consumer VR headsets like the Rift and its tracking system, powered by long-time motion-tracking company Optitrack, is seamless in allowing freedom to move around multiple rooms so you can find objects and walls exactly where you expect them to be.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

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Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy.

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Intel’s Project Alloy Demonstrates “Merged Reality”

VRScout

Yesterday Intel announced its entry into the virtual reality space with the Project Alloy all-in-one head mounted display. This provides Leap Motion type hand tracking as well as six-degrees-of-freedom, room-scale positional tracking. Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy.

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GameFace Plans GF-LD Headset With SteamVR And Android Support

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Both headsets are said to feature a Tegra chip and 2560 x 1440 OLED displays, along with Leap Motion, front-facing stereo cameras and eye-tracking. What the company is doing is a cool idea — offering a wide range of content to a single head-mounted display — but it is also going to be very difficult to pull off.

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Varjo Expands Enterprise Headset Lineup With VR-2 & VR-2 Pro

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The latter is a £6000 GBP head-mounted display (HMD) which launched back in February and today the company has announced two new additions to its product lineup, the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro. Additionally, the Varjo VR-2 Pro also comes with integrated Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand tracking technology.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

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The last few years, VR has been about putting on a head-mounted display and looking around,” Edwards said. “It 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. It’s not just visual and sound.