VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2022

250g (8.8oz) Tracking system: 6DoF, camera based inside-out head tracking Platform: SteamVR and more (future update) Connection: Display Port Alternate Mode on USB-C or Display Port + USB2.0. The MeganeX is available for demo during this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2021

While the app doesn’t add core VR functionality like hand-tracking, for many games it adds head-tracking, stereoscopy, and other tweaks that make non-VR games playable inside the headset. VorpX has a huge range of options allowing players to tweak games to feel right in VR, but this can be an involved process.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2020

High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. They called it New World Banking. Oculus Rift powered the virtual experience. It let consumers discover Hatton’s banking solutions in a fun and engaging way. Additionally, a leap motion 3D controller enabled them to interact with it.

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Road to VR

JULY 14, 2020

Both headsets only offer 3DOF head tracking, and include a single 3DOF controller. The company today announced the G2 “4K S” and G2 “4K” Enterprise, something the company says was the result of customer demand for more memory space and improved battery life.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

Although, because AltspaceVR avatars don’t have arms, sometimes hand tracking makes things a little more awkward. A headset also enables head tracking. Desktop users can simulate head tracking by moving the mouse where they would like the avatar to appear to be looking. Exploring Avatar Customization.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The AR2 platform supports up to nine concurrent cameras for a bevy of head-tracking, environment-sensing, and user-tracking tasks. Using this three-chip framework for distributed processing, Qualcomm claims it will be possible to build compact AR glasses that consume less than one watt of power.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Like Gear VR, Oculus Go only has head tracking (three degrees of freedom) and comes with a single controller, which is basically targeted at casual users looking for an easy way to either consume media or play simpler games than you might find on the company’s $400/$450 positionally-tracked standalone, Oculus Quest.

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Slashgear

MARCH 18, 2021

This wearable head-mounted display (HMD) included an array of features, including but not limited to wireless functionality, antenna, optical subsystem, IMU sensors, a dedicated processor (or processors), onboard memory, functioning operating system, applications, games, a head tracking module, and an eye … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Image courtesy Meta While the glasses are said to handle core capabilities like head-tracking, the compute puck takes on the work of rendering the content. However, the company has made the compute puck wireless which eliminates a core complaint: the bothersome cable that would have to run from the glasses to the puck.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

As for the headset’s optical tracking skills, Lang thought room-scale head-tracking was just as solid as other WMR headsets; some software-induced stutter exists when transitioning between apps or loading screens. The newly redesigned controllers offer acceptable—but not exceptional—latency and jitter.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2020

Head tracking : 4 visible light cameras. Eye tracking : 2 IR cameras. Resolution : 2k 3:2 light engines. Holographic density : >2.5k radiants (light points per radian). Eye-based rendering : Display optimization for 3D eye position. Depth : 1-MP Time-of-Flight (ToF) depth sensor. IMU : Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer.

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Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2018

The Mirage Solo will have to compete with the soon-to-launch Oculus Go standalone headset, which lacks positional head tracking, but is also half the cost of the Solo’s purported $400 price point. The post Lenovo Mirage Solo Standalone VR Headset Reportedly Launching May 11th for $400 appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

First introduced back in 2016 as Project Santa Cruz, the Quest brings full head and hand tracking to world of standalone headsets, something not yet available in similar offerings like the Lenovo Mirage Solo or Vive Focus (which both offer positional head tracking but not positional hand tracking).

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

The release of the Lumin SDK confirms that the Magic Leap One will include eye-tracking, as Unreal points out among the various headset capabilities supported by the engine: Head tracking. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Room scanning and meshing.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2024

.” Here’s a look at the specs: Size Length: 148.5 mm, Width: 48 mm, Height: 161.5 Snapdragon processor), Samsung S23 (OneUI 5.1/6.0,

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

Tracking system : 6DOF, camera based inside-out head tracking. Here’s the full spec sheet Shiftall has shared so far: Display : 1.3inch OLED microdisplay 5.2K (2,560 × 2,560 per eye), 10bit HDR / 120Hz. Weight : Approx. 250g (8.8oz) – Without cable. Processor : Snapdragon XR1 platform.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The studio also added support for Tobii and TrackIR head-tracking cameras, letting gamers with traditional monitors use head gestures to look around the battlefield in what promises to inch somewhat closer the benefits of actual VR headsets.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers. Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

The demo is of a virtual avatar, standing in front of two virtual mirrors, demonstrating how much more relatable the character shown in the right hand mirror (showing eye tracking enabled) than the left (sans eye tracking).

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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. Photo: Road to VR. Room scanning and meshing. Spatialized audio. Microphone input. Vulkan and OpenGL support.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

The idea is that this will reduce the friction of getting into VR by having one device that’s ready to go as soon as you can throw it on your head. And, unlike the Go, the Mirage Solo includes a pair of cameras on the front of the headset which enable positional (6DOF) head tracking, allowing users to do more than just rotate in place.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The company notes its VR chair includes proprietary head-tracking technology which helps align the users gaze with physical rotation for improved immersion, coming in addition to the device’s aim to reduce motion-related discomfort from artificial locomotion.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2023

And frankly, one serious potential challenge with this setup is how much it may distort the user’s eyes when see by outsiders—nobody wants to walk around with that ‘coke bottle glasses’ look.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

He’s already taken the Rfactor 2 beta for a spin in VR with the Rift and the results he captured look nothing short of intense; you can see him in action in the video heading this article. Photo courtesy Studio 397.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tracking & Input. The headset supports 6DOF head-tracking and users can pair an Android phone to be used as a 3DOF controller (head-based pointing can be used as a fallback). Hand-tracking won’t be supported at launch, though it may come in a future update. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2022

This will pair well with the existing spatial audio capabilities of Apple products; especially when used with AirPods which can track the movement of your head for a head-tracked spatial audio experience.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We were quite fond of the game when it released last October, calling it a “demanding” experience that a “lot of hardcore gamers will be pining for” though we took issue with the camera and head-tracked controls. It sounds like the adjustments made here could improve upon the original experience, though.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2016

The latest release of Dolphin VR, an impressive Nintendo Gamecube emulator that ads VR functionality to games, adds support for Oculus’ consumer headset the CV1 so now you can play Metroid Prime in VR, with head tracking and have it look better than ever. Version 5.0 of Dolphin VR has now been released and it adds Oculus SDK 1.3

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VRScout

APRIL 27, 2017

Key components such as room-scale VR, parallax effects and head-tracking add to the realism of virtual experiences by making movement seem much more natural. These elements have been missing from most live-action VR experiences, until now that is.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

It doesn’t have controllers, and only features 3DOF head tracking; what it does have is a decidedly more approachable opera glasses-style design that lets you hold the headset with one hand so you can press it to your face without needing a headstrap, which could otherwise ward off some users.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you just can’t wait to hunt down Chozo Ghost across the deck of the Orpheon, there’s always DolphinVR , a branch of the long-running Dolphin emulator, which allows users to play classic Gamecube and Wii titles in VR with full head-tracking support. Image Credit: Yonic Studios.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

From the gameplay footage shown above, it’s clear this isn’t just a head tracking port but is instead fully articulated VR game. Guns are tracked to motion controllers, you can duck down behind cover, and even use your hands to revive downed teammates.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2017

Because of the lack of onboard electronics, Daydream-compatible phones require highly-tuned inertial measurement units (IMUs) which determine head-tracking latency, not to mention the graphical guts to make the cut.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

The AR HUD headset seen above is using one of Leap Motion’s ‘Rigel’ sensors, a reference product itself which brings wide field of view hand tracking to the AR HUD headset, though from the video it appears that the AR HUD currently lacks a means of positional head tracking. Image courtesy DigiLens.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Similar to the Lenses for people and cats, the Lens for dogs recognizes when dogs appear in the camera view and affixes AR effects to their heads, tracking the dogs. Don't Miss: Snapchat Virtually Restores London's Big Ben with Holiday-Themed, Location-Based AR Lens Snapchat let users open this AR Lens present early on Christmas Eve.

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