Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

While it’s exciting to start seeing 6DOF standalone VR headsets like the Vive Focus and Mirage Solo, both unfortunately include a 3DOF controller which in many cases functions as an immersion barrier compared to a fully 6DOF VR system. SEE ALSO After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. You can now interact with virtual objects and environments like never before, taking immersion to an entirely new level. Fully immersive VR experiences bring us to tracked motion controllers. HTC Vive wands. LEAP Motion.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 31, 2017

When I tried the latest installation of The VOID earlier this year in Utah I encountered what I think is likely the pinnacle of immersion possible in 2017, with one major limit. Even the gun you hold becomes part of the immersive experience as it transforms in VR into part of your proton pack for catching ghosts.

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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. Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Volkswagen Group is back again with yet another VR project that continues to prove just how much faith the German automaker truly has in the immersive medium. This latest venture into VR mixes things up however by providing a custom immersive experience right in the lobby of the Volkswagen’s administrative Brand Tower in Wolfsburg, Germany.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2018

In a week here in Italy will start a very interesting VR-related event called Immersive Architecture. The rooms inside the Im Arch venue where you’ll be able to meet interesting people from the industry and also assist to some cool showcase (Image from Immersive Architecture). Can you introduce yourself to my readers?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We don’t know if it is just a reference design for external partners (like HTC) or it is an actual headset that Valve is producing. Someone hypothesizes that Valve may produce the headset by itself because: HTC has started its own store, Viveport , and so it is not pushing Steam as an official store anymore.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

I spoke with VR Bound co-founder, Daniel Colaianni about what he hopes the VR Awards would achieve for VR technology and he says, “The VR Awards exists to promote growth and achievement throughout the immersive industry by reinvesting in promoting strategic partnerships.” HTC – Vive. Leap Motion – Leap Motion.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Fallout 4 (2015), Bethesda’s beloved post-apocalyptic open world RPG, is now in VR, letting you stalk the Wasteland as the sole survivor of Vault 111 from the immersive point of view of the HTC Vive headset. Available On: HTC Vive ( Steam ). Reviewed On: HTC Vive, Tested on Rift (see note below).

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Intel Teases Depth-Sensing HTC Vive For Developer Conference An Intel engineer tweeted a tease suggesting VR is going to be a major theme at the company’s developer conference in a couple weeks. The tease is a photo of a unicorn-shaped modification to the HTC Vive that uses a series of cameras to sense the depth of surrounding objects.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. This way your gloves are powered and can communicate with your PC; Setup of the HTC Vive system.

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Next Reality VR

JUNE 1, 2016

The Oculus Rift's virtual experiences become a little less immersive when you're barely moving in a chair with a headset on, playing on a gamepad—but you don't have to accept that reality anymore. But Leap Motion has a universal mounting kit for their motion sensor that lets you control nearly any virtual reality headset with gestures.

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Road to VR

MARCH 26, 2017

Bandai Namco’s ‘ Project i Can ‘ has made the Anywhere Door a (virtual) reality using the HTC Vive, Leap Motion, and a few simple props tracked with attached Vive controllers. The combination of the ‘real’ door prop and it’s ‘impossible’ virtual abilities makes for deep immersion.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. In all of this, someone has created the design for a Leap Motion mount for the Index that exploits the frunk. Companies are studying foveated rendering for AR glasses.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. This transforms your phone into a VR headset screen, simulating devices like the HTC Vive. This limits immersion, but mobile VR headset users will already be familiar with this. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). First of all, Peter Chou, ex founder of HTC , has launched his startup XrSpace, with his first VR headset Mova (that you can see in the header image of this post), together with its social XR platform Manova.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. According to Stereo Labs, “Through high definition stereo cameras, the headset blends the virtual and real worlds together in an immersive and photorealistic way.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Now in its 3rd year, the annual Proto Awards have shadowed Oculus’ developer conference Connect since the first event, with an aim to celebrate the best that this new immersive industry has to offer. Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. Blocks – Leap Motion.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

OpenVR – Windows Mixed Reality headsets, HTC Vive , and Oculus Rift. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. Windows Mixed Reality – Microsoft HoloLens, Microsoft HoloLens 2 , and other Windows Mixed Reality headsets. Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

That application became Cat Explorer , which you can download now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. We also have some new interactions that are native to immersive media: the sphere handle and the hand effector itself. This is the core of our mission at Leap Motion. On the surface it’s a fun, slightly twisted tech demo.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Body movement. Let’s start from the ground up.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

Reviewed On: HTC Vive (Vive Controllers) and Oculus Rift (Xbox Gamepad). Like the 2014 New Retro Arcade tech demo, locking into a game while standing in front of your favorite coin-op is probably one of the most immersive things about New Retro Arcade: Neon. New Retro Arcade Neon Details: Official Site. Let set some things straight.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Virtual reality (VR) is all about immersion in whatever experience you happen to be in. Retailing for nearly £5,000 GBP (more than Magic Leap One or an HTC Vive Pro Eye) Manus Prime Haptic offers full finger tracking thanks to Flexpoint’s Bend Sensors as well as individual haptics for each finger and thumb.

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

VSDK is a Unity-based solution for developers looking to create naturalistic user interactions whilst supporting a wide variety of headsets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Oculus Quest) and peripherals (bHaptics TactSuit, Leap Motion, and ManusVR gloves.).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

This is something that I predicted and it is also in line with the vision of the competitor HTC that says that standalones are products for consumers while PC VR is something for gamers and prosumers. Other research projects. Markerless full body tracking : Oculus is now able to track completely your body using only the RGB camera of a phone.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Motion Controller. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card. HTC Vive Pro. Oculus Rift. Samsung Gear VR.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Motion Controller. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC demands a minimum of an Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 CPU paired with either an AMD R9 290 or a Nvidia gtx 970 graphics card. HTC Vive Pro. Oculus Rift. Samsung Gear VR.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. HTC Vive ($499). It seems Oculus plan to launch a higher-end mobile virtual reality headset for the masses.

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VRGuy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Since the OSVR launch in January this year, nearly 250 organizations including Intel, NVIDIA, Xilinx, Ubisoft, Leap Motion, and many others have joined the OSVR ecosystem. Concurrent with the expansion of the OSVR community, the capabilities of the software platform have grown by leaps and bounds.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

HTC’s Alvin Wang Graylin discusses what this means for everything from automotive design to helping children learn about the universe. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region. Alan: Oh, well thank you so much for taking the time to record this with us.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? The FOV was not bad at all, it was quite immersive. We all participants of the VR Visionaries tour in Taiwan (Image by Digiblock).

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

VeeR acquires, produces, and distributes best-in-class immersive stories and light-weight interactive experiences. Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). web, and mobile. 4- Kshitij Marwah. 9- Eddie Avil.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers – Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel — and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. And in addition to that, we have VR/AR managers from all the Accenture, BNP Paribas, KLM, Bosch, HTC Vive.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers – Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel — and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. And in addition to that, we have VR/AR managers from all the Accenture, BNP Paribas, KLM, Bosch, HTC Vive.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

And we actually tried to tackle this problem with the help of major headset manufacturers - Oculus, HTC, Leap Motion, Intel -- and they supported us to create VR/AR labs around the world. And in addition to that, we have VR/AR managers from all the Accenture, BNP Paribas, KLM, Bosch, HTC Vive.

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