VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2016

Launched back in 2012, Leap Motion first introduced us to their new way of interacting with computers in three dimensions. At the time, the Leap Motion sensor sat on your desk or was built into your keyboard, allowing for natural hand and finger movement tracking. There was one thing — the device never really caught on.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. It gets the job done and it is usable, but it is subpar even if compared to other standalone headsets on the market like the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. As you can see from the price, it has been positioned in the West as an enterprise headset as all the devices by HTC. This is how to set it up.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. Mark Zuckerberg told that Oculus Quest closed the first generation of VR and so Oculus is now working on its second generation. We don’t know what Oculus will present, but we have some hints. Other relevant news. What’s next is where things really get interesting ”. More info More info.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Sensic, a long-time player in virtual reality and co-founder of OSVR , finally released their VR headset destined to make its way to public venues such as theme parks and arcades. Front IR window for optional embedded Leap Motion controller. pre-production model, image courtesy Sensics. image courtesy Sensics.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience.

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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. The experience within the headset will be at least a couple of frames behind what you would experience on the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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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. Don't Miss: What's the Difference Between Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality?

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

If you want to adapt your older kit to the Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive, here’s a quick guide that will help: Thicker Adhesive Strips. Room-scale virtual reality means longer cords, which is why we’ve included a 15-foot extender cable in our updated VR Developer Mount kits. From there, here’s how to do it: Cords.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

The acronym for Augmented World Expo (AWE) welcomes a wonderful play on words, recognizing the incredible minds behind augmented and virtual reality as the tech superheroes they are and having attendees to stare in “AWE” at their work.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. 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.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel demonstrates “Merged Reality” wireless VR headset, Project Alloy. 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.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

With the recent release of the Oculus Rift CV1 and 1.3 SDK, this is an exciting time for virtual reality. SDK, you’ll also want to check out Oculus’ migration guide. Unreal Engine 4.11 doesn’t currently have Oculus 1.3 Once it arrives, the new official Leap Motion UE4 plugin should work with it right away.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

One part of the characteristics of VRTK is its management of the project/scene for specific platforms (Oculus, Vive, etc.). The First No-Headset Virtual Monitor 3. Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? It is required to set up tracking, bindings, and several SDKs if you want to work on multiple platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

We all love virtual reality, but sometimes it gives us big headaches. And not because of the motion sickness , but because something doesn’t work. And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!),

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. 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. The photos.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

They should guarantee better tracking both for the headset and the controllers; The controllers are smaller and seem a mix between the Oculus Touch and the WMR 1 controllers. HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). News worth a mention. Image by Microsoft).

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Peter Graham

JULY 15, 2019

There are a number of ways to create your own virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) app/videogame. VSDK is a free, augmented/virtual reality software development kit that helps developers rapidly achieve results,” said Dr. Michael Jenkins, Senior Scientist at Charles River Analytics in a statement.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. Past weekend has been the weekend of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the company that has dominated the sales of VR hardware has been of course Oculu s, thanks to the discounts on Rift S and Go and the great reputation of the Oculus Quest.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Leap Motion) on the same headset. Hands-on Droolon F1. I liked it a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2018

One of the biggest drawbacks of HTC Vive headsets with regard to Oculus Rift are the controllers: while Oculus Touch is ergonomic and can emulate the hands quite well, Vive has controllers that are quite big and are usable only as wands. Oculus Touch Controllers. Knuckles EV2.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Most high-end virtual reality headsets today use what’s called outside-in positional tracking. 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. Linq’s system for hand tracking is also unique.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

It is a square one, so it seems that the system takes the undistorted view of one eye, exactly as the Oculus Go does when recording a video. From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones. Image by HTC).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Theoretically, the SenseGlove can be used outside VR, but practically speaking it is inside the virtual reality that it shines , because it is able to give more realism to your VR experiences by offering more realistic touch sensations. This way your gloves are powered and can communicate with your PC; Setup of the HTC Vive system.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Host device.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 22, 2016

Hands-On: Manus VR Arm And Finger Tracking System Now In Production Regardless of whether or not you prefer the HTC Vive or the Oculus Touch , or maybe the PlayStation Move controllers , the fact remains none of these solutions actually offer 1:1 tracking for your entire hand.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2016

AltSpaceVR is the first cross-platform social VR application that supports both the Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. Now that all of these VR headsets have had their consumer launch, then AltSpace VR has been one of the top places in VR to have social interactions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

. “Most consumers will experience Windows Holographic for the first time through VR, not through HoloLens,” wrote Raven Zachary, founding partner of mixed reality startup Object Theory, in an email. Low end VR on Xbox and these new headsets, all the way through high end mixed reality on HoloLens.

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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. Blocks – Leap Motion. SEE ALSO 'Grav|Lab' Lets you Build Incredible Machines with Oculus Touch and HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2017

Click To Tweet To bring Leap Motion tracking into a VR experience, you’ll need a virtual controller within the scene attached to your VR headset. Our Unity Core Assets and the Leap Motion Unreal Engine 4 plugin both handle position and scale out-of-the-box for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Depth Cues.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. OC5 celebrates the last 5 years of virtual reality breakthroughs and gives us a glimpse of what’s to come in the next five years.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Host device.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

That application became Cat Explorer , which you can download now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This is the core of our mission at Leap Motion. The post Designing Cat Explorer appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. On the surface it’s a fun, slightly twisted tech demo.

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