UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft’s play for command of next generation personal computing can be seen today with the announcement of a series of Windows-powered VR headsets starting at $300. “This means shifting from being a HoloLens-focused mixed reality company to a Windows Holographic focused mixed reality and virtual reality company.

Microsoft 100

Microsoft Google Leap Motion Conference 100

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). Image by Microsoft). Thanks Eloi Gerard for the tip). News worth a mention.

Sony 441

Sony Controllers AR Haptic 441

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. The hand tracking was fabulous as always thanks to Leap Motion and its Orion tracking. Let me tell you my first hands-on impressions on it!

Leap Motion 166

Leap Motion Augmented Reality AR Hand tracking 166

Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

The HoloLens is the most impressive augmented reality headset on the market today, and their developer kit is already being deployed into industries ranging from architecture, engineering, design, sales, medicine, and education. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

Microsoft 141

Microsoft Leap Motion Strategy Augmented Reality 141

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Unrelated to my demos with the XR-4, I have also tried a demo with a previous Varjo headset and a plane simulation machine together with Microsoft Flight Simulator. To work, it requires a login: at least once every 48 hours, the headset should be connected to the network (via its computer) and communicate the login.

Razer 439

Razer Controllers Simulation Course 439

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. I liked it a lot.

Eye Tracking 167

Eye Tracking AR Leap Motion China 167

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For sure this is a piece of good news, since it signals that the most important company working on creative tools is seeing the value of a virtual reality modeling tool and will probably offer it inside its popular Adobe suite. The status of location-based virtual reality. Is it possible to work in a fully-VR office?

Magic Leap 210

Magic Leap AR Virtual Reality Augmented Reality 210

AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). “Cyberspace” was coined by SF author William Gibson.

Magic Leap 161

Magic Leap AR Microsoft Apple 161

The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

Yesterday was an amazing day for virtual reality , with the launch of probably the best standalone VR headset for consumers , the reveal of probably the best headset for developers, the announcement of new possibilities for enterprise customers, and… also yeah, there was something about the Rift S, but no one cares about it!

Oculus 217

Oculus Leap Motion Controllers Virtual Reality 217

The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

All the other major companies (Samsung, Huawei, etc…) are working on AR and Apple for sure can’t stop experimenting with if it doesn’t want to miss the next communication platform as Microsoft did with Windows Phone. Microsoft has released this week a new video showing how the game will work.

Apple 171

Apple AR Oculus Augmented Reality 171

Leapmotion

JUNE 6, 2018

At Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical experience. At the heart of this experience is hand tracking, which unlocks interactions uniquely suited to virtual and augmented reality. Let’s build it together.

Leap Motion 73

Leap Motion Magic Leap Augmented Reality Virtual World 73

Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2017

Virtual reality was born in universities and survived through multiple waves of innovation, failure, and rebirth. 71% of universities own augmented reality headsets. 43% of those are the Microsoft Hololens. 59% of universities have Leap Motion Controllers. 59% of universities have Leap Motion Controllers.

Leap Motion 28

Leap Motion AR Augmented Reality Survey 28

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

attaching Leap Motion through an adapter). Someone noticed that it looks a bit like the Microsoft Surface charger and that little line drawn inside it may be the led related to the charging operation. For instance, you may use it to charge your device while keeping the USB-C port free for other uses (e.g.

Oculus 226

Oculus Magic Leap Leap Motion Controllers 226

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). This is another great publicity for virtual reality, whose awareness is spreading always more outside the tech scene. Who knows if in his next performance he will be a VR developer? Contact me. Some XR fun.

Magic Leap 242

Magic Leap AR China Unity 242

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. It has bought the hand-tracking company Leap Motion various months ago for $30M since the two hardware are a perfect fit the one for the other. It will be important to see what changes this new CEO will take with him.

AR 285

AR Apple Oculus Augmented Reality 285

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

VR-2 Pro adds an integrated Leap Motion and a 10m cable. In them you can find some interesting insights on how Microsoft designed the UX of HoloLens (go to section 2 of the slides linked below). It also adds compatibility with SteamVR, so you can play Steam games and enterprise applications with Varjo.

Sony 177

Sony AR Japan Google 177

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

Innovators in the world of Mixed Reality, Microsoft relies heavily on concepts like hand and eye tracking to help users combine the physical and digital worlds. Microsoft also makes it easier for other developers to create immersive experience within the MR landscape.

Eye Tracking 75

Eye Tracking Magic Leap Hand tracking Microsoft 75

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. It showed me that virtual reality has only scratched the surface. Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR.

Technology 129

Technology Leap Motion Haptic Head Mounted Display 129

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Talking about smell in Virtual Reality, the names of the companies working in the field were mostly two: VAQSO and FeelReal.

Oculus 209

Oculus Hand tracking AR Unity 209

Leapmotion

AUGUST 1, 2015

This week, Daniel Church achieved lift-off with a successful Kickstarter campaign for his virtual reality flight simulator. FlyInside FSX is a plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Prepar3D that brings you inside a completely realistic airplane flight deck. Well, not entirely realistic – maybe a little bit better.

Simulation 30

Simulation Leap Motion Virtual Reality Microsoft 30

Leapmotion

MAY 14, 2016

That’s why we created CadaVR , a “living” virtual reality cadaver lab that emulates a real cadaver lab, minus the crowd (4-8 students per cadaver), unforgiving smell, and expensive cost. Get the project on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery ! CadaVR is built on the web, so you can access anywhere, anytime. Grabbing.

Leap Motion 48

Leap Motion Simulation Virtual Reality Construction 48

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2019

These are the things that I took to my booth: Virtual Reality headsets ( Vive Focus Plus , in my case). I don’t think that people at Microsoft are crying because of this. The epic Noah Zerkin (the guy making the Leap Motion North Star headsets) at our booth to try the game! Smile and have fun.

China 174

China Gaming How To Google 174

Leapmotion

APRIL 25, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. Jody Medich is a UX designer and researcher who believes that the next giant leap in technology involves devices and interfaces that can “speak human.”

Data 49

Data Leap Motion Groups Virtual Reality 49

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Thanks to BCI, we could have a virtual reality that goes beyond physical reality. UltraLeap (formerly known as Leap Motion) has just launched the 5th iteration of its hands-tracking runtime, called Gemini. Microsoft announces HoloLens Industrial Edition. UltraLeap launches Gemini hands-tracking runtime.

Hand tracking 476

Hand tracking Haptic Magic Leap Leap Motion 476

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

Training 78

Training San Jose Oculus AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You've seen it from pre-DK1 days -- where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape -- and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that's not even connected to computers. You've written countless articles on virtual and augmented reality.

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You’ve seen it from pre-DK1 days — where [it was] probably a cobbled-together a collection of flat screens, wires, and duct tape — and what it is today, where you have real consumer-grade virtual reality that’s not even connected to computers. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

Training 60

Training San Jose Oculus AR 60

XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Varag: Yeah. I don't mind it too much.

Hand tracking 78

Hand tracking Automotive Haptic AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Varag: Yeah. I don't mind it too much.

Hand tracking 78

Hand tracking Automotive Haptic AR 78

XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Alan: With Facebook now working on AR, and you've got Magic Leap, and Microsoft's Hololens. And, you know, Magic Leap-- people are going to expect when they walk around holograms, they stay put. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Varag: Yeah. I don't mind it too much.

Hand tracking 60

Hand tracking Automotive Haptic AR 60

Upload VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Back in 2016, designer and filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda released Hyper-Reality, a concept film that imagined an augmented reality future where physical and virtual realities have merged, resulting in a "city saturated in media."

Augmented Reality 117

Augmented Reality AR Real Estate Filming 117

XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 20- Renji Bijoy. 23- Kathryn Yu.

Augmented Reality 52

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality India Asia 52

VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. Increased Device Diversity leads to more Choices for Customers Trends An avalanche of new virtual reality devices arrived. We see goggles, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs and body suits.

Latency 40

Latency Trends Software Augmented Reality 40

The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens. Alex Kipman, the mind behind Microsoft HoloLens, has confirmed again in an interview that Microsoft will one day build a consumer version of HoloLens. Research is being done to evaluate the use of virtual reality also to treat chronic pain. RDR2 in VR!

AR 238

AR Google Machine Learning Haptic 238