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Report: Apple Nearly Acquired Leap Motion but the Deal Fell Through

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According to a report from Business Insider , earlier this year Apple was on the verge of acquiring Leap Motion, but the deal fell through days before it was expected to close. Founded in 2010, Leap Motion develops leading optical hand-tracking software. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M Investment, Releases Calorie-counting Software for Quest

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A San Francisco-based startup, YUR (pronounced “why you are,”) was founded in early 2019 by Cix Liv and Dilan Shah. SEE ALSO Ultrahaptics Relaunches as 'Ultraleap' After Leap Motion Acquisition. “We YUR, a VR fitness company, today announced it’s secured $1.1

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We Tried Leap Motion’s New Hand Tracking Module On Gear VR

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Leap Motion is a young technology company that is perhaps best known at this point for what it sells at your local Best Buy. During an in-person demonstration at UploadVR’s San Francisco office, the Leap team explained that their new module is compiled using simple, “off the shelf” components.

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Leap Motion 3D Jam: Presented by IndieCade

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Starting on October 19th, Leap Motion and IndieCade are kicking off a six-week global competition for developers to build innovative experiences for desktop, virtual reality, and beyond. For the Select and Open 3D Jam first-place teams, $5,000 USD and up to $2,500 in travel costs to exhibit with Leap Motion at IndieCade East 2015.

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Stereo Labs Unveils ‘Linq’ – A Mixed Reality Headset For The Living Room

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UploadVR had the chance to try an prototype of the Linq at our offices in San Francisco and we found the hardware to an impressive proof-of-concept. – Disclaimer: Stereo Labs rents an office at the Upload Collective – a co-working office in San Francisco. Linq’s system for hand tracking is also unique.

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VR pen project’s developer and development status short on details

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Drawboard , which according to its Twitter account is based in San Francisco, appeared rather suddenly on the web last week. The pen apparently “works with Windows Mixed Reality headsets or Rift/Vive via Leap Motion,” and will be available in a “limited production run” in early 2018.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

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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. Above: David Holz, founder of Leap Motion, shows off hand-tracking in VR. It showed me that virtual reality has only scratched the surface.