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Ultraleap launches Leap Motion Controller 2

The Ghost Howls

Before AWE even started, Ultraleap has already announced an amazing piece of news: the launch of the Leap Motion Controller 2. Every maker or research center I know had bought this device to be used in UX studies, robotics, digital signage, or whatever other use case where hand tracking would have been useful. narrow FOV).

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UltraLeap Gemini review: use both hands in VR!

The Ghost Howls

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. Leap Motion has also been the first important company I have interviewed in this blog. If you want, you can find it here below!

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All you need to know on HoloLens 2

The Ghost Howls

Microsoft has conducted a study on thousands of people, to design a device that can fit a lot of different heads of different people and that is also able to accommodate glasses. The new HoloLens features: Eye tracking Full hands tracking (a la Leap Motion) Voice commands understanding. Really kudos to them.

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XTAL hands on: an interesting glimpse to Virtual Reality 2.0

The Ghost Howls

XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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VRvisu Lets Doctors Study Patient’s Tumors In VR

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Smith has been using an HTC Vive for the project though, instead of the kit’s position-tracked controllers, he can be seen on News 4 Jax using a Leap Motion sensor for hand-tracking. This allows him to more realistically handle the virtual tumor.

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Sony Researchers Unveil Knuckles-style Prototype VR Controller with Full Hand Tracking

Road to VR

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors. For better adaptation for various hand sizes, a method for augmenting or synthesizing the capacitive image needs to be studied.”

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AWE: Ultraleap’s event cameras may be the future of hand tracking

The Ghost Howls

It was a reference design by Goertek which was mounting no Leap Motion controller. Micro gestures have been studied for a few years now, but they have become pretty popular in our space lately because of the use of hand tracking that Apple is doing on the Vision Pro. And that’s it.