The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. With Pumori.io , I had created 6 Unity apps that demo UI/UX concepts on the Project North Star headset. With Pumori.io , I had created 6 Unity apps that demo UI/UX concepts on the Project North Star headset. Yes, Three.js The amount of Three.js

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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. Since having a 3DOF controller with a 6DOF headset is weird (HTC and Lenovo know this well), RealMax has decided to add also support for Leap Motion.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini. Now, thanks to a new and improved hand tracking platform developed by Ultraleap, these interactions will become even more improved and realistic. Watch Gemini in Action.

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ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

An Epic Games MegaGrant Brought VIRTUOSO SDK to the Unity World. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github. Leap Motion. This open-source SDK is only the beginning for us. Supported Devices and Future Releases. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 11, 2020

The controllers as-is are 3DOF ones , and so they aren’t very useful for virtual reality. Use with virtual reality. But… I have two big BUTs: Etee tries to mix the best of fingers tracking solutions like Leap Motion with the best of controllers like Oculus Touch. Use without VR. Battery time.

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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. Supported by all major game engines including Unity, Unreal and more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Leap Motion has announced it’s to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine , a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

It was pretty cool using it inside a discotheque The tools we had were very limited: the Vive Focus had just a Snapdragon 835 processor, the image was black and white and low-resolution, we had to do everything at the Unity software level, and we had no environment understanding.

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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. As a developer, I gave a look to their Unity SDK, that you can find on GitHub here.

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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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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 24, 2016

Leap Motion shows off Interaction Engine for their VR hand-tracking tech VR makes the most sense when you don’t have to learn the controls and stuff just works. In a blog post, the company calls the engine “a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics.” Read more here.

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Next Reality VR

AUGUST 26, 2016

Leap Motion created gesture control for all sorts of things, including virtual reality, long ago, but developers must build in support for their tracking peripheral to use its full potential. Leap Motion explains: The Interaction Engine is a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

Engines like Unity and Unreal are constantly getting better at representing sound effects in 3D space – with binaural audio , better reverb modeling, better occlusion and obstruction modeling, and more. Virtual reality is an exciting medium, but for first time users it can take a few minutes to master its limitations.

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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 ). The mystery of Virtual Reality support on Xbox continues with a new chapter of the saga.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

A future runtime could offer more functionalities , a bit like it has happened with Leap Motion that in 2012 was a rough accessory and now is an amazing hands tracking device. The Unity SDK for NextMind is just fantastic. Hands-on with the demos. Registering to the events of the NeuroTag (e.g.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. An avalanche of new virtual reality devices has arrived. We see headsets, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs, and body suits. Many game engines—such as Unity, Unreal, and SteamVR—immediately support it.

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Leapmotion

MAY 27, 2015

New Unity Asset Lets You See Your Actual Hands — Not Just a Rigged Replica. That’s why we’ve just released a new Unity asset feature that brings your real hands into any VR experience. That’s why we’ve just released a new Unity asset feature that brings your real hands into any VR experience. Why Your Hands?

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

One month ago, I’ve participated in the Stereopsia event in Bruxelles (Belgium) to perform a talk about how to organize an event in virtual reality. A guy and a girl from Prague showcased in Stereopsia a simple demo where you could play the piano with a Vive with a Leap Motion mounted on. Altheria Solutions. VR Pianist.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

Developers can develop AR experiences with Zappar using the tool they like the most : Unity, native Javascript, A-frame, C++. Unity launches MARS tools. After many months of teasing them, Unity has finally launched the MARS tools, a suite of tools to build easily Augmented Reality experiences in Unity without knowing how to code.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

AltspaceVR is a virtual social space where you can strap on your Vive and meet people from around the world. Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. Do the Unity assets support Vive? Have a question about Leap Motion + HTC Vive?

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 15, 2015

Looking for the perfect Unity assets for the 3D Jam ? Today on the blog, we’ve handpicked six assets that will take your Leap Motion VR demo to the next level. Avatar Hand Controller for Leap Motion – $5. iTween is a simple, powerful, and easy to use animation system for Unity. iTween – Free.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 23, 2014

How pervasive will virtual reality be? Mozilla’s recent experiments combining VR and the web pave a path towards virtual presence – pushing beyond disconnected feelings of immersion and bringing us into new places with a life of their own. We’ve been working with Mozilla to make the web a killer app for VR.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 20, 2015

At Leap Motion, we believe that the next wave of technological interfaces will rely on the original human operating system: your hands. With HackingEDU just around the corner, Leap Motion is sponsoring the world’s largest education hackathon with over 100 Leap Motion Controllers for attendees to use.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Leap Motion hacks and mashups, plus lots more photos from a weird, wacky, and wild weekend. (By Team RiftWare’s winning Leap Motion hack lets you leverage the power of the Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, and Android Wear – so you can reach into virtual reality and control it with voice commands.

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Leapmotion

JULY 21, 2015

Early last month, Leap Motion kicked off our internal hackathon with a round of pitch sessions. One of our tracking engineers suggested using our prototype Dragonfly module to augment a physical display with virtual widgets. Leap Motion. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

2016 was a landmark year for virtual reality, but 2017 will be nothing short of surreal. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. Redesigning our Unity Core Assets. Unity Module for user interface input.

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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. In my case, the controllers weren’t detected in any app, not even in Unity when developing for VR. Leap Motion driver and runtime. ASUS AI Suite 3.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Click To Tweet When you reach out and grab a virtual object or surface, there’s nothing stopping your physical hand in the real world. The Leap Motion Interaction Engine handles these scenarios by having the virtual hand penetrate the geometry of that object/surface, resulting in visual clipping.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

From gaming to big data, virtual reality gives us the chance to build and explore whole new worlds beyond the screen. Maintain a comfortable distance between the viewer and layered virtual objects. The rigged hand is available for Unity from our V2 Skeletal Assets. Think about how to make 3D data accessible.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

It now supports Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and UltraLeap (former Leap Motion) systems of skeletal hand tracking for interactions based on realistic, and customizable, hand poses. VRTK proposes a simple grab system that can be coupled with the physic engine of Unity to define the desired behavior of the interaction you are creating.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We all grew tired of talking about how we wanted to explore VR development, so we allocated several weeks to tinkering with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion — staffing one full-time developer and a few designers part-time. We got things started by downloading the most popular Oculus Rift / Leap Motion demos and giving them a try.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Click To Tweet When someone first puts on a Leap Motion-enabled VR headset, it often seems like they’re rediscovering how to use their own hands. When we bring our hands into a virtual space, we also bring a lifetime’s worth of physical biases with us. Each stage is at your fingertips w/ #LeapMotion #Unity.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

The company offers a range of modules, including the Stratos Inspire, and Leap Motion controller. Best-known in the gaming world, Valve helps developers and creators to design a host of unique and immersive experiences for their users in virtual reality. Unity and Magic Leap.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2014

By creating a game that forces your eyes to work together, he hopes to offer a therapeutic virtual-reality solution that makes it fun for people to overcome their amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus with games. Want to see more projects with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion Controller?

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of our global tour for the Leap Motion 3D Jam , we’re at Berlin’s Game Science Centre to take developers through our SDK and building with the latest VR tools. Let’s take a light-speed look at VR development with Leap Motion in Unity and JavaScript. Hey everyone! Why Hands in VR? Escaping from Flatland.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 30, 2016

Last year, we featured 6 kickass Unity assets with the power to bring your project to the next level. Since we’re giving away five $100 Unity/Unreal asset credits as part of our 2016 developer survey , we thought we’d share some more cool stuff you can buy with cold hard virtual cash. Custom Pointer ($17). PhysicsRecorder.

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