VRScout

APRIL 29, 2021

Referred to as N-ko Mei Kurono, this “sheep-human lifeform” will serve as the companies official “anime ambassador,” working to help spread the word about Netflix Anime content while, simultaneously, interacting with the rapidly-expanding Vtuber community.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Once prepared, controlling the movement is where VR is at its most intuitive, as the motion-tracked hardware means that a simple form of motion capture is readily available, although it’s not always appropriate, depending upon what’s being animated.

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AR Insider

JUNE 10, 2020

Additionally, the SpinVFX scanning team used the scanning rig to capture every pose of the dance for reference. TIP: Although you may have a great 3D scan or model, reference material is always important to have. Try to capture as much as possible. Step 4: Motion Capture for Animation. fingers, etc.).

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2018

The demo appears to use a professional motion capture system for tracking the headset and paddle, while the user’s free hand is tracked with a Leap Motion sensor on the headset. SEE ALSO Toward Truly Glasses-sized AR: First Look at DigiLens' AR HUD Reference Headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

With ARKit 3, the system now supports motion capture and occlusion of people. When waving, the avatar can be seen to tip forward in response to the motion even though the user doesn’t. Motion capture. Faster reference image loading. Human Occlusion & Body Tracking. Auto-detect image size.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The process involved extensive reference photography, motion capture, immersive sound design, and a notable cast of actors and talent. The experience was created using REWIND’s in-house version of Unreal engine along with a set of narrative and interactive tools, purpose-built for making immersive VR experiences.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2019

The primary act — referred to as ‘The Aickman,’ serves as the “main story” within this bizarre experience. Troupe members were recorded in real-time using motion-capture technology to help better express their emotional performances.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. “The really core advantage is that we actually make garments, not devices. ” StretchSense closed a $7.6

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2020

The scan works by using a method referred to as triangulation, during which a laser is projected onto an object which measures the distance to the surface based on an internal coordinate system. This is just one of the companies many portable 3D scanning products. Image Credit: Artec 3D.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The company behind the software is teaming up with various 3rd party manufacturers of motion capture suits such as Xsens , Rokoko and PrioVR to provide the tools necessary to bring the experience on a tour to locations across the U.S. The most exciting part however has to be the convenience.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Earlier this May, she appeared alongside Bella Hadid as part of an experimental Calvin Klein commercial that would end up drawing criticism from the LGBTQ community for their use of an unethical marketing technique referred to as Queerbaiting. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, a live actor dressed in a motion capture suit.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

A new interesting project has been published on Kickstarter: it is called Axis, and it is a system of sensors that you install on your body to have full-body tracking for gaming and motion capture. Audio AR allows for interesting applications. Always remember that immersive realities encompass all five senses.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2021

By public rooms, Vitillo is referring to all instances of the virtual concert created after the first instance reaches capacity. Jean-Michel Jarre getting suited up for motion capture for the concert on Dec 22nd. // Image Credit: @louisadrienleblay. Everything is a big compromise,” he says.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Development of robust, millimeter-accurate interior-out tracking and positioning devices and motion capture devices. The government wants to see growth in all the areas that concern VR. – Near-eye display technology. – Render processing technology. – Content collection production equipment.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. We’re excited to try this headset when it becomes available. Doug Lombardi, Valve. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

confirmed with the company that it may not be a Niantic-branded pair of glasses, but a reference design that Niantic is building with Qualcomm since 2019. This pairs well with a piece of news from mid-2020, where Niantic said that it intended to build a reference design, but not its own Pokemon Go glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Or will it become a partner and will help mobile GPUs in Snapdragon reference designs in growing even faster? A group of creatives is proposing a live motion capture VR opera based on the murder mystery steampunk opera “Miranda”. Is it possible that NVIDIA will start a new business in Mobile GPUs? Check it out! Learn more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Location-based Virtual Reality or LBVR refers to an out-of-home location where people can play unique VR games, usually as a team, that they can’t find on consumer headsets. You put on a haptic vest and tie alien-looking velcro trackers that look like atoms around your wrists and ankles for full body real-time motion capture.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

FinchShift is slated to be sold by HTC soon as a part of an official 6DOF controller developer kit option, and has been certified by Qualcomm to work with their Snapdragon 845 VR Reference Design as well. Like Chirp, FinchShift offers a basestation-less experience and 6DOF controller tracking, but that’s where the comparisons stop.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

HTC Vive Senior Engineer James Xiong has provided a Vive IK Demo on GitHub , which includes a reference source code and Unity demo. By tracking a headset and two motion controllers held in the hands, developers are able to achieve a reasonably accurate virtual representation of the upper body.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2016

In its VR form, the ballet comprises acts or dances, with each new dance centering around Iskender (played by you incidentally) capturing one of the four petals of the flower. Now relaunched as Firebird: La Péri , in reference to the central, ethereal dancer, Innerspace has revisited the original and laivished some significant updates.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 29, 2017

“People refer to the haptics in the experience. ” They worked with HTC to figure out a solution for motion capture. Then the idea of a live actress in the space with some form of motion capture came in. We didn’t tell Jordan or the other artists, ‘You need to have a live component.’

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?). A traveling showcase of digital and video works, Björk Digital started in Australia and it just debuted at London’s Somerset house.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

HTC VIVE’s Ultimate Trackers will offer next-generational motion-capturing (mocap) technologies for avatars and real-time 3D (RT3D) content development. The new tracking technologies will not require base stations to operate, allowing people to receive full-body tracking with minimum gear and multiple points of reference.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 3, 2023

Overall, this was the strongest immersive story in competition this year, and is a solid reference point that explores what a story like this is a lot more powerful when you’re immersed within the spatial context of these characters.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 29, 2021

XR is an all-encompassing term referring to include Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and other forms of immersive media. VRrOOm was provided with basic concepts and blueprints as well as videos and reference images. A notable addition to this is the SXSW Online XR experience. ” Designing an XR World.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Many currently refer to virtual reality content creation as the “wild west” since anything goes. VR faces many challenges when approaching content creation: latency, SIM sickness, limitations in tools available for building, high expense, lack of vernacular/rules, and very little monetary return on investment.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2018

For the Matrix trilogy it was important the use of computer vision, immersive photography, volumetric capture , the first markerless motion capture, to create frame by frame models of the performances… and today all these techniques are prolific in virtual reality and mixed reality.

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ARVR

JULY 19, 2021

Learning retention refers to the process by which new information is transferred from short-term memory to long-term memory. They already had a VR training solution, but they were looking for a mobile device with a higher feedback fidelity and not just for motion capture. Indeed, it drastically reduces the costs.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The “uncanny valley” refers to a well-known concept describing the discomfort people feel seeing faces that resemble humans but miss the mark in meaningful ways. And indeed, two other demos provided by Meta on either side of the live cross-continental call made clear just how far there is to go.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Different tracking technologies use cameras, sensors, or motion capture systems to track the user’s position, gestures, and interactions. Field of View (FoV): The field of view refers to the extent of the visual display or viewing area provided by a mixed reality device.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

More experiences incorporate haptic feedback gloves like Noitom , Manus or full body motion capture systems like Noitom that help enhance the extent of immersion. AFFORDANCE Affordance refers to the implicit understanding of an interaction and the purpose an item has.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Ultimate Tracker features next-generation motion-capturing technology, enhancing avatars and real-time 3D content development without requiring base stations. It allows users to receive full-body tracking with minimum gear and multiple reference points.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The camera uses the patterns on the actual book as a reference to display the AR content, a technology that is often used today on Snapchat and Instagram. Some of the features that Apple is touting include better motion capture, improvements to camera access, and additional locations for Location Anchors.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

If you make a custom device for VR only, you can design it from day zero to be optimal to do only VR : this means that even if the Go is based an old VR 821 reference design, it has more power than a Gear VR mounting an S7 phone (and dissipates better the heat); The Oculus Go headset and controller (Image by Road To VR).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Next he talked about the potential of bringing the real world into the virtual space, something he referred to as “augmented VR”; this would scan your real environment to be rendered convincingly in the headset, or it could place you in another scanned environment.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

.” Similar to the GPS-based exploration featured in existing AR experiences such as Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite , Minecraft Earth will have you physically moving throughout the real world to discover new items, enemies, and mini-game experiences referred to as “Adventures.”. Image Credit: Apple.

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