Apple is going all-in with hand-tracking for its upcoming Vision Pro, but can hand-tracking really replace proper VR controllers? Meta, Apple’s main competitor in the space, isn’t going so far as to ...

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Meta Quest 2 developers have experimented with VR hand-tracking for several years. Between solving puzzles in Cubism to fantasy adventures in Eolia, VR headsets can provide some unique experiences by ...

Sony introduced controller-free hand tracking for PS VR2 at Siggraph Asia 2024, demoing it with a cleaning mini-game. The technology tracks hand movements at 60 fps and can recognize 12 gestures, ...

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio known for Job Simulator (2016) and Cosmosmious High (2022), teased a new multiplayer VR game that’s built from the ground-up for hand tracking interactions.

Kinect-like light-field technology could replace PlayStation Move controllers. since people are going to be using VR in small and oddly shaped places it makes sense to get the environment readings ...

Unlike every other VR headset released over the past half-decade, Apple’s Vision Pro did not launch with controllers. The company’s landmark “spatial computer” may be correcting that error, according ...

It's been nearly three years since hand tracking first came to the original Oculus Quest VR headset, but the second generation of the feature has so far been limited to the Meta Quest 2 (formerly ...

Meta's VR hand tracking has come a long way in two years. The company has upgraded its Presence Platform hand tracking support for Quest headset apps to allow considerably more natural gestures, ...

Owlchemy Labs revealed a new, unnamed project at Gamescom today — a VR-based multiplayer title that features controller-less hand tracking. The company revealed the title in a short teaser trailer ...

Meta provides a significant update to the Quest VR headsets, and it is with the latest hand-tracking capabilities of its devices to better perceive commands. Users only need their hands for their ...

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