thanks to “new techniques in deep learning and model-based tracking.” Effectively, Oculus is saying it no longer needs the Touch controllers to perform hand tracking, and, in fact, it can even ...

Nimble has been working on hand tracking with 3D camera technology ... Nimble's 3D depth camera is integrated into the eventual Oculus consumer model. You may like Valve Deckard, a long-rumoured ...

As its virtual reality headset nears release, Oculus has acquired yet another ... it improved on Leap by creating an actual model of a user’s hand, not just mapping the motion onto an avatar.

Getting people to believe that high-end virtual reality is truly immersive can be difficult if they haven't tried devices like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive first-hand. That gap of disbelief gets ...

One of the key advancements the hand ... model that can then interact with objects in the VR space. Aside from games, this could give future VR broadcasts (an area Facebook plans to expand Oculus ...

Oculus VR has bought Israeli tech firm Pebbles Interfaces, creators of 3D hand-sensing technology. Using cameras and sensors to generate a 3D model of hands and fingers within a VR device ...

It is crazy how well this works Oculus announced hand tracking ... on how the tech works. Right now, hand tracking exists thanks to a combination of model-based tracking and deep neural networks ...

A full day with Oculus Touch proves good virtual hands are worth the wait. SAN JOSE—We've had a couple of chances to try out Oculus' hand-tracking Touch controllers in the last few years, but ...

A model wears the Oculus Rift headset while playing a game ... but did say “it’s so light that you can hold it with one hand.” It’ll be as easy to put on and take off as a baseball cap ...

Update (December 9th, 11:05AM PT): Oculus reached out to clarify that Quest’s experimental hand-tracking feature will start rolling out some day this week but not necessarily today.