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Tag Archives: Kinect
New avatar modification and mocap features in RUIS 1.20
Version 1.20 1.21 of RUIS for Unity is now available for download. The below video demonstrates some of the new features that have been added since the last release; most of the new features relate to avatar body modification and support … Continue reading
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Tagged avatar, developer, Full-body tracking, HTC Vive, Kinect, mocap, motion capture, Oculus Rift, OptiTrack, Perception Neuron, RUIS, Unity, Vicon, Virtual Reality, Xsens
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HTC Vive setup experiences
In November I got to borrow a HTC Vive dev kit for a few days. I was responsible for setting it up at a AEC hackathon in Helsinki. Before I share my experiences in detail, here are my two suggestions to … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Reality
Tagged Aalto University, HTC, HTC Vive, Kinect, Lighthouse, RUIS, Unity, Valve, Virtual Reality
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Photos from 2014 Virtual Reality Course
Below you see VR applications created by my students with our RUIS for Unity toolkit. Most of the applications featured Oculus Rift DK1, Kinect, and PlayStation Move controllers. This year and in 2015 the virtual reality course is organized in Aalto … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged Aalto University, Kinect, Oculus Rift, RUIS for Unity, teaching, Unity, Virtual Reality
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RUIS for Unity 1.05 released
Last week Oculus Rift was acquired by Facebook for 2 billion dollars, which is the biggest move in virtual reality industry that we have seen. I speculate that this was at least partially influenced by Sony finally becoming serious with … Continue reading
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Tagged Kinect, Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move, Razer Hydra, RUIS, Unity, vr2014
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Look ahead into year 2014: Virtual reality & RUIS
The year 2014 looks very promising for virtual reality; A new version of Oculus Rift is coming out, along with plethora of VR peripherals like Sixense STEM and Virtuix Omni. Developing applications that use these devices means that middleware and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aalto University, Kinect, Kinect 2, Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move, Razer Hydra, Virtual Reality
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Lessons learned while developing TurboTuscany
Below I sum a few points that we learned while developing the TurboTuscany demo. Some of our findings are consequential, while some are common knowledge if you have developed stuff for Razer Hydra, Kinect, or PS Move before. Latencies of … Continue reading
Posted in RUIS
Tagged Full-body tracking, Kinect, Move.me, Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move, Razer Hydra, RUIS, Virtual Reality
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Oculus Rift + Kinect + Razer Hydra + PS Move demo released!
In the past months we’ve been adding new features and Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra support in RUIS for Unity. Our just released TurboTuscany demo showcases the new capabilities of RUIS: Video part 2: TurboTuscany features a 1st person view … Continue reading
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Tagged Full-body tracking, Kinect, Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move, Razer Hydra, Unity, Virtual Reality
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Soon
In the near future we will release a Oculus Rift demo that is used either with Kinect, Razer Hydra, or PlayStation Move controllers (or any combination of those). This will be followed by a new version of RUIS for Unity, … Continue reading
Controlling Blender with PS Move: Winner of best low-cost solution in 3DUI 2013 contest
A new version of RUIS for Processing has just become available! I used this version to create an immersive user interface for 3D modeling in Blender with stereo 3D, PlayStation Move controllers, and head-tracking (with PS Move or Kinect). Check … Continue reading
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Tagged 3DUI, 3DUI2013, Blender, Florida, Google Glass, Kinect, Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move, Processing, RUIS, Virtual Reality, VR2013
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PlayStation 4 announced tonight
PlayStation 4 will be officially announced within one hour and I’m following the release closely: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-release-date-news-and-features-937822 PS Move controllers will certainly be supported by PS4 and some rumors suggest that they will be accompanied with full-body motion sensors: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-promises-new-styles-of-play-more-motion-control-and-social-1130204 I … Continue reading
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Tagged Full-body tracking, Kinect, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Move, Virtual Reality
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