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 ...

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking ...

Meta is constantly trying to make the metaverse more immersive. Now, it has provided a new Oculus Quest 2 hand tracking update, which could be a game changer. The upgrade introduces more dramatic ...

Hand-tracking now activates automatically on Oculus Quest when you aren’t using the Touch controllers. The feature is the biggest change in the new v13 software update to Quest headsets, which is ...

At some point in the evolution of VR and AR, controllers will fade away and the headsets themselves will have sensors that track our bare hands in what's essentially real time. One firm already has an ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

When Oculus announced that controller-less hand tracking would be coming to the Oculus Quest at this year’s Oculus Connect 6 event, the VR community was outraged that its sibling, the Rift S, wouldn’t ...

I suppose it shouldn't be a huge surprise then that my hand tracking demo, produced by Magnopus, placed me right in the middle of a witch's lair. Once the experience launched, I just had to lift my ...