The latest VR headset design from Goertek incorporates Ultraleap hand tracking
Ultraleap, a leader in extended reality (XR) solutions such as hand tracking and mid-air haptics, recently revealed a collaboration with Goertek, a renowned virtual reality (VR) headset producer. This partnership aims to launch an advanced reference design for VR and mixed reality (MR) headsets, incorporating Ultraleap’s sophisticated hand tracking technology. This latest design, now available, builds upon the previous announcement regarding Qualcomm’s VR and MR reference design HMD, also in collaboration with Goertek. The design combines Goertek’s expertise in headset design and manufacturing with support for Gemini, Ultraleap’s hand tracking platform. Ultraleap asserts that this integration will streamline the process for OEMs to introduce hand tracking features to their clients.
A key innovation of Ultraleap’s technology is the utilisation of computer vision and machine learning models, enabling hand tracking to operate on standard cameras used for SLAM and controller tracking with LED lighting. This integration is expected to considerably lower the cost of embedding hand tracking for OEMs and headset manufacturers while maintaining a high standard of tracking performance, a hallmark of Ultraleap’s solutions.
The use of natural gestures as an intuitive means of interaction in immersive settings is becoming more popular among user experience designers, and hand tracking is becoming an essential component of current augmented reality headsets. User immersion may be significantly improved in a variety of applications, including training, corporate, and consumer experiences, via the use of hand tracking that is both accurate and of high quality.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ultraleap, Tom Carter, made a statement on the importance of this integration. He compared the effect of touch technology on smartphones to the natural hand interactions that occur in virtual reality. As a result of the incorporation of Ultraleap’s hand tracking into pre-existing camera sensors, he drew attention to the simplicity with which clients may now build and market new headset solutions. In his presentation, Carter emphasised the potent combination of Goertek’s experience in headset production and Ultraleap’s industry-leading hand tracking technology.
In his capacity as Corporate Vice President and Global Head of Marketing at Goertek, Marvin Chang reaffirmed the company’s dedication to providing exceptional solutions for XR headsets. He made the observation that this relationship with Ultraleap is an illustration of their capacity to incorporate cutting-edge technology such as hand tracking into a product that can be manufactured for big original equipment manufacturers. Chang also noted that the timing of this announcement coincides with the growing need for natural interaction in the augmented reality business. Furthermore, the combination of the technologies developed by both firms in the new reference design is expected to hasten the market launch of virtual reality headsets for the next generation.
Utilising artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision, Ultraleap’s hand tracking technology has been developed over the course of a decade. This technology has uses that go beyond augmented reality. It has a wide range of applications in a variety of industries, including automotive, digital signage, industrial automation, consumer electronics, and location-based entertainment, and it helps to improve the natural connection that occurs between humans and technology.
