Hand tracking added to AR toolkit from Niantic and 8th Wall

Jul 29 2023 Jan Wöbbeking

Niantic and 8th Wall have added hand tracking to the 8th Wall AR Developer Toolkit. This allows developers to create AR applications that respond to hand and wrist movements. The new tools provide a dedicated hand model with 36 attachment points that conform to the user's shape. Real-time APIs can be used to integrate textures or video from the web.

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