Hand tracking added to AR toolkit from Niantic and 8th Wall
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.
Sales of Playstation 5 pass the 40 million unit mark
Sony has reason to celebrate. The Playstation 5 has sold more than 40 million units worldwide since its launch in November 2020 through July 16, 2023. Despite initial supply shortages due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Sony says it now has sufficient inventory. The PS4 reached this mark a few weeks earlier. More than 2,500 games have been released for the PS5. The store currently lists 90 VR games for the console's PSVR 2 headset (600,000 units sold by May 2023).
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