Pimax Integrates Ultraleap Hand Tracking in Next Gen VR Headsets

26th February 2020 – Pimax, a leading innovator in immersive virtual reality (VR) hardware, today announced it has signed an agreement to offer Ultraleap hand tracking for its whole VR headset range.

This is Ultraleap’s first official accessory integration within a consumer market VR headset, which will enable more people to have more intuitive interactions and immersive VR experiences with the games they love.

The hand tracking module, powered by Ultraleap, will be compatible for Pimax’s latest VISION 8K X and VISION 8K PLUS headsets, as well as our whole headset collection. 

 

Kevin Henderson, COO of Pimax, said: "We’ve been working with the Ultraleap team for some time now and we are so excited to be able to officially bring this amazing technology to the gaming and immersive computing community. As the most advanced hand tracking available, we can’t wait to see our supporters play around with this addition and finally have the power of natural interaction for all of their VR experiences. Final production arrangements are well underway and we expect to make these modules available to the Pimax community in Q2 2020.”

 

*Pimax Hand Tracking Module powered by Ultraleap

 

Steve Cliffe, CEO of Ultraleap, said: “Using our hands, as we do in the physical world, is a fundamental element needed as we interact with the digital world. What’s so important about this agreement is that it means even more people will be able to experience the magic of hand tracking.”

 

The Pimax hand tracking accessory integrates Ultraleap’s latest hand tracking hardware and seamlessly attaches to Pimax headsets. Specifications include a stereoscopic IR camera that creates an interaction zone of up to 100cm (40”) range, extending from the device in a 160×160° field of view (approximately 74 cubic feet or 2.1 cubic meters of interactive space). In conjunction with Ultraleap's hand tracking software platform, this creates a seamless plug and play solution.

 

*Pimax Vision 8K X

 

Pimax is dedicated to providing PC VR devices with high resolution and large 200°(D)/170°(H)/115°(V) field of view to consumers. Our latest VISION 8K X in VISION Series VR headsets is the world’s first native resolution 8K VR headsets (dual native 4K resolution) and offers industry leading levels of immersion. In addition Pimax has a large customer base of previous headsets which include the Pimax 5K PLUS, 5K XR (OLED) and 8K headsets all of which can seamlessly be used with Ultraleap’s hand tracking accessory. 

Ultraleap’s world-leading hand tracking technology has been developed over 10 years using artificial intelligence. The technology is applicable to a wide range of industries, including extended reality, automotive, digital signage, industrial automation, consumer electronics and location-based entertainment, to bring natural interaction between people and technology.  

More details on availability will be available soon on Pimax's website.

 

 

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About Ultraleap
Ultraleap is the new single brand formed after Leap Motion joined Ultrahaptics in 2019. The combination of the two leaders and a strong portfolio of research-based IP are now focused on facilitating engaging, natural, 3D (spatial) interaction between people and technology.  This fast-growth company employs more than 150 people across UK, US and Asia. It has become the first to offer the full vertical stack of software and hardware to enable immersive virtual touch controls for the automotive, advertising, industrial, immersive entertainment and enterprise sectors.

 

About Pimax

The Pimax team is a group of engineers and VR enthusiasts. We are obsessed with the beauty of mathematics and innovations. For example, the founder’s favourite equation is the Euler's Identity e^(πi)+1=0. Pimax was dreamed up in Shanghai and Silicon Valley. We are a group of developers that have decades of experience in smart devices, including many years of experience in VR headset R&D and manufacturing. We are addicted gamers.

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