Subj : Your Oculus Quest 2 just got better hand-tracking to boost your v To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Fri Jul 21 2023 12:00:04 Your Oculus Quest 2 just got better hand-tracking to boost your virtual boxing skills Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:49:38 +0000 Description: Meta adds improved hand-tracking, Facebook streaming, and smarter downloads in the latest Oculus Quest 2 update. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Meta has released the v56 update for the Meta Quest Pro and the Oculus Quest 2 , which introduces a bunch of upgrades for two of the best VR headsets out there. With the new Quest update Meta is rolling out Hand Tracking 2.2, which says aims to bring responsiveness more in line with what users experience with controllers. According to Meta, Hand Tracking 2.2 will reduce the latency experienced by a typical user by 40%, with a 75% latency reduction for fast hand movements. Meta recommends that you download the Move Fast demo app from App Lab to get a feel for what these improvements mean in practise. It looks like a simple fitness trainer in which you have to punch, chop and block incoming blocks while looking out over a lake decorated with cherry blossom trees. Meta has said we can expect more hand-tracking improvements when the Meta Quest 3 launches later this year. It's yet to be seen if these upgrades can keep up with the hand-tracking Apple is expected to launch with its Apple Vision Pro headset. Another important improvement is coming just for Meta Quest Pro owners. One of the premium headsets best upgrades over the Quest 2 is its display, which offers local dimming. This allows screens to achieve deeper black levels and improved contrast, something which can help a lot with immersion, as dark spaces actually look dark without it being impossible to see. However, local dimming isnt available in every app, so with v56 Meta is launching a Local dimming Experimental Setting (which can be found in the Experimental menu in your headsets Settings). The feature is off by default, but if you turn it on you should see the benefits of local dimming in a load more titles that is, unless a developer chooses to opt out. Just note that as with other experimental settings, you may find it isnt quite perfect or causes some problems. Quest 2 users aren't missing out on visual upgrades entirely though, as Meta recently announced that a Quest Super Resolution upscaling tool is coming to help developers make their games look and run better. This month Meta is also improving the accessibility of Quest titles by introducing button mapping and live captions. Live captions will appear in your Quest headsets Settings, under the Hearings section of the Accessibility menu. Once turned on youll see live subtitles while using the Meta Quest TV app, Explore, and the in-headset Quest Store. In the same Accessibility menu, go to the Mobility section and youll find an option to remap your Quest controllers you can swap any buttons you want on the handsets to create a completely custom layout. These accessibility settings wont revolutionize your headset overnight, but theyre a great first step. Hopefully, well see Meta introduce captioning to more apps and services, and perhaps itll launch custom-accessible controllers like the ones that Sony and Microsoft offer for their PS5 Access controller and the Xbox Adaptive Controller . New ways to stay connected Beyond these major upgrades, Meta is rolling out a handful of smaller improvements as part of update v56. First, when you leave your headset charging on standby between play sessions it can smartly wake up and install updates whenever it detects that your installed software is out of date. This should help to reduce instances of you going to play a game only to find that you need to wait for ages while your headset installs a patch. Second is the new Chats and Parties feature. Whenever you start a call in VR a chat thread is also connected with all of the call members, so you can keep in contact later; you can also now start a call from a chat thread (whether its a one-on-one chat or a group chat). Third, and finally, meta is making it easier to stream your VR gameplay to Facebook, and while you play youll be able to see a live chat, so you can keep in contact with your viewers. While the platform isnt many peoples first choice, it hopefully opens the door for easier real-time live streaming to more popular platforms like YouTube and Twitch. The Meta Quest 3 announcement is a slap in the face to Quest Pro owners ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/your-ocu lus-quest-2-just-got-better-hand-tracking-to-boost-your-virtual-boxing-skills --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .