“Similar to how the development of voice as an interface has prompted brands to emulate human conversation as naturally as possible, we need to make these experiences feel as intuitive as possible, as you’re using your real hands,” says Eichhorn. Here’s what the team learned in the process. Through creativity, you can use that to your advantage.”Įxploring the creative opportunities presented by the SDK, van het Kaar served as developer on a team of Monks experimenting with hand tracking to develop a working prototype that could take best advantage of the new interface. “So, if I appear to be putting my hand in a bucket of cold water in VR, I’ll get the placebo effect of it feeling cold. “One thing VR has shown through experience and research is that our eyes override our other senses,” he says. This illusion of reality is intriguing for Seth van het Kaar, Unity Monk at MediaMonks. “Tangibility in digital has always been equated to a click of a mouse or key, but now it’s becoming even more of a physical thing, more like a real experience,” says Geert Eichhorn, Innovation Director at MediaMonks.

While the update isn’t meant to replace controllers outright, it enhances users’ sense of presence within the virtual space by blurring the barriers between real and virtual even further, presenting new creative opportunities for brands that are eager to offer assistive content in the emergent medium.

Last month, the Oculus released its Hand Tracking SDK for the Oculus Quest, allowing people to use their hands to navigate through menus and applications supporting the new SDK.

For some experiences, the controller presents a disconnect between what people feel in their hands versus see on the screen-at least until recently. But until recently, most interaction in mainstream VR headsets has still been limited to using a controller. Engrossed in virtual reality, you’re surrounded by digital, fantastic objects, each begging for you to reach out and touch.

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