Hand Tracking for Immersive Virtual Reality: Opportunities and Challenges

Gavin Buckingham
2021 Frontiers in Virtual Reality  
Hand tracking has become an integral feature of recent generations of immersive virtual reality head-mounted displays. With the widespread adoption of this feature, hardware engineers and software developers are faced with an exciting array of opportunities and a number of challenges, mostly in relation to the human user. In this article, I outline what I see as the main possibilities for hand tracking to add value to immersive virtual reality as well as some of the potential challenges in the
more » ... ontext of the psychology and neuroscience of the human user. It is hoped that this paper serves as a roadmap for the development of best practices in the field for the development of subsequent generations of hand tracking and virtual reality technologies.
doi:10.3389/frvir.2021.728461 fatcat:tpp2ihhppzeonkjcfmjh6faotq