Meta is improving Quest hand tracking so you can touch buttons and type on virtual keyboards

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The Verge’s Adi Robertson wearing a Meta Quest Pro headset while sitting in a chair.
I gotta work on my virtual WPM. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Hand tracking on Meta’s Quest VR headsets is about to get better. With the new v50 update, you’ll be able to “touch” things like menu buttons or virtual keyboards with just your hands, meaning it will be easier than before to use your hands for certain functions instead of relying on the Quest controllers or a pinch gesture.

When Meta first rolled out hand tracking to its Quest headsets in late 2019, you had to pinch to “select” something, meaning you’d pinch to scroll through text or to click a button. But the new hand-tracking features will be available as an experimental setting Meta calls “Direct Touch.” “Direct Touch is a major improvement to our hand tracking technology, offering a more intuitive and engaging way to interact with...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/21/23609001/meta-quest-pro-hand-tracking-direct-touch-v50

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