Meta’s VR hand monitoring has come a great distance in two years. The firm has upgraded its Presence Platform hand monitoring assist for Quest headset apps to permit significantly extra pure gestures, significantly these involving hand-over-hand interactions. You can now clap your arms, present a truer-to-life thumbs-up and ship high-fives — you’ll be able to present your appreciation with out reaching on your controllers.

The replace additionally offers extra constant monitoring, together with for quick actions like waving. Meta chalked up the enhancements to new AI-based approaches, together with deep studying that is higher at understanding your hand poses when the cameras have solely a restricted view.

It will take some time earlier than Quest apps can take full benefit of the improved hand monitoring, though Meta is promising comparatively little work. However, it is easy to see the sensible enhancements. Many VR apps ask you to keep away from sure gestures. After this improve, although, you need to use your arms extra such as you would in actual life. Don’t be shocked when you see extra apps and video games that allow you to go controller-free.