Touch the Future—YVR Hand Tracking at WAIC
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June 2024
July 6: the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) opened at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Leading VR brand PFDM YVR returned to WAIC—showing hard tech and future scenarios for “metaverse + AI” to experts, scholars, and visitors.
YVR demonstrated self-developed hand tracking—natural, realistic, imaginative spatial interaction. Born in Shanghai, PFDM YVR empowers China’s digital economy and advances global 3D information technology.
Visitors tried a beta hand-interaction VR game: on YVR 2, no controllers—hands click, drag, and swipe, even in-game bare-handed—scenes from sci-fi came alive at the YVR booth to strong praise.
“Playing with hand tracking feels like magic—no tools, just ‘air’ interaction with the virtual world. I felt merged into the scene; natural interaction like the real world brought immersion I’d never felt.”
The game will soon launch on the YVR store—combining gameplay and gestures for new spatial interaction—touching the future with your hands.
Hand tracking is a major trend for spatial interaction—natural, intuitive, effective—and draws attention from Apple and others. On June 9, YVR shipped hand tracking—among the few domestic brands with self-developed algorithms, leading in accuracy, stability, and smoothness.
“The hand is our primary interface—irreplaceable for immersion in spatial interaction,” said Zhu Ran, CMO of PFDM YVR. “Hand tracking brings native, immersive 3D interaction and merges virtual and real. We will expand gesture use in more scenarios.”
As AI and VR converge, PFDM YVR’s hand tracking uses AI trained on vast image and 3D data—2D detection and 3D keypoints—plus kinematic optimization for 22 joints and 26 DoF, with tuning for fast response and stable 3D pose in complex environments.
YVR launched self-developed hand tracking in the same window as Apple Vision Pro; in just three years since its founding it released two landmark VR headsets; it beat Meta to mass production of a Pancake ultra-short-focus optical all-in-one; and it shipped China’s first system-level anti-motion-sickness feature and first multi-map memory…
PFDM YVR is among the few full-stack independent teams in China—continuous self-developed breakthroughs and local leadership. ~70% R&D across industrial design, optics, hardware, software, and algorithms—with world-class CV and deep learning.
“The metaverse is a 3D information revolution,” Zhu Ran said. “PFDM YVR wants complete, user-driven, transformative spatial experiences—to change how people access information.”
PFDM YVR will stay open and long-term—building a responsible Chinese tech brand and advancing 3D technology to merge virtual and real.
Self-developed hand tracking
Shipped alongside Apple Vision Pro
Artificial intelligence
Precise recognition of 22 joints and 26 DoF hand motion