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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

Virtual reality has figured prominently at the event in recent years of course, quickly rising to become one of the shows hottest technologies. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company. The OSVR HDK Headset.

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Oculus acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye TribeThe direction.

AllThingsVR

Oculus acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus’ latest buy, The Eye Tribe. The company says the ITU Gaze Tracker they helped create has become the most popular open source eye tracking software.

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Google buys Eyefluence, an eye-tracking startupGoogle wanst to.

AllThingsVR

Google buys Eyefluence, an eye-tracking startup Google wanst to know everywhere that you’re looking. The eye-tracking interface startup founded in 2013 had raised $21.6M Today, Eyefluence announced that it has been acquired by Google.

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Funding Roundup: Google Acquires Eyefluence, Oblong Industries.

AllThingsVR

Google buys Eyefluence , a company that specializes in turning eye movements into virtual actions, to boost its VR hardware. The eye-tracking interface startup founded in 2013 had raised $21.6M million from Intel Capital and others to create virtual reality solutions for retailers and manufacturers.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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Building the Metaverse at Internet-Scale with ‘High Fidelity’

Road to VR

Philip Rosedale has been working with virtual worlds for a long time, having founded Second Life back nearly 13 years ago in 2003. He co-founded High Fidelity in 2013, and he previously told me that he wanted to fix a lot of the things that were holding Second Life back. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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Orbital Strike VR Arrives On January 31 For PC VR

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” As for Orbital Strike VR, Gunderman calls its story a continuation of his 2013 mobile MMO twin-stick shooter, Embersol: Mercenaries. ” Gunderman also expressed interest in PSVR 2 eye tracking and cross-play support. We kept up with updates for about a year and a half before we called it quits. ”

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