Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Instead a ‘look-and-tap’ system relying on eye and hand-tracking is the core input method, and by all accounts ( including mine ) it works very well. The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Synapse creatively uses PSVR 2 eye tracking for a promising roguelike shooter. We felt like VR had been going upwards but relatively slowly since 2014-2015 and we really felt it taking off with Quest 2 ," says O’Luanaigh. Going hands-on with a preview build, we interviewed nDreams to learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2019

Do you know for instance that I have tried the Vive Pro Eye ? It is based in Taipei since 2014 and its purpose is letting people create high-quality content in a fast and effective way. The Vive Pro Eye is the latest enterprise product by HTC, that is a Vive Pro with embedded the eye tracking by Tobii.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2019

The company was seeking candidates with relevant experience at least as far back as 2014 , and has been actively building up AR functionality in its iOS products. SEE ALSO Apple's Latest VR Patent Describes a Compact VR Headset with Eye Tracking. It’s difficult to say, but another job listing makes #1 seem most likely.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

At the start of his talk, however, he also mentioned that he’d made some predictions back at the first Oculus Connect in 2014, which had largely come true. Prediction: Eye-tracking will play a big part in the future of VR. What he said: “Eye tracking will almost certainly be a part of the future of VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2019

Jason Rubin has been a key spokesman for Oculus since he joined the company in 2014. In May of 2018, Facebook teased the Rift ‘Half Dome’ prototype which included eye-tracking, a varifocal display, and a 140 degree field of view. Rift S | Image courtesy Oculus.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Meaning, that the only way we, as content creators, can produce the kind of content we desire, is to work to create the hardware or software solutions as we go.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products. This could enable Meta to generate a valuable income source and services for its XR hardware ecosystem, competing with Apple’s Vision Pro offerings.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

To prove his claims, he put on the tale the sales numbers of the Oculus devkits: “The original DK1, released in 2013 sold 70,000 units while the follow-up DK2 from 2014 sold 150,000”, he said. Some claimed it will be wireless, others claimed it will be wireless, with eye-tracking, high resolution, 200° FOV, and other cool stuff… all for $250.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

More info (Oculus Quest runtime v12 features) More info (Oculus Quest hands tracking update) More info (How to enable hands tracking on Quest) More info (List of Quest apps supporting hands tracking) More info (Hands tracking having issues with tattooed hands). Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 14, 2016

After launching Ultra family in 2014, and the UltraLite Family in early 2015 – Lattice just announced a new member of the iCE40 FPGA family. This also enables new ways of interaction with your mobile product in the future, such as eye tracking and more. ICE40 Ultra Plus delivers eight times more memory (1.1

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

We’ve been investing in it since 2014. I ended up at Valve Software running their hardware department, putting the team together that created the HTC Vive. As hardware and software mature, awareness is driven by wonderful things like Pokemon Go. They’ve stopped playing with toys, because it’s such a compelling medium.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. Making sure the hardware is simple, unobtrusive, and acts naturally and feels natural. Alan: Today’s guest is a good friend of mine, Bob Fine.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. Making sure the hardware is simple, unobtrusive, and acts naturally and feels natural. Alan: Today’s guest is a good friend of mine, Bob Fine.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched -- what I love -- VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. Bob: I know that's one of the main reasons why the automotive industry is one of the very early, big adopters and investors in the hardware and software.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). This really looks like a strategy to push the VR gaming ecosystem to the next level.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Eye tracking is off by default for privacy reasons, but if you enable it you can open a Fit Adjustment guide that measures your IPD and tells you to adjust the lenses to this value. I tried purposely setting my IPD wrong while eye tracking was activated and the guide often doesn’t appear. Performance & Tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2019

I really hope to have heard this before starting my entrepreneurial adventure in 2014. When I needed a Vive OG last year to play around with eye tracking , I bought a used one. Make sure you start from a place of stability , so that you can put in and stand the ups and the downs. Suzanne Borders.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We’ve been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays — you experience what it’s like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. Alan: What are you using for hardware?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We’ve been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays — you experience what it’s like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. Alan: What are you using for hardware?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

We've been creating VR experiences now for probably nearer to three years with the production company, starting back in 2014, but we started obviously with 360 video doing things for Thomson Holidays -- you experience what it's like to be on a cruise ship, or be on a plane. Alan: What are you using for hardware? Alan: VIVE Pro Eye.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

OpenBCI has been making open-source tools for neuroscience and biosensing since 2014. Galea is a hardware and software platform for bringing advanced biometrics to HMDs. Our current version includes sensors for EEG, EOG, EMG, PPG, and EDA, with the option to include image-based eye tracking as well.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. The hardware market won’t grow much, in my opinion. It was rumored until 2020… who knows if they are still building it… Hardware technology. Eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The event has not featured any important hardware announcement, because it was all focused on declaring the new shift of focus of Facebook. He stressed many times how he wants to empower creators, and how he wants to provide free tools for content creators and cheap hardware for the users. Are you ready?

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