Road to VR
JANUARY 5, 2017
Eye-tracking is oft called the ‘next generation technology’ for VR headsets—lest we forget FOVE , the creators of the world’s first commercially available eye-tracking VR headset, the aptly named FOVE 0. The company has recently announced that they’ll begin shipping FOVE 0 around the world starting January 2017.
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NOVEMBER 2, 2016
When the UK-based VR studio, Rewind, asked me if I wanted to come and see a demo of its eye-tracking tech demo for the upcoming FOVE 0 headset, I was intrigued. At this point it’s important to note I’m not here to assess the FOVE itself; we’ll be doing that later on. So how did this unexpected partnership come about?
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VRScout
JANUARY 1, 2017
In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 This will give headset startups in China and abroad (like Japan’s FOVE) enough space to see if an innovative indie product can hold its own against the big leagues—particularly in a competitive market like China.
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
In January of 2017, FOVE, a Japanese VR startup, released the first eye-tracking VR headset. Now that FOVE has released the first eye-tracking VR headset, we might expect these functionalities will soon come standard in a range of products—from affordable smartphone headsets to high-end systems. “The Industry Is Changing.
AllThingsVR
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Kojima founded her startup in May 2014, soon after Facebook unveiled its $2 billion acquisition of VR headset maker Oculus. Fove ran a Kickstarter campaign, raising $500,000, and eventually got $13 million in financing from investors including Samsung Electronics Co., Qualcomm Inc. game maker Colopl Inc., founder Masayoshi Son.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
The team has also been working closely as an approved content provider for Oculus (Rift), Valve (Vive), Samsung (Gear VR) and Fove, plus building release VR demos for Autodesk, AMD and The Foundry. He was tech lead on the BAFTA-award-winning Monument Valley (2014) and co-directed Gear VR hit Land’s End (2015).
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. Fove has created an eye-tracking headset, which other headset manufacturers may seek to include in future iterations. Since then, we have seen a movement.
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