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MARCH 30, 2023

It was said Apple CEO Tim Cook was a leading force in pushing the device’s launch this year, something that’s reportedly been a source of tension between the Apple chief and the industrial design team since the company began efforts in 2016. No 3.5mm and possible no support for non-AirPod BT headphones.

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MARCH 13, 2023

The report maintains Apple CEO Tim Cook is the principal force pushing the device’s launch forward this year, which has apparently been a source of tension since as far back as early 2016. No 3.5mm and possible no support for non-AirPod BT headphones.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Notably, the headset doesn’t include the requiste SteamVR tracking base stations or SteamVR-compatible controllers like the Valve Index controller or HTC Vive wand—you’ll have to purchase those separately. Controllers SteamVR controllers (ex. Full-Body Tracking SteamVR trackers (ex. Not included.

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MAY 11, 2020

base stations, two ‘wand’ style controllers, and all the necessary cabling to get you into PC VR. First launched back in 2018, Vive Pro is now being discontinued in favor of the newer Vive Pro Eye, a version of the headset with integrated Tobii eye-tracking.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

HoloLens 2 also brings hand-tracking which goes much further than the coarse gesture control in the original headset. Now with full hand-tracking, users can interact much more directly with applications by touching, poking, and sliding controls directly rather than using abstract gestures. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

It introduces new features never before shipped, and its visionOS fuses eye tracking and hand tracking for intuitive input with a unique take on the spectrum of immersion. Hand Tracking Apple describes the hand tracking quality as "so precise, it completely frees up your hands from needing clumsy hardware controllers."

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. Here’s the key info claimed in the report: 4.1MP (2,000 × 2,040) per-eye resolution.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

When I attended the Experiential Technology Conference in May 2016, I heard from a number of commercial off-the-shelf brain-control interface manufacturers that their systems would not natively work with VR headsets because there are some critical portions on the head that are occluded by VR headset straps.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

With leading high-end VR headsets debuting in 2016, we’ve had about two years to see what the first-generation VR experience looks like. Half Dome introduces a much larger 140 degree field of view (to the Rift’s ~100 degree) along with a varifocal display and eye-tracking. Image courtesy Facebook. Valve Knuckles.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Moving on to graphics, Abrash’s key prediction in 2016 was that foveated rendering would be a core technology within five years. Foveated rendering ties closely with eye tracking, the technology that Abrash thought was the most risky of his predictions in 2016. Controllers & Input. Foveated Rendering.

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JULY 3, 2023

If you're unaware, Luckey founded Oculus VR in 2012 to launch the Kickstarter campaign that would eventually lead to the consumer Oculus Rift in 2016, after two publicly sold development kits. Did you even know that Quest Pro had eye tracking?" Quest Pro came out like, "Hey, we have eye tracking, we have face tracking.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds. It debuted in 2012 and later, became the world’s first consumer-ready headset in 2016.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

PSVR 2 System Pricing & Overall Package For a launch price of $550, PSVR 2 offers some impressive specifications: an OLED display; eye-tracking; adaptive triggers; haptic feedback in both the controllers and headset; and more. Let’s have a look. Overall, it’s a familiar design.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Launched in 2016 for PS4, Sony last reported that PSVR sold 5 million units as of December 31, 2019 and, unsurprisingly, chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki believes its new PS5-powered headset can exceed this. PSVR 2 arguably targets the higher end VR market from 2023, with features like eye-tracking support and advanced haptic feedback.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The improved headset is pitched as an upgrade for current Vive owners, as it works with the original controllers and base stations. It is still not known exactly when the improved controllers and SteamVR 2.0 At the same time, the original Vive package has dropped by $100. No presence from LG at GDC. image by Road to VR. Nvidia RTX.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Pico is no newcomer to VR – it revealed its first headset in 2016. But it brings a range of significant improvements over its predecessor: a slimmer & lighter design, higher resolution, wider field of view, color passthrough, precise motorized lens separation, and redesigned controllers. Enterprise Version.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The new technology converts the entire M2 vehicle as a controller for the MR system, using cutting-edge immersive solutions from Helsinki’s Varjo Technologies to merge the real and virtual worlds. The setup also taps a gaming PC to power Varjo’s VR kit, including a tracking bar for following the driver’s position.

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MAY 27, 2019

SEE ALSO Sony Hints Next-gen PSVR Could Bring HDR, Wireless, Eye-tracking & More. The original PSVR headset launched in late 2016, a whole three years after the launch of PS4 (but ahead of the launch of PS4 Pro). And while Sony has racked up an impressive 4.2

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Instagram-ready) cameras, and possibly eye-tracking too. 2022+: Privacy Controls. Facebook will add privacy controls for any glasses they ship with cameras or automatic audio recording. The goal is not to overly control us against our will. 2023+: Eye Tracking and beyond. 2024+: More BCI.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 6, 2019

HTC had the hottest VR headset out of the gate in 2016, but the thinning margins on consumer hardware thanks to Oculus have pushed them into the enterprise business. base stations and Vive controllers for $1,599. The only difference over the previous-generation Vive Pro (with a $1,399 bundle price) is the eye-tracking capabilities.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

It’s trying to do a ton—eye-tracking, hand-tracking, 6DoF controllers, real-time meshing and a number of other features that haven’t been seen in a mobile MR device before. The Magic Leap One consists of three elements: a light-pack, a headset and a controller?—?all Meet the trio | Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

The author of the much-appreciated XR Caliper controllers and of many tricks to improve the ergonomics of the Valve Index has just tested for me the Pimax Sword controllers , writing the most detailed review about them you will ever find on the web. Pimax Sword Controllers – review by Rob Cole for Skarredghost. Rob Cole is back.

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JULY 19, 2016

Superdata, a market research company, continues to downgrade its 2016 virtual reality sales projections ; beginning the year at $5.1 Here’s some market data that does exist, all of which is relevant to 2016: According to Develop , 80% of consumers are unaware of VR. VR Consumption, 2016. million units in 2016.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Controlling a fleet from outside the cockpit, it arrives on PC VR on January 31. “It all started in a parking lot in Atlanta, early 2016. “Within 48 hours after sending early access keys, we had completely revamped every control, added recenter options, and new controller graphics. ” .”

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

We went hands-on with PSVR 2 recently and were impressed by its considerable leaps forward over the first generation device from 2016. Eye-tracking, for instance, could assist with the gravity gloves by making the targeting of those objects more accurate.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2022

Comparing PSVR vs. PSVR 2 specs side-by-side shows us how much has changed since Sony’s first consumer headset released in 2016. The original PSVR was released about six months after the first major consumer VR headsets—HTC Vive and Oculus Rift—hit the market back in 2016. PSVR 2 Sense controllers (rechargable), eye-tracking.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

The Maestro demo on Vive XR Elite showed a mix of hand and controller tracking. One hand pointed to sections of the orchestra as the controller in my other hand turned into a chopstick for making Beat Saber-like swipes in the air. I much preferred Vive XR Elite’s mixed reality passthrough view.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. In addition, setup pointers may be added to controllers in order to manage UI elements through attention and pointer events.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

That horrible mess of wires, dated PS Move controllers and dwindling support saw me retire it after Moss: Book 2. The OLED display looks great, we've seen great uses for eye-tracking, while adaptive triggers and haptic feedback support take immersion a step further. But, much like anything else, my interest slowly moved on.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

The last feature is the one that makes me happier, because it shows that Meta is doing its best to add more parental control tools for the Quest and solve its “kids issue”. Thanks to the leak reported by around ten insiders, the online magazine has been able to cast a light on some unknown details about the headset.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. 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 15, 2020

Mallinson also hinted that Sony is researching features like HDR, wireless, and eye-tracking for PSVR 2. The original PSVR headset launched in late 2016, a whole three years after the launch of PS4. SEE ALSO 5 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold, Sony Announces.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First launched in 2016, the HoloLens became one of the early entrants in the mixed reality (MR) headsets segment and the first to run the Windows MR platform. Along with its 8MP camera, it also features improved eye-tracking for better human-computer interfacing (HCI) and biometric security. Processor and memory. Field of view.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

First launched in 2016, the HoloLens became one of the early entrants in the mixed reality (MR) headsets segment and the first to run the Windows MR platform. Along with its 8MP camera, it also features improved eye-tracking for better human-computer interfacing (HCI) and biometric security.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With PSVR 2, Sony is not just improving on the prior headset, it’s also raising some bars for consumer headsets overall as the first device in its class to bring eye-tracking, HDR, and new haptic capabilities to the market. Continue on Page 2: Audio, Tracking & Controllers, Haptics » Read on to find out.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

But while we were great on the technical side, we weren’t good at doing business and marketing (I only started my blog in summer 2016 ), so in 2017 we closed the curtain on our crazy adventure. From left to right: the Lightpack, the Lightwear and the Control (Image by Magic Leap). Controller. Appearance and design.

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