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How Eye Tracking is Driving the Next Generation of AR and VR

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AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. How Eye Tracking Supports Immersion.

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Oculus Acquires The Eye Tribe, Eye-Tracking Startup

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Facebook looks to up the Oculus ante by investing in eye-tracking technology. With 2016 coming to a close, it’s time to start looking toward the state of virtual reality in 2017. The post Oculus Acquires The Eye Tribe, Eye-Tracking Startup appeared first on VRScout. Or year of look?

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Oculus Chief Scientist Dives Deep Into the Near Future of AR & VR

Road to VR

SEE ALSO Google & LG Detail Next-Gen 1,443 PPI OLED VR Display, 'especially ideal for standalone AR/VR'. Moving on to graphics, Abrash’s key prediction in 2016 was that foveated rendering would be a core technology within five years. Foveated Rendering.

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Google’s VR/AR Team Seeks New Hire to “drive multiple hardware projects simultaneously from prototype to mass production”

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A flurry of new job postings suggests Google is ramping up a team to create new consumer VR/AR hardware that goes beyond their Daydream View headset. Google announced the Daydream View headset in late 2016 amidst a new initiative that saw the company making a strong commitment to designing, building, and selling its own hardware products.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.23): New info on Apple glasses, Qualcomm glasses go wireless, and more!

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Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones. This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality.

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Meta and the next 24 months crucial for its leadership

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Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Google Glass v2. Let me show you what are some of them.

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GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More

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The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Since then, the project has remained quiet, and there is no sign of the headset this year. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Nvidia RTX. Photo: Remedy Entertainment.