Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Here’s the full list of VR hardware currently on sale: VIVE Cosmos Elite Kit — $650 (reg. 1,440 x 1,700 pixels per eye LCD at 90Hz. VIVE Pro Eye Full Kit — $1,100 (reg. 1,440 x 1,600 pixels per eye AMOLED at 90Hz. Built-in Tobii eye tracking. VIVE Pro Eye Office Headset — $800 (reg. PC Required.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2023

Takahashi reveals that detailed discussions on the company’s next-gen PSVR began in earnest after the launch of the original in 2016. Room-scale & Eye-tracking Tech Various prototypes were created and tested before integration including both inside-out and outside-in tracking methods.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2022

The trademark for realityOS, which is supposed to be used with “wearable computer hardware”, wasn’t filed by Apple directly. Earlier this month, a report from The Information alleged that Apple showed off a host of AR/VR prototypes to its board as far back as 2016. N301 could cost around $3,000.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2021

PlayStation VR Worlds (2016). Although just a rumor at this point, the next-gen hardware is reportedly packing some pretty impressive specs like eye-tracking, inside-out positional tracking, and resolutions reported to be 2,000 × 2,040 pixels per-eye. Rec Room (2017). Beat Saber (2018).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2017

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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Road to VR

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. Prescription Lenses : Magnetically attachable custom prescription lenses for glasses-wearers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. It debuted in 2012 and later, became the world’s first consumer-ready headset in 2016. Currently, the VR market is expected to grow from $6.3 billion USD in 2021 to $84.09

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The reasoning: Bigscreen founder and CEO Darshan Shankar says the VR software studio wanted to build “the VR headset we wanted for ourselves.” “Today’s leading VR headsets have doubled in weight compared to headsets from 2016. We built Beyond because we felt VR was too heavy, bulky, and uncomfortable,” Shankar says.

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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 18, 2022

The report (via 9to5Mac ) details some anecdotes reaching back as far as 2016, when the company allegedly first showed off a number of AR and VR prototypes to industry leaders and Apple elite. N301 may pack a dozen cameras for room-scale tracking, hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and passthrough AR.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

It’s also difficult to say how a hardware-based solution will stand up to everyday use since it requires lenses to physically move every time your eye shifts position. Prediction 2016 by Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash at Oculus Connect 3. Comparative matrix. Effective resolution. Field of view. Field of view.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vision Pro isn’t exactly revolutionizing XR hardware (though the external display is pretty cool), but its real advantage stands to be a mature software platform that’s easy to use and easy to develop for. Less than 6 months after it launched, Quest Pro’s price was considerably and permanently reduced to $1,000.

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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. Foveated Rendering.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Considering the timing and scope of London Studio’s work, we expect the title will target next-gen PSVR 2 and PS5 hardware. The studio was responsible for the PSVR launch title PlayStation VR Worlds (2016) , a collection of mini-games which remains today one of the best introductions to the possibilities of VR gaming.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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. Software sells hardware, and it's hard to have faith in a platform with no clear roadmap. Every gaming platform needs a steady stream of titles to keep players invested.

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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.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Epic Games have detailed Unreal Engine’s support for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition on their blog, which confirms some significant hardware features of the device, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and room scanning. Nvidia RTX. Stealth game ‘Budget Cuts’ resurfaces.

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VRScout

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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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. Is it actually worth the trade-offs? Let’s have a look. Overall, it’s a familiar design.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Pico is no newcomer to VR – it revealed its first headset in 2016. This is a significant claim, so we’ll be testing it as soon as we can get our hands on this hardware. A version with eye tracking and face tracking sensors will launch to Chinese consumers as Pico 4 Pro. Just Dance VR Exclusive.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2020

PlayStation 5 is a Huge Hardware Upgrade for PSVR. But it’s clear that hardware improvements would allow developers to create more visually ambitious games for the system. Mallinson also hinted that Sony is researching features like HDR, wireless, and eye-tracking for PSVR 2. Image courtesy Sony.

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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. The only difference over the previous-generation Vive Pro (with a $1,399 bundle price) is the eye-tracking capabilities.

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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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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2021

Instagram-ready) cameras, and possibly eye-tracking too. And that means they’ll collect a ton of user data now, using machine learning to inform more optimized hardware for actual consumers later. 2023+: Eye Tracking and beyond. If the first glasses don’t have eye-tracking, expect it to follow within a year or two.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Abrash’s 2021 predictions for VR, presented at Oculus Connect 3 in 2016. VR is a demanding process and it’s on GPU manufacturers to provide hardware for consumers that provide believable experiences not just in visual fidelity but also framerate and performance. So what exactly did Abrash predict? Was he right?: Absolutely.

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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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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. Both features ignite imaginations with how they could be implemented on Sony’s hardware. Theoretically, players would less frequently pull the wrong object toward themselves.

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Road to VR

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. Part 1: The Hardware. Magic Leap One’s display is great, but a bit less crisp and legible than 2016’s HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. Happy anniversary , Pimax!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Pokemon: Go debuted in 2016, and it was massively successful at delivering an AR immersive experience at scale. Social media applications like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok push AR content via simple face-tracking graphics and games. For mobile XR hardware, movement and mobility are vital. A Guide to AR Reviews.

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JULY 29, 2016

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Since the hardware is almost ready, the company is now ramping up the development of the actual rOS (Reality OS) operating system, for the launch that may happen in 2023. 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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Not only must a company understand the hardware, but enterprise clients must also understand the behavioural aspects of their workforce as they adopt immersive solutions. The company launched in 2015 and released its first product in 2016 – focusing on spatial analytic services.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

While the web is perennially rife with speculation about Apple’s plans to develop a hardware device in the AR/VR space, a somewhat under-the-radar story out of Taiwan may shed a bit more light on the company’s plans. Quanta’s CEO also hinted at a possible price point — under US $1000.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Most attempts to answer it fall back on technical aspects, such as stereoscopy, head tracking, etc., In fact, last summer, I gave a 25 minute talk about this exact topic at the 2016 VRLA Summer Expo. 4:36 — Handling user movement, or: why head tracking is necessary. 13:26 — Configuration parameter: eye relief.

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