Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2020

StarVR One, the ultra-wide field of view (FOV) VR headset, has traveled a long and winding path on its way to launch since it was first announced in late 2018 that developers and enterprise would be able to apply for hardware. Eye-tracking – Fully integrated Tobii eye-tracking, including Dynamic Foveated Rendering.

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MARCH 20, 2018

Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day one’ of our GDC 2018 coverage. 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. Vive Pro headset launches April 5th for $800, original Vive drops to $500. Image courtesy HTC. Nvidia RTX.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The post GDC 2018: Talk on Creating Games for Magic Leap One, Live Blog @3PM PDT appeared first on Road to VR. The talk is taking place today at 3PM PDT ( local time here ), and will go for approximately an hour and half.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Developed by Stonebrick Studios, cyubeVR is an open-world procedurally generated sandbox that launched in 2018 on Steam Early Access. You can watch gameplay below: After the 57th update to the Steam version, Stonebrick says the PSVR 2 version uses 8K textures through Unreal Engine and eye-tracking support for foveated rendering.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

Launched today at SIGGRAPH 2018 , StarVR One is a one-of-its-kind VR head mounted display that provides nearly 100-percent human viewing angle. StarVR One seamlessly integrates Tobii’s industry-leading eye tracking technology. StarVR One features key technology innovations critical to redefine what’s possible in virtual reality.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Here’s a roundup of news from the third day of our GDC 2018 coverage. Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2018

At Nvidia’s GTC 2018 conference, researchers from Nvidia, Adobe, and Stony Brook University showed off a new system for redirected walking. Saccades refer to rapid eye movements, and saccadic suppression refers to the period of blindness we experience when this happens, which can be counted in milliseconds.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

Qualcomm’s 845 VRDK and its companion SDK, which includes support for 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking, eye tracking, foveated rendering and a room-scale boundary system, are expected to ship to OEMs in Q2 2018. Two monochromatic VGA global shutter cameras for eye tracking.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

At a sponsored GDC 2018 session, the still mysterious augmented reality company Magic Leap has revealed how their prototype hardware has evolved from 2014 to present day. SEE ALSO Magic Leap Launches Developer SDK, Confirms Eye-tracking, Room-scanning, and More. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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MAY 2, 2018

Among the projects mentioned is the ‘Half Dome’ prototype, a Rift-like headset with a 140 degree field of view, varifocal displays, and what appears to be eye-tracking. The wide field of view appears to be thanks to new Fresnel lenses, and the appearance of eye-tracking technology on the headset may also play a role.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. — Daniel O'Brien (@obriend17) February 26, 2018. The company plans for the future to use eye tracking plus some opto-mechanic device to move this high-resolution area so that to follow your eyes. Who wants to go on a balloon ride?

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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2022

We first received word of a potential mixed reality headset in development at Apple back in 2018.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The highly anticipated shooter from First Contact Entertainment uses key new PSVR 2 features like eye tracking toward the goal of developing a more refined tactical game than its 2018 predecessor, Firewall Zero Hour. Firewall Ultra is out now exclusively for PlayStation VR2 headsets.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2020

HTC’s Vive Pro, which the company first launched back in 2018, is being discontinued in favor of the newer Vive Pro Eye, which is effectively the same headset but with eye-tracking. Same goes for the included SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations which offer more value than 1.0

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. SEE ALSO OpenXR Now Certifying Headset & App Compliance, Adds Extensions for Hand-tracking & Eye-tracking.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The experience of this isn’t the same in the VR headsets of today however since the light is coming from a fixed source, sending your eyes into overdrive to resolve near-field images. SEE ALSO Eye-tracking is a Game Changer for VR That Goes Far Beyond Foveated Rendering. Enter DeepFocus.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Beat Saber (2018). 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). PlayStation VR Worlds (2016).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

” It has taken place in LA in October, 9-10th 2018 and has been attended by various believers, innovators, developers and journalists. — The Digital Acid (@thedigitalacid) October 11, 2018. — Magic Leap Developers (@magicleapdevs) October 10, 2018. — Andre Elijah (@AndreElijah) October 13, 2018.

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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

MAY 13, 2017

A wireless solution , rigid headstrap with integrated audio , additional tracking devices , and even eye tracking and corrective lenses are all becoming available for the first generation Vive, which can add several hundred dollars to the price. Later on in 2018, wireless will be an expected feature.”. That is an add-on.

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MARCH 28, 2018

At NVIDIA’s GTC 2018 conference this week, researchers Anjul Patney and Qi Sun presented their saccade-driven redirected walking system for dynamic room-scale VR. An eye undertaking regular saccades. A VR backpack allows a user at GTC 2018 to move through the saccadic redirected walking demo without a tether.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2020

Launched in late 2018, Firefox Reality is a made-for-VR web browser that includes the ability to sync your Firefox Account, send tabs, sync history and bookmarks, and easily browse a curated selection of WebVR content. SEE ALSO Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2018

When I wrote my post about CES 2018 , I briefly talked about a headset called LooxidVR, able to “read the emotions” of the user by employing a combination of EEG sensors and eye tracking. LooxidVR enables them to collect the user’s eye and brain data simultaneously during a VR experience.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

This represents a 64 percent increase over the number of patents granted to the company in 2018 however, which consequently bumped the company up the rankings by an astounding 22 places. 2018 Grants. Here’s a quick look at the top ten in comparison to Facebook, courtesy of Fairview Research: Organization. 2019 Grants.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2020

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. The deal is also available through online retailers such as Scan, Overclockers, Curry’s PC World, Ebuyer, Box.co.uk, and Amazon.

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VRScout

JUNE 20, 2019

While we’ve received no official word on its appearance, we’re keeping our hopes up for more information concerning the companies mysterious varifocal half-dome prototype headset teased during SID Display Week 2018. The headset supposedly features an impressive 140-degree field-of-view, native eye-tracking, and varifocal optics.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Some of these freebies however could easily fetch the interest of their own dedicated Kickstarter campaigns (some even have already, including VR Lens Lab , VR Cover Facial Interfaces , and FOVE eye-tracking headset ), so it remains to be seen exactly how Pimax intends on delivering some of their more complex add-ons. cooling fan.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

The CES is going to start tomorrow, but today HTC has already made its great announcements, showing to the world the upcoming new hardware Vive Pro Eye, Vive Cosmos and software solutions Viveport Infinity and Vive Reality system. Do you want to know what I am talking about?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

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. The headset is also equipped with eye-tracking. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In 2018 it partnered with Google on the $400 Mirage Solo , the first standalone headset with positional tracking launched outside China – though it was overshadowed by Facebook’s $200 rotation-only Oculus Go. Lenovo has a relatively long history in VR.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 9, 2018

Tech startup Looxid Labs announced this week that it was awarded a Best of Innovation Award in CES 2018’s Virtual Reality category for its LooxidVR headset. LooxidVR is a mobile-based VR headset, similar in design to Samsung’s Gear VR and Google Daydream View , with the added features of having embedded EEG sensors and eye-tracking cameras.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The company says its Beta Prototypes will be shipping to new and existing partners during Q1 2018. Urho Konttori, CEO and founder of Varjo Technologies says the company plans on launching “a profoundly revolutionary VR/XR headset by the end of 2018.”. image courtesy Varjo. The post Varjo Secures $6.7M

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

The enterprise-focused device all but disappeared in 2018 but has now reemerged and available for purchase, in Japan and Taiwan. Everything came to an abrupt stop at the end of 2018 when Starbreeze Studios got into financial difficulties due to the poor sales of Overkill’s The Walking Dead. Fully integrated Tobii eye tracking.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

In 2018, Pimax released the award-winning Pimax 5K, followed by the 8K in the same year. Pimax is celebrating 8 years of innovating in VR, with a special discount on its full inventory. The 8K pushed a massive 200° FOV at 7,680 × 2,160 resolution, first upscaled then native with the 8KX in 2019.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Using HoloCake, using multi-view eye tracking, using reverse passthrough, with hardware components that exist, we believe this headset which we call Mirror Lake, which is just a rendering here, is actually achievable." 0:00 / 0:12 1× The Mirror Lake concept was shown off by Meta last year.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

per eye at 90Hz or 2.7K per eye at 120Hz for the base XR2 Gen 2. Finally, the chip includes support for up to 12 concurrent cameras, up from 10 on the base XR2 Gen 2, to enable headsets with a plethora of face and eye tracking sensors. That compares to up to 3.1K

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