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HTC announces Vive Pro Eye and Vive Cosmos at CES 2019

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But if we compare it with the other premium headsets on the market (like XTAL, StarVR or Varjo ), we notice that it lacks a very important feature: eye tracking. It will launch in the second quarter of 2019 as a separate headset from all the ones that HTC has already on the market.

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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

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patents done by Fairview Research reveals that Facebook has made a significant surge in its year-over-year ranking for patents granted in 2019, something partly owed to its increased number of patents surrounding augmented reality. patents, which in 2019 tallied a total of 989. 2019 Grants. Amazon Technologies Inc.

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One Year In, Has PlayStation VR2 Failed, Or Is Sony Just Getting Started?

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As someone who didn't truly get into VR until 2019, a strong set of exclusives like WipeOut: Omega Collection , Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Blood & Truth kept me invested in Sony's original PSVR, balancing this alongside my Rift S. PlayStation VR2 reached its first anniversary today. But was it a success? And what's coming next?

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

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The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.18): Magic Leap may be in trouble, Carmack leaving Oculus and much more!

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The super-interesting eye tracking device Droolon F1 by 7Invensun is now in preorder on Taobao , with Amazon listing coming soon. I can’t wait to use this device, that for only $150 can give eye tracking functionalities to all Vive headsets (including Focus). Droolon F1 is now on sale in China.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

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Well, with this new chip, headsets will: Have a resolution of 3K per eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously (12 in total for the device). Thanks to a flash sale, that put it at the ridiculous price of $150, the Go has sold more than all other devices, and has even been #3 most sold device on all Amazon videogames category.

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All the most interesting AR and VR news from MWC 2018

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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. But don’t get too excited yet: 5G still needs some time to come (it is expected to start this year, but to roll out completely in 2019-2020).

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