Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 11, 2019

Pimax unveiled prototypes of intuitive controllers and high-resolution, broad Field of View bundles in Las Vegas this week at CES 2019. Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Me at VEC 2019. StreamLink is a little device that you can use to connect your Vive Focus to all your consoles (Xbox, PS, Switch) so that you are able to play your games in a semi-immersive way on a big curved screen all around you. Every 360 videos on Vive Video will become immersive. These has been crazy days.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

With the new year upon us, let’s take a look at the VR headsets that caught our attention in 2019. The big difference between the Quest and the Go is that the Quest can handle the advanced tracking that allows more immersive VR applications. How about human-eye resolution, 20-20 eye tracking, and a heart-stopping refresh rate?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

The MWC 2019 in Barcelona has finished some days ago. Like every year, during this event we have seen some important AR news, but not that many, since the event was more focused on mobile phones than immersive technologies. Pico is preparing a VR headset with similar characteristics for 2019. HoloLens 2.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

As people flock online during quarantine we now find ourselves experimenting with new platforms, pushing immersive technologies to the limits, and collaborating in new ways; from eye-tracking technology and facial tracking to biometrics and brain-control interfaces. Eye-Tracking .

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2019

Professional-grade VR eye-tracking for $1,599. HTC announced today their Vive Pro Eye VR headset is now available for purchase in North America through Vive.com and select retailers. tracking with the inclusion of precision eye-tracking functionality, opening up a new realm of possibilities for enterprise VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2022

No Man’s Sky has been playable on PSVR for around three years now with the launch of the game’s ‘Beyond’ update in 2019, however now the massive space exploration sandbox is looking to immerse users on PSVR 2 as well.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Some innovative individuals and firms are leveraging the emerging immersive technology space from public service to fieldwork to governmental processes. VR headsets are gaining new technologies going into 2023, such as eye tracking, hand tracking, and mixed reality (MR) passthrough technology.

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Peter Graham

JULY 26, 2019

With its headquarters in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Zerolight is at the forefront of immersive visualisation techniques for the automotive industry, regularly showcasing its virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) developments. Check out the interview below, and for further updates from Zerolight, keep reading VRFocus.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2020

Immersive storytelling could be the future of brand marketing. As we approach the end of 2019 and look back at the most successful advertisements and marketing campaigns of the year, not one of them has involved the use of VR or AR technology. Social media platforms are optimized for every pixel and millisecond of content.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2020

Advancements like eye-tracking and autofocus try to fix these problems. A 2019 study identified vergence-accommodation conflict and focal rivalry as huge barriers to adoption. Magyari founds Immy to explore immersive video. “I The headset is called the Immy Mark I and features “neo” – short for “Natural Eye Optic.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Varjo makes human eye resolution VR headsets and brings those to the market this year. It’s almost a decade ahead of its time, really enabling immersive computing to begin. Sure, having full human eye resolution makes it possible to simulate visually anything , right? Integrated 100Hz stereo eye-tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This is because the sales have not been enormous, and the content for it is not exploiting completely its new features (there are some cool uses of eye tracking, but that’s it). Google and Samsung helped the smartphone ecosystem to grow to what it is today, so we all hope they can do the same with immersive headsets, too.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Since it doesn’t support dedicated controllers like all VR headsets out there though, it’s leaving many developers essentially stuck and unable to port many of the most popular immersive games to Vision Pro. Vision Pro launches today, emerging as an impressive addition to the world of XR headsets.

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Peter Graham

JULY 19, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 starts in just over a week, with the Immersive Pavilion and VR Theater showcasing four world premiere’s including Disney’s a kite’s tale. NVIDIA goes on to note that VRS has particular benefits for VR, especially when combined with eye-tracking tech.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

In the same demo, the drab surroundings of the room transformed into a lush forest, showing how users could seamlessly transition from AR, in which they can still view the physical world around them, to the more immersive experience of VR—a combination known as mixed reality. N301 could cost around $3,000.

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Upload VR

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. Vision Pro's eye tracking serves three purposes: authentication, foveated rendering, and driving your FaceTime avatar. hours (video) 1.5-2.5

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

The $5,495 XR-3 features a 12-megapixel pass-through, LiDAR-enabled depth awareness, and an inside-out tracking beta. This replaces the previous model , which shipped in 2019. VR-3 follows the VR-2 , which was announced in 2019. The $3,195 VR-3 features a 90Hz frame rate, 200Hz foveated rendering, and automatic IPD adjustment.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to its integrated eye-tracking, which was previously made available in both VR-2 and VR-2 Pro variants, Varjo has now included in its XR-1 two fixed-focus 12 megapixel cameras, which have a 90 Hz refresh and a 94-degree circular viewing angle. Image courtesy Varjo Technologies.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The 8K pushed a massive 200° FOV at 7,680 × 2,160 resolution, first upscaled then native with the 8KX in 2019. The clarity, brightness, and field of view are best-in-class and extremely immersive. In 2018, Pimax released the award-winning Pimax 5K, followed by the 8K in the same year.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2024

allows clients to create bespoke immersive wayfinding visuals that help visitors navigate spaces using phone cameras. ” ARway Collaborates with Apple ARway is currently working with various XR device leaders to leverage its unique immersive wayfinding platform for a broad range of use cases. The innovative service from ARway.ai

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Upload VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Yesterday saw the Quest v55 update added CPU & GPU clock speed increases on Quest 2 and Quest Pro , eye tracking improvements for the higher-end headset, and multi-touch gesture support in the Quest Browser. Anyone who pre-orders Asgard's Wrath 2 will receive a free Quest home environment.

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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. What is Looxid Labs?

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2019

At GDC 2019 later this month, Valve’s Principal Experimental Psychologist, Mike Ambinder will present the latest research pertaining to brain-computer interfaces—using signals from the brain as computer input.

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ARPost

MARCH 17, 2021

The $5,495 XR-3 features a 12-megapixel pass-through, LiDAR-enabled depth awareness, and an inside-out tracking beta. This replaces the previous model , which shipped in 2019. VR-3 follows the VR-2 , which was announced in 2019. The $3,195 VR-3 features a 90Hz frame rate, 200Hz foveated rendering, and automatic IPD adjustment.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Gaming in XR is considerably enhanced by fully immersive experiences and motion controllers, and Apple will probably start feeling the pressure of that demand from gamers and developers alike when it kicks off a consumer headset sometime down the road, causing them to relent (if only just).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

It has been launched in 2019, but because of its very high price and the pandemic that prevented me to travel, in these two years, I have never had the opportunity to try it. The Achille’s heel of positional tracking is the light: if the room is completely dark, it doesn’t work anymore. Hands Tracking. Eye Tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

While there’s more to XR than just the potential for amazing games, the novel and fun experiences offered by immersive technologies allows all kinds of companies to reach their audience on new levels. Now, in a world empowered by immersive technology, we can experience baseball like never before.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2020

The system lived on in an expanded version of the game, Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition , when it launched in 2019. While this may be less comfortable for those more sensitive to artificial motion, it can be more immersive for players that are ok with it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well. 2019, after a false start, has been a very good year for VR , and we had the arrival on the market of very interesting VR devices that have driven adoption. Every year, I cast some predictions for the new year in AR and VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. They are incredibly light (10 grams!)

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Be it big or small though, every team is standing on the shoulders of the collective VR community, who continue to experiment and create the sort of hard-won best practices that, to this day, help make VR games comfortable, immersive, and most of all, fun. Selecting a level means approaching the map table and picking your mission.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Denny Rönngren, an OpenXR system architect at Varjo, noted: Varjo has been a contributor and adopter of OpenXR since 2019, and we are excited to be able to equip our enterprise customers with the cutting-edge capabilities of OpenXR 1.1. Moreover, Muniz explained that OpenXR 1.1 ” In addition to consolidating extensions, 1.1

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Once the device was on and comfy, I was prompted with a quick eye-tracking calibration scene that displayed a number of pinkish-purple gems that popped in and out of the scene when I looked at them, then I was set and ready to start HoloLensing. Eye-tracking & Voice Input. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

It is clear that it is not a Quest 2, since it doesn’t feature mind-blowing features like big FOV or eye-tracking or full-fingers controllers, so it is something like a Quest S. Its 1,600 × 1,600 LCD display per-eye, together with eye tracking and 5G make me dream of great experimentations, especially in the enterprise sector.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Want a recap of what happened in AR in 2019? Read my “ Reality Check ” post which looks back at the 19 trends I highlighted for 2019 and how they actually played out last year. 2020 smartphones will also sport powerful chips and processors designed to power immersive experiences. Industry. #1 Source: Nreal. Source: 8th Wall.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Today, at MWC 2019, Alex Kipman went on stage together with Satya Nadella and Julia White to announce the new HoloLens 2. The new HoloLens uses its integrated eye tracking to perform user authentication via iris recognition. radiants (light points per radian) Eye-based rendering Display optimization for 3D eye position.

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