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HTC Vive GM on the New Vive Tracker & Privacy in VR

Road to VR

I had a chance to catch up with HTC’s Dan O’Brien , who is the Vive General Manager of America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. We talked about HTC’s emphasis of growing the ecosystem in 2017 with this new Vive Tracker, and what type of applications he expects that it will enable. Subscribe on iTunes.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.28): PSVR 2 revealed, Meta working on AI and 5G, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unluckily my referral gives you a chance of winning only if you are in the EMEA area (Europe, Middle-East, Africa). Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. That’s it, easy peasy.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. The eye and face tracking can also work via Quest Link (but maybe only for developers). There are new complaints about Meta’s privacy policy on eye tracking , as my friend Avi Bar-Zeev points out. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.09.12): Meta Quest Pro leaked, Snap working on future Spectacles, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to eye tracking, this headset is able to detect your IPD and automatically adjust the distance between the lenses to fit your eyes. So Snap is a company to keep an eye on for what concerns glasses, and it is cool that is working on a new version of its hardware. HTC releases eye and face tracking for Vive Focus 3.

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

It’s– I think another thing that will make a big difference and it doesn’t seem like a big thing, but eye tracking. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. I’ve had the opportunity of playing with the Tobii tracking system with HTC Vive. It really– it feels right.

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast's Kent Bye - Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

It's-- I think another thing that will make a big difference and it doesn't seem like a big thing, but eye tracking. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. I've had the opportunity of playing with the Tobii tracking system with HTC Vive. It really-- it feels right. It's amazing. Kent: Yeah.

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

It’s– I think another thing that will make a big difference and it doesn’t seem like a big thing, but eye tracking. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR. I’ve had the opportunity of playing with the Tobii tracking system with HTC Vive. It really– it feels right.