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How Eye Tracking is Driving the Next Generation of AR and VR

VRScout

AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. How Eye Tracking Supports Immersion.

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Apple Vision Pro Hands-On: Very Good In Some Aspects, A Bit Bad In Others

The Ghost Howls

F inally, I have been able to put my hands on an Apple Vision Pro. Apple is one of the tech companies that cares the most about design and beauty and the Vision Pro reflects this. This elevates the Apple Vision Pro above many cheap AR headsets that have rather imprecise tracking when the user is moving.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.12): Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device, Plutosphere shuts down, and more

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device Let me tell you what have been the main pieces of news about the Vision Pro I’ve found this week. First of all, Apple has updated the runtime VisionOS to version 1.1, bringing many quality-of-life improvements. More info (VisionOS 1.1)

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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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I’ve used my eyes to interact with a virtual world before, but startup Neurable just enhanced that experience by reading my thoughts too. This is combined with eye-tracking technology from German firm SMI, which may have just been acquired by Apple.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.23): New info on Apple glasses, Qualcomm glasses go wireless, and more!

The Ghost Howls

New reports highlight some episodes of the life of Apple XR glasses. This week The Information has written a long report about the history of Apple XR glasses. A report from Bloomberg instead, points to the fact that Apple’s board of directors has tried the headset and this is a signal that is close to being launched.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.27): Meta shows its R&D prototypes, Apple shows nothing as usual, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Mirror Lake includes holographic lenses, reverse passthrough (people can see your eyes when you wear it), varifocal, and eye-tracking in a single very lightweight device. We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video.

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