Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Lynx R-1, the upcoming standalone MR headset, has been delayed to late 2020, but a new update from the company says they’re targeting a lower price and now including Ultraleap hand-tracking. The headset was first revealed earlier this year and said to include Snapdragon XR2, eye-tracking, and novel optics.

Hand tracking 357

Hand tracking Eye Tracking Japan Unreal 357

ARPost

MARCH 13, 2020

Hand Tracking With Clay AIR. “By By offering hand tracking with Clay AIR, Nreal offers its developers and users of the Nreal Light Consumer Kit an added degree of flexibility in how they might want to interact with their MR environment,” Nreal CEO and Founder Chi Xu said in the release. 7invensun focuses on eye-tracking.

Hand tracking 206

Hand tracking Eye Tracking Machine Learning North America 206

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

Ultraleap Tobii Varjo Meta Platforms Manus Spectre XR Rokid Contact CI Emerge HTC VIVE OpenBCI Ultraleap Dedicated to transforming the way users interact with XR solutions and applications, Ultraleap has produced a powerful technology for the hand-tracking sector. Under its Varjo Base v3.5

Hand tracking 101

Hand tracking Wearables Eye Tracking Haptic 101

Upload VR

JANUARY 24, 2023

According to Gurman, Apple’s headset will use eye tracking and hand tracking technology in tandem to drive a system that “allows the wearer to control the device by looking at an on-screen item – whether it’s a button, app icon or list entry – to select it.”

Eye Tracking 122

Eye Tracking Apple Hand tracking Technology 122

Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is controlled with eye tracking and hand gestures, but how exactly? In a WWDC23 developer talk , Apple design engineers explained how your eyes and hands work together to control Vision Pro 's visionOS. 0:00 / 1× Making selections and expanding menus with your eyes.

Eye Tracking 137

Eye Tracking Controllers Apple Hand tracking 137

Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

Today Magic Leap has launched the Lumin SDK, the toolkit which allows developers to build AR experiences for Lumin OS, the operating system that powers the Magic Leap One headset. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Room scanning and meshing.

Magic Leap 264

Magic Leap Eye Tracking Unreal Head Tracking 264

Upload VR

AUGUST 13, 2023

Visor will also have hand & eye tracking, Immersed announced. The startup revealed Visor last week , describing it as an ultra-compact headset with 4K per eye OLED microdisplays, inside-out tracking, and HD color passthrough that will release in 2024 with support for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Eye Tracking 98

Eye Tracking Immersion Hand tracking Apple 98

VRScout

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Yesterday, French startup LYNX officially unveiled the LYNX-R1, a standalone mixed reality headset capable of both VR as well as passthrough AR. The enterprise-focused device features a variety of impressive features, including hand and eye tracking as well as a bold new lens design that promises better visuals in a more compact design. .

AR 387

AR Eye Tracking Latency Hand tracking 387

VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Niantic Labs also revealed its Outdoor AR Headset powered by the AR2 platform. During the Snapdragon Summit, the company unveiled its latest piece of technology, the AR2 Gen 1 platform, which will be a key component for the next generation of slimmer and more fashion-friendly augmented reality (AR) glasses. Credit: Qualcomm.

AR 414

AR Latency Augmented Reality Eye Tracking 414

ARVR

JUNE 29, 2022

VR AR Assicuation Global summit 2020 Between 1st and 3rd of June 2020, we had the annual summit of the VR AR Association. Worldwide Point Cloud to be Used by Users” Immersal : collaboratively turning the world into a point cloud, which is ready for location-based AR content. I hope it works as they advertise. super expensive.

AR 246

AR Eye Tracking Hand tracking Training 246

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

UltraLeap Tobii Manus Spectre XR Rokid Contact CI Emerge HTC VIVE OpenBCI UltraLeap Dedicated to transforming the way users share valuable data with XR solutions and applications, UltraLeap has produced a host of powerful technologies for the hand and eye tracking sector.

Hand tracking 88

Hand tracking Wearables Eye Tracking Haptic 88

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

This Tuesday, Nreal unveiled a hand-tracking update to its augmented reality (AR) software development kit (SDK) for the Chinese company’s lineup of smart glasses, including new controller support and eye tracking options. AI+AR = our new Hand Tracking API. Eye tracking.

Eye Tracking 70

Eye Tracking Hand tracking France Microsoft 70

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2022

Hand and eye tracking solutions represent one of the most significant innovations in the XR space. billion by 2030, while the eye tracking market is expected to grow at a rate of 22.4% billion by 2030, while the eye tracking market is expected to grow at a rate of 22.4% from 2022 to 2030.

Eye Tracking 89

Eye Tracking Technology Hand tracking Machine Learning 89

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2022

With eye and hand tracking, it’s possible to immerse users in extended reality experiences like never before, unlocking more convenient interactions. The question is, how do you choose the right hand and eye tracking technology vendor? However, some eye tracking will be a lot more advanced than others.

Hand tracking 91

Hand tracking Eye Tracking Tools Technology 91

Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland-based CREAL, which is developing a light-field display, has revealed its first prototype AR and VR headsets. Compared to the displays used in VR and AR headsets today, light-field displays generate an image that accurately represents how we see light from the real world. CREAL AR Light-field Prototype.

AR 358

AR Eye Tracking Magic Leap Switzerland 358

Road to VR

MAY 30, 2022

Earlier this month, a report from The Information alleged that Apple showed off a host of AR/VR prototypes to its board as far back as 2016. It’s said the headset, codenamed N301, was in the end set to become a standalone headset with VR displays and passthrough AR camera sensors, making it a ‘mixed reality’ headset.

Apple 363

Apple AR Eye Tracking Wearables 363

Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2022

Apple has barely mentioned augmented or virtual reality in its big keynotes lately, however at WWDC 2022 earlier this month, the company quietly released probably one of the best 3D room-mapping tools for mobile AR yet. WWDC22 #AR #ARKit #AI @Scobleizer pic.twitter.com/R4hJbO57Km. Surprisingly it wasn't fooled!

Tools 364

Tools Apple AR Real Estate 364

VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This includes everything from hand and eye tracking technology, optimized visual fidelity via foveated rendering, an ultra-wide 115-degree field-of-view, and “human-eye resolution” just to name a few. In addition to visuals and tracking Varjo has also introduced several improvements to comfort.

Eye Tracking 422

Eye Tracking AR Unity Automotive 422

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

For instance, hand and eye tracking solutions are quickly becoming a must-have part of every XR creation. With these tools, it’s possible to boost the efficiency and performance of VR, AR and MR tools, while making experiences more natural and immersive. Augmented Enterprise Summit. XR Fair Tokyo.

Eye Tracking 77

Eye Tracking San Diego Miami Hand tracking 77

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms. By tracking the natural movement of our eyes and hands, these tools can place us straight in the heart of an immersive experience. Foveated Rendering and XR Performance. Enhanced Immersion.

Hand tracking 69

Hand tracking Tools Eye Tracking Machine Learning 69

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 10, 2022

They had no new hardware for me to review, but they let me have a test with a Neo 3 Pro Eye ( Pico Neo 3 with Tobii eye-tracking incorporated) and showed me a few demos while they explained to me me the importance of eye-tracking. With eye tracking, the avatar felt of course more natural. The secret?

Technology 400

Technology Eye Tracking Hand tracking Hardware 400

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet Apple Vision Pro’s natural interface The Vision Pro needs no controllers As you already know, Apple Vision Pro completely relies on eye and hand tracking. As the Verge titled its review “The Apple Vision Pro is magic until it’s not” Let’s see what are the problems that sometimes arise.

Apple 376

Apple Hand tracking Eye Tracking Controllers 376

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

It became pretty viral the news that Apple does not want developers to define their apps as AR, VR, or MR, but just as “spatial” when writing the store definitions. This Face Tracking add-on magnetically attaches to the facial interface of the device, and it adds to it both eye tracking and face tracking.

Sony 350

Sony Apple Hand tracking Google 350

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. But, most importantly, now the Quest features hands tracking. If you update the Quest until its latest runtime, you can now activate hands tracking in its experimental features. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs.

Magic Leap 217

Magic Leap Hand tracking Oculus Head Mounted Display 217

VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2022

Looks like we might have to wait just a little while longer for the company’s combination VR/AR headset. According to a new report by Bloomberg , Apple’s long-rumored VR/AR headset could be delayed until 2023 due to a combination of technical issues, citing “people familiar with the situation.”

Apple 476

Apple Eye Tracking Conference AR 476

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Qualcomm today revealed new reference designs for VR and AR headsets powered by its new Snapdragon XR2 chip. Complete with hand-tracking, magnetic controller tracking, eye-tracking, and more, the Qualcomm reference designs are a glimpse of what’s to come in AR and VR over the next year or two.

AR 212

AR Eye Tracking Hand tracking Controllers 212

Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2022

.” “Although Apple has repeatedly reiterated its focus on AR, I believe Apple AR/MR supporting video see-thru could also offer an excellent immersive experience,” Kuo says. “Therefore, the launch of Apple AR/MR will further boost the demand for immersive gaming/multimedia entertainment.”

Apple 360

Apple Taiwan Eye Tracking AR 360

Road to VR

MARCH 23, 2022

In a blog post , Snap says NextMind will help drive “long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab,” the company’s hardware team that’s currently building AR devices. Snap has been collecting more companies to help build out its next pair of AR glasses. Photo captured by Road to VR.

Augmented Reality 347

Augmented Reality Eye Tracking France AR 347

Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ye also revealed a few specs ahead of the official info dump: The unnamed standalone headset is said to offer color passthrough MR, making it more similar to Quest Pro as opposed to a see-through AR such as HoloLens. The headset also packs two hours of battery life, and supports 6DOF VR controllers along with optical hand tracking.

HTC 362

HTC Las Vegas Eye Tracking Nevada 362

Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2022

N301 will be a precursor to a long-rumored, full-fledged AR device which may be named Apple Glass. N301 may pack a dozen cameras for room-scale tracking, hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and passthrough AR. Here’s what we (think) we know about Apple’s MR headset, codenamed N301.

Costa Rica 347

Costa Rica Saudi Arabia Apple Uruguay 347

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

Hardware 94

Hardware Samsung Google AR 94

Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2023

Similar to Meta’s Quest Pro and newly unveiled Quest 3 headset , Apple’s first mixed reality headset is capable of both virtual reality and augmented reality thanks to its color passthrough cameras, however it appears the company is focusing much more on AR tasks.

Apple 329

Apple Eye Tracking Hand tracking Augmented Reality 329

Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2022

Thermal challenges are owed to the standalone headset’s chipset, which is said to be similar in power to the M1 Pro chip released in the latest MacBook Pro. Previous reports held that Apple’s upcoming VR headset will have AR capabilities, making it a precursor to its long-rumored full-fledged AR glasses.

Apple 352

Apple AR Eye Tracking Conference 352

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. AR Lenses . Eye-Tracking .

Technology 293

Technology Haptic Eye Tracking Machine Learning 293

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

Samsung 454

Samsung AR Augmented Reality Eye Tracking 454

Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Apple reportedly indefinitely postponed its AR glasses, but plans to eventually release a more affordable headset model. Shipping AR glasses apparently remains a very long-term goal, however, with the potential to one day replace the iPhone. Some startups like Nreal have already released primitive AR glasses. Glasses Shelved.

Apple 145

Apple AR Magic Leap Eye Tracking 145

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, the name could tell us that Samsung may not be going down the spatial computing moniker; instead, it is sticking to the classic AR/VR/MR name. Details are slim. However, reports suggest the device will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking.

Samsung 138

Samsung Eye Tracking Hand tracking Google 138