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Oculus Enters The VR Eye-Tracking Arms Race With ‘Eye Tribe’ Acquisition

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There is something of an arms race developing between the major VR hardware companies (Facebook, Google, HTC, Sony) to add more intuitive controls for VR. Eye controls are the future for immersive tech, but there are other use cases for eye tracking too. The solution seems to lie in one place: our eyes.

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Hands-on: HoloLens 2 is a More Than Just a Larger Field of View

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Yesterday at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled HoloLens 2, the company’s next iteration of its enterprise-focused standalone AR headset. That’s the question that ran through my mind for my half-hour session strapped into the AR headset. That’s all well and good, but is the HoloLens 2 hardware truly a ‘2.0’

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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Today’s VR systems are both fantastic and restrictive: they blow you away, but it’s clear how far they have to go. To be truly immersive, it needs to be around 8 feet by 8 feet, given that the average sprint stride length for men—the longest possible stride variant—is 93 inches. Body movement. Let’s start from the ground up.

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Learn about Headsets

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In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Oculus Rift. Samsung Gear VR.

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Best VR Headsets 2018/2019

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In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. HTC Vive Pro. Check out our article for what comes next. Oculus Rift. Samsung Gear VR.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

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The following year at CES 2014, Oculus had to share the immersive technology limelight with a slew of new startups who had appeared in the wake of Oculus’ success. CES 2015 brought yet more impressive advancements from VR and AR fields, and some notable setbacks. The HTC Vive (DK1), SteamVR Controllers and Laser Basestations.