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Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Is A Higher End Chip For The Samsung-Google Headset & More

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per eye at 90Hz or 2.7K per eye at 120Hz for the base XR2 Gen 2. Finally, the chip includes support for up to 12 concurrent cameras, up from 10 on the base XR2 Gen 2, to enable headsets with a plethora of face and eye tracking sensors. GPU performance, on the other hand, took a huge leap with the Gen 2 architecture.

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HTC Aims to Create a ‘Mobile OpenVR’ in China with Vive Wave VR Platform

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These accessories could include Leap Motion, VR input gloves, 6DoF controllers and even eye-tracking solutions if manufacturers are so willing, Engadget reports. The company boasts support for multiple CPU architectures, although it’s admittedly optimized for Qualcomm Snapdragon. The stipulation for entry is Android 7.1

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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon AR2 Platform

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AR processors will feature 4-nanometre architecture with a central processing unit (CPU), a Hexagon Tensor processor for hand and eye tracking and image processing, an engine for visual analytics, Adreno display, Spectra ISP, and other components. Amon Comments on Hand and Eye Tracking Tools. Gbps of peak speed.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

The Ghost Howls

As the god John Carmack has said, we are too full of “architecture astronauts” while we need people that work on the real technical problems , that create the tech stack that makes the metaverse possible. Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR.

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Apple Vision Pro Review: A Portable But Heavy Cinema & Monitor With A Promising Spatial OS

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When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eye tracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place. And I mean fully. This basic idea isn’t new.

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“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. link] 7invensun-eye-tracker-for- vive/. “A Chinese startup known as 7invensun (pronounced seven-in-ven-sun) is announcing it will be releasing a new eye tracking module for the Vive next month. The AIC outperforms legacy architectures by delivering 1.25

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

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In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes. Vive Focus comes to the west.

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