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Meta Mulls AdHawk Buyout for Cameraless Eye Tracking

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Meta Platforms Inc is mulling a potential buyout of AdHawk Microsystems, a virtual reality (VR) eye-tracking technology firm, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. New story: Meta/Facebook is considering acquiring AdHawk Microsystems, which develops eye-tracking tech for AR/VR that doesn’t require cameras [link].

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Apple Vision Pro Release Date Rumors and Latest News

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Apple also appears to be planning to roll the device out to other countries, such as Canada and the UK, in the following months of the year. Rumors earlier this year suggested Sony, the company responsible for making Apple’s OLED displays, can only produce up to 200,000 displays per quarter.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.07): Facebook shows thin sunglasses, Iron Man VR gets released and more!

The Ghost Howls

The team at North will be acquired, but it will keep operating in its own region in Canada. In its latest improvement, the eyes of the avatars have been made more realistic thanks to the integration of eye-tracking data. Sony Dreams adds PSVR support. NextMind devkit is now available for preorder.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Sony). The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Header Image by Sony). Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community!

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.16): CES is coming, Abrash predicts AR to substitute smartphones in 2040 and more!

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Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. The discount is valid only in the US and in Canada and is applicable both on the official Vive online store and at participating retailers.

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‘Beat Saber’ & ‘Job Simulator’ Are PSVR’s Most Downloaded Games of The Year… Again

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The newly dubbed PSVR 2 is packing inside-out tracking, eye-tracking tech, significantly higher resolution and honest-to-goodness VR controllers —which means much of PSVR’s game catalogue may not be backwards compatible. split across North America and Europe. PSVR Top Downloads – 2021. Beat Saber. Beat Saber.