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APRIL 27, 2017

7invensun, one of the latest companies accepted into HTC’s Vive X accelerator program, is launching an eye-tracking add-on made specially for the Vive headset. Meeting with 7invensun at HTC’s Vive X accelerator space in San Francisco today, I got to see the aGlass eye-tracking development kit in action.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Pimax released a firmware update for Crystal to enable the missing eye tracking feature and standalone mode. Pimax is a China-based startup most known for its 2017 Kickstarter for an ultra-wide field of view PC-based VR headset, which spawned a multi-year lineup. The latest firmware update released today enables these features.

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MARCH 26, 2024

In a recent report , Apple’s CEO and spatial computing champion, Tim Cook , confirmed that the recently released Apple Vision Pro would land in China in 2024. The CEO is visiting China due to a decline in iPhone sales. Notably, China is deep in XR device application and development via firms such as Xreal and DPVR.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Enterprise adds face & eye tracking for businesses. It’s a variant of the regular Pico 4 with a gold front plate and 3 extra cameras to track your gaze and facial expressions: 1 for each eye and 1 for the lower face. It also uses LPDDR5 RAM, which is faster than the LPDDR4 RAM in the consumer model.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. 7invensun for eye tracking addons). 7invensun for eye tracking addons).

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AUGUST 31, 2018

I have many sweet memories of my trip to China. One of the best of them is when in Beijing I visited the company 7Invensun , a worldwide excellence in eye tracking. So, when I decided to go to Beijing, I wanted absolutely to go visit them to try it with my eyes. Trying the PC eye tracking solution.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I’ve just had my first day in Nanchang, China. I’m here to attend the WCVRI , a very big event about Virtual Reality in China, where I am exhibiting HitMotion: Reloaded , the mixed reality fitness game of my agency New Technology Walkers ( contact us if you need some VR development!). Is it really important? And… how is Nanchang?

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JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. All VR interfaces will change with the introduction of eye tracking, becoming more intuitive. Let’s talk a bit about eye tracking. Hello 7Invensun! Hello Tony!

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In China I met the company 7Invensun , that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking. Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces. aGlass DK II box on top of HTC Vive one. The device.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Eye tracking is one feature that could could benefit the performance and affordability of high-end virtual reality headsets. 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.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

million and unlocking free eye-tracking module for every one of their backers who chose a VR headset funding tier. According to an update posted to the Pimax Kickstarter page , all backers will get a free eye-tracking module as a part of the $3 million stretch goal. image courtesy Pimax.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Marking one year since its initial unveiling, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed this week that Vision Pro is set to launch internationally in 2024, which also includes mainland China —a region where its competitor Meta can’t sell headsets. The most likely of prognostications: it’s also rumored we’ll be getting visionOS 2.0

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Pico 4 Pro it’s based on is sold to consumers in China. But Enterprise has faster LPDDR5 RAM, while the China launch event for Pro didn’t mention that. But Enterprise has faster LPDDR5 RAM, while the China launch event for Pro didn’t mention that. Pro has 512GB storage while Enterprise has 256GB.

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JUNE 30, 2022

For instance, hand and eye tracking solutions are quickly becoming a must-have part of every XR creation. If you’re keen to learn more about hand and eye tracking technology, attending the right events can be an excellent way to get started. August 26-27, 2022, Shanghai, China. Augmented Enterprise Summit.

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MAY 10, 2021

The Beijing-based company also announced the two variants it’s taking outside of China: the Neo 3 Pro and Neo 3 Pro Eye. ” The company is also releasing them in China as well. In China, its consumer Pico Neo 3 is coming in three flavors, priced locally at the US dollar equivalent of $390, $420, and $470.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s been a long road for FOVE , the creators of the eye-tracking VR headset that hit Kickstarter last summer, but today the company launches pre-orders for their first commercially available product, the FOVE 0. Display: WQHD OLED (2560 x 1440) 1280 x 1440 per eye. Accessories: Position tracking camera / Face cushion.

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MAY 15, 2019

HTC opened up orders in Europe today for their latest VR headset, Vive Pro Eye , a version of the company’s enterprise headset with integrated eye-tracking. HTC also opened up pre-orders in China too, with launch slated for May 24th; there’s no word on when to expect it in North America though.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While HTC is only releasing the headset in China, and not in the West as previously announced, the company is using Vive Focus as the impetus for its own mobile VR platform that aims to resolve what HTC calls a “highly fragmented” mobile VR market in China, and become a common platform and storefront across disparate hardware vendors.

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JUNE 24, 2022

Kuo says there’s still a “vast” potential demand for VR headsets in China which could be filled by companies with ready access to the Chinese market, such as ByteDance subsidiary Pico Interactive and Taiwan’s HTC. N301 may pack a dozen cameras for room-scale tracking, hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and passthrough AR.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Availability in mainland China is marked as “coming soon” The news was first reported by Mixed Reality TV’s Sebastian Ang. Eye-tracking – Fully integrated Tobii eye-tracking, including Dynamic Foveated Rendering. Tracking – SteamVR tracking 2.0

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Solo Knit Band | Image courtesy Apple Comparatively, Vision Pro is slated to pack two Apple Silicon chips (M2 Ultra and R1), dual microOLEDs with “more than a 4K TV for each eye”, eye-tracking, passthrough augmented reality, an external display that can show your eyes, 12 cameras, six microphones, and 256GB of storage.

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JULY 25, 2022

Both headsets are identical in specs “except additional eye tracking & face tracking function for Pico 4 Pro,” the company says in the filing. Since its founding in 2015, Pico pretty much only targeted consumers in China and enterprise users in the West. Image courtesy FCC, Pico Interactive.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Now a new fascinating hypothesis comes from China about Tencent VR: Tencent may be in talks with Meta about becoming a distributor of Quest 2 in China. Meta could sell a lot of headsets in China , a market which it can’t enter because of the block of everything Meta-related carried on by the Chinese government.

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JULY 18, 2020

It is a 6DOF standalone headset with inside out positional tracking and magnetically tracked controllers. The word “Eye” stays there to remember us that this headset includes integrated eye-tracking out of the box. There is also a version of the Pico Neo 2 that doesn’t feature eye tracking.

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JANUARY 29, 2023

For buyers, Quest Pro runs all the same games compatible with Meta’s $400 market-leading Quest 2 , while developers can test out new features like the embedded face and eye tracking sensors. The face and eye tracking sensors on Quest Pro are optional and off by default.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here you are the integral interview that I had with Kelly Peng, asking her everything from Kura to the differences between the US and China (Kelly comes from Xi’an), not to mention her life as a startupper. eye-tracking analysis to see if you have fallen asleep while driving). Video interview With Kura’s Kelly Peng.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In 2018 it partnered with Google on the $400 Mirage Solo , the first standalone headset with positional tracking launched outside China – though it was overshadowed by Facebook’s $200 rotation-only Oculus Go. Lenovo has a relatively long history in VR. And in 2019 it partnered with Facebook on Oculus Rift S.

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MARCH 13, 2020

“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. There’s already a lot there to unpack.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Pico 4 launches in China, while new info is shared in the West. Only time will tell….

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MAY 11, 2020

In the XR communities, the hype for the Qualcomm XR2 reference design is high, because it will bring many innovations to standalone XR headsets : better graphics, eye tracking, passthrough vision, AI, and much more. Of course, a device with eye tracking, passthrough vision, 5G, high resolution, etc… can’t cost $400.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

The Lunar New Year Special marks Puzzling Places’ latest free update, introducing a brand new puzzle that celebrates China’s Spring Festival on Quest, Pico 4 and PSVR. That introduces a new puzzle based around an ancient scholar building in Beijing, China, filled with red decorations. During a recent reveal , Realities.io

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MARCH 26, 2019

Yesterday for the first time I have attended the Vive Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen, China! The price: 5,699 RMB in China, $799 in the West. In China, instead, it is also being sold to consumers and this is where the multi-modality should kick in. It has been really special to announce our content directly from China!

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Enterprise should not be confused with Pico 4 Pro, which is sold in China as a prosumer device. On the sensors side, there are 2 sensors for eye tracking and an additional sensor for face tracking. These sensors can be used to track what the user is doing, for instance, to provide better training.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

Regarding technologies, the Metaverse will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools. Furthermore, global telecoms such as Verizon, China Mobile, T-Mobile, and EE have begun scaling up their networks.

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MAY 24, 2023

Pimax Crystal is finally shipping to preorders, but both standalone mode and eye tracking aren't available at launch. Pimax is a China-based startup most known for its 2017 Kickstarter for an ultra-wide field of view PC-based VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

The Pico Neo 3 was already sold as a consumer device in China, but recently my Chinese assistant Miss S reported that there was a big marketing push on Pico headsets on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok (always owned by Bytedance, of course). Bytedance and China. The logo of ??, the Chinese version of TikTok (Image by Bytedance).

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JANUARY 10, 2020

At CES, they announced partnerships with KDDI, China Mobile, and China Unicom. As mentioned above, new partnerships will soon make eye-tracking available. The Chinese MR company started its expansion in November when it announced that it would be joining forces with the Korean telecommunications company LG Uplus.

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