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Meta Connect Conference Returns On October 11th

VRScout

Earlier this morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook to announce the official date for the ninth annual Meta Connect conference. Project Cambria will supposedly feature both mouth and eye-tracking as well as high-resolution color Passthrough. Expect news on the highly-anticipated Meta Quest Pro. Image Credit: Meta.

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V2EC: Eye-tracking accessory for Vive Focus 3 and Vive Virtual Character announced!

The Ghost Howls

So I also followed the V2EC, the Vive Ecosystem Conference that happened on ENGAGE, and that represented the Chinese counterpart of Vivecon. Yes, it was at 3 am in my city, but I couldn’t resist attending the VEC conference in which I have always participated in the last 3 years. Announcement image for the Droolon F2.

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Oculus Quest Pro Reference Hidden in Latest Software, Mentions Face & Eye Tracking

Road to VR

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the idea of a ‘Quest Pro’ headset back in May, saying that it could include sensors for both face and eye tracking. ”” Eye-tracking sensors, which can be used for a number of tasks like foveated rendering and smarter UI navigation, are also supposedly onboard.

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7invensun Announces $150 Eye-tracking Module Supporting All HTC Headsets

Road to VR

Today at HTC’s Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that’s not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of HTC’s VR headsets, past and present.

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Meta Connect Dev Conference to Be Held Virtually on October 11th

Road to VR

Meta today announced that its next installment of Connect, the company’s annual XR developer conference, is again going digital this year. The event, which promises to share updates and looks into the “near and far future” of Meta, will be held on October 11th, 2022.

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Watch: Tobii Tease Unnervingly Effective Vive Eye-Tracked VR Demo Ahead of GDC

Road to VR

This short but ingenious video snippet from eye-tracking specialists Tobii was built to tease a social VR demo they’ve been working on for GDC next week. It aptly highlights the subtle yet striking enhancements that eye tracking may being to social VR applications.

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ARM and SMI to Showcase New Mobile VR Eye-Tracking Demo at GDC

Road to VR

ARM Holdings and Sensormotoric Instruments (SMI) are teaming up at GDC to showcase the potential of powerful mobile GPUs, eye-tracking and foveated rendering technologies in a new made-for-VR demo that will debut at GDC next week. SEE ALSO Hands On: SMI's Gear VR Eye Tracking is Accurate, Fast and Lightweight.