Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2022

Today during Sony’s CES 2022 press conference the company revealed the first details on PlayStation VR 2, including eye-tracking, a “4K” HDR display, and a 110° Field-of-view. Motion controllers (rechargable battery), eye-tracking. Controllers, headset. Inside-out (no external beacons).

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2020

Pico Interactive today announced the price and availability of both Pico Neo 2 and its eye-tracking variant, Neo 2 Eye. Both headsets are available for purchase starting today, with Neo 2 priced at $700 and Neo 2 Eye at $900. This essentially allows Neo 2’s controllers to be immune from controller occlusion.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. Here’s the key info claimed in the report: 4.1MP (2,000 × 2,040) per-eye resolution.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

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. “QUEST PRO ESTIMATES YOUR HAND SIZE AND HOW THEY MOVE SO YOU USE YOUR HANDS INSTEAD OF CONTROLLERS IN VR.””

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

Last Friday, Sony Interactive Entertainment, the hardware vendor behind the famous PlayStation gaming console brand, announced a technology partnership with eye-tracking provider Tobii for the Japanese firm’s sophomore virtual reality (VR) gaming headset.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2021

NVIDIA is upgrading its Variable Rate Supersampling (VRSS) with support for headsets with eye-tracking, allowing the rendered application to improve performance by increasing quality where the user is looking, while decreasing it elsewhere. VRSS 2 is supported as of GeForce driver version R465 which became available on March 30th.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is controlled with eye tracking and hand gestures, but how exactly? In a WWDC23 developer talk , Apple design engineers explained how your eyes and hands work together to control Vision Pro 's visionOS. 0:00 / 1× Making selections and expanding menus with your eyes.

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Upload VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Meta claims it improved the accuracy of eye tracking on Quest Pro. The extended release notes for the version 55 Quest software update read: "We’ve improved eye tracking on Quest Pro to make it more accurate across a broader field of view and during expressions like winking." Apps can also use eye tracking via Meta's SDK.

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Upload VR

MARCH 3, 2023

VRChat plans to add native support for eye tracking. The developers released a preview video running standalone on Quest Pro: [link] VRChat also added support for controller-free hand tracking to the Quest Store app late last year. Existing avatars with moving eyes should “just work” without changes.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Taking advantage of XR2’s support for many cameras, Lynx has equipped with the R-1 with six cameras: two B&W positional tracking (B&W), two for pass-through AR (RGB), and two for eye-tracking (IR). The headset has one LCD display for each eye, with a resolution of 1,600 × 1,600 and a refresh rate of 90Hz.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. Graphics often appear artificial, and can be harsh on the eyes due to low resolution and slow frame rates. Eye-tracking systems, which monitor eye movements in real time, promise to change this.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2023

If a recent Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman holds true, not only is Apple not planning to release a motion controller for Vision Pro in the future, but it may not even support third-party VR controllers at all. For Apple, that’s where the ‘real’ money presumably lies.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 16, 2019

For more natural hands-on interactions, Varjo’s VR-2 Pro features built-in Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) hand-tracking technology that removes the need of physical controllers and letting users engage with the VR environment using their own two hands. Image Credit: Varjo. Image Credit: Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2022

And today, well, the magic happened, and someone sent me via email two exclusive images about the controllers of the headset! So let me share with you everything I now know about the Pico 4 and its controllers! Pico 4 Controllers Video. Pico 4 Controllers. Side view of Pico 4 controllers. Pico 4 controller in hand.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2023

The idea is not the one of creating a next-gen XR controller or using hand tracking, but to try to detect the intention of the user from its biosignals. Wisear earbuds Wisear earbuds presentation The first product through which Wisear wants to fulfill its vision is a set of smart earbuds that you can use to control electronic devices.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2020

Pico Interactive, the company behind a number of enterprise-focused standalone VR headsets, unveiled their newest line of Neo 2 headsets, one of which includes integrated eye-tracking from Tobii. Neo 2 has been floating around for a few months now in its prototype form, albeit without the newly unveiled addition of eye-tracking.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 19, 2021

According to reliable Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo, it’s possible the headset will eschew handheld controllers in favor of eye tracking and iris recognition. There’s no lack of speculation around Apple’s rumored AR headset, but the latest is the most sci-fi of them all. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

base stations) Controllers : Vive Wands. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands. 749 for just the headset, $1399 for the full bundle with the headset, wands controllers, and base stations. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking.

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Road to VR

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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The Eye Tribe , a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they’ll be joining the ranks of Facebook’s Oculus VR. Both Oculus and The Eye Tribe today confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch ‘s Josh Constine. The specifics of the acquisition are still fairly thin however.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2017

The eye tracking company Tobii had some VR demos that they were showing on the GDC Expo Hall floor as well as within Valve’s booth. They were primarily focusing on the new user interaction paradigms that are made available by using eye gazing to select specific objects, direct action, but also locomotion determined by eye gaze.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Since it doesn’t support dedicated controllers like all VR headsets out there though, it’s leaving many developers essentially stuck and unable to port many of the most popular immersive games to Vision Pro. Why can’t Apple just play nice and just give us some controllers? Want to learn more about Vision Pro?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2022

As XR technologies become more accessible for companies and consumers alike, the demand for immersive hand and eye tracking solutions is growing. With tracking technologies, companies can build more immersive experiences for XR users. Here are some of our most popular hand and eye tracking tools to guide your purchasing choices.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

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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Tech Trends VR

JULY 23, 2018

Companies can now track where a users’ gaze wanders and use that data to design fine-tuned experiences. Eye-tracking technology is nothing new in itself, but it is gaining rapidly both in scope and popularity as immersive virtual experiences become more widely used both in business and leisure contexts.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 24, 2023

According to Gurman, Apple’s headset will use eye tracking and hand tracking technology in tandem to drive a system that “allows the wearer to control the device by looking at an on-screen item – whether it’s a button, app icon or list entry – to select it.”

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

The release of the Lumin SDK confirms that the Magic Leap One will include eye-tracking, as Unreal points out among the various headset capabilities supported by the engine: Head tracking. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Room scanning and meshing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

Under the hood of any quality virtual, augmented, or mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD) is a hand and eye tracking platform designed to run a human-computer interface (HCI) capable of seamlessly joining man with machine and delivering seamless immersive experiences. Ben Cathcart, Product Marketing Manager at Varjo Technologies.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Official tutorial videos uncovered today show a previously unseen Oculus headset, controllers, and charging dock. In addition to the unknown headset, the videos also show Oculus Touch controllers without any tracking rings, as well as a dock which appears to charge both the headset and the controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

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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Road to VR

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. The post Pimax Kickstarter Nears $3.5M

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Oculus has acquired an eye-tracking startup known as The Eye Tribe , a company spokesman confirmed to UploadVR this morning. According to The Eye Tribe’s website, its technology, allows “eye control for consumer devices that enables simplified and enhanced user experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

The author of the much-appreciated XR Caliper controllers and of many tricks to improve the ergonomics of the Valve Index has just tested for me the Pimax Sword controllers , writing the most detailed review about them you will ever find on the web. Pimax Sword Controllers – review by Rob Cole for Skarredghost. Rob Cole is back.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2022

The headset features a 110-degree field-of-view (14-degrees larger than the original PS VR) as well as foveated rendering , a technique in which eye-tracking technology is used to reduce the rendering workload by decreasing the quality of images outside the user peripheral vision. Speaking of eye-tracking… Eye-Tracking.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We sat down with Polyarc to discuss bringing the Moss franchise to PlayStation VR2 at launch and how the games take advantage of the system’s unique features, such as headset rumble and the PSVR 2 Sense controllers. The release of PSVR 2 is a bit of a full circle moment for Polyarc.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

This Tuesday, Nreal unveiled a hand-tracking update to its augmented reality (AR) software development kit (SDK) for the Chinese company’s lineup of smart glasses, including new controller support and eye tracking options. AI+AR = our new Hand Tracking API. Eye tracking. Planes detection.

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Road to VR

APRIL 15, 2024

Crystal Light retains the same 8.3MP (2,880 × 2,880) per-eye resolution as the original headset, while dropping eye-tracking, automatic IPD adjustment, interchangeable lenses, and on-board hardware to enable compatibility with a 60GHz wireless module. Controllers are sold separately. It also has on-board audio.

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