The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

With ARKit you can also track your face, and some developers have started also using it as an animation tool. Both systems also track images, and so you can use ARKit and ARCore as you used Vuforia before. Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Maybe with eye tracking and some more screen resolution, it may have been. There is also an eye-relief knob Tracking : outside in ( Steam VR 2.0 ) Connection : 1x USB 3.0, GHz Wireless Battery life : 7+ hours; Charging : 900mA fast charging, 1100mAh capacity Li-Ion polymer battery Tracking : outside in ( Steam VR 2.0 ).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. A 3D-based experience with six degrees of freedom built in Unity or Unreal Access to source code, with ability to implement a 2MB SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes. So, are you ready?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And to be clear, I used it in a real home, not a carefully controlled demo environment or a well-lit studio. 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. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As for the partnerships, the most intriguing one is the one with my friends at 7Invensun , one of the worldwide leading companies in eye-tracking technologies. I guess nReal will experiment with eye-tracking for a new version of the headset, maybe targeted at the enterprise market. Pico Neo 2 controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the end, I still believe in the old predictions of Unity CEO John Riccitiello: Look at this graph shown by Mr. Riccitiello in 2017: the purple line is the one of the analysts, while the white one is the one forecasted by him. This is perfectly normal and in line with what that genius that answers to the name of Michael Abrash has said.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. million from Comcast and others , representing relatively early bets on VR content by investors.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If these Facebook features proved to be popular, more developers would use them, and finally, Facebook could have more power on the VR development tools , after the failed acquisition of Unity. Someone has disassembled the Index Controllers. More info (Teardown of Knuckles) More info (X-ray vision of the Index Controllers).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica). Both headsets feature a pentile AMOLED display with 1440×1600 resolution per eye. According to some reviewers, the display may also be the same one made by Samsung. Vive Focus and its companion controller. Controllers. Horsepower.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

These accessories could include Leap Motion, VR input gloves, 6DoF controllers and even eye-tracking solutions if manufacturers are so willing, Engadget reports. SEE ALSO HTC Scraps Plans to Bring Daydream-based Vive Focus to Western Markets.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

Facebook-owned Oculus has slashed Rift + Touch controller bundle prices from $800 to $600, which positions the Rift at a mere $100 more than the console-powered Playstation VR. VALVE’S R&D IN EYE-TRACKING TO INCREASE. LOTS OF BIG UNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT GDC. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. So you’re basically saying, most people’s eyes — well, everybody’s eyes — only see in the middle 5 percent of what you’re looking at any given time.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt — which recently just got sold to Verizon — they had their Jaunt One camera. So you’re basically saying, most people’s eyes — well, everybody’s eyes — only see in the middle 5 percent of what you’re looking at any given time.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Samsung, Nokia entered with their OZO, Jaunt -- which recently just got sold to Verizon -- they had their Jaunt One camera. So you're basically saying, most people's eyes -- well, everybody's eyes -- only see in the middle 5 percent of what you're looking at any given time. Is that correct? Michael: That's it.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Oculus has announced its first 6 DOF standalone headset with 6 DOF controllers and its name is Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica). On the front there are the four cameras used to track the position of the device and the controllers. Close view of the Quest controller.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the meantime, the headset sends the pose of the headset and the controllers to the PC , so that the PC can render the frames and execute the logic of the game for the next frame. It is very interesting to notice that the hands tracking won’t be only limited to custom applications, but it will work also in the system UI of Quest !

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

Then they slowly kicked away all the previous executives from Oculus and took control of the company. This is much more than what Oculus promised to track some years ago (“only the height of the user is sent to Facebook, for statistical purposes”), and the amount of tracking info is going to slowly increase.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

This has been on one side amazing to increase the size of the VR market, but on the other side, it is becoming concerning, because Meta has now a de-facto monopoly, controlling all the standalone VR market, and more than 60% of the PCVR market. Pico Neo 3 Pro headset and controllers. Eye tracking. Accessories.

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