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Report: Apple Acquires VR & AR Eye-tracking Company SMI

Road to VR

A report from MacRumors provides compelling evidence that Apple has quietly acquired SMI, also known as SensoMotoric Instruments, a company specializing in eye-tracking technology. German-based SMI has specialized in eye-tracking since its founding in 1991.

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REPORT: Apple Mixed Reality Glasses Launching Mid-2022

VRScout

We predict that Apple will launch AR HMD [head-mounted display] devices in Q2 2022. In addition to mixed reality functionality, it’s also possible that the headset will offer hand and eye-tracking thanks to a number of cameras located both inside and outside the glasses.

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Attention Tracking Key to XR Research, CORTEXR Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes as companies such as Tobii and Varjo Technologies have begun exploring eye-tracking tools capable of deeper immersion and analytics. CORTEXR’s latest solutions have offered global headset providers a world-first solution for tracking headsets, no matter the device or medium.

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How does eye tracking work?

VRGuy

Eye tracking could become a standard peripheral in VR/AR headsets. Tracking gaze direction can deliver many benefits. Foveated rendering, for instance, optimizes GPU resources by using eye tracking data. Additionally, People with certain disabilities can use their eyes instead of their hands.

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Google to Feature High-resolution VR OLED Display for Wide FOV Headsets at SID 2018

Road to VR

1443-ppi 120-Hz OLED Display for Wide-Field-of-View High-Acuity Head-Mounted Displays.” ” Such a display, OLED-Info postulates, could land somewhere around a resolution of 5500 × 3000. The talk is named simply “18 Mpixel 4.3-in. inch AMOLEDs at 90Hz.

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Apple Wins AR Smart Windshield Patent amid Vision Pro Debut

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AR is a step up from traditional info systems by building three-dimensional environmental models of data sets. This can provide drivers with speed, collision, navigational, weather, road, and other safety data as events occur. According to the patent, Apple’s AR driving take could show data like speed bumps.

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Meta Trials Project Aria Smart Glasses in London

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The Menlo Park-based firm will begin trialling its smart glasses in the British capital by recording data from environments via the head-mounted display’s (HMDs) numerous sensors, including hand and eye-tracking, location, and audiovisual data, to build the company’s future products.