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Raising Awareness About Eye Disorders With VR

VRScout

Unless you have a vision disorder yourself, it’s hard to imagine—let alone begin to understand—what living with an eye disorder is like on a day to day basis. Now with an innovative combination of VR and eye tracking technology, German optical systems manufacturer Zeiss is on a mission to change that.

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Apple Storms into Mixed Reality Space with Vision Pro Headset

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Also, the device leverages cutting-edge, catadioptric lenses and ZEISS optical inserts for unrivalled fidelity. The features also enhance eye-tracking capabilities for full interactivity with the headset. Apple’s Vision Pro lenses.

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What is the Apple Vision Pro Headset?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

On the outside, the headset features five sensors, six microphones, and 12 cameras, allowing for hand, eye, and voice tracking. Inside, there’s a ring of LED lights, which project invisible patterns onto the user’s eyes to boost eye-tracking accuracy.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.04): Meta may be working on the next Quest Pro with LG, Meta Avatars get legs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s interesting to read that the displays also support a foveated-rendering mode, which cuts down the transmitted data bandwidth to 60%. Talking about the optics system of the Vision Pro, there are still many unknowns about the ZEISS prescription lenses associated with the device. This seems a great result to me.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple has also unveiled that the ZEISS Optical Inserts will be available in two types: Readers, priced at $99, and Prescription, available for $149. The headset (that you see in the above picture) is quite slick and features pancake lenses, eye tracking by Tobii, integrated audio, and Wi-Fi 6/6E/7.

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