Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing live demo.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Then she has announced that in 1–2 months the startup will showcase the first prototypical version of the product in public live streams and in private demos to investors, customers, and partners. Last week I told you about MetaHumans creator, the tool to create realistic humanoid avatars in Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Epic Games have detailed Unreal Engine’s support for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition on their blog, which confirms some significant hardware features of the device, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and room scanning.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

The demo was not with real people like the one from Improbable, but the technology is VR-ready, with all the characters being able to move their fingers and perform facial expressions. RP1 also is working on a demo with 100,000 people which should be ready by the end of 2022. Plus, RP1 used ONLY ONE SERVER. It is impressive.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2020

inch 4K panel that includes both eye-tracking and embedded lenticular lens array so users can view 3D content with the naked eye. The company is also providing compatibility with Unity and Unreal Engine 4, making it easier to export 3D content using its own SDK. Sony recently unveiled Spatial Reality Display, a 15.6-inch

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

OK, I will be able give a more definite verdict after I actually get a hands-on demo first thing tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are our first impressions from having seen the live demos on the stage here at MWC Barcelona. Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

The use of eye, hand, and voice interactions make the interface with the headset natural and easy to be learned. The genius part has been mixing eye tracking with hand micro-gestures. We have not seen much about this headset, but the basic interactions seem made the right way. Some professionals will do, though.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 20, 2023

The solution also includes a simple and robust system architecture which doesn’t rely on eye-tracking technologies. Use cases for Mindport technology include virtual product demos, VR training, and prototyping projects.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s been a long road for FOVE , the creators of the eye-tracking VR headset that hit Kickstarter last summer, but today the company launches pre-orders for their first commercially available product, the FOVE 0. Display: WQHD OLED (2560 x 1440) 1280 x 1440 per eye. Accessories: Position tracking camera / Face cushion.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

Sentences like “With eye-tracking (ET) and a few well-placed sensors, they’ll learn our unconscious reactions to anything we see. Acquiring it, Epic secures a great source of assets for the developers using its Unreal Engine, and also the connection with many talents.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The advantage of using 72 Hz is that everything appears smoother, plus the display becomes brighter and the colors warmer ; Fixed foveating : we all know what foveated rendering is and we all know that to be implemented it requires eye tracking. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The new HoloLens uses its integrated eye tracking to perform user authentication via iris recognition. The new HoloLens features: Eye tracking Full hands tracking (a la Leap Motion) Voice commands understanding. Unreal SDK. Eye tracking. Real-time tracking. Full specs.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The headset will use its eye tracking capabilities to scan the iris of the user and so understand what user has just put on the headset, unlocking itself and maybe also loading the personal preferences; Large scale mapping. One of the most stunning demos offered by Magic Leap has been the AI-driven avatar Mica. But different.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon. We have early internal units and demos at different iterations. eye-tracking analysis to see if you have fallen asleep while driving).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

Until recently, Brian Kane has been highlighting more experiential demos - like one that puts a porthole to the ocean in your living room - to highlight the power of the Magic Leap, and of spatial computing in general. I've been doing demos with this. It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Pimax 12K (Image by Pimax) Regarding the 12K headset, this was still some way off, with a 12K demo planned for Q3 of 2023, a roadshow in Q4, and a presentation at CES in January 2024. There are also additional IPD “offset” adjustments available in the Pimax PC client, on a per-eye basis, to allow further fine-tuning.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too. But it is not over… Miss S and I also went to Beijing and there we talked with other cool companies (like eye tracking company 7Invensun …).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. It has 4.5DOF.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. Throughout 2015, the Rift’s biggest competitor, the HTC Vive had made phenomenal gains in public awareness and word-of-mouth PR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Last week at a dedicated Vive X event, Chinese company 7Invensun has presented one of the most interesting eye tracking accessories to date. 7Invensun is one of the worldwide leaders for what concerns eye tracking. The two parts of the Droolon F1 eye tracking device (Image by 7Invensun).

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency, and integrated eye tracking, the XR-1 seamlessly merges virtual content with the real world for the first time ever. But we were in the summer of 2016, we were looking at a demo and the demo was shown with the Hololens first gen device. You can’t add darkness.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency, and integrated eye tracking, the XR-1 seamlessly merges virtual content with the real world for the first time ever. But we were in the summer of 2016, we were looking at a demo and the demo was shown with the Hololens first gen device. You can’t add darkness.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency, and integrated eye tracking, the XR-1 seamlessly merges virtual content with the real world for the first time ever. But we were in the summer of 2016, we were looking at a demo and the demo was shown with the Hololens first gen device. You can't add darkness.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2019

video) More info (Unreal Engine with Octane Renderer) More info (Wi-fi is not enough for VR streaming). In its tour, he will let people in the enterprise world understand the value of AR/VR with on-field demos of all the most popular XR headsets and the most useful XR enterprise applications. Other relevant news. Image by HTC).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The event also kicked off a series of stellar keynote speeches, workshops, product demos, and other feature presentations for the global tech industry. The platform’s virtual labs provided a full range of device demos, including explosive views, product descriptions, and real-time product demos.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Galea hardware is designed to be integrated into existing HMDs and is the first device that simultaneously collects data from the wearer’s brain, eyes, heart, skin, and muscles. Our current version includes sensors for EEG, EOG, EMG, PPG, and EDA, with the option to include image-based eye tracking as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] — who’s the CEO of Spatial — and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they’re doing with Spatial. And so with some of the demos that I’ve seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment. Kent: Oh, cool. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] -- who's the CEO of Spatial -- and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they're doing with Spatial. And so with some of the demos that I've seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment. Being able to actually look somebody in the eyes in VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

Yeah, I just talked to Anand [Agarawala] — who’s the CEO of Spatial — and saw the demo and just did a whole breakdown of all what they’re doing with Spatial. And so with some of the demos that I’ve seen there were for people who were doing sales for say, medical equipment. Kent: Oh, cool. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And I’ve noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. And a lot of businesses spend tens, hundreds of millions of dollars schlepping around big, heavy, dangerous stuff to trade shows, to customer events, to do demos. They’ve never been easier to use.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And I’ve noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. And a lot of businesses spend tens, hundreds of millions of dollars schlepping around big, heavy, dangerous stuff to trade shows, to customer events, to do demos. They’ve never been easier to use.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” But I think we’ve kind of — in the last two years — put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

” But I think we’ve kind of — in the last two years — put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 13, 2020

And I've noticed that a lot of the people that were just building demos and stuff like that, now are running huge companies. And a lot of businesses spend tens, hundreds of millions of dollars schlepping around big, heavy, dangerous stuff to trade shows, to customer events, to do demos. They've never been easier to use. John: [laughs].

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

But I think we've kind of -- in the last two years -- put a lot of POCs, a lot of effort, into building these demos and proofs of concepts, developing these trials. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking. Play a demo. I jumped back.

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