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Set-up Instructions for Vrui with HTC Vive Head-mounted Display

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It’s been more than two years since the last time I posted set-up instructions for Vrui and HTC Vive , and a lot has changed in the meantime. The Vrui VR development toolkit is distributed as tarballs ( gzip -compressed tar archives) containing source code, documentation, other resources, and build scripts. While Vrui-5.0

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

Road to VR

The company has demonstrated its eye-tracking solution in the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and other head-mounted displays. SMI’s eye-tracking tech built into a Rift DK2 | Photo by Road to VR. MacRumors reports that the company was quietly acquired by Apple sometime between May 2nd and July 26th, 2017.

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PlayStation VR Has A Frustrating Camera Distance Problem

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PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. In official documentation, the company says that the camera can track you up to 9.8

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Study shows VR Could Improve Eyesight in Children

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Beijing-based research organization recently released a study named “Experiment Report on the Impact of Long-Term Use of Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays on the Vision of Pre-teen Users” (PDF download).

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A first look at the Tundra Labs HDK

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Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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New Patent Suggests Sony Is Working On Vive-Like Tracking For PSVR

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A new patent from Sony Interactive Entertainment, filed last year and published earlier this month, reveals the company is working on a new tracking system that looks similar in concept and setup to the Lighthouse tracking seen in HTC and Valve’s Vive. Could that suggest that Sony is also working on a wireless version of PSVR?

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR.

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