XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Over the last year, VR headsets are gaining reaction thanks to many technological innovations, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and wireless streaming, which benefit business and consumer end-users. MR-integrated immersive wearables allow a user to combine their surrounding real and virtual worlds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Some of the earliest devices were specifically created for gaming and entertainment. Spatial technologies like eye tracking, hand-tracking tools, sensors, and voice controls are becoming popular VR headset trends. However, the demand for enterprise-level headsets has increased in recent years.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 11, 2023

The device has a Snapdragon XR2+ processor, pancake optics, hand/face/eye-tracking, stylus Quest Pro controllers, TruTouch haptics, 75 percent greater contrast than Quest 2, and a movement software development kit (SDK) to support full-motion avatars. Meta dropped the Pro device on store shelves in October 2022 for £1,499.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 1, 2023

VR Hardware From Enterprise to Commercial to Consumer In a recent exclusive interview with XR Today, CEO Jan Goetgeluk explained that the Omni One device is a derivative of the firm’s previous commercial products for entertainment venues. And recently, we started shipping Omni One, our first consumer version designed for the home.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Eye tracking solutions firm Tobii announced it had inked a major deal on Tuesday with US startup HeadVantage to provide athletes with cameras, sensors, and cutting-edge eye tracking technologies. Tobii’s solutions have also been widely used for Pico Interactive and HTC VIVE headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

2024 will prove to be a defining year for XR; while the wearables are still far from ubiquity, if the current wave of interest pulls through and creates results this year, the ubiquity journey might start – if the 2024 wave falls short. The device will likely appear in another more complete reveal later in the year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2022

Extended reality technology is officially evolving to be more than just a novelty or tool for entertainment in today’s digitally transforming world. With eye and hand tracking, it’s possible to immerse users in extended reality experiences like never before, unlocking more convenient interactions. Step 1: Choose Your XR Path.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 27, 2023

Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Today, there are numerous brands producing lightweight, ergonomic, and infinitely powerful wearable solutions for VR users. So, where should business buyers start their search for the ultimate headset?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

They can automatically scale performance to different devices and wearables, giving you room to grow. It helps developers create augmented experiences once, which they can deploy across multiple mobile devices and wearables. Tracking: Tracking capabilities are crucial for creating a sense of immersion in AR apps.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The bad news is that the Apple Vision Pro release date for the cheaper wearable could be further away. We know the product will contain 12 cameras, six microphones, and five hand, eye, and voice tracking sensors. The headset will also have a ring of LED lights to assist with eye-tracking performance.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

This level of immersion is ideal for hard skills and soft skills training, education, entertainment and wellness. Frame-based sensors, which traditionally power hand and/or eye tracking on these headsets, tend to drain batteries, so they can’t be used for hours on end.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

What separates it from the competition is more advanced spatial features, like exceptional hand and eye-tracking, and a proprietary operating system (VisionOS), designed by Apple. Hand and Eye Tracking Functionality and Controllers Both the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro have controller support and offer eye and hand tracking.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For example, global dimming is useful for entertainment or personal productivity. To Infinity Another common challenge with AR glasses is wearability and comfort. ML2 conversely starts over with a series of factors including eye tracking with two interior cameras. That could include things like virtual monitors.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

resolution to enhance XR productivity and entertainment experiences. resolution, “Game Super Resolution,” “Space Warp,” Foveated rendering, and support for depth sensors, eye tracking, hand tracking, face tracking, and controller tracking. The Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset unlocks 4.3K

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For example, global dimming is useful for entertainment or personal productivity. To Infinity Another common challenge with AR glasses is wearability and comfort. ML2 conversely starts over with a series of factors including eye tracking with two interior cameras. That could include things like virtual monitors.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Apple is marketing the wearable system as a spatial computer, focusing strongly on the developing MR world. On the outside, the headset features five sensors, six microphones, and 12 cameras, allowing for hand, eye, and voice tracking. Apple’s partner will offer unique inserts for eye-tracking accuracy and visual fidelity.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You also get a handy IPD slider and can adjust interpupillary distance manually or automatically (with eye tracking). When you put the headset on, it uses eye-tracking tools to ensure you get the best possible visual experience. Notably, the standalone mode is more for entertainment than enterprise use.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. Today, there are numerous brands producing lightweight, ergonomic, and infinitely powerful wearable solutions for VR users. So, where should business buyers start their search for the ultimate headset?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

or 4K micro OLED per eye (depending on the model. Made for Work, not Entertainment XR for entertainment is a varied shark tank of vendors and products. Immersed is squarely focused on the future of work with its Visor product, not entertainment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

A state-of-the-art new wearable experience demands a brand-new software strategy too. The Vision Pro, which promises an infinite canvas for collaboration, productivity, and entertainment, will use visionOS to bring a new three-dimensional UI to users. However, the success of this ambitious $3.5k

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

resolution, “which will take XR productivity and entertainment to the next level,” remarked Hugo Swart, the Vice President and General Manager of XR at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New? A leading selling point of the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset is the hardware’s ability to unlock 4.3K

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 31, 2019

Matthew Wren: Wireless was a big jump, and I’m expecting to see resolution and motion tracking improvements, as well as hopefully some better innovations in haptics. On the user side, I’m not sure how beneficial eye tracking is going to be. What else can you tell us about how virtual reality is growing?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The device comes with top-tier specs to justify its price, such as 256GB/512GB/1TB storage, 23 million pixel display, 90Hz/96Hz/100Hz refresh rate, spatial audio, 2 hours of battery, Bluetooth, eye tracking, hand tracking, and a 21.2-22.9 ounces weight. ” HTC VIVE Flow The HTC VIVE Flow headset costs $499.

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

In addition to fun, quirky projects aimed to entertain, the content our creators will share is often thought-provoking and informative. Among these 48 offerings are four never-before-seen projects from some of the prominent names in entertainment and immersive technology. Image Credit: SIGGRAPH.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 5, 2023

The features also enhance eye-tracking capabilities for full interactivity with the headset. This allows seamless usage of iPhones, MacBooks, Watches, and other wearables while using the headset. Entertainment : The top-spec headset can also immerse users in a virtual theatre setting, no matter their surroundings.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

VIVE has a huge range of tools to support different kinds of XR gaming, from the VIVE Flow for wireless wellness, to the VIVE Pro Eye, with built-in eye tracking capabilities. The company was one of the first to make it easier for companies of all sizes to start creating entertaining experiences in AR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

As the world of extended reality grows increasingly “mainstream”, we’re seeing a host of companies experimenting with the engaging, and entertaining aspects of the technology. While other systems for virtual reality gaming in the past have focused heavily on game controllers and finger-controlled mechanics, VIVE Pro Eye offers something new.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Industry verticals worldwide leverage AR to complete incredible tasks such as remote guidance, education, surgery, collaboration, and entertainment. In 2009, the MIT Media Lab group launched SixthSense, the world’s first wearable gesture interface to overlay digital information on the real world. Here’s more on what it can do.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

It’s first product, the 2016 Glyph , was a personal entertainment wearable that won CES’ best new product and remains a favorite of XR enthusiasts to this day. With cross-training in these fields and some vision science, Tang became primed to tackle AR. Soon after that, Avegant was born. But then came a crossroads.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

indoor vs outdoor) USB-C connection to a compact wearable computing pack for the computational power PC version works with Windows, but we’re doing our best to support Android and Linux. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Using holocake [lens], using multi-view eye tracking, using reverse passthrough, with hardware components that exsist. – Although smart glasses are also attempting to address this problem, headset manufacturers need to improve the wearability and usability of VR/MR headsets to ensure practical usage in settings such as factory floors.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

The company’s partners include healthcare, manufacturing, and entertainment firms. Head pose and eye-tracking. Magic Leap is developing an AR industrial hardware solution that projects immersive imagery on real-world locations to assist end clients with various tasks. 120 Hz refresh rate. 260g headset weight.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Bevilacqua explained that the firm started in games and entertainment before moving towards the growing enterprise XR market because “the consumer market wasn’t there, but what we [Cognitive3D] did find was a really great fit in enterprise. Elements such as hand and eye-tracking were not commonly available in the last decade.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jan Goetgeluk, Virtuix’s Founder and CEO , spoke with XR Today in an exclusive chat, discussing how the firm is distributing and scaling the international availability of its Omni One product at a time when XR headset operators are looking for alternative methods of input, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and omni-treadmill technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

Hand tracking. Eye tracking. In November, the firm announced that the Vuzix Ultralite device won the CES 2023 Innovation Award for Wearable Technology. The device also has a horizontal FOV of 120 degrees and a vertical FOV of 100 degrees. The device powers MR visuals using two 120 × 100 passthrough cameras.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Though AR and VR innovations were previously thought of mainly as tools for the entertainment and gaming landscape, perceptions are starting to change. As for cameras, the Pico 4 Enterprise ahs 3 infrared cameras for face and eye-tracking, while the Meta Quest Pro has a total of 5. Extended Reality isn’t just for consumers.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Microsoft Capture Studio is offering such services scanning celebrities and performers for entertainment and education purposes. Although not connected to an AI, thus limiting real-time interactivity, volumetric video could be used to convey canned messages to viewers. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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