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

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!),

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ARPost

MARCH 15, 2021

Innovations like eye-tracking, “inside-out tracking” for baseless full-body tracking, and wireless headset connectivity put their products in high demand. Private contractor Lockheed Martin employs virtual training with Varjo , an Enterprise XR headset manufacturer based in Finland. VIVE and Street Smarts VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2021

Varjo, the Finland-based company making enterprise headsets with industry-leading specs, is getting ready to reveal something big on June 24th. With the addition of eye-tracking and mixed reality applications, Varjo headsets are built for enterprise appeal, and are priced in thousands as a result. Image courtesy Varjo.

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ARPost

MARCH 15, 2021

Innovations like eye-tracking, “inside-out tracking” for baseless full-body tracking, and wireless headset connectivity put their products in high demand. Private contractor Lockheed Martin employs virtual training with Varjo , an Enterprise XR headset manufacturer based in Finland. VIVE and Street Smarts VR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2020

Varjo, the Helsinki, Finland-based creators of high pixel density VR/AR headsets for enterprise, today announced it’s closed a $54 million Series C funding round. The company says it will use the funds to accelerate the global expansion and development of its XR hardware and software products.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As with Varjo's previous headsets, high quality eye tracking is built-in to enable automatic IPD adjustment and dynamic foveated rendering. Varjo XR-4 also has larger lenses with a significantly taller vertical field of view, 105° compared to the just 78° of XR-3. The horizontal field of view has been improved too, to 120° from 115°.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2017

Finland-based Varjo has announced a new display technology for AR and VR which the company is calling “the first human eye-resolution VR/AR/XR immersive display.” With Varjo’s present tech, the high-resolution area sticks in the middle of the field of view no matter where you move your eyes.

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XROM

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Dec 1, 2023 - Helsinki, Finland Today at Slush 2023, OpenBCI Founder & CEO, Conor Russomanno revealed the company’s vision for the future of computing. OpenBCI’s highly-anticipated Galea Beta device includes a range of sensors that simultaneously measure the user’s heart, skin, muscles, eyes, and brain.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Until then, Finland-based VR startup Varjo is using a combination of macrodisplays and microdisplays to put high density resolution to the center of your view without giving up the wide field of view. Unfortunately, a suitable VR display capable of achieving both a wide field of view and retina resolution isn’t readily available yet.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Dispelix of Finland has not only produced a surface relief waveguide, they’ve made a significant contribution to the manufacturing process. This shows that Nokia’s design cannot only be mass-produced, but its manufacturing can also scale. Others have been inspired by the surface relief design.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Integrated 100Hz stereo eye-tracking. for eye-tracking, VR suits, gloves, etc…). Well, we’ve implemented our own eye tracking. I hope to go to Finland and be able to try his device one day! What are the technical specs of your headset? Varjo Bionic Display : 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. or Finland? Antony: Varro is from Finland. Alan: Finland, sorry. Antony: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. or Finland? Antony: Varro is from Finland. Alan: Finland, sorry. Alan: Hold on a sec.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. or Finland? Antony: Varro is from Finland. Alan: Finland, sorry. Antony: Yeah.

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