The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

The CES is going to start tomorrow, but today HTC has already made its great announcements, showing to the world the upcoming new hardware Vive Pro Eye, Vive Cosmos and software solutions Viveport Infinity and Vive Reality system. Vive Pro Eye. The Vive Pro Eye, in all its splendor (Image by HTC).

HTC 332

HTC Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Controllers 332

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2018

One of the best of them is when in Beijing I visited the company 7Invensun , a worldwide excellence in eye tracking. For sure you remember the name 7Invensun: I have already interviewed them when they announced that their eye tracking module aGlass DK II was able to provide eye tracking not only for the Vive, but even for the Vive Pro.

Eye Tracking 155

Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Data HTC 155

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. All VR interfaces will change with the introduction of eye tracking, becoming more intuitive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). FPS: 100Hz/120Hz.

Eye Tracking 160

Eye Tracking Data China Virtual Reality 160

Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) is a German-based eye tracking company who has released an eye tracking kit for the Oculus DK2 & Gear VR , and most recently for the HTC Vive. See Also: FOVE Debuts Latest Design for Eye Tracking VR Headset. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

Eye Tracking 109

Eye Tracking Fove HTC Technology 109

Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2017

Eye tracking experts SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) have collaborated with Valve to bring their technology to OpenVR. Eye tracking-enabled HTC Vive units are being shown at GDC 2017, as part of an R&D effort to integrate eye-tracking support into Valve’s OpenVR API.

Eye Tracking 100

Eye Tracking HTC Technology Conference 100

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

FOVE has announced that their first eye-tracking VR headset, the FOVE 0, will open for pre-orders on November 2nd, and has also released the final specifications of the device. Much like Oculus, FOVE began as a successful Kickstarter which raised $480,000 , nearly twice its goal, back in mid-2015. Tracking: Head Tracking.

Fove 100

Fove Eye Tracking Oculus Head Tracking 100

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos (Image by HTC). The Vive Cosmos is the latest PC VR headset announced by HTC at CES 2019. HTC has been able to create some hype towards th is device, that has appeared intriguing since the beginning. Thanks to it, the Cosmos is nominally the headset with the best-in-class tracking hardware.

HTC 385

HTC Controllers Hardware Eye Tracking 385

Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Oculus co-founder and Facebook’s head of PC VR Brendan Iribe is leaving the company amidst a TechCrunch report that Facebook cancelled its second iteration of Rift. SEE ALSO Oculus Co-founder Departs Facebook Amidst Rumor of Rift 2 Cancellation. Image courtesy Facebook.

Oculus 195

Oculus Eye Tracking Samsung HTC 195

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together.

Oculus 301

Oculus Eye Tracking Hardware Las Vegas 301

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? No new VR hardware announcement. It would be a crazy move.

Oculus 339

Oculus AR Augmented Reality Apple 339

Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2016

The StarVR prototype I tried at E3 2016 was tracked using Sixense STEM, but Marquez tells me that the company is working on its own roomscale tracking system for StarVR which is based on different tech than Oculus’ ‘Constellation’ or Valve’s ‘Lighthouse’ systems. While the StarVR 1.4

Eye Tracking 143

Eye Tracking Los Angeles Virtual Reality Controllers 143

The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

Oculus 246

Oculus Apple Hand tracking Magic Leap 246

VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

As people flock online during quarantine we now find ourselves experimenting with new platforms, pushing immersive technologies to the limits, and collaborating in new ways; from eye-tracking technology and facial tracking to biometrics and brain-control interfaces. Eye-Tracking .

Technology 293

Technology Haptic Eye Tracking Machine Learning 293

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. To think, HTC and Oculus were once competitors back in the early days of consumer VR.

HTC 317

HTC Magic Leap Video China 317

XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Some of the leading companies like Meta Platforms, Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, Lenovo, and Varjo Technologies, among others, have been leading global markets with their devices.

Virtual Reality 255

Virtual Reality Training South Korea Tourism 255

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Enterprise hardware features. Slide describing some hardware features of Pico 4 Enterprise. On the hardware side, Pico 4 Enterprise is basically a 256GB Pico 4 , with some improvements in hygiene and sensors. On the sensors side, there are 2 sensors for eye tracking and an additional sensor for face tracking.

Eye Tracking 500

Eye Tracking Controllers Hardware Europe 500

ARPost

JANUARY 16, 2020

There’s also the Pico Neo 2 Eye, which is the same as the standard Neo 2 but with eye-tracking technology. So, other than eye-tracking, what kind of features make the Neo 2 so impressive? The headsets use wireless connections like those pioneered by HTC so there aren’t any wires holding you back.

Eye Tracking 198

Eye Tracking Industry HTC Course 198

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 21, 2017

Thinking that Oculus’ insane Rift sale is to clear out stock for something new? Head of Content Jason Rubin said as much in a recent interview with Cnet , assuring people that just bought the headset — currently discounted to $399 with Oculus Touch — that they have years of content ahead of them.

Oculus 146

Oculus Eye Tracking HTC Hardware 146

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

VirtualLink was announced back in 2018 with the backing of NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, Oculus, and HTC—representing a bulk of the most significant hardware players in the VR industry. SEE ALSO OpenXR Now Certifying Headset & App Compliance, Adds Extensions for Hand-tracking & Eye-tracking.

Eye Tracking 335

Eye Tracking Hand tracking Latency Industry 335

Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

Digital Trends recently published a report entitled ‘VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it’ It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article’s thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some of the article’s claims, saying it’s “not the whole story.”

HTC 109

HTC Trends Amazon Japan 109

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. image courtesy Oculus. image captured by Road to VR.

Oculus 127

Oculus Unreal Eye Tracking HTC 127

Upload VR

JANUARY 4, 2024

per eye at 90Hz or 2.7K per eye at 120Hz for the base XR2 Gen 2. Finally, the chip includes support for up to 12 concurrent cameras, up from 10 on the base XR2 Gen 2, to enable headsets with a plethora of face and eye tracking sensors. That compares to up to 3.1K

Samsung 141

Samsung Google Architecture Eye Tracking 141

AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The integration allows TechSee’s computer vision AI to be integrated into Vuzix’s hardware and will eventually be available in the App Store. Some new additions to the headset are features such as pupil and eye tracking, heart rate, and facial tracking with an extra mounted unit. That’s right, baby.

Apple 221

Apple Haptic Eye Tracking California 221

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. The Quest Pro already introduced mixed reality and eye tracking: I’ve seen a few interesting experiments with it, but the device was a total flop.

Apple 406

Apple Samsung Eye Tracking Google 406

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. As you can see from the price, it has been positioned in the West as an enterprise headset as all the devices by HTC. This is how to set it up.

Conference 293

Conference HTC China 360 Video 293

The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Just be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail to not miss it…. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. Then, the price is a bit high , and this is very HTC.

Eye Tracking 361

Eye Tracking HTC China Amazon 361

Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

inches diagonally that boast 3,000 pixels per inch (PPI)—a significant jump from Oculus Rift of HTC Vive’s 447-461 PPI. It’s also difficult to say how a hardware-based solution will stand up to everyday use since it requires lenses to physically move every time your eye shifts position. Oculus, Vive.

Eye Tracking 247

Eye Tracking Technology Oculus Hardware 247

The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

It has been a watershed moment, because before this week many people were skeptical about Mojo Vision since they thought the hardware was cool but there was no way it could work safely inside a human eye. PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. Don’t wake me up! News worth a mention.

Machine Learning 377

Machine Learning Eye Tracking Unity Hardware 377

TechCrunch VR

JUNE 6, 2019

HTC had the hottest VR headset out of the gate in 2016, but the thinning margins on consumer hardware thanks to Oculus have pushed them into the enterprise business. The only difference over the previous-generation Vive Pro (with a $1,399 bundle price) is the eye-tracking capabilities.

HTC 47

HTC Eye Tracking Hardware Oculus 47

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2016

It may only be two years old, but Oculus’ Connect developer conference has already established some cherished traditions. Abrash’s 2021 predictions for VR, presented at Oculus Connect 3 in 2016. Prediction: Eye-tracking will play a big part in the future of VR. So what exactly did Abrash predict? Was he right?:

Eye Tracking 100

Eye Tracking Oculus Fove Haptic 100

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This has been a hectic week for the leaks on the upcoming new Oculus Quest Pro device. Marky Z hinted that the device should feature eye and face tracking, and recent findings in Oculus Quest 2 runtime confirm this. I also thank everyone of you that supported me in this journey! Top news of the week. Image from Imgur).

Eye Tracking 283

Eye Tracking Apple Controllers Oculus 283

Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2024

It introduces new features never before shipped, and its visionOS fuses eye tracking and hand tracking for intuitive input with a unique take on the spectrum of immersion. Hand Tracking Apple describes the hand tracking quality as "so precise, it completely frees up your hands from needing clumsy hardware controllers."

Apple 134

Apple Eye Tracking Hand tracking Latency 134

VRWorld

MAY 8, 2018

During the second day of the Facebook F8 Conference, Oculus debuted an in-development varifocal VR headset, called the Half Dome. While this headset hasn’t yet been announced as a consumer product, one would be safe in assuming that the features on display may emerge in the successor to the Oculus Rift. Image Credit.

Oculus 64

Oculus Eye Tracking Conference HTC 64

Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Image courtesy HTC. HTC have finally revealed the price and release date of the anticipated Vive Pro , opening preorders globally at Vive.com and other retailers. Developer Neat Corp has appeared at GDC 2018 to show their progress on Budget Cuts , confirming a May 16th release date on SteamVR and Oculus Home. Nvidia RTX.

Magic Leap 190

Magic Leap Unreal Eye Tracking HTC 190

Road to VR

MAY 11, 2018

Because INT hasn’t detailed the size of the panel, it’s impossible to say where it fits on the spectrum of VR hardware. Currently the market leaders in pixel density are Samsung Odyssey and HTC Vive Pro, both with the same Samsung-built panel at ~615 ppi.

Los Angeles 234

Los Angeles Samsung Taiwan Eye Tracking 234

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

Germany 291

Germany Magic Leap Oculus AR 291

Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2018

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 VRDK , a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking.

Controllers 228

Controllers Hand tracking Eye Tracking Hardware 228