Eye Tracking, Head Mounted Display and Oculus

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

Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2017

A report from MacRumors provides compelling evidence that Apple has quietly acquired SMI, also known as SensoMotoric Instruments, a company specializing in eye-tracking technology. German-based SMI has specialized in eye-tracking since its founding in 1991.

Eye Tracking

Eye Tracking Apple AR Head Mounted Display

Oculus Enters The VR Eye-Tracking Arms Race With ‘Eye Tribe’ Acquisition

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Oculus has acquired an eye-tracking startup known as The Eye Tribe , a company spokesman confirmed to UploadVR this morning. According to The Eye Tribe’s website, its technology, allows “eye control for consumer devices that enables simplified and enhanced user experiences.

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Eye Tracking Head Mounted Display Oculus Fove

Eye-Tracking Headset FOVE 0 Specs & Pre-Order Date

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Pre-orders for the FOVE 0 head-mounted display begin November 2nd. Originally labeled just FOVE , the FOVE 0 (yeah now we’re talking) has been making waves in the virtual reality community due in large part to its unique built-in eye-tracking technology.

Fove

Fove Eye Tracking Head Mounted Display Virtual Reality

Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light.

Head Mounted Display

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

These headsets offer users cutting-edge technologies, often with 6 degrees of freedom, spatial audio , foveated rendering, and bespoke hand, face, and eye tracking for avatar movement and gaming. Manufacturers have also improved pixel densities and image sharpness using pancake lenses.

Virtual Reality

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu.

Magic Leap

Magic Leap Hand tracking Oculus Head Mounted Display

Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The system creates everything in the user’s environment, which may be exhibited inside a blank room via head-mounted displays (HMDs) or other equipment that helps users feel they are physically inside the virtual world. The second sort of VR headset contains uses your phone and utilizes its display as its own.

Augmented Reality

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Eye tracking will enable more realistic interactions with both NPCs and human avatars, along with detailed analytics, heatmapping, and privacy concerns. Let’s move to the top of the head.

Haptic

Haptic Magic Leap Eye Tracking Simulation

Korean Patent Shows Samsung Gear VR with Positional, Face and Eye Tracking

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2016

According to at least one objective analysis , the Samsung and Oculus-developed device is projected to sell upward of 2 million units by the end of this year. Positional tracking, face mapping and eye tracking are all highlighted in this single patent titled “Image Processing for Head Mounted Display Devices.”

Eye Tracking

Eye Tracking Samsung Head Mounted Display Fove

Oculus Research to Talk “Reactive Displays” for Next-gen AR/VR Visuals at DisplayWeek Keynote

Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Oculus Research’s director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of “reactive displays” and their role in unlocking “next-generation” visuals in AR and VR headsets.

Eye Tracking

Eye Tracking AR Oculus Head Mounted Display

Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Magic Leap Examples Data

How Will AR Transform Advertising?

AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR.

AR

AR Examples Data Head Mounted Display

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Alan: One of the tools that I think we’re just starting to see come online is eye tracking and motion tracking, where we’re really able to get data points about humans that we’ve never had before. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Alan: One of the tools that I think we're just starting to see come online is eye tracking and motion tracking, where we're really able to get data points about humans that we've never had before. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. Walter: Absolutely.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Alan: One of the tools that I think we’re just starting to see come online is eye tracking and motion tracking, where we’re really able to get data points about humans that we’ve never had before. And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Virtual Reality Pulse

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

Oculus Enters The VR Eye-Tracking Arms Race With ‘Eye Tribe’ Acquisition

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Eye-Tracking Headset FOVE 0 Specs & Pre-Order Date

Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

Korean Patent Shows Samsung Gear VR with Positional, Face and Eye Tracking

Oculus Research to Talk “Reactive Displays” for Next-gen AR/VR Visuals at DisplayWeek Keynote

Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

How Will AR Transform Advertising?

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

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