XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Analysis of this evolving market shows companies are rapidly becoming more focused on Edge Computing as a way of keeping IoT devices connected, improving network security, and reducing latency in digital content streams. Internet technology giants such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft are also making their own investments into the “Edge” space.

Trends 105

Trends Latency Data Tools 105

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. HoloLens 2. Azure Kinect.

Microsoft 309

Microsoft AR HTC Augmented Reality 309

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Optic ID Iris-based biometric authentication OS VisionOS Audio Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, a 6-mic array with directional beamforming Battery 2 hours of general use or 2.5 and Wi-Fi 6 Input Hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, trackpads, and game controllers IPD 51-75mm Weight 21.2-22.9 Plus, the eye tracking is insanely good.

Apple 88

Apple Eye Tracking Immersion Video 88

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

In the training landscape, the realistic simulations enabled by hand and eye tracking can help build muscle memories and increase knowledge retention. In the collaborative space , tracking sensors can help to bring teams closer together, improving feelings of inclusion and connectivity.

Hand tracking 52

Hand tracking Eye Tracking Tools Data 52

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!)

Oculus 451

Oculus Switzerland Italy Microsoft 451

Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The designs cover all three technologies from a sleek looking, matt black VR headset to an MR device similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens. The platform can support up to 7 seven cameras, two internal, one for each eye for eye-tracking and four external cameras, two RGB cameras for MR experiences and two for head tracking.

Head Tracking 97

Head Tracking Eye Tracking Latency Hand tracking 97

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

As such, it’s likely to compete primarily with solutions like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Meta Quest Pro. Inside, there’s a ring of LED lights, which project invisible patterns onto the user’s eyes to boost eye-tracking accuracy. Like other leading MR devices, the Vision Pro is controller free.

Apple 100

Apple Wearables Immersion Eye Tracking 100

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 7, 2023

mm jack Microphone : 2x integrated microphones (noise canceling) Tracking : inside-out + support for SteamVR via dedicated faceplate Controllers : Varjo controllers (powered by RAZER ) included Weight : 1021g The various models of Varjo XR-4. The tiny dots that you see are the LEDs for eye tracking The FOV was larger than usual (e.g.

Razer 408

Razer Controllers Simulation Course 408

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For example, Lenovo’s A3 and Magic Leap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments. Numerous emerging technologies such as hand and eye tracking , games, productivity suites, and other tools must integrate seamlessly for the user.

AR 79

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Florida 79

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset enables 6 degrees of freedom tracking, with spatial mapping and mixed reality capture.

Magic Leap 97

Magic Leap Wearables Samsung Microsoft 97

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Although the benefit for businesses could be significant, smart glasses enable workers to access mission-critical documents hands-free with increasingly sophisticated eye tracking and voice-assisted navigation options. For AR smart glasses to become a reality, vendors must create efficient, reliable, and comfortable devices.

Magic Leap 105

Magic Leap Immersion AR Hardware 105

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

Eye Tracking 287

Eye Tracking Software Controllers Data 287

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Considering that the glasses talk wirelessly with the phone, there is latency between the rendering request, when the frame is actually rendered, when it arrives back to the glasses, and when it is shown on screen. This chip works with Wi-Fi 7 (which I didn’t even know existed) to reduce the latency of connection up to 2ms.

Augmented Reality 439

Augmented Reality AR Latency Eye Tracking 439

AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Next generation VR devices are getting updated with all the necessary ingredients to make video passthrough possible including high resolution displays, powerful cameras, depth sensors, GPUs and eye-tracking. The combination of these ingredients are solving for some of the biggest challenges video passthrough faces such as latency.

Augmented Reality 314

Augmented Reality Wearables AR Industry 314

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The flagship MR solution from the company is the Samsung HMD Odyssey, which combines Microsoft Windows Holographic computing components with a 110-degree Fresnel lens.

Magic Leap 99

Magic Leap Wearables Immersion Healthcare 99

The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

More info (Latency in haptic gloves) More info (Tasbi). Some claimed it will be wireless, others claimed it will be wireless, with eye-tracking, high resolution, 200° FOV, and other cool stuff… all for $250. Microsoft has showcased a great holographic translating technology. PSVR 2 will be cool but don’t overhype it.

Oculus 171

Oculus Gaming Haptic AR 171

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Eye tracking will enable more realistic interactions with both NPCs and human avatars, along with detailed analytics, heatmapping, and privacy concerns. Those interactions can be mapped to brainwaves and translated into action with almost no latency. Eye tracking: Fove: Eyefluence: SMI: Bladerunner (film).

Haptic 100

Haptic Magic Leap Eye Tracking Simulation 100

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. On the technological side, it seems all is set to start using cloud rendering, but the big problem of the latency from the nearest server remains; VRSS (Variable Rate SuperSampling) v2 has been announced.

HTC 465

HTC Oculus Unity Augmented Reality 465

Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s most immersive virtual reality systems, like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, rely on a bothersome tether to send power and high fidelity imagery to the headset at low latency. This translates to zero perceived latency by the player, preserving user comfort due to the elimination of motion sickness that latency causes in VR play.

Latency 246

Latency Eye Tracking Technology Data 246

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

It’s one of the most powerful devices I’ve ever used, with exceptional multi-tasking capabilities, hand and eye-tracking, and phenomenal visual fidelity. Controllers and Hand/Eye Tracking Functionality One major difference between the extended reality experiences offered by Apple and Meta is the way they approach controls.

Apple 85

Apple Eye Tracking Hand tracking Controllers 85

VRGuy

APRIL 11, 2016

This is important because you want the high resolution layer to be large enough so that the eye can’t move to the lower resolution portion in the time it takes to get the gaze position and render the scene. For additional reading This paper from Microsoft research is particularly interesting.

Indiana 72

Indiana Latency Microsoft Eye Tracking 72

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These new features would include eye-tracking, dynamic foveated rendering, IPD auto-adjustment, and stand-alone mod e: these will be enabled through future software updates. There are also additional IPD “offset” adjustments available in the Pimax PC client, on a per-eye basis, to allow further fine-tuning.

Eye Tracking 315

Eye Tracking Controllers Software Hardware 315

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 31, 2023

For instance, NVIDIA updated its AI-powered Broadcast product recently to feature new innovative eye-tracking capabilities. According to Microsoft and NVIDIA, AI will help to fuel the next wave of automation in the XR space and empower companies to accomplish more with fewer resources.

Machine Learning 77

Machine Learning Eye Tracking Data Gesture Control 77

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. The M2 delivers unparalleled standalone processing performance, while the new R1 chip is specialized to process input from the cameras, sensors, and microphones to enable what looked like high fidelity, low latency passthrough for a real-time sense of presence.

Industry 85

Industry Apple Unity North America 85

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

AR 78

AR Examples Latency Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

AR 78

AR Examples Latency Training 78

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He's formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. Today we have Niko Eiden, CEO of Varjo.

AR 60

AR Latency Examples Training 60

VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. link] 7invensun-eye-tracker-for- vive/. “A Chinese startup known as 7invensun (pronounced seven-in-ven-sun) is announcing it will be releasing a new eye tracking module for the Vive next month. “The Element AIC offers a Gen 3.0 link] a-hire/.

Eye Tracking 40

Eye Tracking Latency Samsung Apple 40

XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

So shifting gears slightly, you know, and this is interesting, it’s in your book as well: A recent study commissioned by Microsoft in the Harvard Business Review showed that 87 per cent of correspondants that they interviewed are currently exploring, piloting, or deploying mixed reality in their company workflows. Alan: They love that.

AR 78

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Course 78

XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

So shifting gears slightly, you know, and this is interesting, it’s in your book as well: A recent study commissioned by Microsoft in the Harvard Business Review showed that 87 per cent of correspondants that they interviewed are currently exploring, piloting, or deploying mixed reality in their company workflows. Alan: They love that.

AR 78

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Course 78

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. The month closes with Microsoft finally awakening, announcing it will ship the $3,000 self-contained HoloLens augmented reality developer kit to developers at the end of March. December 2015. March 2016. November 2016.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco HTC Unity Conference 100

Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Microsoft chose this approach for HoloLens 2, which Quest Pro actually bears a striking resemblance to. Eye tracking is off by default for privacy reasons, but if you enable it you can open a Fit Adjustment guide that measures your IPD and tells you to adjust the lenses to this value. Pro Controllers & Hand Tracking.

Hand tracking 98

Hand tracking Controllers Eye Tracking Hardware 98

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Very quick.

Machine Learning 78

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Very quick.

Machine Learning 78

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 78

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft. GB: Is it a tradeoff against what you’d call latency, maybe? With hand tracking and eye tracking built into the headset, I can be playing with my friends across the world. Question: I work for Ashley Furniture.

Augmented Reality 100

Augmented Reality Gaming AR Machine Learning 100

XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And it's a super powerful chip that will allow you to have AI built in for facial tracking and object recognition in these types of things, but also allow you to have-- I think it's up to seven cameras. So front facing cameras, IR cameras, eye tracking cameras, facial tracking cameras, all of these things. Very quick.

Machine Learning 60

Machine Learning Education Apple Technology 60

XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

And the importance of the general technical work I do in terms of creating low-latency experiences, and how they can be used to combine together to create better human safety conditions. One of the things that came up in one of the conversations is eye tracking is going to be more and more prevalent in these headsets.

AR 78

AR Magic Leap Technology Software 78