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Varjo’s Enthusiast Grade VR Headset is Getting a Brain-computer Interface

Road to VR

It’s an area of research that many companies are looking towards ( such as Valve ) in the hopes that such non-invasive devices could provide a host of new data. SteamVR Tracking 1.0 2x eye-tracking. IPD Adjustment Range. Connectors. breakout box (USB-A 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4). Cable Length. external beacons).

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Apple is Prepping Retail Stores for Vision Pro Debut

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In October, Apple introduced Vision Pro developer labs in New York City and Sydney, allowing a wider breadth of developers to test their apps on the innovative device with assistance from Apple employees, engineers, and experts. The headset will support two power options: an outlet and an external battery pack.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.03): OpenXR is taking foot, new cool features found inside Oculus runtime, and more!

The Ghost Howls

An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. And it is not stopping here: OpenXR has just added new extensions for hands and eye tracking , and a company like UltraLeap has just released a beta implementation for its hands’ tracker. Other relevant news. Image by Oculus).

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.18): Meta announces Quest Pro, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The main scope of this position is to prototype, ship, and support consumer gaming products leveraging visual-inertial tracking (HMD and controllers), camera passthrough, environment understanding, eye tracking, and hand tracking. New info about IVAS glasses. Quest Hand Tracking v2.1 Learn more. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The eye and face tracking can also work via Quest Link (but maybe only for developers). There are new complaints about Meta’s privacy policy on eye tracking , as my friend Avi Bar-Zeev points out. Other relevant news. New York Times talks about the UX of immersive journalism.

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Apple Vision Pro Review: A Portable But Heavy Cinema & Monitor With A Promising Spatial OS

Upload VR

When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eye tracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place. This basic idea isn’t new.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.11): CES had some interesting XR announcements, new rumors on Apple and Meta, and more!

The Ghost Howls

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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