The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. Other relevant news.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

And you feel present with other people as if you were in other places, having different experiences that you couldn’t necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage.“. We’re talking voice, hand tracking and eye tracking, all of which exist today in various forms. But the next step is neural interfaces.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Nvidia RTX.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

In v1 it was only possible to enhance the central part of the frame, while in this new version, VRSS integrates dynamic gaze tracking, and will be able to move its high-quality region so that to make it stay where the user is looking. NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But most probably they are just concept videos , maybe for internal presentations. The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality. Manus presents the Pro Tracker.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

XR Today: How was Apple’s presentation of the device? Aneesh Kulkarni : It was an impressive presentation, and they checked a lot of boxes. The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Did they leave anything out, or did they tick specific boxes?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico Neo 3 Pro, and its sibling Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (featuring eye-tracking), are the latest enterprise headsets by Pico. The problem of battery duration is present in all the standalone headsets around here, and if you want to use them for many hours, you had better buy some power banks. Pico Neo 3 Pro.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

These are the specifications we can expect from the Pico Neo 3 Link: Qualcomm XR2 chipset 4K low-persistence 90 Hz Curved Display 3664 x 1920 resolution, 773 PPI 72Hz with support for 90Hz 98° FOV 6GB RAM (2133 Mhz) for the Pro model, 8GB for the Pro Eye Model 256GB storage Wi-Fi 6 connectivity USB-C 3.0 Wow, such a honor!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2023

One of the things that got people excited the most is its interface that works only by using eye tracking and hand pinching , which according to the journalists that underwent the demo, is fantabulous. Let’s start with the good one: the eye tracking was actually working very well to select the app icons.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 19, 2021

This is confirmed also by a previous prediction by the CEO of Unity, which foresees that in 2030 VR headsets will be as popular as gaming console: that is mainstream, but still not as TV, for instance. Digilens and Luxecel present innovations for AR lenses. billion in content revenue by 2025?—?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 13, 2023

RT3D design suites from firms like NVIDIA, Epic Games, and Unity allow brands to create immersive content ready for XR distribution. Metaverse services could also present an opportunity for retail and e-commerce companies to build digital versions and storefronts for customers to explore.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

More info (Roadmap presented by Qualcomm) More info (Qualcomm and Ericsson working on 5G) More info (Qualcomm’s Wi-fi 6 chips?—?Road These headsets had been presented at CES 2020, getting the attention of many journalists, that described them as solid competitors for the Oculus Quest in business settings. Unity launches MARS tools.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. A good article on XR Must highlights the best work that has been presented at Sundance Festival New Frontiers this year.

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MAY 27, 2016

First of all, there are going to be a number of different privacy issues, like the biometric data that could be collected from virtual reality technologies including eye tracking, attention, heart rate, emotional states, body language, and even EMG muscle data or EEG brainwaves.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

It is a device conceived only for this purpose and in fact, it doesn’t even offer what other present BCI devices propose, that is the ability to have the rough brain-waves readings, or the ability to understand the emotional status of the user (concentrated, relaxed, etc…). NextMind vs Eye Tracking.

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MAY 8, 2023

The lightweight and comfortable headsets use a small, high-speed, high-definition camera to capture a user’s field of view, them optimize and enhance the footage for the individual. Images are presented across two OLED monitors, one in front of each eye, with updates in real-time.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Images are presented across two OLED monitors, one in front of each eye, with real-time updates. The slimline headset doesn’t cover a user’s entire peripheral vision but presents virtual elements just within their core area of focus.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

In the useful 5% part of the interview, Mark expresses very practical considerations about the present and the future. Sentences like “With eye-tracking (ET) and a few well-placed sensors, they’ll learn our unconscious reactions to anything we see. He seemed like Mr. Cocteau in the movie Demotion Man.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2022

They want to cram all the hardware necessary to have visual augmentations in a tiny lens that sits on your eye. And while this may seem like a technology coming directly from a science fiction movie, they are building it now, in our present. At first, he wore the lens, and they verified his eyes were still ok.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns.

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MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2018

I have been received by Mr. Heavin Mi , that with the help of my assistant Miss S, that translated the whole conversation, has presented me his company. The typical development environment that they use is Unity, but if the customer requires Unreal because wants a better graphical quality, they can develop using UE4, too.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Pimax 12K (Image by Pimax) Regarding the 12K headset, this was still some way off, with a 12K demo planned for Q3 of 2023, a roadshow in Q4, and a presentation at CES in January 2024. There are also additional IPD “offset” adjustments available in the Pimax PC client, on a per-eye basis, to allow further fine-tuning.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

The advantage of using 72 Hz is that everything appears smoother, plus the display becomes brighter and the colors warmer ; Fixed foveating : we all know what foveated rendering is and we all know that to be implemented it requires eye tracking. But we also know that when in VR, most people just look forward with their eyes.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Speaking with Road to VR , Lynx founder Stan Larroque said that his company has raised $2 million as of 2019, and is presently in talks with investors for the company’s next funding round. Lenses: LYNX Founder Details Headset’s Unique Optics. Lynx Funding. Image courtesy Lynx. million on Kickstarter back in 2012. Image courtesy Lnyx.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The presentation at Gamescom talked about your partnership with Unreal Engine for offering real-time RTX. What about Unity, instead? Will it be available also for Unity developers? In the previous link, there is, in fact, a reference saying that both Unreal Engine and Unity will implement DXR APIs.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile. Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. With spatial computing, all the world’s an ad.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

And that’s it for the news about the present. Unity support for OpenXR is still in early beta , and so it’s not reliable yet to develop an OpenXR-compliant application in Unity. All the features of the proposed AR glasses are very similar to the ones already present in the market, like Nreal glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! The Oculus Gaming Showcase presented some updates about Quest and Rift games. Oculus Tracking is much better than SteamVR Tracking Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. Some news on content.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Maybe with eye tracking and some more screen resolution, it may have been. I think that someone is fooling us with specifications: of course, if I have to render the standard Unity cube at 120 Hz, maybe also a Raspberry can be enough… but this can’t count as a minimum specification. Is the Index a next-gen device?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The battery tether feels ever-present, and because it's so short it's much more annoying than the long tether of PC VR headsets or PlayStation VR2. 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. I've snagged the cable.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

The SAO experience was created to welcome new users and teach them how to use Fove 0, the first commercially available VR headset with integrated eye-tracking. Looking at her right in the eye will elicit a smile, but ignore her and she’ll get upset. SEE ALSO Sorry, Internet. The 'Sword Art Online' VR MMO Isn't Real.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

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. So many exciting things are happening and I’m thankful to you all for the support you are giving me. Other relevant news.

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