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CREAL Reveals Its First Light-field AR & VR Headset Prototypes

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Switzerland-based CREAL, which is developing a light-field display, has revealed its first prototype AR and VR headsets. Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. CREAL AR Light-field Prototype. Image courtesy CREAL. Image courtesy CREAL.

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CREAL Raises $7.2 Million to Bring its Light-field Display to AR Glasses

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Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million (~$7.2

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Hands-on: CREAL is Shrinking Its Light-field Display for AR & VR Headsets

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Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it believes will fit into VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. Normally these two eye functions work unconsciously in sync, hence the so-called ‘vergence-accommodation conflict’ when they don’t. CREAL’s approach aims to get us a several steps closer.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

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Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. VR can be an important technology for psychological therapy, for many different disorders : I’ll link you here below also a researcher explaining what it can be useful for.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.25): Quest 2 Pro leaked, Facebook to change its name, and more!

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Aero still features an impressive resolution and pixel density, and also integrated eye-tracking. Positional Tracking : SteamVR 2.0/1.0 Positional Tracking : SteamVR 2.0/1.0 This great October in VR has not finished yet, and we have still to hear the big news from Facebook in a few days.

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FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549

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It’s been a long road for FOVE , the creators of the eye-tracking VR headset that hit Kickstarter last summer, but today the company launches pre-orders for their first commercially available product, the FOVE 0. Display: WQHD OLED (2560 x 1440) 1280 x 1440 per eye. Accessories: Position tracking camera / Face cushion.

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Donald Greenberg: virtual reality is still a baby, we’ll need 20 years for photorealism

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We’re talking about a person that has created a new field, that has an enormous expertise, and that at 84 years still works in these technologies. I could really feel all his knowledge and his passion for the technology, he really inspired me. Well, they have been invented BY HIS TEAM. And why? ( Rendering framework structure.