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Eye-Tracking Group Tobii Plans To Invest $16 Million In VR By 2019

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Eye-tracking has a number of applications for VR, including foveated rendering and avatar replication, and can already been seen in upcoming headsets like the FOVE 0. We recently tried eye-tracking as a means of input inside VR with FOVE, though found it came with its own set of problems. The company intends to spend another $16.6

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29-Year-Old Gamer Leaves Sony Behind to Bring Eye-Tracking to.

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Fove ran a Kickstarter campaign, raising $500,000, and eventually got $13 million in financing from investors including Samsung Electronics Co., and Taizo Son, the younger brother of SoftBank Group Corp. An early version of Fove’s eye-tracking VR goggles will be available to developers and enthusiasts for pre-order on Nov.

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Creators Behind ‘Monument Valley’, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, and More Share VR Insights Ahead of Develop:VR Conference in London

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The team has also been working closely as an approved content provider for Oculus (Rift), Valve (Vive), Samsung (Gear VR) and Fove, plus building release VR demos for Autodesk, AMD and The Foundry. Daniel Efergan – Group Creative Director of Digital, Aardman Animations. Peter Pashley – Head of Development, Ustwo Games.

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‘Sword Art Online’ Experience Comes to FOVE 0

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Sword Art Online (SAO), the VR-centric manga and anime series, will soon be gracing the eyeballs of Fove 0 owners in a new VR experience featuring the series’ female protagonist, Asuna. Fove 0 is compatible with Valve’s OpenVR API, giving it basic access to a swath of SteamVR-compatible content.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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CryWorks, an immersive entertainment company formed by veteran VFX/CGI leaders (who have film credits like Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter), announced an undisclosed seed round investment led by 451 Media Group (aka Michael Bay’s IP development company), 500 Mobile Collective, and leading cross-border venture fund WI Harper Group.

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Hands-on: HoloLens 2 is a More Than Just a Larger Field of View

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I was told to look at a group of rotating gems that popped after I looked directly at one and said the word “pop!”