Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
FOVE has announced that their first eye-tracking VR headset, the FOVE 0, will open for pre-orders on November 2nd, and has also released the final specifications of the device. Much like Oculus, FOVE began as a successful Kickstarter which raised $480,000 , nearly twice its goal, back in mid-2015. FOVE 0 Specifications.
VR Bites
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Some of you may have heard about the FOVE VR headset. FOVE is the first virtual reality headset that uses eye tracking. Just as Oculus with their Rift, FOVE started a Kickstarter back in May 2015. The backers who contributed $349 were ensured to receive the FOVE HMD. Preorder prices start from $649.00
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UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
When the UK-based VR studio, Rewind, asked me if I wanted to come and see a demo of its eye-tracking tech demo for the upcoming FOVE 0 headset, I was intrigued. It went down “fantastically well”, according to Kibblewhite, and even a certain Oculus Rift inventor saw it and liked it.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
DECEMBER 28, 2016
Oculus has acquired an eye-tracking startup known as The Eye Tribe , a company spokesman confirmed to UploadVR this morning. ” The latter half of that mission statement is likely rendered moot now that The Eye Tribe has been acquired by Oculus. .” Before the Oculus acquisition, The Eye Tribe had managed to raise around $5.3
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash, for example, expects high quality solutions to be implemented into VR headsets five years from now. Tobii will continue to develop and supply new eye-tracking hardware and algorithms as part of its plans, which hopefully means it will be creating some of those solutions.
VRScout
JANUARY 1, 2017
With notable exceptions, these are often companies producing cheap replicas of existing mobile hardware like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear without any additional, unique features. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 The next year, that number would cap at 2.4
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JANUARY 17, 2017
He also teased that “some may be suited to new hardware coming out.” Coatsink has previously worked under the Oculus Studios banner with its two Esper games, which released first on Gear VR before coming over to the Oculus Rift. The new hardware hint is also enticing.
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