VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. In January of 2017, FOVE, a Japanese VR startup, released the first eye-tracking VR headset. Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

earlier this month announced a reference design for an eye-tracking headset that uses its Snapdragon chip. Fove ran a Kickstarter campaign, raising $500,000, and eventually got $13 million in financing from investors including Samsung Electronics Co., Qualcomm Inc. game maker Colopl Inc., founder Masayoshi Son.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Many currently refer to virtual reality content creation as the “wild west” since anything goes. Fove has created an eye-tracking headset, which other headset manufacturers may seek to include in future iterations. Gen Z is the the most passionate segment in VR. VR Consumption, 2016.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

AR mode will be everywhere else: calling a heads up display of Google Maps on the street, stopping to catch a Pokemon in a field, or scanning the person in the coffee meeting across from you to cross-reference their LinkedIn profile. Eye tracking: Fove: Eyefluence: SMI: Bladerunner (film). Total Recall (film). Avatar (film).

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