VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2022

250g (8.8oz) Tracking system: 6DoF, camera based inside-out head tracking Platform: SteamVR and more (future update) Connection: Display Port Alternate Mode on USB-C or Display Port + USB2.0. The MeganeX is available for demo during this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Based on videos provided by BrianMp16, the VR mod appears to support 6DoF head-tracking and at least some degree of motion controls. You can play the entirety of the legendary campaign from start to finish, all from an immersive first-person perspective.

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ARPost

AUGUST 25, 2022

Inputs include a touchpad, head-tracking, and full voice control. The headset also comes loaded with onboard speakers, noise-canceling microphones, and an HD camera capable of taking photographs or streaming video. All of this is in a lightweight form factor designed for all-day use by “deskless workers.”.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

Although, because AltspaceVR avatars don’t have arms, sometimes hand tracking makes things a little more awkward. A headset also enables head tracking. Desktop users can simulate head tracking by moving the mouse where they would like the avatar to appear to be looking. Exploring Avatar Customization.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The AR2 platform supports up to nine concurrent cameras for a bevy of head-tracking, environment-sensing, and user-tracking tasks. Using this three-chip framework for distributed processing, Qualcomm claims it will be possible to build compact AR glasses that consume less than one watt of power.

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Slashgear

MARCH 18, 2021

This wearable head-mounted display (HMD) included an array of features, including but not limited to wireless functionality, antenna, optical subsystem, IMU sensors, a dedicated processor (or processors), onboard memory, functioning operating system, applications, games, a head tracking module, and an eye … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2021

While the app doesn’t add core VR functionality like hand-tracking, for many games it adds head-tracking, stereoscopy, and other tweaks that make non-VR games playable inside the headset. VorpX has a huge range of options allowing players to tweak games to feel right in VR, but this can be an involved process.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In a video posted to Reddit this week, user classified39 shows off a custom mod that allows them to view a 360 virtual image complete with head tracking inside of Minecraft using Immersive Portals and Computercraft. But what about playing VR in Minecraft ? Immersive Portals + Computercraft Pt. 3: Did I just invent VR in Minecraft?

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 24, 2021

Apple's $549 AirPods Max have new competition: Yamaha's $500 YH-L700A offer ANC, transparency, and built-in head-tracking sensors, just like Apple's cans.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 5, 2022

Apple's automatic audio switching and head-tracking spatial audio are its coolest headphone technologies. Google plans to do the same for Android.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2023

And frankly, one serious potential challenge with this setup is how much it may distort the user’s eyes when see by outsiders—nobody wants to walk around with that ‘coke bottle glasses’ look.

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Road to VR

JULY 14, 2020

Both headsets only offer 3DOF head tracking, and include a single 3DOF controller. The company today announced the G2 “4K S” and G2 “4K” Enterprise, something the company says was the result of customer demand for more memory space and improved battery life.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 7, 2022

LG's Tone Free T90Q bring head-tracking spatial audio to both iOS and Android users alike, breaking Apple's monopoly on the immersive listening feature.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

As for the headset’s optical tracking skills, Lang thought room-scale head-tracking was just as solid as other WMR headsets; some software-induced stutter exists when transitioning between apps or loading screens. The newly redesigned controllers offer acceptable—but not exceptional—latency and jitter.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

Tracking system : 6DOF, camera based inside-out head tracking. Here’s the full spec sheet Shiftall has shared so far: Display : 1.3inch OLED microdisplay 5.2K (2,560 × 2,560 per eye), 10bit HDR / 120Hz. Weight : Approx. 250g (8.8oz) – Without cable. Processor : Snapdragon XR1 platform.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2020

High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. They called it New World Banking. Oculus Rift powered the virtual experience. It let consumers discover Hatton’s banking solutions in a fun and engaging way. Additionally, a leap motion 3D controller enabled them to interact with it.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Similar to the Lenses for people and cats, the Lens for dogs recognizes when dogs appear in the camera view and affixes AR effects to their heads, tracking the dogs. Don't Miss: Snapchat Virtually Restores London's Big Ben with Holiday-Themed, Location-Based AR Lens Snapchat let users open this AR Lens present early on Christmas Eve.

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Upload VR

MARCH 16, 2023

More also needs to be learned PlayStation VR2’s tracking system before we can say more about the potential of using PSVR 2 for PC VR gaming. Open source efforts like Monado are working on computer vision-based hand and head tracking for VR headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2022

This will pair well with the existing spatial audio capabilities of Apple products; especially when used with AirPods which can track the movement of your head for a head-tracked spatial audio experience.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2020

Head tracking : 4 visible light cameras. Eye tracking : 2 IR cameras. Resolution : 2k 3:2 light engines. Holographic density : >2.5k radiants (light points per radian). Eye-based rendering : Display optimization for 3D eye position. Depth : 1-MP Time-of-Flight (ToF) depth sensor. IMU : Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tracking & Input. The headset supports 6DOF head-tracking and users can pair an Android phone to be used as a 3DOF controller (head-based pointing can be used as a fallback). Hand-tracking won’t be supported at launch, though it may come in a future update. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The studio also added support for Tobii and TrackIR head-tracking cameras, letting gamers with traditional monitors use head gestures to look around the battlefield in what promises to inch somewhat closer the benefits of actual VR headsets.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 24, 2021

Going deeper on Boeing’s AR deployment, it let technicians move through multiple instruction prompts using voice commands, Google Glass gestural taps and a head-tracking interface. Cognitive Load. Voice commands could also summon a particular sequence of schematic instructions.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2023

But you won’t really see the magic until you see a light-field with both eyes and head-tracking. I’ve seen Creal’s static bench-top demos before, which show static floating imagery through the lens to a single eye, demonstrating that you can indeed focus (accommodate) at different depths.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2023

Image courtesy Sightful Sightful says Spacetop uses a pair of customized Nreal Light AR goggles with 6DOF head-tracking, a 53° field-of-view, and 1,920 × 1,080 resolution per-eye. Spacetop has a sort of dock in which to stow the glasses, and a ‘lid’, allowing the entire unit to be portable.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Like Gear VR, Oculus Go only has head tracking (three degrees of freedom) and comes with a single controller, which is basically targeted at casual users looking for an easy way to either consume media or play simpler games than you might find on the company’s $400/$450 positionally-tracked standalone, Oculus Quest.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

Hand tracking on Pico is still marked as experimental though, so that may change in future. Pico says the headset's positional tracking has also been improved, "alleviating issues with slight head tracking jitter in dark and spacious scenes or when the head is still".

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 31, 2023

VRCs avoid sickness by reviewing refresh rates, head-tracked graphics, render scaling, headset positional tracking, multiple locomotion styles, and head-tracked user interfaces (UI). Meta Platforms ensures that each of its officially distributed Quest experiences passes a series of virtual reality checks (VRC).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2023

Inside-out head-tracking feels pretty good and is surely ‘good enough’, though the instantaneous rotational latency doesn’t feel as tight as Meta’s bar-setting inside-out solution. Photo by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

The idea is that this will reduce the friction of getting into VR by having one device that’s ready to go as soon as you can throw it on your head. And, unlike the Go, the Mirage Solo includes a pair of cameras on the front of the headset which enable positional (6DOF) head tracking, allowing users to do more than just rotate in place.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

First introduced back in 2016 as Project Santa Cruz, the Quest brings full head and hand tracking to world of standalone headsets, something not yet available in similar offerings like the Lenovo Mirage Solo or Vive Focus (which both offer positional head tracking but not positional hand tracking).

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Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2018

The Mirage Solo will have to compete with the soon-to-launch Oculus Go standalone headset, which lacks positional head tracking, but is also half the cost of the Solo’s purported $400 price point. The post Lenovo Mirage Solo Standalone VR Headset Reportedly Launching May 11th for $400 appeared first on Road to VR.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Most attempts to answer it fall back on technical aspects, such as stereoscopy, head tracking, etc., 4:36 — Handling user movement, or: why head tracking is necessary. 5:45 — Embedded (real) video showing head tracking in action. 6:25 — How head-mounted VR simulates real-world vision.

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2023

The thumbsticks can be used for snap turns, but there’s no movement and head-tracking is sufficient. Controllers are required to navigate menus and carry out simple interactions in some of the practices, but there aren’t any complex controls. In front of you are three main menu items: ASMR, Mindfulness, and Sleep.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

The release of the Lumin SDK confirms that the Magic Leap One will include eye-tracking, as Unreal points out among the various headset capabilities supported by the engine: Head tracking. Eye tracking. Gesture and hand tracking. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking. Room scanning and meshing.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

Featuring 3 DOF head tracking and a single 3 DOF controller, the headset has a few clever design changes from the smartphone-driven Gear VR, including stereo speakers and both more space and dedicated spacer brackets for glasses wearers.

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