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First Filed in 2017, Vision Pro EyeSight Patent Envisioned Anime Eyes & Furry Avatars

Road to VR

After filing the full application a year later, Apple was just granted the patent this month, formally titled Wearable Device for Facilitating Enhanced Interaction. Patents like this can be interesting because sometimes these unrealized concepts will make their way into future versions of the product.

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible.

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The Best VR Gloves in 2024: Harnessing Haptic Feedback

XR Today - Virtual Reality

VR gloves are a wearable XR accessory designed to enhance immersion with spatial computing capabilities and sensory feedback. Plus, the gloves are compatible with various software platforms, such as Unity and Unreal Engine. The company is a pioneer in XR wearables, with full haptic suits designed for various use cases.

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The XR Eye & Hand Tracking Vendors for 2024

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The company focuses primarily on wearable devices, designed to capture information about user movement, and provide useful feedback, for immersive experiences. Manus’s product portfolio includes solution like the Quantum Metagloves, with next-level high-fidelity finger tracking provided through intelligent drift-free sensors.

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Magic Leap Shows Prototype Headset Progress Since 2014

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Schwab continues, introducing a technically ‘wearable’, albeit very uncomfortable looking prototype from 2015 (below), “This thing is called Cheese Head. This was one of the first ones that what actually wearable.” Use of Unreal Engine 4’s desktop and mobile forward rendering paths. Photo: Road to VR.

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The XR Eye & Hand Tracking Market Map for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This wearable headset comes with a wide field of view, surround sound, and eye-tracking capabilities already built-in. Tobii also produces screen-based eye-trackers, capable of capturing gaze data at speeds of up to 1200HZ. The Swedish company has produced a number of eye-tracking solutions, including the Tobii Pro Glasses 3.

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Nreal to Rebrand as Xreal

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

In a pre-covid world, the Chinese AR hardware firm became embroiled in a legal dispute with Epic Games, the parent company of the RT3D engine Unreal. The accusing firm argued that the trademarks ‘Nreal’ and ‘Unreal’ were visually similar and could create confusion as both parties work with the same technology partners.

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