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LYNX Has Raised $2 Million for Its R-1 Headset, and Other Background on the XR Newcomer

Road to VR

million on Kickstarter back in 2012. The novel “light folding” optics also allow the R-1 to ‘hide’ an eye-tracking camera positioned directly at the center of the lens. He also confirmed to Road to VR that the Lynx R-1 will use the new VR displays from JDI that entered mass production this week.

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XR Today’s Virtual Reality Guide for Enterprises

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. Intelligence makes it easier for VR solutions to track movements and deliver valuable content at speed to users. Enhanced Headsets. Customers should also consider other critical options.

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Apple Acquires AR Optics Startup Akonia Holographics

Road to VR

Founded in 2012, Colorado-based Akonia Holographics claims to have 200 patents focused on holography, specifically pertaining to storage and optics. million in venture capital back in 2012, according to Crunchbase. .” million in venture capital back in 2012, according to Crunchbase.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. We’ve not heard anything of them since.

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NextMind Review: select objects using your brain powers

The Ghost Howls

Think about it as an eye-tracking device that instead of looking into your eyes, reads inside your skull. NextMind vs Eye Tracking. At this point of the article, you may ask yourself: but if NextMind lets you just select objects with your eyes, why don’t we simply use an eye-tracking device?

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Eyefluence Is Bringing Eye Tracking Tech To The “Next Generation.

AllThingsVR

Eyefluence Is Bringing Eye Tracking Tech To The “Next Generation of VR Headsets” Last night I was invited to a press-only evening showcase for a technology that I have come to believe will be truly instrumental in both virtual and augmented reality’s eventual rise to dominance.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

These headsets offer users cutting-edge technologies, often with 6 degrees of freedom, spatial audio , foveated rendering, and bespoke hand, face, and eye tracking for avatar movement and gaming. It debuted in 2012 and later, became the world’s first consumer-ready headset in 2016.