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The CES is going to start tomorrow, but today HTC has already made its great announcements, showing to the world the upcoming new hardware Vive Pro Eye, Vive Cosmos and software solutions Viveport Infinity and Vive Reality system. The Vive Pro Eye, in all its splendor (Image by HTC).
It looks like HTC is making a final push to relieve itself of Vive Pro stock in Europe, as the company is including a copy of Valve’s critically-acclaimed VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020) with purchase of the full kit. SEE ALSO HTC Reveals Vive Proton, a Compact Standalone VR Headset Prototype. HTC Vive Pro Specs.
Black Friday is almost always when we see the best deals of the year on VR headsets and 2023 is no exception when it comes to HTC. Image courtesy HTC Vive Pro 2 (Full Kit) The best Vive Pro 2 (Full Kit) Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2023 sale so far is $1,000 from Amazon. DisplayPort 1.2, DisplayPort 1.2, DisplayPort 1.2,
There is even one aspect in which it is better than the Quest 3: its front IR illuminators make hand tracking work even in the dark , which is useful for… some use cases. The headset is already selling well, and it is currently the most-sold gaming console on Amazon. Fingers crossed that it will help with the further adoption of XR.
Eyetracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. All VR interfaces will change with the introduction of eyetracking, becoming more intuitive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). FPS: 100Hz/120Hz. Hello Tony!
Qualcomm XR2 chipset 4K low-persistence 90 Hz Curved Display 3664 x 1920 resolution, 773 PPI 98° FOV 6GB RAM (2133 Mhz) for the Pro model, 8GB for the Pro Eye Model 256GB storage Wi-Fi 6 connectivity USB-C 3.0 Pico Neo 3 Pro costs €600 and Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (which features Tobii eyetracking) costs €750.
Digital Trends recently published a report entitled ‘VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it’ It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article’s thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some of the article’s claims, saying it’s “not the whole story.”
Regarding its latest hardware solution, the retrofit is a lightweight device the size of an Amazon Alexa and can accommodate any vehicle, regardless of make, model, and year. The device also comes as a set with HTC VIVE Flow headsets, a subscription, and other features.
An Amazon ad appearing on the streaming platform Peacock shows the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S and the caption: “Meta Quest, starting at $299.99”. Regarding the actual release date, we have also a rumor: someone spotted on the Australian Amazon page an entry about the Quest 3S and the availability date being October, 16.
The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers. However, Vive XR Elite’s $1,100 price-point put it more in line with Meta’s Quest Pro which was initially priced at $1,500 before Meta undercut HTC by dropping it to $1,000.
Gone is the XR2 processor, taking with it the Standalone mode and wireless support; gone is the Tobii eyetracking with automatic IPD and Dynamic Foveated Rendering. Even established competitors like HTC and Pico have struggled to get this element right, with Meta and Valve taking the majority of VR software sales. Cole and S.
Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. The rise of enterprise. Will they succeed?
Pico Neo 3 Pro, and its sibling Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye (featuring eye-tracking), are the latest enterprise headsets by Pico. Vive Focus 3 has an expensive cooling system that can keep the Snapdragon XR2 cold enough to perform its operations at the best temperatures (Image by HTC Vive). Pico Neo 3 Pro. Production quality.
Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics.
All the other nice-to-have additions, like eyetracking, or depth cameras, could be delivered in a Pro device to appeal to a smaller niche, while they become ready for the prime time of the official device; Both highlight how the goal is to make the Quest 2 not great only for gaming but also for working. Image by HTC Vive).
If Microsoft will improve the WMR ecosystem with at least 4 tracking cameras, this can be an headset to look at with much attention. GTC digital is online, NVIDIA shows cheap eyetracking. This is intriguing because a system made by only LEDs is very very cheap, and could help the widespread of eyetracking in XR headsets.
The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.
Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news.
XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eyetracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.
For instance, there are lots of new headsets being released by hardware companies: just in the last year, there have been the Oculus Quest & Rift S , HTC Vive Focus Plus , HP Reverb , Valve Index , Acer OJO 500, and HoloLens 2 … just to mention the most popular ones. Is it necessary to own all of them? Prioritize your expenses.
According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eyetracking, and hand tracking. At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock.
You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. Huawei is advertising these glasses as competitors of Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Pro, but don’t get mislead by this. The actual specifications are more or less this one: Total 3K resolution (3200×1600); Around 70° FOV; 3 DOF rotational tracking.
HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. From the talk, it is clear that HTC is betting a lot on these new technologies and envisions a future where all of us will wear these devices every day. The Vive Focus is waiting for 5G networks… (Image by HTC Vive).
HTC VIVE debuted its VIVE XR Elite at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in January for roughly $1,200. Multiple tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple , and others have trimmed their expenses due to recession woes and slower-than-expected sales.
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However, drivers could seamlessly collect digital coins in the circuit using Varjo’s hand and eye-tracking tools. Unveiled at the CES 2023, the Audi subsidiary’s device is similar to an Amazon Alexa. It also functions for up to 14 hours on a single charge.
Well, with this new chip, headsets will: Have a resolution of 3K per eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously (12 in total for the device). Thanks to a flash sale, that put it at the ridiculous price of $150, the Go has sold more than all other devices, and has even been #3 most sold device on all Amazon videogames category.
Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week. Other relevant news.
Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. December 2015. January 2016.
And not only online on Oculus website, but also on Amazon and Best Buy supermarkets : before the conference, lots of people started posting on Reddit the pictures of the Go being already inside Best Buy shopping centers. ” Actually, Go immediately became available during the conference. You can see the announcement in this video.
When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eyetracking cameras sense the positions of your pupils and tiny piezoelectric actuators move the lenses into place. And I mean fully. This basic idea isn’t new.
The company’s training platform includes partners across multiple devices, including Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, SAP, NIIT, and Amazon, among others. XR Today: Which functions do you consider essential when developing and deploying your VR training platform?
“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eyetracking. link] 7invensun-eye-tracker-for- vive/. “A Chinese startup known as 7invensun (pronounced seven-in-ven-sun) is announcing it will be releasing a new eyetracking module for the Vive next month. ” A palpable speed improvements for SSD.
This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole).
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HoloLens 2 is an amazing device, with a decent FOV, eyetracking, and hands tracking, that for sure will make many companies happy. Image from Amazon). HTC is now selling certified refurbished Vive HMDs for $400. HTC has started selling again the OG Vive headset, but this time selling second-hand devices.
Just be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail to not miss it…. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. Then, the price is a bit high , and this is very HTC.
HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. Half Dome 3 looks impressive: it is compact, it has eye-tracking, an innovative varifocal display and a very good FOV.
This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Who owns the eyetracking data? People don't understand; once you have eyetracking in these glasses. Cameron: Absolutely.
This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Who owns the eyetracking data? People don't understand; once you have eyetracking in these glasses. Cameron: Absolutely.
This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Who owns the eyetracking data? People don't understand; once you have eyetracking in these glasses. Cameron: Absolutely.
This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. Who owns the eyetracking data? People don't understand; once you have eyetracking in these glasses. Cameron: Absolutely.
The headset (that you see in the above picture) is quite slick and features pancake lenses, eyetracking by Tobii, integrated audio, and Wi-Fi 6/6E/7. But there is not only Samsung: XR2 Gen 2 is going to be integrated also by Immersed’s Visor, a new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a headset that is still undisclosed.
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