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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Some of you may have heard about the FOVE VR headset. FOVE is the first virtual reality headset that uses eye tracking. Just as Oculus with their Rift, FOVE started a Kickstarter back in May 2015. The backers who contributed $349 were ensured to receive the FOVE HMD. Preorder prices start from $649.00

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MARCH 6, 2017

Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example of a broad effort by developers and hardware manufacturers to make virtual worlds more responsive to human behavior. A look inside a headset with eye tracking from Tobii. My aim was so-so on the first few throws, but that was without eye-tracking.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

When the UK-based VR studio, Rewind, asked me if I wanted to come and see a demo of its eye-tracking tech demo for the upcoming FOVE 0 headset, I was intrigued. Project Falcon , as this new demo is called, is an on-rails first-person shooter that uses eye-tracking as an aiming system for noisy machine guns and explosive rockets.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The more major headsets have their issues as well and FOVE has partnered with AMD to demo a new style of rendering that could influence the trajectory of the VR industry as a whole. FOVE developed their own VR headset, which was funded with over $400k in contributions via Kickstarter.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Eye-tracking is arguably one of the most important pieces of VR’s future, and SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) and Valve are working together to bring the tech closer to reality. Those units have been shipped out to research partners who are currently busy toiling away at getting the most out of VR eye-tracking.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

That’s all well and good, but is the HoloLens 2 hardware truly a ‘2.0’ Once the device was on and comfy, I was prompted with a quick eye-tracking calibration scene that displayed a number of pinkish-purple gems that popped in and out of the scene when I looked at them, then I was set and ready to start HoloLensing.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Just what Google has brewing in their skunkworks, we can’t say for sure, but with their most recent acquisition of Eyefluence , a company that builds eye-tracking technology for VR headsets, it seems Google is getting ever deeper into what’s largely considered ‘the next generation’ of dedicated VR hardware.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. We’ve not heard anything of them since.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Wireless accessories will be on display, analysts and Upload staff alike are making full predictions, and there will actually be a large amount of content — not just hardware — on the show floor to see. Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0 Costs $599, Starts Shipping January 2017 [ Link ].

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JANUARY 17, 2017

He also teased that “some may be suited to new hardware coming out.” The new hardware hint is also enticing. Currently the only prominent new VR hardware on the horizon we can think of is Vive’s new tracker , which can be stuck to objects to bring them into the virtual world.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

See Also: FOVE Debuts Latest Design for Eye Tracking VR Headset. FOVE VR is able to track a user’s eye movements allowing for people to take actions through eye gaze and blinking. Emteq joins a small but growing range of companies that hope to bring the user’s facial expressions into VR applications.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

RAZER: ZVENTURES VC FUND – Starting as a hardware company and evolving into a software company as well, Razer is now also growing into an investing company. FOVE, THE EYE-TRACKING HMD: FINAL SPECS AND PRE-ORDER DATES. …and more.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

VR is a demanding process and it’s on GPU manufacturers to provide hardware for consumers that provide believable experiences not just in visual fidelity but also framerate and performance. Prediction: Eye-tracking will play a big part in the future of VR. Was he right?: Absolutely. Was he right?:

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience. Eye tracking will enable more realistic interactions with both NPCs and human avatars, along with detailed analytics, heatmapping, and privacy concerns. Sensory additions.

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JULY 19, 2016

Meaning, that the only way we, as content creators, can produce the kind of content we desire, is to work to create the hardware or software solutions as we go. Along with the emergence of the VR industry, a slew of gadgets and supplementary hardware devices have begun to flood in. The hardware still has room to improve.

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