XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In the place of clunky plastic controllers and remotes, we’re seeing the rise of hand and eye tracking solutions, allowing users to move more freely throughout the digital world. But where exactly can the benefits of hand and eye tracking technology begin to reveal themselves? Data Collection and Insights.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Of course, this focus group testing doesn't in any way guarantee that either Quest 4 model will actually have face or eye tracking. Meta's only headset to date with either eye tracking or face tracking was Quest Pro, which sold very poorly at its $1500 launch price and had to be cut to $1000 just four months later.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Previously, Somnium Space’s entry level offering was its Classic Edition, which as its ‘barebones’ PC VR headset, didnt include eye-tracking. The VR1 can render up to 140 horizontally, though the actual FOV may vary slightly depending on face and eye shape. taxes) USD New Price (EUR excl.

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JANUARY 1, 2025

Pimax announced and opened preorders for Dream Air, a tethered PC VR headset it says has 4K micro-OLED panels, eye tracking, inside-out tracking, and a weight of less than 200g. Further, Pimax claims Dream Air's cameras also support hand tracking. 0:00 / 0:59 1 What Is Pimax?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2020

Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the “fastest, most accurate, and most robust hand tracking.”

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VRScout

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Along with human eye-resolution and improved processing speeds, the VR-2 and VR-2 Pro both feature Varjo’s 20/20 Eye Tracker technology, allowing companies and other industry professionals the ability to track a user’s precise eye movements while in-headset. Varjo’s human-eye resolution visual fidelity is unprecedented.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

A video posted by a Vision Pro developer appears to show the current levels of hand-tracking and occlusion performance that Apple’s new headset is capable of. Apple Vision Pro, expected to launch in the next few months , will use hand-tracking as its primary input method.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Taking advantage of XR2’s support for many cameras, Lynx has equipped with the R-1 with six cameras: two B&W positional tracking (B&W), two for pass-through AR (RGB), and two for eye-tracking (IR). The headset has one LCD display for each eye, with a resolution of 1,600 × 1,600 and a refresh rate of 90Hz.

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MAY 6, 2020

Controller-less hand-tracking (like what’s currently available as an experimental feature on Quest) has a handful of advantages over using controllers, like convenience and intuitiveness. However, common VR game actions like shooting and moving are difficult to do with hand-gestures alone.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the idea of a ‘Quest Pro’ headset back in May, saying that it could include sensors for both face and eye tracking. Sensors are said to improve hand tracking, something that feels a bit like a hit and miss on current-day Quests.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Lynx R-1, the upcoming standalone MR headset, has been delayed to late 2020, but a new update from the company says they’re targeting a lower price and now including Ultraleap hand-tracking. The headset was first revealed earlier this year and said to include Snapdragon XR2, eye-tracking, and novel optics.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Additionally, it comes with four front-facing tracking cameras and infrared floodlight for illuminated hand tracking. Packing in Vive XR Elite’s Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 chipset, Vive Focus Vision comes with built-in eye-tracking—later added an optional module on XR Elite which also tracks the user’s mouth.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers. Modular systems for adjusting hand-tracking functions such as pose recognition and velocity tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 7, 2025

XR hand and eye tracking technologies are becoming increasingly valuable for that last use case. Sensors that track eye, hand and body movements , as well as surroundings arent just making it easier for professionals to interact with digital content without controllers.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

And though our hands-on with the headset exclusively used hand-tracking and eye-tracking input, the company says it’s also making first-party motion controllers which will be natively supported as part of Android XR.

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ARPost

AUGUST 1, 2023

Near-to-eye displays offer powerful new ways to understand what the wearer is doing – and maybe even thinking. Right now, the use of XR analytics like eye tracking is largely limited to enterprise including use cases like education and assessment, though eye tracking also enables new input modes and display improvements.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

Last Friday, Sony Interactive Entertainment, the hardware vendor behind the famous PlayStation gaming console brand, announced a technology partnership with eye-tracking provider Tobii for the Japanese firm’s sophomore virtual reality (VR) gaming headset. Sony Filles Hand-Tracking Technology.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

Now, thanks to partnerships with Leap Motion and 7invensun , Pimax is introducing additional functionality in the form of both hand and eye-tracking. This component allows for high quality hand-tracking across a generous 180-degree field-of-view; pairing nicely with the Pimax’s equally impressive 200-degree FoV.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hand-tracking & Positional-tracking Improvements The most notable, perhaps is the claimed “six times” improvement in hand-tracking accuracy, alongside a 10% reduction in latency. Biometric ID is just one of many potential features that make eye-tracking a game-changer for XR devices.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

Play For Dream MR has packed in a laundry list of modern XR features, including a Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset running Android 15,dual 3,840 3,552 micro-OLED displays (90Hz), eye-tracking, auto IPD adjustment, wired and wireless PC streaming, and also a Quest Pro-inspired rear-mounted battery and Touch-style controllers.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

PlayStation VR2's first hand tracking game is also available on Quest, offering a comparison between the two headsets. Waltz of the Wizard added hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 last week , the first title to do so, just under five years after it became one of the first to add the feature on the original Oculus Quest too.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

As for the Dream Air, it will purportedly be compact and also full of a wishlist of specs and features: Weight of 200g Resolution: 13MP (3,840 3,552) micro-OLED per-eye @ 90Hz and “HDR” 102 field-of-view Inside-out tracking Motion controllers & hand-tracking On-board audio Optional prescription lenses Eye-tracking Automatic IPD and (..)

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 8, 2025

Defining User Tracking At its simplest, user tracking refers to a suite of technologies that capture and interpret data in XR immersive workspaces. Some companies are even experimenting with tracking rings, EMG-powered wristbands, and external sensors that can monitor movement, behavior, and even heart rate with incredible precision.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

It's also worth checking out for mixed reality developers who can learn from Resolution's thoughtful use of eye and hand tracking here. 0:00 / 0:08 1 The map lays out in front of you and relies entirely on Apple Vision Pro's look-and-pinch eye tracking interface for base management, unit construction, pathing and upgrades.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Aria Gen 2 adds head tracking, eye tracking, hand tracking, and audio to Meta's research glasses, and it's already being tested to help vision impaired people navigate indoors. Meta's Aria glasses are not products, nor are they prototypes of future products. But none of these sensors were processed on-device.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2024

As you will see in the remainder of this article, the headset features high resolution, high FOV, high-quality passthrough, eye tracking, hand tracking, SteamVR tracking… everything that a PCVR enthusiast wants. Tracking Somnium VR1 uses SteamVR for positional tracking and it works very well, as usual.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Here’s a breakdown, courtesy Varjo: Varjo Base (free) Varjo Base Pro (paid) Virtual reality Virtual reality rendering Mixed reality – Video pass-through with Alpha mask – Depth occlusion Integrated microphone and speakers with DTS spatial audio – Autofocus cameras (with Focal Edition) – Chroma key – Blend-control (..)

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

And now we have high-resolution VR with hand and eye-tracking which is an important step towards breaking down a barrier that has been holding VR back from broader adoption in some industries. The next demo I tried was set in an airport control tower, where eye and hand tracking played a crucial role.

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

A: The internals of the headset are fully designed, and we’re testing with a fully working optical engine, and software wise, everything is shared with the Crystal Super, including SLAM tracking of the headset and the controllers, eye-tracking, hand-tracking, and all settings in Pimax Play.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 14, 2025

For instance, eye and facial tracking capabilities are perfect for companies using VR for immersive collaboration, as these capabilities can help convey gestures and facial expressions in meetings. Innovative hand-tracking capabilities and high-resolution screens are ideal for product design.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 10, 2022

They had no new hardware for me to review, but they let me have a test with a Neo 3 Pro Eye ( Pico Neo 3 with Tobii eye-tracking incorporated) and showed me a few demos while they explained to me me the importance of eye-tracking. With eye tracking, the avatar felt of course more natural. The secret?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Like the Pico 4, the Pico 4 Enterprise features motorized interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment with the added bonus of automatically adjustable IPD powered by the headsets eye tracking technology (more on that shortly). The Pico 4 Enterprise differentiates itself from the Pico 4 with its business-centric approach to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Additionally, our integrated camera-less eye tracking enables seamless access to contextual information. More info PSVR 2 may support hand tracking At SIGGRAPH Asia, Sony has demonstrated hand tracking working on PSVR 2. This is not surprising to see in an exhibition where companies show research projects.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Abrash listed a dozen technological breakthroughs necessary to achieve this goal, including haptics, hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and computer vision just to name a few. Image Credit: Facebook (Meta).

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JUNE 18, 2024

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The enterprise-focused device features a variety of impressive features, including hand and eye tracking as well as a bold new lens design that promises better visuals in a more compact design. . This is especially impressive considering the R1 is capable of running both VR as well as passthrough AR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 31, 2020

Before telling you my impressions, let me tell you the specifications of this jewel: Display resolution: 1440×1600 per eye (standard screen) + 1920×1080 per eye (micro-display) Refresh-rate: 60/90Hz Field of view: 87° Tracking: SteamVR 2.0 Eye-tracking. Hands tracking. Lateral view of Varjo.

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