Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Synaptics, a developer of input and display components for computers, smartphones, and other devices, recently introduced a new version of its ClearView display driver chip which has been optimized for head-mounted displays with high density displays, including a specialized feature for foveated rendering.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Among three keynotes to be held during SID DisplayWeek 2018 , Douglas Lanman, director of computational imaging at Oculus Research, will present his session titled Reactive Displays: Unlocking Next-Generation VR/AR Visuals with Eye Tracking on Tuesday, May 22nd. An eye-tracking addon for the HTC Vive.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

German technology firm SMI (SesnoMotoric Instruments) is expanding on its previously disclosed eye-tracking technology to make social interactions in VR more believable. Eye tracking startups Eyefluence and The Eye Tribe were both recently purchased by Google and Facebook respectively.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2018

1443-ppi 120-Hz OLED Display for Wide-Field-of-View High-Acuity Head-Mounted Displays.” ” Such a display, OLED-Info postulates, could land somewhere around a resolution of 5500 × 3000. The talk is named simply “18 Mpixel 4.3-in. inch AMOLEDs at 90Hz.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

Under the hood of any quality virtual, augmented, or mixed reality head-mounted display (HMD) is a hand and eye tracking platform designed to run a human-computer interface (HCI) capable of seamlessly joining man with machine and delivering seamless immersive experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 19, 2021

According to reliable Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo, it’s possible the headset will eschew handheld controllers in favor of eye tracking and iris recognition. There’s no lack of speculation around Apple’s rumored AR headset, but the latest is the most sci-fi of them all. Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The VIVE Pro Eye headset is a powerful tool by VIVE, created with a focus on ultra-precise eye tracking and sensor technology. While the main focus of this headset is the tracking technology, the solution also comes with built-in solutions for spatial audio.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Positional tracking, face mapping and eye tracking are all highlighted in this single patent titled “Image Processing for Head Mounted Display Devices.” ” Positional tracking is a VR headset’s ability to understand its location in 3D space.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounted display.”. The patent claims describe a pair of VR glasses that can take prescription lenses and fit inside a VR headset comfortably.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. Manufacturers have also improved pixel densities and image sharpness using pancake lenses.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new MR device offers stellar true-colour passthrough, a Snapdragon XR2 processor, and advanced hand and eye tracking solutions, among many other features. With the Meta Quest 3, the seamless, enveloping audiovisual experience is further enhanced with the Menlo Park-based firm’s next-generational head-mounted display (HMD).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The news comes as companies such as Tobii and Varjo Technologies have begun exploring eye-tracking tools capable of deeper immersion and analytics. CORTEXR’s latest solutions have offered global headset providers a world-first solution for tracking headsets, no matter the device or medium.

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JUNE 5, 2023

The 'Retinal-resolution Varifocal VR' headset is described as follows: We develop a virtual reality head-mounted display that achieves near retinal resolution with an angular pixel density up to 56 pixels per degree, supporting a wide range of eye accommodation from 0 to 4 diopter (i.e.,

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

AUGUST 26, 2022

Additional functionalities include novel face and eye tracking for real-time control of avatars. Global media also found the new head-mounted display will cost $800 USD compared to the Meta Quest 2’s $400, following the latter’s price hike, potentially due to ongoing profit losses at its Reality Labs division totalling $10.19

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR.

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JUNE 20, 2017

Both headsets are said to feature a Tegra chip and 2560 x 1440 OLED displays, along with Leap Motion, front-facing stereo cameras and eye-tracking. What the company is doing is a cool idea — offering a wide range of content to a single head-mounted display — but it is also going to be very difficult to pull off.

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VRGuy

JUNE 11, 2017

Eye tracking could become a standard peripheral in VR/AR headsets. Tracking gaze direction can deliver many benefits. Foveated rendering, for instance, optimizes GPU resources by using eye tracking data. Additionally, People with certain disabilities can use their eyes instead of their hands.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lian Jie Su, Principal Analyst at Omdia , explains where AR glasses providers need to focus their attention to optimise sales: Major technology vendors such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Qualcomm are looking to bring spatial computing to a range of edge devices, including smartphones, head-mounted displays, AR glasses and robots.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to Mark Gurman, the publication’s senior tech analyst , the Cupertino-based firm had originally planned to open the head-mounted display (HMD) in January, but faced issues with distribution and finalising device testing.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Lightfields are usually generated this way: the virtual elements get rendered in a special way to a display, and then an array of microlenses transforms the pixels in directional rays (Image by CREAL). CREAL has innovated the lightfield technology trying to make it more efficient for head-mounted displays.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 20, 2022

The firm’s patent reveals that the device contains a sturdy head mounting system that significantly improves the design of “conventional head-mounted displays.” The design also contains two loudspeaker arms built into the head strap.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 23, 2022

The Menlo Park-based firm will begin trialling its smart glasses in the British capital by recording data from environments via the head-mounted display’s (HMDs) numerous sensors, including hand and eye-tracking, location, and audiovisual data, to build the company’s future products.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 14, 2018

Launched today at SIGGRAPH 2018 , StarVR One is a one-of-its-kind VR head mounted display that provides nearly 100-percent human viewing angle. StarVR One seamlessly integrates Tobii’s industry-leading eye tracking technology. StarVR enables a wide variety of use case scenarios.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The system creates everything in the user’s environment, which may be exhibited inside a blank room via head-mounted displays (HMDs) or other equipment that helps users feel they are physically inside the virtual world. In VR, the user is completely absorbed in a virtual environment and minimises boundaries and markers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. Along with its 8MP camera, it also features improved eye-tracking for better human-computer interfacing (HCI) and biometric security. The cutting-edge device also comprises sensors, cameras, projection lenses, and 3D audio speakers.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. The lens comes equipped with integrated biosensors that display medical information as a heads-up display.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 15, 2023

It comprised a head-mounted display (HMD) and a front-facing visor. Along with its 8MP camera, it also features improved eye-tracking for better human-computer interfacing (HCI) and biometric security. The cutting-edge device also comprises sensors, cameras, projection lenses, and 3D audio speakers.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Companies like Mercedes-Benz have already experimented with Magic Leap’s second-generation head-mounted displays (HMDs) to create a car-agnostic solution for real-time data interfacing.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

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EON Reality

JUNE 22, 2023

The device allows interaction through motion gestures, eye tracking, and voice input. .” Apple’s Vision Pro, unveiled on June 5, 2023, at the Worldwide Developers Conference, is touted by Apple as a “spatial computer” that melds the physical world and digital media.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Facebook has not done well in the past in guaranteeing user privacy and I’m afraid of what it can do with my data, especially when in the future there will be eye tracking, emotion tracking and such. With the WebXR Device API, developers can now create immersive experiences for smartphones and head-mounted displays in Chrome.

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Doc-Ok

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

4:36 — Handling user movement, or: why head tracking is necessary. 5:45 — Embedded (real) video showing head tracking in action. 6:25 — How head-mounted VR simulates real-world vision. 6:55 — Why head-mounted displays need lenses. 1:00 — Outline.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

Expanding into this is Apple’s head-mounted display (HMD), the Apple Vision Pro. This will process data and graphics with minimal latency eight times faster than the blink of an eye. Instead, the innovative headset will employ human-computer interfacing (HCI) using hand tracking, eye tracking, and voice commands.

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JULY 31, 2023

Butterscotch Varifocal: Retinal Resolution With Variable Focus Angular resolution is the true measure of the resolution of head-mounted displays because it accounts for differences in field of view between headsets by describing how many pixels you actually see in each degree of your vision, the pixels per degree (PPD).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

With a wide field of view (FoV), the head-mounted display (HMD) offers drivers a trove of features. With the new system, drivers can remain unobstructed in their view of the real world in their heads up displays (HUD). This additionally offers drivers low latency, real-time hand and eye-tracking solutions.

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