Road to VR

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Pimax has a 9 years history of making VR headsets, we own two R&D offices and are opening our second assembly line to support this multi-SKU strategy. Portal, which wasn’t PCVR.) To provide multi-SKU using shared technology allows us to pour more resources into developing technology that benefits all headsets.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Currently known as "Project Moohan", the headset will feature "state-of-the-art displays", eye tracking and hand tracking. I saw a nice combination of familiar interface ideas in Android XR for resizing windows and moving them around, all usable without eye calibration.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

In the XR communities, the hype for the Qualcomm XR2 reference design is high, because it will bring many innovations to standalone XR headsets : better graphics, eye tracking, passthrough vision, AI, and much more. Of course, a device with eye tracking, passthrough vision, 5G, high resolution, etc… can’t cost $400.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

But if we compare it with the other premium headsets on the market (like XTAL, StarVR or Varjo ), we notice that it lacks a very important feature: eye tracking. Foveated rendering in an experience produced by HTC together with NVIDIA for BMW on the Vive Pro Eye (Image by HTC Vive).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The debates started about the second point because Meta handing off the design of its headsets to its manufacturer would be a huge change of strategy. Additionally, our integrated camera-less eye tracking enables seamless access to contextual information.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Productivity means especially companies and professionals, and the new expensive Quest Pro headset fits completely this strategy. Meta Quest Pro and the strategy pivot. These are the specs of the device, courtesy of Road To VR: The device features very high resolution, passthrough RGB, and face and eye tracking sensors.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2024

” Citing a separate source with knowledge of Sony’s internal strategy, the report alleges only two PSVR 2 games are currently in development at Sony. PC support won’t include a number of features unique to PSVR 2 though, including HDR, headset feedback, eye-tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback other than rumble.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Their strategy was to create the minimum viable quality bar for what they wanted the mixed reality experience to look and feel like. He went on to explain that Mirror Lake would include compact holographic optics, multi-view eye-tracking, a varifocal display, reverse-passthrough, and baked-in prescription correction.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

What made the VR 820 so compelling was that it had 6-DoF tracking as well as integrated compute (Snapdragon 820) which was on par with all the latest flagship phones. It even had support for eye tracking, which we now know was through a partnership with none other than SMI.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2022

It should run Android Q, and have two versions, which are identical except for the fact that the “Pro” edition comes with additional eye tracking and face tracking. This may be a very smart strategy to compete with Meta on all sides. Also, the fact that it has two SKUs shows a different strategy from Meta.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2020

HTC’s Vive Pro, which the company first launched back in 2018, is being discontinued in favor of the newer Vive Pro Eye, which is effectively the same headset but with eye-tracking. Same goes for the included SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations, all versions of Vive Pro Eye are priced above $1,000 and include 2.0

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Road to VR

MAY 13, 2017

In addition to tweaks to the SteamVR Tracking Base Stations, Vive packaging has been refined over time. SEE ALSO Second-gen Lighthouse Chip Could Improve Tracking, Reduce Cost of HTC Vive 2. Photo courtesy Craig Albert.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The base headset includes 57 PPD QLED panels, a resolution of 3,840 x 3840 per eye, a 120-degree field of view, and glass aspheric lenses. It also includes support for dynamic foveated rendering, inside-out tracking, and eye-tracking and features swappable optical engines. Pimaxs new pricing strategy is a little unusual.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Spatial technologies like eye tracking, hand-tracking tools, sensors, and voice controls are becoming popular VR headset trends. With these innovative solutions, vendors can allow users to interact with virtual applications and software more naturally, using their eyes, voice, and gestures.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

I guess it shows already a version of Rec Room running on Apple Device (Image by Rec Room) Eye tracking Apple Vision Pro integrates high-precision eye-tracking. Even if Apple restricts access to eye-tracking data, it still lets you use eye-tracking in your application.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The headset also comes with built-in eye-tracking for interaction and analytics as well as foveated rendering. Aero’s announcement now is more likely to position it within an internal metaverse strategy than to compete with VIVE or anyone else. Shipping This Year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Hand-Eye Tracking. As such, many XR innovators are now investing more heavily in hand and eye tracking. Using a combination of sensors and receivers, eye and hand tracking solutions allow for the creation of a powerful human-personal computer interface for XR.

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Road to VR

MAY 27, 2019

SEE ALSO Sony Hints Next-gen PSVR Could Bring HDR, Wireless, Eye-tracking & More. SEE ALSO Pressure Mounts for Xbox's Missing VR Strategy as PSVR Revenue Nears $2 Billion. In some ways, it’s good to have a little breathing space between those things,” he said, CNET reported.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s the direction we’re going in right now and companies are laying their cards on the table in a bid to be the dominant force driving us forward through their own varying strategies. Sony Sony is also bringing out the PSVR2 , which is said to use eye tracking for menu selection and navigation of user interfaces.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While specific details were limited during that announcement, earlier reports suggest that the headset will include a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor, and capabilities for voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. In addition to offering a 4.3K

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2019

After a week of over-excited reporting, the device itself – and Microsoft’s strategy for it – have been thoroughly analyzed from just about every angle; from in-depth technical reviews and accounts of testing in Redmond prior to the launch, to the nay-sayers who still insist that the whole thing is doomed to fail.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2023

I believe that the company is following a smart strategy by making virtual reality more accessible to everyone before it becomes a mainstream product.” Eye tracking is reportedly included in the headset, which will use multiple cameras and LIDAR scanners to detect your legs and capture your real-world environment as you move around.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2023

Typically, Meta is consumer-forward, pricing its headsets below (or close to) $500, but Quest Pro represents a pivotal shift in Meta’s strategy. Released in late October, Quest Pro essentially set the tone of the next generation of standalone VR hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 5, 2025

Lunas article is pretty interesting and says that Meta will soon overhaul the UI and the windows management of the Quest (I hope for the better), plus offer people to share the content of a window with other users, let you authenticate to your device using eye tracking (probably on Quest 4) and touchtype for VR on every surface.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman , Apple may be rethinking its XR strategy moving forward though following Meta’s unveiling of its impressively slim AR glasses prototype, Orion.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

If Sony took a similar strategy, it could open up VR on PS5 to millions more people, and these new owners would provide a much-needed lifeline to the professional VR game development studios finding Quest to no longer be the ideal market for their content and the PS VR2 owner base simply not big enough to act as a replacement.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

Apple believes this lawsuit is Epic’s “project liberty” media strategy, despite Epic’s claim regarding the App Store raising prices due to Apple’s share of profit. Some new additions to the headset are features such as pupil and eye tracking, heart rate, and facial tracking with an extra mounted unit.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2020

I won’t go into the details of our VR strategy today, beyond saying that VR is very important to us and that the current PSVR headset is compatible with the new console,” Cerny told Wired at the time. Mallinson also hinted that Sony is researching features like HDR, wireless, and eye-tracking for PSVR 2.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Part of this strategy is the collaboration with Starbreeze, a Swedish game development studio who are in the process of creating a high-end VR headset called StarVR; a device that will become a key element of IMAX VR’s experience. SEE ALSO CTO on Future of the StarVR Headset: Roomscale Tracking, Input, Eye-tracking, and More.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The addition of eye-tracking injects a new layer of interactivity to the user experience. EYE-TRACKING AND VOICE COMMAND. Eye-tracking technology was an important feature for Microsoft as they wanted to ensure the headset offered users a fluid hands-free experience. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Quest 3 launch is approaching Meta is following a strategy for the launch of the Quest 3 that is very different from the one that it used for the previous headsets. I just think that Meta is trying a new strategy to keep the hype high until September.

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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2020

The Neo 2 Standard offers 4K resolution, wireless PC to VR streaming, built-in spatial stereo speakers, and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845; the Neo 2 Eye is exactly the same as the Neo 2 Standard, only with the added benefit of integrated eye-tracking. Image Credit: Pico Interactive. Image Credit: Mozilla Firefox.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Dubbed Pico Neo 3 Pro, the headset is going to cost $699, and its Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye variant, featuring eye-tracking by Tobii, is going to cost $899. I have to say that this would be a perfect strategy , that would allow Facebook to please both VR enthusiasts and the general audience.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s been six months since Sony launched PlayStation VR 2, handily one of the best pieces of consumer VR hardware we’ve laid eyes on. While the headset is undeniably great, Sony’s content strategy hasn’t been. Great Headset Missing a Roadmap PSVR 2 is a great headset.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The PS VR2 version introduces a number of improvements, including 4K rendering at 90 frames-per-second, real-time shadows, and more realistic player avatars powered by eye-tracking. In this light-hearted single-player experience, you play a new student at an otherworldly school suffering from a series of major malfunctions.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Here are the spec details we know so far: Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon (Likely the XR2+ Gen 2 chip) Lenses: Pancake (although potentially not as good as the Quest 3 or Vision Pro lenses ) Tracking: Hand tracking (for interactivity), eye tracking, and foveated rendering.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2019

SEE ALSO HTC Announces Vive Pro Eye Headset With Integrated Eye-tracking. Vive Pro (and the new Vive Pro Eye ) are really focused on enterprise. The original Vive is for enthusiasts who want the precision of SteamVR Tracking, and are looking for a high-end experience. Photo by Road to VR.

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