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Meta Mulls AdHawk Buyout for Cameraless Eye Tracking

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta Platforms Inc is mulling a potential buyout of AdHawk Microsystems, a virtual reality (VR) eye-tracking technology firm, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. New story: Meta/Facebook is considering acquiring AdHawk Microsystems, which develops eye-tracking tech for AR/VR that doesn’t require cameras [link].

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Future of Privacy Forum Issues XR Data Flow Infographic

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Jameson Spivack, Senior Policy Analyst of Immersive Technologies for the FPF , added, “BIPA applies to information based on ‘scans’ of hand or face geometry, retinas or irises, and voiceprints, and does not explicitly cover the collection of behavioral characteristics or eye tracking. The Push for XR Best Practices.

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Is Meta Getting Close To Bringing Its Photorealistic 'Codec Avatars' To Quest?

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But how could these avatars be driven on Quest 2 and Quest 3, which lack both face and eye tracking? Meta researchers have also demonstrated a version of Codec Avatars that doesn't require face tracking , and recently even a version that doesn't require any tracking at all.

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Facebook Teases “breakthrough technologies” Coming to New Oculus Products, Tours R&D Lab

Road to VR

.” Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted photos of himself touring the Oculus Research lab in Redmond, Washington , where he says “some of the best scientists and engineers in the world are pushing the boundaries of virtual and augmented reality.”

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.02): PSVR likely not to come in 2021, new info revealed on Decagear, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. PSVR 2 is probably coming in 2022 and with a slow transition. I admit that this news caught me a bit off guard. All of this for $450 and free shipping.

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XR Gaming Case Study in Focus: MLB Home Run Derby and VIVE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

As part of the “MLB All-Star Week” event in Washington DC, the group worked with VIVE and the VIVE Pro headset to design a new virtual reality video game experience. While other systems for virtual reality gaming in the past have focused heavily on game controllers and finger-controlled mechanics, VIVE Pro Eye offers something new.

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The White House on the AI Revolution: Policy, Privacy, & GPUs

Road to VR

The first of these workshops happened at the University of Washington on Tuesday, May 24th, and I was there to cover how some of these discussions may impact the virtual reality community. The first AI public workshop was focused on law and policy , and I had a chance to talk to three different people about their perspectives on AI.