VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude. In January of 2017, FOVE, a Japanese VR startup, released the first eye-tracking VR headset. To complete the illusion, hardware will need to shed manual inputs and enable the user to interact with the virtual world as they do with the real one.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

The hardware is becoming increasingly available to developers and researchers. Companies like Tobii are offering eye-tracking hardware and software to manufacturers and developers; Qualcomm is now offering Tobii’s solution in their VRDK headset.

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Road to VR

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.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. This is what it took for me to realize just how empowering eye tracking will be for VR software designers.

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Eye Tracking HTC Fove Virtual World 175

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As reported by Tom’s Hardware , SMI partnered with Valve to integrate its eye-tracking tech into OpenVR SDK and API, which will allow other companies to implement support into their VR software. Not only that, but the pair have also successfully integrated SMI’s tech into select HTC Vive units.

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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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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. Software platform. Software platform. While the price tag dropped during the Black Friday sales, it is still at 699€ in Europe (US $600) and requires at least some decent PC hardware to perform smoothly.

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