VR Bites

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Some of you may have heard about the FOVE VR headset. FOVE is the first virtual reality headset that uses eye tracking. Just as Oculus with their Rift, FOVE started a Kickstarter back in May 2015. The backers who contributed $349 were ensured to receive the FOVE HMD. Preorder prices start from $649.00

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As researchers and VR start-ups make great strides in increasing the sense of presence such as larger field of view, lower latency and more natural input, a Brighton based start-up has just announced a new technology that can track a user’s facial expressions without markers. Emteq, with was founded with $1.5

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Since then, we have seen a movement. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. VR Consumption, 2016.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Right now we’re stuck thinking in terms of head-mounted displays (HMDs), like the Vive or the Oculus. Those interactions can be mapped to brainwaves and translated into action with almost no latency. Today, we’re seeing the very beginning of what VR technology will look like. Total Recall (film). Avatar (film).

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Eye-tracking has been talked about with regards to VR as a distant technology for many years, but developments from companies across the industry have shown promising progress in precision, latency, robustness, and cost. Fove is selling a development kit of their VR headset with inbuilt eye-tracking.

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