Topic: eye tracking
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Goodnight Universe: A Messier, More Ambitious Sequel to Before Your Eyes
*Goodnight Universe* expands on its predecessor by transforming a concise emotional concept into a longer, more complex narrative with supernatural elements and family drama, retaining the heartfelt core while introducing new territory. Players control Isaac, a psychic baby who uses his powers to...
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Eye Tracking: The Key to Zuckerberg's VR Vision
Eye tracking is now recognized as a foundational technology for VR, essential for intuitive interaction, and its absence from a major company's long-term strategy created a significant competitive disadvantage. A key VR pioneer's strategic misstep involved removing eye tracking from a product and...
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Valve Unveils Steam Frame: A Streaming-First VR Headset
Valve has announced the Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset launching in early 2026 that runs a specialized SteamOS and supports a wide range of applications through compatibility layers, with demanding games streamed wirelessly from a PC. The headset features lightweight, modular construction w...
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Smart Glasses That Instantly Adjust Focus
IXI's smart glasses use eye-tracking sensors and liquid-crystal lenses to automatically adjust focus, aiming to surpass the limitations of traditional bifocal and varifocal lenses. The glasses require overnight charging via a magnetic port and include a failsafe mode that defaults to a base dista...
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Valve's New VR Streaming Works With Any Headset
Valve's Steam Frame headset introduces foveated streaming, which reduces latency and bandwidth by adjusting image quality based on the user's gaze, maintaining high resolution where they look. The technology utilizes specialized hardware, including a wireless streaming adapter and eye-tracking ca...
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Samsung Galaxy XR vs Meta Quest 3: Specs & Price Compared
The Samsung Galaxy XR is a premium headset priced at $1,799, targeting users with high-end hardware needs, while the Meta Quest 3 is a budget-friendly option starting at $499, appealing to the mainstream market. The Galaxy XR features superior micro-OLED displays, a more powerful Snapdragon XR2+ ...
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Google's XR Studio Launches Android-Exclusive Mixed Reality Game
Owlchemy Labs has released a free mixed reality game called Inside[JOB] exclusively for Android XR, showcasing new hand-tracking technology within the Job Simulator universe. The launch coincides with Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, priced at $1,800, targeting enthusiasts and businesses rather than ...
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Pico's 2026 Vision Pro Rival to Feature In-House Chip
ByteDance's Pico division is developing an advanced XR headset for 2026, featuring a custom chip and high-resolution microOLED display to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, focusing on long-term tech investment. The proprietary chip, in development since 2022, reduces system latency to 12ms and enh...
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The Steam Frame: A Revolutionary New VR Experience
Valve's Steam Frame headset is a standalone wireless device that offers high-fidelity VR gaming for your Steam library, combining local play with a unique wireless streaming solution to eliminate common frustrations and make VR a permanent gaming fixture. It features innovative "foveated streamin...
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At Valorant: A Brain-Scanning Headset That Reads Your Mind
Neurable and HyperX are developing a brain-reading gaming headset prototype that uses EEG sensors to monitor brainwaves, aiming to provide data-driven insights to improve player accuracy, reaction times, and mental composure. The core technology includes a 'Prime' program that uses biofeedback to...
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Samsung Unveils 6K 3D and Blazing 1040Hz Monitors at CES
Samsung unveiled five new high-performance gaming monitors, headlined by a glasses-free 3D 32-inch Odyssey model with native 6K resolution and a 27-inch Odyssey G6 boasting a native 600Hz refresh rate. The lineup includes three new Odyssey G8 models, with a 32-inch 4K variant featuring a superior...
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