StyM
02-27-2017, 06:15 AM
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/valve-smi-eye-tracking-openvr,33743.html
In advance of the 2017 Game Developer Conference (GDC), SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) revealed to Tom?s Hardware that it is collaborating with Valve to bring its eye tracking technology to Valve?s virtual reality platform. The two companies succeeded in pairing SMI?s eye tracking system with HTC Vive headsets, and now they're integrating the technology directly into Valve?s open-source VR platform, OpenVR.
Valve and SMI installed SMI eye tracking technology into a handful of HTC Vive HMDs and shipped them to research partners around the world so they can start experimenting with the possibilities offered by tracked pupils. Last week, Google revealed its mixed reality ?Headset Removal? technique, which is possible thanks to SMI?s upgraded Vive headset.
?Eye tracking opens up several interesting possibilities to both VR developers and customers,? said Yasser Malaika of Valve. ?Our collaboration with SMI on R&D, as well as on SMI?s efforts to make eye tracking enabled Vive units available to the larger VR community, have been critical to our growing understanding of how HMDs with integrated eye tracking will positively impact the future of VR.?
?[?] We are thrilled to see our eye tracking on show as part of the Valve platform,? said Christian Villwock, SMI Director OEM Business. ?This demo is the result of the experience and the valuable learnings we have accumulated during our relationship with Valve, a company that had the foresight to see the value of eye tracking at an early stage.?
In advance of the 2017 Game Developer Conference (GDC), SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) revealed to Tom?s Hardware that it is collaborating with Valve to bring its eye tracking technology to Valve?s virtual reality platform. The two companies succeeded in pairing SMI?s eye tracking system with HTC Vive headsets, and now they're integrating the technology directly into Valve?s open-source VR platform, OpenVR.
Valve and SMI installed SMI eye tracking technology into a handful of HTC Vive HMDs and shipped them to research partners around the world so they can start experimenting with the possibilities offered by tracked pupils. Last week, Google revealed its mixed reality ?Headset Removal? technique, which is possible thanks to SMI?s upgraded Vive headset.
?Eye tracking opens up several interesting possibilities to both VR developers and customers,? said Yasser Malaika of Valve. ?Our collaboration with SMI on R&D, as well as on SMI?s efforts to make eye tracking enabled Vive units available to the larger VR community, have been critical to our growing understanding of how HMDs with integrated eye tracking will positively impact the future of VR.?
?[?] We are thrilled to see our eye tracking on show as part of the Valve platform,? said Christian Villwock, SMI Director OEM Business. ?This demo is the result of the experience and the valuable learnings we have accumulated during our relationship with Valve, a company that had the foresight to see the value of eye tracking at an early stage.?