Eye tracking is a useful feature in social virtual reality (VR) spaces because it really enhances presence and communication when one’s avatar has a realistic gaze. Most headsets lack this feature, ...

The Butterfly Trackers operate on inertial measurement units, translating small changes in orientation and acceleration into ...

The Roto VR Explorer chair matches the rotational movements of a VR user’s head, helping to make navigating virtual worlds feel less disorienting. The Roto VR Explorer chair matches the rotational ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a wearable with batlike sonar that could improve upper-body tracking in virtual reality and other applications. The Cornell team fitted a generic pair ...

MMORPGs and Virtual Reality games have one major thing in common: they transport us to new worlds. VR does this by tricking yourself that you are physically in a new space, while MMORPGs do it through ...

Incorporating eye-tracking into virtual reality (VR) allows researchers to gain an insight into human behaviour, attention, and cognition within virtual spaces. Eye-tracking applications in VR are ...

Researchers have used virtual reality games, eye tracking and machine learning to show that differences in eye movements can be used to detect ADHD, potentially providing a tool for more precise ...

A new face-tracking extension lets Meta Quest Pro users poke their tongues out at you in a wordless statement of their feelings or even blow a raspberry. How better to express a sweltering day or an ...

Future users of Oculus VR’s Rift headset could use their hands to control virtual reality games, or visit a 3D model of the Roman Colosseum, thanks to two acquisitions the company made this week.