Japanese start-up company FOVE is now offering consumers a virtual reality headset, which integrates eye-tracking as a novel means of interaction. The technology depends on tiny chip LEDs developed by ...

With the ability to illuminate a face with 1200mW of infrared light, the SFH 4770S from Osram Opto Semiconductors is well-suited for facial recognition and eye-tracking systems. The emitter's broad, ...

Spurred by the current lack of a Linux SDK for the Oculus Rift DK2, a group of developers sought to dissect the Rift’s optical tracking system by reverse engineering the DK2. The information that was ...

I’ve been lucky enough to have tried the Oculus Rift DK2 on numerous occasions prior to its release this week, but never for a long enough that I felt like I really knew the device. After receiving ...

Thermal infrared (IR) energy is emitted from all things that have a temperature greater than absolute zero. Human eyes, primarily sensitive to shorter wavelength visible light, are unable to detect or ...