No more fiddling
with remote-controller buttons or a mouse. Just look. San Francisco-based
startup Fove has developed eye-tracking for virtual reality - that kernel of
technology many feel is key for the illusion of becoming immersed in a setting.
Fove, which comes from fovea, the part of the eye with the sharpest vision,
from field of view, and the word's similarity with love, has devised a way to use
tiny infrared sensors inside headset goggles to monitor the movements of a
wearer's pupils.
Fove is getting
attention from the fledgling VR industry, as virtual reality is known, and
winning backing from innovative financiers. It has raised about $500,000
through Kickstarter. Virtual reality could revolutionize entertainment, like
movies, games and live-streaming of sports. It has myriad potential business
applications, such as giving apartment hunters a virtual look at real estate
options and car buyers tours of virtual showrooms.
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