Resources

Eye tracking is a foundational technology for XR. It provides a means to address challenges such as constrained system resources, user comfort, and immersion. It can help create meaningful experiences and deliver powerful analytics to solve previously unsolvable problems. On this page, you will find a range of useful downloads and links related to the use of eye tracking in XR.

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Future of XR — MRTV interview

Johan Hellqvist, head of XR at Tobii talks to MRTV about the future of XR, explaining how eye tracking technology works in AR and VR devices. He talks about the devices currently equipped with Tobii's eye tracking and talks in depth about the use cases and application of the technology in the XR ecosystem.

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Tech talk

The importance of eye tracking in AR and VR

This white paper from analysts Moor Insights & Strategy covers the importance of eye tracking and how it enhances the VR experiences and enriches AR and VR devices through three capabilities: foveated rendering, interpupillary distance (IPD), and user identification.

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White paper

Foveated rendering and its future

At SIGGRAPH 2019, Tobii joined a panel discussion with industry experts from HTC, NVIDIA, and Rein to discuss the future of foveated rendering — an enabling technology for performance enhancement in VR, freeing up resources to improve the user experience.

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Tech talk

Next evolution of VR

During the 2020 VR/AR Global Summit, HP announced the release of its latest headset, the HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition. Tobii's Johan Bouvin joined HP and ISV developers in a webinar to discuss the sensor technologies embedded in the headset.

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Webinar

Eye tracking: enabling developers to create value

In this tech talk from AWE 2020, Tobii's VR veteran Johan Bouvin (director of product and XR software ecosystem) takes a look at the applications of eye tracking, inviting developers to explore this technology in XR and enterprise.

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Tech talk

Tobii Spotlight for Foveated Transport

This technology leverages gaze, optics, and visual points of interest to reduce the amount of data sent to the graphics rendering pipeline. Coming soon, this technology is perfect for local, edge, and cloud-enabled split-rendering over 5G, Wi-Fi, or wire.

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Video

Benchmarking shading loads — VIVE Pro Eye

Dynamic foveated rendering tests carries out on VIVE's headset powered by Tobii Spotlight Technology and NVIDIA VRS show a reduction in shading load of 57% with an average shading rate of 16%.

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Video

Benchmarking framerates and shading loads — Pico Neo 2 Eye

Dynamic foveated rendering tests carried out on Pico's standalone headset powered by Tobii Spotlight Technolog show framerate increases of up to 66% and a reduction in shading load of up to 72%.

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Video

Benchmarking unconstrained fps — HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition

HP's headset features dynamic foveated rendering powered by Tobii Spotlight Technology and Nvidia VRS. During testing, unconstrained fps shows an average increase of 39% when these technologies are enabled.

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Video