If you have always dreamed of owning a virtual reality headset to wish away the world, then you are in luck with the announcement of Fove’s new VR eye tracking headset. Virtual reality creators have made a lot of progress since those bulky headsets with the 1990s awkward graphics. This newest creation shows that Fove has likely taken this adventure the farthest yet.
Fove, which is based in Tokyo, Japan, has a Kickstarter campaign going on to raise money to produce and sell its eye tracking headset, deemed as the first of its kind. The adventure consists of a hands free headset that once it is placed on the head, it can read simple movements of the eyes and turn them into a cool virtual reality existence for users.
The controls allow the user to have their own adventure and be able to do things such as aim and shoot by just using their eye movements, as well as interact with the characters in the virtual reality world by using the eye tracking headset.
VR Eye Tracking Headset Will Have High Accuracy
The new Fove VR eye tracking headset will be presented to early-bird purchasers for only $375. It promises customers that its eye tracking will be accurate to 1/20th of a degree, as well as come with an ultra-low-latency head tracking, and a field of view consisting of being 100-degrees wide with a high-resolution 5.8-inch display on its screen.
The Fove VR eye tracking headset is different from other VR devices like Oculus VR or Samsung VR because it uses eye tracking instead of head movements to trigger the commands from the users. This makes the user’s adventure into virtual reality much easier and produces less strain on the head and neck.
Specifications of the Fove VR Headset
The Fove eye tracking headset will come with a 5.8-inch display screen capable of a resolution of 2560 x 1400, as well as the 100-degree field of view mentioned previously. However, one drawback of this new eye tracking headset is that it will run at 60 frames per second, so it is possible it could cause motion sickness in some players since the normal level is 9-0 frames a second, according to Digital Trends.
Fove needs to raise its goal of $250,000 by July 4 and anyone wanting to make a pledge for helping to produce the eye tracking headset can do so for as little as $5 and get a thank you from the business, with $15 pledge getting the donator a Fove Classy pin badge and $25 getting the donor a Fove VIP t-shirt.
