Following the launch of VIVE Focus 3 exclusive expansion kit “VIVE Focus 3 Wrist Tracker”, HTC announced the launch of “VIVE Focus 3 Eye Tracking Kit” and “VIVE Focus 3 Expression Detection Kit”, which can make VR all-in-one devices in the virtual world Provide more realistic human interaction, and “VIVE Focus 3 Eye Tracking Kit” and “VIVE Focus 3 Expression Detection Kit” are compatible with Unity, Unreal Engine, and Native, and can obtain parameters, configure foveated rendering, etc. through VIVE Wave SDK functionality, the OpenXR open licensing standard will also launch services that support all-in-one PCs.
The “VIVE Focus 3 Eye Tracking Kit” and “VIVE Focus 3 Expression Detection Kit” have been launched in Taiwan, with suggested prices of RMB 8,990 and RMB 3,200 respectively. Users can order them on HTC VIVE official website.
▲ VIVE Focus 3 eye tracking kit uses magnetic attraction mode to track eye position with dual tracking cameras
The VIVE Focus 3 eye tracking suite is designed to add realistic eye movements and blinks to virtual avatars, such as virtual applications that support rich facial expressions such as VIVE Sync teleconferencing, and can display more realistic non-verbal expressions with the eyes; VIVE Focus 3 The eye tracking kit uses a dual camera lens that supports infrared to capture gaze source, direction, pupil size, position and eye opening It is attached to VIVE Focus 3 by its own magnetic attraction , and it supports interdisciplinary distance adjustment. ■ Dynamic foveated rendering technology, which can reduce visual edge effect processing and reduce GPU load.
▲ The VIVE Focus 3 expression detection kit is connected to the host via USB, and captures facial expressions with a single lens
The VIVE Focus 3 expression sensing suite captures 38 mixed movements of lips, mouth, teeth, tongue, chin and cheeks through the built-in single tracking camera, which can present real facial movements and expressions. Latency is lip-synced and audio, and accessories are connected to VIVE Focus 3 via USB Type-C, eliminating the need for additional kits or adapters.
