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VR at CES2019

kojack
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Currently the HTC press conference is on. You can see a liveblog by RoadToVR here: https://www.roadtovr.com/htc-vive-ces-2019-press-event-liveblog-livestream/?platform=hootsuite

HTC have announced a new headset: Vive Pro Eye.
It has integrated eye tracking and foveated rendering with Nvidia RTX support (variable rate shading).
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Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang said on stage that 4 million PC VR headsets have been sold so far.


Disney and Audi have added Rift support to a car.
I wonder how they are doing motion cancelling?
One funny bit from the article: "picked up a Nunchuck-like remote"
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Asus RTX2080 Laptop with Virtual Link USB C
https://uploadvr.com/asus-rtx-2080-laptop-virtuallink/


HTC Vive Cosmos headset announced
It looks like the HTC version of the Oculus Quest. Headset with 4 camera inside out tracking and 2 (Touch like) hand controllers.
It's got a flip up visor.
It is apparently a PC headset but can be powered by other things like a mobile phone.
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Official Cosmos website: https://www.vive.com/us/cosmos/
(It's one of those crap animated ones where scrolling up/down doesn't always scroll)

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Well it's an nteresting discussion Mradr, I think we just have a slightly different perspective on it. I'd say performance gains are going to be the main thing and eye control will he the icing on the cake... if implemented only when it's a benefit!

It's definitely going to be a fantastic addition for anyone with restrictions in movement for sure.

JohnnyDioxin
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Not VR, but nevertheless, interesting for those that refuse to use maps 😛

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-46860454/ces-2019-the-sat-nav-of-the-future-has-arrived



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Yep saw that this morning. The Sat Nav side if it is a big improvement on anything small screen devices can do.

I've got reservations about all the safety alerts popping up though. My feeling is if you're unable to identify a cyclist or truck pulling out in front of you as a cause for warning, then it may be time to take a taxi .....or give in to autonomous driving completely!

I'm already against the ever increasing functionality if infotainment systems in modern cars. Touch screens or touch sensitive buttons should be strictly limited as they require you to look at them much more than physical buttons.

Now we seem to have digital configurable instrument panels and ambient lighting on the rise with LED strips all over the place.

In fact everything you can think of to distract the driver from looking at what's really outside the car!

Anyway, the Sat Nav part was very good.

Shadowmask72
Honored Visionary

Brixmis said:

Not VR, but nevertheless, interesting for those that refuse to use maps 😛

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-46860454/ces-2019-the-sat-nav-of-the-future-has-arrived




Hmm. Turning real driving into a video game. Nice. I wonder if we get score multiplier overlay for avoiding drunk peds and arrogant Audi drivers?


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omg Audi drivers... what is it with them! they used to be the antidote to BMW drivers, now they've replaced them

Anonymous
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Pah! Driving is for peasants. It won't be long before we're teleporting everywhere. Couple of hundred years at the most.

In the meantime, once I win the Euromillions, I'll be employing a chauffeur to do all my driving for me. B)

Techy111
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You guys haven't experienced bad drivers until you drive on blue lights grrrrrrrrr
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

Greyman
Superstar
I'm sure that ambulance drivers aren't as bad as that Techy  🙂

JohnnyDioxin
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Yeah, when we drove with our blue lights on, everyone moved out the way very sharply! (But they do tend to do it more for police than other emergency vehicles...) 😄

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