Look me in the eyes, avatar: Social interaction in the metaverse

The metaverse is one of the big buzzwords these days and not much more than a vision today. Many companies are committed to shaping the metaverse. And so are we. This is because eye tracking and, in particular, our Digital Iris technology offer the possibility of emulating authentic human gaze behavior on avatars. We talked to Alejandro Gloriani, R&D Senior Developer in the Advanced Technology Team at Viewpointsystem, about this.

FOUR FEATURES FOR EVEN GREATER EASE OF USE

Easy and uncomplicated operation is crucial for smart glasses to be accepted by employees and to survive successfully in the company. For this reason, we are constantly working on making our smart glasses even more easy and intuitive to use. Today, we would like to introduce four features that make the VPS 19 better optimized for real-world use.

The Industrial Metaverse and the Opportunities it Brings for Manufacturers

Even if the metaverse is still a future version: most experts agree, it will keep us much busier than we can imagine today, also in terms of significant performance improvements in the industry. Which application areas will offer the greatest potential for manufacturing companies in the short and medium term? 

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM ETRA 2022

A month has passed since ETRA 2022, the best and most renowned eye tracking conference of its kind. The aim of ETRA (full name: ACM Symposium of Eye Tracking Research & Applications) is to bring together researchers across disciplines to advance eye tracking research and its applications. And this year, the organizers and everyone contributing really succeeded in doing that in every respect.

EYE TRACKING DESPITE IMPAIRED VISION

Eye impairments such as one eye with very low visual acuity, the loss of one eye, a cataract in just one of the eyes (opacity in the lens), strabismus (the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object), amblyopia (lazy eye), anisocoria or differently sized pupils (one of the most unique traits of David Bowie) can lead one to wonder if eye tracking is still possible.