Philip Rosedale Favorite Fove VR to Integrate with SteamVR

FOVE, the VR industry's first eye tracking headset that Philip Rosedale suggests is the next-generation for HMDs, has not only raised nearly double its Kickstarter funding goals in under two weeks, it's now going to be compatible with SteamVR and Lighthouse motion tracking technology from Valve, the world's most important 3D game publisher and developer:

According to the company, once FOVE reaches the $700k milestone it will “pursue development integration of Valve’s Lighthouse technology into their developer kits, shipping in Spring 2016.” The company also announced today that they will support the OpenVR SDK and the Steam VR platform.

Says Yuka Kojima, FOVE’s CEO and co-founder, “Both of our companies are very excited about the applications of eye-tracking in VR and the support for SteamVR will bring a wealth of content to FOVE. We have strong confidence that FOVE can and will deliver a revolutionary experience in VR.”

Currently the FOVE headset only has head tracking, but the addition of the Lighthouse system would give FOVE full room scale tracking capability which, in addition to it’s eye tracking capability, would make it far more than just an acquisition target – but rather an outright contender.

It's striking how fast this industry is moving: Oculus Rift and Sony's Morpheus may be the current VR darling at this year's E3 conference, but people are already moving money and attention toward the next leap in virtual reality.

Speaking of which, it's also noteworthy that Yuka Kojima, FOVE’s CEO and co-founder, is a woman, a hopeful sign for a VR industry, that's currently and utterly male dominated.

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[Adec]

I think Oculus caused a storm 2-3 years ago on kickstarter, but the the sell out to FB ..and the fact its still not retail has damaged the brand. Sure over 100m people have used the product during beta stages, but it's still not here! It's a bit like Socialmatic .. hyped, but missed the boat.

Since the kickstarter so many other companies are coming out, including Microsoft, and Fove .. Fove I really like now.. I was all willing to buy a retail Oculus .. but have kinda lost the urge in favor of waiting to see what Fove can do....

[Murtle]

It's the future just imagine advanced avatars with soft jiggly flesh added to the bunch that will make virtual porn much more attractive as well.