Facebook is working on a new tool for your virtual reality glasses that must project the eyes of the user on the outside of the accessory. The idea behind this procedure is to promote eye contact so that the user can talk to people around them without having to remove the glasses from their head and interrupt their activities on the device. To demonstrate its technology, the company published a video on its official profile on the social network (which can be seen alow).
To accomplish this feat, engineers are working on a process they call reverse pass-through VR. Currently, 'VR pass-through' works by using cameras on the outside of the headset to project the world inside the headset, as if light had passed through the headset in a similar way to prescription glasses.
Testing reverse pass-through VR on glasses
In this reverse process, engineers working on Facebook's virtual reality headset attached cameras to the device to capture the user's eyes, as well as their movements, and project them onto an external screen positioned at the height of the human's eyes. At the moment, the result is still a bit bizarre, almost like a reality straight out of a George Orwell book or a Stanley Kubrick film. In any case, with the high investments that Zuckerberg has done in the industry, this should be improved soon.
Above, an image of a prototype to show how the solution has already evolved.
Other plans for VR glasses
The new product is still being tested and, as mentioned, needs to be improved further before it becomes a market product. Could this be the reason why the company has postponed the launch of its Oculus Quest 3? It is still too early to say. Perhaps the tool will not even be approved since, at first glance, it is possible to say that it may generate some debates.
Still, this could be yet another change that Facebook could make to its virtual reality accessories to get closer to the public. As well as the possibility of integration with the system Apple Health, as seen in the code for the Oculus VR iPhone app.
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