Whoa, okay, so here’s the scoop. Tobii, those eye-tracking whizzes, are teaming up with Prophesee. And no, that’s not a typo—Prophesee is diving into this gig with their snazzy, what do you call it… event-based vision thing. It’s like your eyes, just techier. Imagine a camera that doesn’t just stare blankly, but actually catches the important stuff, like movement or light flickers. Kind of like noticing only the squirrel instead of every leaf.
Anyway, Tobii loves throwing their eye-tracking smarts onto anything wearable—headsets, funky smart glasses, you name it. And Prophesee’s tech just fits into this like peanut butter and jelly. The whole idea is to make eye-tracking that’s superfast and doesn’t suck all the juice out of your battery.
I overheard Luca Verre—he’s the big cheese at Prophesee—calling this event-vision a match made in heaven for gadgets that crave low-power magic. And get this, Tobii and Prophesee have been brainstorming together for a while now, kinda like tech BFFs planning world domination in the AR/VR space. It’s a bit wild imagining what they can cook up next.
Emma Bauer from Tobii jumps in saying these smart glasses are basically the holy grail of eye-tracking tech demands. They want it feather-light and power-guzzling as a sleeping cat. She’s practically giddy about how Prophesee’s sensors spice up their lineup.
Funny thing, I couldn’t stop thinking about how slick Tobii’s been, sprinkling their eye-tracking tricks everywhere—like getting them into the PlayStation VR 2 and a dozen other headsets. It’s like they’re eye-spy ninjas, throwing foveated rendering and social VR quirks all over the place.
Anyway, back to where I started—this Tobii-Prophesee partnership feels like eye-tracking’s next big leap. Maybe a hop? Either way, smart glasses are getting smarter. Or something like that.
