LEDs are being phased into use everywhere from living rooms to offices to car headlights to street-lighting. Whilst these uses are practical, for something a little more exciting we can look to Nike.

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Eye-tracking in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications are the targets Osram is aiming at with two infra-red LEDs. Eye tracking in VR and AR is there to reduce the discomfort and ...

More and more people are tracking their physical fitness with the aid of wearable gadgets and appropriate apps. Optical sensors are suitable for measuring pulse rates and oxygen saturation in blood.

In stories about houses, track lighting is typically part of the “before” scenario—a dated feature to be stripped away for something warmer or more sophisticated. But lately, designers have been ...

Spurred by the current lack of a Linux SDK for the Oculus Rift DK2, a group of developers sought to dissect the Rift’s optical tracking system by reverse engineering the DK2. The information that was ...

Today at the company’s ‘Step into the Rift’ pre-E3 event in San Francisco, Oculus revealed what they’re calling ‘Oculus Touch’, the company’s VR-specific input controller. The prototype revealed at ...