US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday (Feb 5) that human drivers need to remain attentive, after videos emerged showing Tesla drivers apparently using Apple's new Vision Pro headset while driving.

Responding to a widely-viewed video of a Tesla driver manipulating a virtual reality field with both his hands off the steering wheel, Buttigieg stressed that, despite advanced driver assistance systems, drivers must maintain control and engagement.

"Reminder-ALL advanced driver assistance systems available today require the human driver to be in control and fully engaged in the driving task at all times," Buttigieg said.

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<h2>Apple's Vision Pro and driving safety concerns</h2>

Apple's recently launched Vision Pro headset, integrating three-dimensional digital content with real-world visuals, faced criticism as users were observed using it while operating vehicles.

Apple explicitly warns against using the device while driving.

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Tesla, renowned for its advanced driver features including Autopilot, reiterated that these systems are intended for fully attentive drivers with hands on the wheel, ready to assume control instantly.

Buttigieg, echoing prior concerns about Tesla's Autopilot, urged caution and adherence to safety protocols.

Separately, in a significant move, Tesla has&nbsp;initiated&nbsp;a broad recall in the United States, covering nearly all electric vehicles sold in the country.

The recall, prompted by concerns related to warning lights and potential difficulties in reading critical information on the instrument panel, affects approximately 2.19 million vehicles sold between 2012 and 2024.

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This recall represents a notable setback for Tesla, compounding recent challenges faced by the electric vehicle giant.

The Wall Street Journal reported on the safety risks associated with the recall, intensifying scrutiny on Tesla's commitment to vehicle safety.

(With inputs from agencies)

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday (Feb 5) that human drivers need to remain attentive, after videos emerged showing Tesla drivers apparently using Apple's new Vision Pro headset while driving.

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday (Feb 5) that human drivers need to remain attentive, after videos emerged showing Tesla drivers apparently using Apple's new Vision Pro headset while driving. Responding to a widely-viewed video of a Tesla driver manipulating a virtual reality field with both his hands off the steering wheel, Buttigieg stressed that, despite advanced driver assistance systems, drivers must maintain control and engagement. "Reminder-ALL advanced driver assistance systems available today require the human driver to be in control and fully engaged in the driving task at all times," Buttigieg said. A driver was spotted behind the wheel of a Tesla CyberTruck, engaging with an Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset . Is this safe?? pic.twitter.com/DL7PwVabBw — Githii (@githii) February 4, 2024 × Apple's Vision Pro and driving safety concerns Apple's recently launched Vision Pro headset, integrating three-dimensional digital content with real-world visuals, faced criticism as users were observed using it while operating vehicles. Apple explicitly warns against using the device while driving. Also read | Elon Musk's Tesla to set up first Indian manufacturing plant in Gujarat: Report Tesla, renowned for its advanced driver features including Autopilot, reiterated that these systems are intended for fully attentive drivers with hands on the wheel, ready to assume control instantly. Buttigieg, echoing prior concerns about Tesla's Autopilot, urged caution and adherence to safety protocols. Separately, in a significant move, Tesla has initiated a broad recall in the United States, covering nearly all electric vehicles sold in the country. The recall, prompted by concerns related to warning lights and potential difficulties in reading critical information on the instrument panel, affects approximately 2.19 million vehicles sold between 2012 and 2024. Also watch | Tesla robot malfunctions, brutally attacks engineer This recall represents a notable setback for Tesla, compounding recent challenges faced by the electric vehicle giant. The Wall Street Journal reported on the safety risks associated with the recall, intensifying scrutiny on Tesla's commitment to vehicle safety. (With inputs from agencies)

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Researchers at the prestigious Northwestern University have developed virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice to create immersive scenarios for brain research. "By more faithfully simulating natural environments, the researchers can more accurately and precisely study the neural circuitry that underlies behaviour," the researchers said in the study published on Friday (Dec 8).

Researchers at the prestigious Northwestern University have developed virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice to create immersive scenarios for brain research. "By more faithfully simulating natural environments, the researchers can more accurately and precisely study the neural circuitry that underlies behaviour," the researchers said in the study published on Friday (Dec 8). "Compared to current state-of-the-art systems, which simply surround mice with computer or projection screens, the new goggles provide a leap in advancement," the study said. The new VR goggles could help researchers glean new insights into how the human brain adapts and reacts to virtual reality exposure. Professor Daniel Dombeck, the study's senior author said that researchers have been using VR systems for mice for the past 15 years, adding that till now, laboratories have used big computers or projection screens to surround an animal. "For humans, this is like watching a TV in your living room. You still see your couch and your walls. There are cues around you, telling you that you aren’t inside the scene. Now think about putting on VR goggles, like Oculus Rift, that take up your full vision. You don’t see anything but the projected scene and a different scene is projected into each eye to create depth information. That’s been missing for mice,” he said. Integrating VR into lab settings The study said that although researchers observe animals in nature, it has been difficult to image patterns of real-time brain activity while animals engage with the real world. To solve this problem, researchers have integrated VR into laboratory settings. "In these experimental setups, an animal uses a treadmill to navigate scenes, such as a virtual maze, projected onto surrounding screens," it said. Rather than allowing a mouse to run in a natural environment or physical maze, keeping the mouse in place on the treadmill allows researchers to use tools to view and map the brain as the rodent traverses a virtual space. This would help researchers grasp the general principles of how activated neural circuits encode information during various behaviours. “VR basically reproduces real environments,” Professor Dombeck said. "We’ve had a lot of success with this VR system, but it’s possible the animals aren’t as immersed as they would be in a real environment. It takes a lot of training just to get the mice to pay attention to the screens and ignore the lab around them,” he added. What is iMRSIV? Dombeck and his team created compact VR goggles for mice using custom-designed lenses and miniature organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. The goggle is called Miniature Rodent Stereo Illumination VR (iMRSIV). The study said that iMRSIV has two lenses and two screens — one for each side of the head to separately illuminate each eye for 3D vision. This system provides each eye with a 180-degree field of view that fully immerses the mouse and excludes the surrounding environment. Unlike the VR goggles for humans, iMRSIV does not wrap around the mouse’s head. Instead, it is closely perched directly in front of the mouse’s face.

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Facebook&#39;s virtual reality unit Oculus VR is facing a lawsuit alleging it incorporated without authorisation a smaller competitor&#39;s patented technology into its Rift headset.

Techno View IP, a Newport Beach, California-based technology licensing firm, sued Facebook and Oculus for infringing a 3D imaging patent owned by the VR headset maker ImmersiON-VRelia.

According to the complaint filed in federal court in Delaware, ImmersiON-VRelia, which has offices in Spain and California, agreed to let Techno View litigate the patent on its behalf.

The lawsuit comes as Facebook weighs its options following a $500 million verdict in an unrelated lawsuit brought over its VR technology by video game developer ZeniMax Media. A Dallas federal jury in February found Oculus used copyrighted computer code developed by video game designer John Carmack while employed at ZeniMax.

Lawyers for Oculus and Facebook have said they will seek to have the verdict set aside.

ImmersiON-VRelia makes VR headsets similar to the Oculus Rift, as well as a VR device for use with smartphones. Techno View said in its lawsuit ImmersiON-VRelia&#39;s chief executive, Manuel Gutierrez Novelo, attained several patents between 2003 and 2006 on various aspects of VR technology.

Techno View said Oculus and Facebook specifically infringed a patent held by ImmersiON-VRelia on a method of generating left and right perspectives in a 3D video game. Techno View said it may add claims relating to other patents owned ImmersiON-VRelia at a later date.

Facebook acquired Oculus for an estimated $3 billion in 2014. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that virtual reality &quot;will be part of people&#39;s daily lives,&quot; revolutionising industries like media, education and medicine.

Facebook and Oculus did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Techno View&#39;s lawsuit.

(Reuters)

Facebook acquired Oculus for an estimated $3 billion in 2014

Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus VR is facing a lawsuit alleging it incorporated without authorisation a smaller competitor's patented technology into its Rift headset. Techno View IP, a Newport Beach, California-based technology licensing firm, sued Facebook and Oculus for infringing a 3D imaging patent owned by the VR headset maker ImmersiON-VRelia. According to the complaint filed in federal court in Delaware, ImmersiON-VRelia, which has offices in Spain and California, agreed to let Techno View litigate the patent on its behalf. The lawsuit comes as Facebook weighs its options following a $500 million verdict in an unrelated lawsuit brought over its VR technology by video game developer ZeniMax Media. A Dallas federal jury in February found Oculus used copyrighted computer code developed by video game designer John Carmack while employed at ZeniMax. Lawyers for Oculus and Facebook have said they will seek to have the verdict set aside. ImmersiON-VRelia makes VR headsets similar to the Oculus Rift, as well as a VR device for use with smartphones. Techno View said in its lawsuit ImmersiON-VRelia's chief executive, Manuel Gutierrez Novelo, attained several patents between 2003 and 2006 on various aspects of VR technology. Techno View said Oculus and Facebook specifically infringed a patent held by ImmersiON-VRelia on a method of generating left and right perspectives in a 3D video game. Techno View said it may add claims relating to other patents owned ImmersiON-VRelia at a later date. Facebook acquired Oculus for an estimated $3 billion in 2014. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that virtual reality "will be part of people's daily lives," revolutionising industries like media, education and medicine. Facebook and Oculus did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Techno View's lawsuit. (Reuters)

Facebook?s VR unit Oculus sued for infringing imaging patent

Facebook-owned Oculus slashed the price of its Rift headsets to speed the pace at which the virtual reality technology is working its way into homes. Rift headsets bundled with Touch controllers for letting people reach into faux worlds began selling for $598 as Oculus lopped $200 off the price of buying the VR hardware that hit the market last year.

The price of the Rift alone was dropped to $499 and Touch controllers to $99. Oculus broke the news at an annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where scores of titles were being shown off for play using Rift, or competing hardware such as HTC Vive or Sony PlayStation VR headsets.

&quot;Our mission at Oculus is to drive VR into as many people&#39;s homes as we can,&quot; Oculus vice president Jason Rubin told AFP.

&quot;We believe this is a massive step; and the people coming in at the lower price have a ton of software they can use.&quot; 
The prices of computers needed to power Rift VR experiences has also come down hundreds of dollars in the past year in an overall cost reduction that he hoped would entice a new wave of customers to follow the &quot;early adopters.&quot; 
Rubin referred to the new Rift and Touch prices as &quot;aggressive,&quot; but declined to discuss how much money Oculus was making on each sale other than to say that the price is &quot;sustainable.&quot;

Virtuous cycle

The more VR gear that sells, the more developers of games or other experiences will be motivated to create software for the technology in what Rubin called a budding &quot;virtuous cycle&quot; where sales of hardware are fueled in return.

&quot;We look at is as an opportunity; it&#39;s a new frontier,&quot; Gunfire Games development director Ben Gabbard told AFP during a demonstration of its latest VR title, science fiction shooter game &quot;From Other Suns.&quot;

&quot;Being at the forefront of a special and interesting medium to tell stories and make games has been very awesome for us, even though it hasn&#39;t taken off to the stratosphere.&quot;

While games standout when it comes to using VR, Oculus believes &quot;ultimately the killer app is social&quot; with people interacting at virtual venues. Virtual reality sought its stride at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early this year, where despite being a hot topic there was little sign that the technology was racing into mainstream culture.

Show floor space devoted to virtual reality abounded with companies diving into the market with headsets, content, or tools for better creating or delivering immersive experiences. Vive, PlayStation VR and Rift have been wooing software developers and refining hardware to better entice users.

(AFP)

The price of the Rift alone was dropped to $499 and Touch controllers to $99

Facebook-owned Oculus slashed the price of its Rift headsets to speed the pace at which the virtual reality technology is working its way into homes. Rift headsets bundled with Touch controllers for letting people reach into faux worlds began selling for $598 as Oculus lopped $200 off the price of buying the VR hardware that hit the market last year. The price of the Rift alone was dropped to $499 and Touch controllers to $99. Oculus broke the news at an annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where scores of titles were being shown off for play using Rift, or competing hardware such as HTC Vive or Sony PlayStation VR headsets. "Our mission at Oculus is to drive VR into as many people's homes as we can," Oculus vice president Jason Rubin told AFP. "We believe this is a massive step; and the people coming in at the lower price have a ton of software they can use." The prices of computers needed to power Rift VR experiences has also come down hundreds of dollars in the past year in an overall cost reduction that he hoped would entice a new wave of customers to follow the "early adopters." Rubin referred to the new Rift and Touch prices as "aggressive," but declined to discuss how much money Oculus was making on each sale other than to say that the price is "sustainable." Virtuous cycle The more VR gear that sells, the more developers of games or other experiences will be motivated to create software for the technology in what Rubin called a budding "virtuous cycle" where sales of hardware are fueled in return. "We look at is as an opportunity; it's a new frontier," Gunfire Games development director Ben Gabbard told AFP during a demonstration of its latest VR title, science fiction shooter game "From Other Suns." "Being at the forefront of a special and interesting medium to tell stories and make games has been very awesome for us, even though it hasn't taken off to the stratosphere." While games standout when it comes to using VR, Oculus believes "ultimately the killer app is social" with people interacting at virtual venues. Virtual reality sought its stride at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early this year, where despite being a hot topic there was little sign that the technology was racing into mainstream culture. Show floor space devoted to virtual reality abounded with companies diving into the market with headsets, content, or tools for better creating or delivering immersive experiences. Vive, PlayStation VR and Rift have been wooing software developers and refining hardware to better entice users. (AFP)

Facebook?s Oculus slashes price of Rift VR set by $200

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