Google buys Milpitas VR eye-tracking startup
Google continues its push to invest in virtual- and augmented reality technologies, this week snapping up Milpitas-based Eyefluence, a startup that makes eye-tracking software for VR and AR headsets.
Eyeluence launched in 2013 and raised $21.6 million in venture capital from five investors, notably Santa Clara-based Intel Capital. Eyefluence recognized early on that handheld controllers weren't intuitive in navigating menus or making selections inside a virtual reality environment. The company...