AdHawk Microsystems has new sensors for eye-tracking hardware.
AdHawk Microsystems has new sensors for eye-tracking hardware.
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AdHawk Microsystems launches cameraless eye-tracking sensors for AR/VR

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Eye-tracking has emerged as a critical component of augmented reality and virtual reality systems, but doing it with cameras is expensive. So AdHawk Microsystems is launching eye-tracking that uses sensors that don’t use cameras.

AdHawk’s MindLink technology uses micro-electromechanical systems, or MEMS, which are tiny chips that handle mechanical functions. AdHawk’s MEMS will result in light wearable eye-tracking technology that can be integrated with AR glasses or VR headsets, said CEO Neil Sarkar in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat. The company has built the sensors into its own glasses prototype that researchers can start using soon.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.