Emteq’s faceteq is all about building an emotion-tracking platform for VR

As one of the top 20 universities in the U.K., The University of Sussex offers undergraduate courses that could be pivotal to the future of VR. Its teachings stretch across neuro, cognitive and biomedical sciences, among other areas. We could well see a new generation of VR recruits come out of its campus. But I’m not visiting the grounds to talk about that; I’m here to talk about tech.

Housed away in a quiet corner of the campus is the Sussex Innovation Centre. Quieter still is the office that facial recognition company Emteq occupies inside that building. CEO Graeme Cox tells me that the small team has the “Friday feeling” as he closes the office door behind me, though it’s difficult to imagine the friendly engineers and developers that greet me being in any other frame of mind. For a company that’s working in one of VR’s most vital areas, Emteq makes for a remarkably calm environment.