HP G2 Omnicept: Enterprise-grade VR whose sensors can read “cognitive load”

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  The HP G2 Omnicept Edition looks a lot like the standard HP G2, but it comes with an additional slew of sensors. Visible at the top here is a heartrate tracker, while the eye-related trackers are built around the lenses. [credit: HP ]

We're still waiting to test out HP's next PC-VR headset, the $600 HP G2, but before it begins shipping to preorder customers in November, HP has already unveiled its next VR sales pitch. And it's a biometric-tracking doozy.

The HP G2 Omnicept Edition delivers everything you'll find in the G2, including a pair of high-res, fast-switching LCD panels; an "inside-out" tracking solution; lenses, speakers, and other optimizations borrowed from Valve Index; and HP's updated version of the Windows Mixed Reality controllers.

But this higher-tier version, which has a vague "Spring 2021" launch window and no price yet, is aimed squarely at enterprise customers with a wealth of built-in sensors. These include: eye-tracking and pupillometry sensors, to separately determine your gaze and your moment-to-moment dilation; a heart rate sensor; and a facial-capture camera, to translate how you look to other users. (HP has not yet shown us how that facial-capture system will work, and they've confirmed that some of its features will not be part of the Omnicept's launch SDK.)

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