Foveated imaging

A fixation point indicates the highest resolution region of the image and corresponds to the center of the eye's retina, the fovea.

Miniaturized foveated imaging systems can be realized by high-resolution 3D printing of multi-lens objectives directly on a CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) chip.

Because the fall-off in the eye's resolution is dramatic, the potential reduction in display information can be substantial.

Foveated sensors are multiresolution hardware devices that allow image data to be collected with higher resolution concentrated at a fixation point.

[12] At the CES 2016, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) demoed a new 250 Hz eye tracking system and a working foveated rendering solution.

[13] The Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset features dynamic foveated rendering provided by its visionOS operating system.