Prophesee and Tobii partner to develop next-generation event-based eye tracking solution for AR/VR and smart eyewear

PARIS, May 20, 2025

Prophesee, the inventor and market leader of event-based neuromorphic vision technology, today announces a new collaboration with Tobii, the global leader in eye tracking and attention computing, to bring to market a next-generation event-based eye tracking solution tailored for AR/VR and smart eyewear applications.

This collaboration combines Tobii’s best-in-class eye tracking platform with Prophesee’s pioneering event-based sensor technology. Together, the companies aim to develop an ultra-fast and power-efficient eye-tracking solution, specifically designed to meet the stringent power and form factor requirements of compact and battery-constrained smart eyewear.

Prophesee’s technology is well-suited for energy-constrained devices, offering significantly lower power consumption while maintaining ultra-fast response times, key for use in demanding applications such as vision assistance, contextual awareness, enhanced user interaction, and well-being monitoring. This is especially vital for the growing market of smart eyewear, where power efficiency and compactness are critical factors.

Prophesee’s CEO, Luca Verre, added:

“Event-based vision is a perfect match for the growing demand for low-power, always-on sensing in next-generation wearable devices. This partnership builds on a strong foundation of collaboration between our teams and expands our joint capabilities into the eye-tracking space,” said Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee. “With Tobii’s proven leadership in eye tracking, combined with our experience in event-based sensing, we aim to set a new standard for what’s possible in AR/VR and smart eyewear.”

Tobii, with over a decade of leadership in the eye tracking industry, has set the benchmark for performance across a wide range of devices and platforms, from gaming and extended reality to healthcare and automotive, thanks to its advanced systems known for accuracy, reliability, and robustness.

“Smart eyewear is one of the most demanding segments for eye tracking—requiring ultra-low power, high performance, and seamless integration into a standard glasses form factor,” said Emma Bauer, Senior Vice President, Integrations at Tobii. “Through partnering with Prophesee, we add event-based sensors as a complement to our existing camera technologies, giving our customers even more options and flexibility when designing their products.”

This new collaboration follows a proven track record of joint development ventures between Prophesee and Tobii, going back to the days of Fotonation, now Tobii Autosense, in driver monitoring systems.

You can read more about Tobii’s offering for AR/VR and smart eyewear here.

You can read more about Prophesee’s eye-tracking capabilities here.

ABOUT Tobii

Tobii is the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer of attention computing. We are on a mission to improve the world with technology that understands human attention and intent. Creating tech for a better future, our technologies and solutions apply to areas such as behavioural studies and research, healthcare, education and training, gaming, extended reality, automotive, and many more. Tobii’s eye tracking is used by thousands of enterprises, universities, and research institutes around the globe. Headquartered in Sweden, Tobii is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (TOBII).

For more information: www.tobii.com.

ABOUT PROPHESEE

Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems. The company developed a breakthrough Event-based Vision approach to machine vision. This new vision category allows for significant reductions of power, latency and data processing requirements to reveal what was invisible to traditional frame-based sensors until now. Prophesee’s patented Metavision sensors and algorithms mimic how the human eye and brain work to dramatically improve efficiency in areas such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, mobile and AR/VR. Prophesee is based in Paris, with local offices in Grenoble, Shanghai, Tokyo and Silicon Valley.

Learn more: www.prophesee.ai