Road to VR

JULY 29, 2021

By now it can be said that Varjo is making the world’s most high-end VR headsets, and not just because they’re slapping on a hefty price-tag. A Better Bionic Display. That’s two displays for each eye.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The glass offers a discrete but accessible display, while the exterior of the frame houses an auto-focus HD camera capable of target scanning, photography, and streaming video. Well, they’re a monocular display. Anyway, we still don’t have a roadmap (or a price tag) for the Ultralite.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Rumors earlier this year suggested Sony, the company responsible for making Apple’s OLED displays, can only produce up to 200,000 displays per quarter. For those concerned about the hefty price tag , there’s also a chance a cheaper alternative may be on the horizon.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Considering the ‘pro’ price tag of $3,500, it makes sense Apple will be taking every precaution to make sure customers don’t make some of the mistakes new VR users typically face.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

That’s a fair jump past Quest 2’s $400/$500 price tag, depending on whether you buy the 128 GB or 256 GB version.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The report claims that the upcoming headset could feature dual ultra high definition 8K displays with built-in eye-tracking technology. ” As for pricing, the report states that Apple is considering a price tag of $3,000 , though—like all of the information provided above—this has yet to be confirmed.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Japanese tech giant Canon today unveiled its next enterprise-focused AR headset which aims to replace its MREAL Display MD-10 , which the company launched in Japan in mid-2016 for the astounding price tag of ¥9 million (~$82,300). MREAL Display MD-20 Specs. Display resolution. Display frequency. Field of View.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Apple’s first mixed-reality headset will be no Oculus Quest alternative, new leaks suggest, with a supposed price tag – and high-end specs – that would put it among the company’s most expensive Mac and display models.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Alienware has the first Quantum Dot OLED display on the market and opted to release this piece of hardware with a price tag that's surprisingly reasonable.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Varjo, the Finland-based creator of high-end XR headsets, announced their businesses and prosumer-focused SteamVR headset Aero is now permanently 50% off its original $2,000 price tag.

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VRScout

JUNE 14, 2021

HTC’s latest high-end PC VR headset features an incredible display, fantastic tracking, and a hefty price tag. HTC claims that the Vive Pro 2 features the best-in-class display of any PC VR headset, and after going hands-on with the hardware these past few weeks it’s hard to disagree. Image Credit: HTC. THE VISUALS.

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VRScout

MARCH 9, 2022

Of course, all that power comes with a hefty price tag. The lesser-powered Mac Studio with the M1 Max chipset begins at $1,900 while the Mac Studio with the improved M1 Ultra is available starting at a whopping $3,999, and that’s not even including the $1,599 Studio Display.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2023

” Largely, Zuckerberg says Apple is making some telling design tradeoffs, as its higher resolution displays, advanced software, and external battery comes alongside a $3,500 price tag—or seven times more than Meta’s upcoming Quest 3 mixed reality standalone. .” He calls that “the good news.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Microsoft has reportedly filed a new patent to develop a microLED display solution to enhance virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences. ” The initial patent continues, “The display substrate includes an array of micro-LEDs forming individual pixels. An Apple-Microsoft-Meta micro-OLED Melee?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

The headset should feature an A-series chipset (instead of the M one), have lower resolution displays, fewer external tracking cameras, and cheaper materials. The display features the capability of letting you focus the AR content at different depths so that to solve the vergence-accommodation conflict. This is fun.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

With our devices, astronauts can see and virtually interact with the switches and control panels inside their Starliner capsule and read the real-time data on their crew displays. Projecting the display panels and trajectory data precisely is crucial if VR is to be an effective training tool for such a vital operation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 11, 2023

Plus, it will have a 40% slimmer optic profile, a new Snapdragon chip, and higher-resolution displays. Of course, this price tag still makes the impending Quest 3 a far more affordable choice than other emerging MR devices, like the Apple Vision Pro. For instance, it will feature 6GHz wireless, similar to the Quest Pro.

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2020

In it, each team member can be seen wearing a Pico G2 standalone headset as well as Antilatency’s five-point tracking system, which consists of a head tracker, two hand Bracers, and two shin Tags. The team then proceeded to display the impressive level of accuracy afforded by their system via a series of group interactions.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 24, 2022

Most devices that use an electronic paper screen are built for specific tasks like reading, note-taking, or even just displaying price tags on grocery store shelves. The Bigme InkNote Color has greater aspirations, and with two cameras, microphones, and a multi-function stylus, it’s the best and most versatile e-note… Read more.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2022

Varjo’s headsets have long been the most technologically capable in terms of display. While a price tag wasn’t included in the release, Russomanno told ARPost that the full package of Galea beta hardware and software will cost a hefty $25,000 – with a $5,000 deposit for preorder. “Our An Intro to OpenBCI’s Work in XR.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Facebook bet big on connecting people via video with the original Portal smart display , and the company is back with two new Portals : a bigger Portal+ for large group calls and a battery-powered Portal Go that can tag along as you move about the house. Read more.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A top-down image showing off its snap-on facial interface reveals how thin the display and optics really are, something we’ve stipulated may be thanks to the inclusion of ‘pancake’ lenses like we saw on Pico’s VR glasses prototype at CES 2020. Image courtesy evleaks.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

According to a new report by The Elec, Apple wants to release a second-generation device that costs $1500 and the first cost entry to cut to arrive at that goal is the displays. Apple wants to reduce the price of the display by a 50% factor and is also trying to have other suppliers of displays beyond Sony (e.g.

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GizModo VR

MAY 10, 2022

It’s been a slow rollout for smartphones that transform into larger-screened tablets using a flexible OLED display, but LG is hoping it can help accelerate the adoption of these adaptable devices, and maybe knock a few bucks off its own steep price tags, with a new compact OLED screen that can safely fold both inward… Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Now, the stable version of Chrome 81 is expected to release sometime next month, which will carry with it the ability to display web-based AR content. Chrome 81 is also slated to include web-based NFC (Near Field Communications), which allows a web app to read and write to NFC tags.

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2020

Pricing is still unclear, although we wouldn’t expect it to stray too far from its originally quoted $3,200 price tag when it was first offered through the developer program in November 2018. Display resolution – 1,830 × 1,464 per lens resolution, total 16 million sub-pixels. Panel – 2 x 4.77” AMOLED.

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ARVR

AUGUST 8, 2022

the display technology, even for its day, was terrible. The doomed Google Glass, circa 2013, had a more stable display with over twice the resolution. Focals used a fussy display technology called Laser Beam Scanning (LBS). I have sometimes thought that the selection of the display may have been influenced by Intel.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 31, 2023

Due to production and materials expenses, leading to a $3,500 price tag, the Cupertino-based company is now turning to cheaper components to offset the lofty price tag in subsequent versions of the device. The trillion-dollar enterprise has traditionally used BOE for its iPhone, MacBook, and iPad displays.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The X2 Glasses are unlike anything else on the market right now – between the affordable price tag, powerful technology, and beautiful form – we’re giving workers all across the enterprise the opportunity to really elevate their level of work. Right now we’re the smallest mixed reality display and we hope to make it even smaller.”.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal Light debuted in 2019 with an estimated $500 price tag. The release shared with ARPost also claims a 49 pixels-per-degree micro-OLED display and a 90Hz refresh rate. More than that, a streamlined outward-facing camera makes for a larger display, a more casual look, and adjustable viewing angles for optimizing user comfort.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

While the original headset wasn’t exactly know for a high level of color-consistency, several HoloLens 2 units that we’ve seen appear to be much worse off, showing an obvious rainbow-like pattern over virtual imagery displayed by the headset. A through-the-lens view of HoloLens 2 | Image courtesy Reddit user hegemonbill.

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Next Reality AR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Leading augmented reality headset makers Microsoft and Magic Leap are among the companies now vying for a military contract for battlefield heads-up displays.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 7, 2023

You can watch the headset part of the presentation below: The price tag. OMG, the price tag Really? The creepy eye display. Not because the display is transparent — but because the entire outside surface is a display screen that shows you a video of the person’s eyes. It is super creepy.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Last year’s Galaxy Chromebook was one of the slickest laptops announced at CES, and now for CES 2021, Samsung is returning with the Galaxy Chromebook 2 which sports a more affordable price tag and the first QLED display available on any Chrome OS device. Read more.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The sidebar allowed developers to prominently display the compatible headsets, input devices, and play area sizes for their games, and users could filter the store by clicking on these tags. Strangely, the ‘Tracked Controller Supported’ tag was kept and moved to the list of general features on each store page.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The Axon 30 uses a new second-generation under-display camera with an OLED from Visionox, and features the Snapdragon 870- does it convince enough for the $499 price tag?

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Tools like the Meta Quest 3 bring enterprise-quality features to companies using VR for customer support and collaboration without the high price tag. Fortunately, in recent years, vendors have discovered new ways to make visuals crisper, more realistic, and more engaging with pancake optics and new display types.

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