DPVR to focus esports with upcoming E4 PCVR device - Auganix

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October 31, 2022 – DPVR, a Shanghai-based institution specializing successful virtual world (VR) instrumentality plan and manufacturing, has announced much details connected its upcoming VR headset aimed astatine gamers and consumers.

DPVR states that its soon-to-be announced ‘E4’ instrumentality volition disagree from its erstwhile VR products. The E4 volition alternatively beryllium focused connected VR gaming and user usage and volition see features specified arsenic inside-out tracking and six degrees of state (6DoF) enactment capabilities.

According to DPVR, the tract of presumption (FoV) of its E4 instrumentality volition besides beryllium greater than that of some the recently announced Meta Quest Pro and Pico 4 headsets, which person FoVs of 106° and 105° respectively. The institution has not yet specified precisely however overmuch greater the E4’s FoV volition beryllium though, but it has stated that it volition beryllium pushing to get arsenic galore hardcore VR gamers connected committee with its caller instrumentality erstwhile released. Of course, for gamers, a wider FoV tin mean greater immersion successful VR gaming experiences.

The E4 volition beryllium a tethered VR instrumentality that consists of a modular plan that DPVR states has been optimized to beryllium much lightweight than different PCVR devices presently connected the market. Although, the institution has not yet specified precisely however overmuch the instrumentality volition measurement astatine this time.

In presumption of content, successful summation to cooperating with respective VR games studios, DPVR has besides confirmed that its instrumentality volition beryllium compatible with SteamVR – the largest contented room for VR games. This means that VR gamers utilizing the DPVR E4 instrumentality volition beryllium capable to bask astir 7,000 VR gaming titles disposable connected the Steam platform, from Beat Saber to Half-Life: Alyx, arsenic good arsenic societal VR platforms specified arsenic VRChat and Rec Room.

Finally, DPVR added that it is besides moving with partners including NVIDIA, AMD, MSI, and others, arsenic portion of the company’s efforts to participate the VR esports market.

“The champion mode to unfastened up the VR gaming marketplace is to grow and upgrade the existing PC gaming marketplace by adding VR interactions. We are hopeful that by allowing existing PC gamers to acquisition the accrued immersion that VR has to offer, we’ll beryllium capable to person galore of them into PCVR gamers. As portion of DPVR’s efforts to execute this and turn the fig of PCVR users, we volition beryllium focusing our efforts connected the VR esports market,” said Derek Liu, VP astatine DPVR. 

Liu continued, “esports events tin pull hundreds of millions of players, whether it is from the Legends Pro League (LPL) for League of Legends, to the King Pro League (KPL) for Honor of Kings. VR esports volition truthful go a cardinal country of absorption and improvement for DPVR. Although determination is inactive overmuch enactment to beryllium done with regards to VR esports, we judge that DPVR tin cement its spot arsenic a VR esports person with the assistance of our upcoming E4 device, which we are assured gamers volition love.”

To find retired much astir DPVR’s upcoming E4 virtual world instrumentality for consumers and gamers, click here. For much accusation connected the institution and its VR offerings successful general, delight sojourn the DPVR website.

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