Shiftall launches a high end SteamVR headset and an affordable body tracker for VTubers - Engadget

Shiftall is simply a Panasonic institution dedicated to gathering instrumentality to plunge radical deeper into their virtual worlds. That includes the Mutalk (pictured), a mouth-worn Bluetooth microphone designed to forestall your code from being heard by radical successful the aforesaid room. Here astatine CES, however, the institution has unveiled 2 caller versions of its VR headset arsenic good arsenic immoderate gadgets designed to amended your immersion successful the virtual world.

First up, a caller mentation of the MeganeX VR headset, a SteamVR-compatible portion with a 2,560 x 2,560 micro-OLED display. The institution says that the screens, combined with Panasonic-branded pancake lenses, connection the “highest level of viewing experience.” In addition, the framework is lightweight, and offers six degrees of freedom, arsenic good arsenic capable comfortableness to guarantee it tin beryllium worn without fatigue for hours astatine a time. But you’ll besides request to cough up if you privation to usage one, since it’ll outgo you $1,699 erstwhile it launches astatine immoderate constituent betwixt March and April.

In addition, the institution is showing disconnected 2 caller accessories that’ll connection large benefits for the VTubers amongst you. The archetypal is Haritora X Wireless, a afloat assemblage tracking solution for SteamVR that enables you to person afloat controllable torso and legs successful a virtual space. The setup uses 4 bands, 1 astir your chest, hips, knees and ankles, which springiness your integer avatar the quality to creation and precocious footwear their mode around. This is akin to Sony's Mocopi motion-tracking setup which adhd bands to your wrists, ankles and backmost and head. 

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The different caller innovation is Flip VR, a manus controller for SteamVR which uses lighthouse tracking to show the presumption of your hands. But, dissimilar astir mean manus controllers, these are held to the manus by a strap crossed the palm, alternatively than being gripped. The apical plate, wherever you’ll find the joystick and enactment buttons, tin beryllium flipped retired of the mode to escaped your manus up for different things. In the demo, a idiosyncratic tin halt playing, flip the joystick implicit to the different broadside of their manus and portion from a tin without having to region their VR gear, oregon enactment it down connected the floor.

As for pricing, Haritoria X Wireless volition acceptable you backmost $350, though there’s nary connection yet connected erstwhile it’ll beryllium disposable either successful Japan oregon Stateside. As for FlipVR, we’re waiting to perceive backmost connected however overmuch it’ll cost, and erstwhile we tin expect to beryllium capable to drink, portion successful quality arsenic a VTuber, without having to driblet our controller and ruin the illusion.