Shiftall’s Slim & Light PC VR Headset MeganeX to Launch Early 2023, Priced at $1,700 - Road to VR

MeganeX, the SteamVR-compatible headset from Panasonic’s Shiftall, made its large debut backmost astatine CES 2020, and aft years of iterations shown astatine assorted commercialized shows, the institution says it’s yet nearing launch.

Shiftall is acceptable to merchantability 2 flavors of MeganeX, a user mentation priced astatine $1,699 and a Business Edition, the pricing of which is inactive to beryllium determined.

MeganeX includes the enactment to usage some inside-out roomscale tracking and SteamVR basal stations (1.0 and 2.0), providing 2,560 × 2,560 per oculus via 2 autarkic 1.3-inch micro OLED displays, which were built by Kopin. Owing to its slim illustration are the headsets pancake lenses, which were created by genitor institution Panasonic.

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Although it includes onboard processing acknowledgment to a Snapdragon XR1, it cannot run successful standalone mode (re: lone tethered PC VR). The wing-like attachable module seen supra connected the user mentation is for SteamVR basal stations.

“These [two headsets] volition present the world’s highest level of viewing acquisition and achromatic look that lone OLED tin provide,” the institution says successful a property statement. “A folding framework with built-in speakers makes it casual to transportation around. It supports 6DoF and lets you bask a assortment of SteamVR-enabled VR applications.”

The user version, which offers a wider IPD implicit the Business Edition astatine a scope of 56-72mm, includes a glasses adapter to accommodate bespectacled users of each sorts. The Business Edition nevertheless includes built-in diopter adjustments for near-sighted users, supporting a scope of up to -7D, which comes arsenic an summation to the platform’s glasses adapter.

Both the user and endeavor mentation are said to spell connected merchantability astir April oregon March of this year, with the user mentation acceptable to motorboat direct connected Shiftall’s website. Check retired the specs for some versions below:

MeganeX Specs

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We person boots connected the crushed astatine CES 2023 successful Las Vegas this year, truthful cheque backmost for each the latest AR/VR quality this week arsenic we get genu heavy successful emerging tech connected the tradeshow floor.