Somnium VR1 high-end PC VR headset to be shown at CES 2023 - MIXED Reality News

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Somnium VR1 has been successful improvement for astir 2 years. The last plan volition beryllium connected show astatine CES 2023.

A twelvemonth ago, I wrote an nonfiction astir the highly experimental VR headset from the blockchain and NFT-based societal VR level Somnium Space. After the announcement, the instrumentality went silent. Until now.

Ahead of CES, the Czech institution unveiled eye-popping caller renders of the concern plan and announced a halfway feature: the Somnium VR1 is simply a PC-only VR headset with nary standalone mode. Visitors to the electronics amusement volition beryllium capable to spot the instrumentality for themselves successful aboriginal January. Somnium Space plans to amusement a working devkit that matches the last design.

A headset for enthusiasts and modders

The institution said it retained the different 2 halfway features, open-source character, and modularity. In the announcement connected Medium, Somnium Space describes the headset arsenic follows:

“Somnium VR1 is an opensource precocious extremity PCVR headset with precocious solution displays, peculiar customized non-fresnel, crystal wide lenses, oculus tracking, manus tracking, precocious solution pass-through cameras and a modular plan allowing users to change, adhd oregon modify galore parts of headset. Additionally, Somnium Space volition springiness entree to the bulk of sensors allowing precocious users to make customized VR & mixed-reality applications.”

The institution cites the pursuing specifications:

• Display: 2 x 3.2″ 2,880 × 2,880 Fast LCD. Horizontal FOV 120°, Vertical FOV 100°.
• Passthrough cameras: 2 x 3.864 × 2.192, 90 FPS (foveated transport), FOV 120° × 100°.
• Ultraleap manus tracking
• Custom-made oculus tracking
• WiFi 6e
• Wireless PC VR streaming
• Native wired PC Mode (lossless)
• Native Steam VR & OpenXR support
• 3x USB-C 10 Gbps for outer accessories (USB 3.2 Gen2)
• Integrated high-quality stereo microphones
• Headphone jack
• Custom-made caput strap with included in-ear headphones
• 3 modular customizable and 3D printable anchor points

Somnium Space plans to showcase two modules astatine CES: a mixed world module and a Wi-Fi 6 module for PC VR streaming. They volition beryllium demonstrated utilizing an XTAL headset from the Czech exertion spouse VRgineers arsenic an example.

The lenses are custom-made pancake lenses, the institution writes connected Twitter. Custom VR controllers volition not beryllium sold astatine launch. However, you tin usage immoderate benignant of Lighthouse-compatible controller.

Standalone mentation to travel later

The instrumentality is “aimed astatine enthusiasts, who privation to afloat ain their VR hardware and those, who similar to tinker with their hardware and bundle to get the astir retired of their experience.”

Somnium Space promises that the caller VR headset aims to supply enthusiasts and the full assemblage the quality to marque their ain headset without large corp restrictions, and for this reason, the instrumentality is being built connected arsenic unfastened and modular a level arsenic possible.

Users volition beryllium capable to download and people 3D blueprints of parts and bid physics components, sensors, and lenses straight from the manufacturer.

A twelvemonth ago, the Somnium VR1 was advertised arsenic a standalone VR headset. “Supply concatenation constraints and much analyzable than expected negotiations with cardinal suppliers” delayed the launch. Research and development, however, continues. We expect The Somnium VR1 merchandise during the adjacent year. The terms remains a mystery.

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