The mighty Oculus Quest 2 may be facing some stiff competition in the standalone VR headset space.
BREAKING: Pimax Crystal QLED Announced! Pimax’s First Standalone VR Headset!
VR headset maker Pimax just announced its upcoming Reality 12K QLED headset via a livestreamed event dubbed Pimax Frontier. The Reality is packed with high-end features never before seen in a consumer virtual reality headset. It also offers pseudo-standalone functionality that could put it in direct competition with Facebook’s Oculus Quest line.
The Pimax Reality 12K QLED headset has a 5.7K resolution per eye and a horizontal field of view of 200 degrees, along with a vertical field of view of 135 degrees. This is nearly identical to the normal field of view available to humans and significantly exceeds what is available with other virtual reality headsets. The Quest 2, for example, offers a rendered FOV of 104 degrees horizontally and 98 degrees vertically.
Pimax also claims that the headset will feature an array of internal cameras that will allow for facial expression tracking and full-body tracking. Completely standalone body tracking, without the need for external cameras, is a first for the industry.
