Blandade VR-nyheter

Jag tror inte man ska räkna med större spelstöd än enklare spel gjorda enkom för Apples headset.
Ryktas dessutom att vara helt utan kontroller.
Men man vet aldrig.

Phil Schiller, who leads the App Store, pushed for Apple's upcoming headset to have a "strong gaming component", Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

Schiller is "known to have a VR car racing rig at home", Gurman writes, and "pushed for the device to have a strong gaming component, particularly via third-party apps". Schiller may see gaming as a lucrative potential avenue for the device's app store, given that's his purview at Apple.

Apple has sent invitations to its upcoming WWDC keynote to select media outlets, including Road to VR.

Apple has historically not invited XR media to its events, let alone commented in any way on its XR R&D that has been reportedly happening behind the scenes at the company for years.

UploadVR Is Attending Apple's WWDC23 Keynote On June 5

I went hands-on with a prototype version of the headset, trying to get a sense of how it may stack up against Apple’s device. I tried out the Quest 3’s interface, video pass-through mode, software features and gaming capability.

The device, codenamed Eureka, feels far lighter and thinner than the existing Quest 2 from 2020. The strap to place it on your head seems a bit stronger, and it uses fabric on the sides instead of the Quest 2’s plastic.

The front of the device is new. Instead of a bland-looking gray face, it has three vertical pill-shaped sensor areas across the front. The left and right pills each include one color video pass-through camera (the part that lets you see the world around you) as well as a standard camera. That means it has two color cameras versus only non-color cameras on the Quest 2. The middle pill includes a depth sensor, a first for a Quest.

The front lower sides of the headset each include one tracking camera, while the bottom has a volume rocker and a wheel to adjust the headset’s IPD — the distance between your pupils. That’s a big improvement over the Quest 2, which requires you to take off the headset and manually move the VR displays inside of the device. The power button and USB-C port remain on the side of the headset.

The actual clarity and VR displays within the Quest 3 feel similar to those in the Quest 2 — despite the resolution being rumored to be slightly higher. But there are two areas where I saw major improvements: video pass-through for mixed reality and the device’s speedier performance.

While I don’t believe the Quest 3’s video pass-through performance will come close to that of the Apple device (which will have about a dozen cameras), it is a night-and-day improvement over the Quest 2.

Due to the dual RGB color cameras, video pass-through on the Quest 3 presented colors more accurately and offered an almost lifelike rendering of the real world. I was even able to use my phone while wearing the headset, something that often feels impossible on a Quest 2.

The speed of navigating through the device’s interface, launching apps and playing games also felt much improved over the Quest 2. That’s because the headset includes a second-generation version of Qualcomm Inc.’s Snapdragon XR2 chip.

Unlike the Apple device and the higher-end Quest Pro, the Quest 3 lacks face and eye tracking. That also means it doesn’t have so-called eye-tracked foveated rendering, which allows the system to more precisely focus its resources on where a user is looking.

The Quest 3’s hand controllers are redesigned and look similar to the remotes included with the Quest Pro. These components — which are gray to match the color of the headset — lose the large rings on top of the Quest 2 versions. They also lack the cameras found on the Quest Pro controllers. That means the new remotes may have a difficult time determining where they are in space, which could hinder some games. Meta is looking to offset that with various other tracking improvements.

Overall, I came away impressed with the mixed-reality focus of the Quest 3, the much-improved video pass-through capabilities, the faster performance and the large content library. Assuming the device costs about $500, it would be about a fifth as much as the Apple headset — while being more than a fifth as compelling. With that in mind, I think the Quest 3 could make some noise this holiday season, especially as XR is top of mind for consumers

Micro OLED specs for Apple's AR/VR headset:
1.41" in diagonal
4000 PPI
>5000 nits of brightness

Apple har hittat något sätt ljuga med statistik. Jag vet inte känns som det skulle göra brutalt ont i ögat om det skulle stämma.

Hmm, panelen är mööööjligen kapabel att komma nära 5000 nits (men är väldigt skeptisk till det också) men det betyder ju inte att den styrkan når ögonen...
SadlyitsBradley pratade om det i sin preview om Bigscreen headsetet... Där är panelen enligt spec uppemot 2000 nits men ändå är upplevelsen enligt Bradley att den är ganska ljussvag, eftersom man tappar ljusstyrka genom en pancake lins och pga att skärmen behöver ju vara släckt långa tider av varje bilduppdatering för att få rörelseskärpa. (låg persistence)

Så jag tror inte vi kommer vara nära 5000 nits till ögonen, men det kanske åtminstone betyder att den inte blir ljussvag

Apple's mixed-reality headset will reportedly be the most complicated hardware product ever made by the company

The headset apparently features an "unconventional curved design, thinness, and ultralight weight." Several renders seen by The Information "show a piece of curved glass with edges wrapped in a smooth aluminum frame that appears to be slightly thicker than an iPhone." The thin profile requires users who wear glasses to buy prescription lenses that magnetically clip into the headset.
Apple had to develop a first-of-its-kind "bent motherboard" to fit inside the headset's curved outer shell. Carbon fiber is used inside the headset to reinforce the structure without adding additional weight.

The design is said to be the main driver behind the device's ~$3,000 retail price. Assembly workers apparently struggle to maneuver tools and install components at awkward angles inside the device due to its shape and densely packed electronics.

The headset's microOLED displays are also said to be so expensive that Apple has to fix defective units rather than discard them. Sony, the displays' supplier, could struggle to manufacture enough panels for more than 250,000 headsets this year due to their small size and pixel density.

Exklusivt för quest?

Starting June 4, we’re lowering the price of Quest 2 to $299.99 USD for the 128GB SKU and $349.99 USD for the 256GB SKU, helping even more people access the magic of all-in-one VR and our vast content library.

But that’s not all! In an upcoming software update, we’re updating the Quest 2 and Quest Pro GPU and CPU. Quest 2 and Pro will see an up-to 26% CPU performance increase with an up-to 19% GPU speed increase for Quest 2 and 11% for Quest Pro. As developers take advantage of these changes, you can expect smoother gameplay, a more responsive UI, and richer content on both headsets. And we’re enabling Dynamic Resolution Scaling for both Quest 2 and Quest Pro, so games and apps can take advantage of increased pixel density without dropping frames.

Apple is calling on experts with backgrounds in generative AI to work with the company's "most advanced technologies," including augmented and virtual reality, according to new job listings posted by the company.

Bigscreen today announced the optics have been improved, expanding the field of view from 93 degrees to 102 degrees - placing it between Quest 2 and Quest Pro despite its tiny size. However, this increase won't apply for buyers with an IPD of over 70mm "due to physical size limitations".
The startup has also increased the central angular resolution from 28 pixels per degree (PPD) to 32 PPD, a significant jump over the 22 central PPD of Quest Pro for example.
It also claims the new lenses improve clarity and sweet spot, while reducing artifacts such as blur.
Finally, they support a wider range of IPDs, from 53mm to 74mm via physical lens spacing available from 55mm to 72mm, tailored to each user's face scan.

We develop a virtual reality head-mounted display that achieves near retinal resolution with an angular pixel density up to 56 pixels per degree, supporting a wide range of eye accommodation from 0 to 4 diopter (i.e., infinity to 25 cm), and matching the dynamics of eye accommodation.

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