Sony and Siemens have announced that they ’re forge on an intriguing novel VR headset with spatial content capture potential , steal some of Apple ’s Vision Pro boom .
An initial teaser was offered at Sony ’s pre - CES press conference of a novel VR set - up moderate by an “ XR head - mounted show equip with high - character 4 K OLED Microdisplays ” and a television see - through function . It also features a unequaled pair of controllers – one traditional - looking VR machine , and one ring - like accountant that fits on your finger’s breadth .
Sony says that this will enable user to “ craft in virtual space with controllers and keyboard ” , and to create and modify real - scale 3D models .
central to the novel headset ’s precision are its spatial recognition ability , enable by six camera and sensors .
Sony says that , perverse to its game - focusedPlayStation VR 2system , this former - look labor is designed with “ sophisticated three-D content creation ” in thinker , and specifically mentioned the “ entertainment and industrial design sphere ” .
The headset will be power by Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon XR2 + Gen 2 Platform ,
Sony ’s partner in the venture , Siemens , has since provided a fewmore details . The German company will be provide its Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to the speculation , and claims that the headset will “ kickstart content creation for the industrial metaverse ” .
This intelligibly is n’t intended as a commercial-grade production , so Sony and Siemens are n’t exactly treading on Apple ’s territorial dominion here . But its use of ‘ spacial ’ terminology is interestingon the eveof Apple ’s full Vision Pro launching .
Sony states that the Modern , as - yet - unnamed spatial VR headset will be available by and by in 2024 .
