Visor: 4k micro OLED per eye, color passthrough, lighter than a phone

vrpicasso

I really hope Immersed pull this off. They're an established software company, enabling VR headsets to work as multiple monitors for PC productivity. So you just need a laptop and VR headset and you can have a 4 screen edit suite for example. Now they're getting into hardware, with a specialist VR/AR headset with the sole function of a small form, high quality portable display. Think Bigscreen Beyond but smaller, cheaper, higher spec and with passthrough.

The Visor's specs are insane. It's NOT a gaming headset. Powered by XR2 but mostly by PC / Mac, everything is super light and just designed for productivity, so you can wear the headset for hours without discomfort. Stereoscopic full color passthrough, 4k micro OLED per eye, powered by USB cable or external battery pack - either tethered or wireless connection. I don't think there's a controller for it (you're using keyboard / mouse as you would at work).

$749 USD

Obviously, hardware launches are often disappointing but it doesn't seem like vaporware - we'll have to see if it does appear with these specs in 2024. Hoping it's 120hz too.

Interview with MRTV:

https://www.visor.com/

Made for productivity, perfect for porn, should be their motto. Maybe SLR should drop them a line?

Ventriloquist_Tacos

vrpicasso As mebejoe said, they haven't confirmed if it will play VR videos, and if so, what players it would support. They've also been silent on StreamVR support, which can connect to Deovr player, Heresphere, etc.

So while the device sounds exciting from a hardware perspective, it looks to be useless for us VR porn people. Unless they show otherwise, its all flat producivity focused...

If someone can do this same damn thing with VR vid support I'd buy the 8k version in a heartbeat.

mebejoe

Looks like a great potential to replace monitors, especially for someone like me who likes to have two or three 32 inch monitors to use for work.

But will it play VR? From what I've read, it seems it would play flat videos.

vrpicasso

I mean it's a VR headset so the hardware can definitely play VR videos, but yes there's the question of how on the software side. They say they support Open XR, which might be the key?

BTW it's confirmed as 90hz, which is a shame, was hoping for 120.

Rakly3

vrpicasso It's a visor, not a VR headset.

Not saying it won't be able to play VR, but a visor is an actual thing, and it's not VR.

Ventriloquist_Tacos

vrpicasso They are yet to show or confirm even one single single VR element in the visor, in their interviews and promotional materials. It's been 100% flat images. Great, with the XR but that doesnt tell us much about rhe functionality. Even the Apple device, which showed a bunch of flat images, showed off 3d home video, etc viewable in the headset.

We will see but I'm not getting my hopes up. I'd be happy for them to come out and confirm any VR, rather than just floating flat screens.