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The future of VR is bright. Virtual reality headsets are becoming increasingly affordable, and the technology has come a long way over the last eight years<\/a>.<\/p> And today, we get to experience the newest and greatest the VR world has to offer —if you can afford it: the $5,800 XTAL headset by VR startup VRgineers.<\/p> We first heard about the XTAL earlier this year<\/a>, but a new and improved version<\/a> is about to make its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show<\/a> — the world’s biggest tech show<\/a> — in January, TechCrunch<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p> The Prague-based startup’s headset features some amazing specs: two Quad HD (2560 x 1440 resolution) OLED (organic LED) displays, and an impressive 180-degree field-of-view.<\/p> VRgineers touts the XTAL’s lenses and displays to be “best-in-class” on its website<\/a>, while promising “no blurring” thanks to the headset’s new-and-improved 180 degree field of view.<\/p> Blurring around the edges of the lenses is a common issue<\/a> with conventional VR headsets. By increasing the field of view to 180 degrees, the XTAL could reduce that effect substantially.<\/p> Users will also be able to track their hands while wearing the headset thanks to integrated Leap Motion sensors<\/a>. Did I mention the headset itself is an absolute unit<\/a>?<\/p> $5,800 is pretty steep for a virtual reality headset these days — Oculus Rift is planning to sell a standalone, but far less impressive headset for just $399<\/a> as soon as next year.<\/p> So who’s it for? But at such a high price point VRgineers is targeting a professional audience, not your average gamer. The startup suggests that the XTAL could be used by automotive designers, and engineers on its website.<\/p> Will there be a future for high-end VR headsets? That will mostly be up to the enterprise market to decide.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>VRgineers looks to set a new gold standard with their $5,800 VR headset<\/a> [TechCrunch]<\/p> More on VR headsets: Facebook’s Oculus Just Patented a Retina-Resolution VR Display<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post This New $5,800 Headset is the Rolls Royce of Virtual Reality<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the article here: High-End VR The future of VR is bright. Continue reading The XTAL<\/h2>
VR Luxury<\/h2>
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![absolute unit<\/a>?<\/p>VR Luxury<\/h2>$5,800 is pretty steep for a virtual reality headset these days — Oculus Rift is planning to sell a standalone, but far less impressive headset for just $399<\/a> as soon as next year.<\/p>So who’s it for? But at such a high price point VRgineers is targeting a professional audience, not your average gamer. The startup suggests that the XTAL could be used by automotive designers, and engineers on its website.<\/p>Will there be a future for high-end VR headsets? That will mostly be up to the enterprise market to decide.<\/p>READ MORE: <\/strong>VRgineers looks to set a new gold standard with their $5,800 VR headset<\/a> [TechCrunch]<\/p>More on VR headsets: Facebook’s Oculus Just Patented a Retina-Resolution VR Display<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>The post This New $5,800 Headset is the Rolls Royce of Virtual Reality<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>See the article here:This New $5,800 Headset is the Rolls Royce of Virtual Reality<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" High-End VR The future of VR is bright. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/roadtovrlive-5ea0.kxcdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vrgineers-xtal-10.jpg\"){kind=link}