Huawei is tipped to be engaged on a digital actuality (VR) headset that may compete with the Apple Vision Pro. The purported high-end headset shall be launched by the firm at the finish of 2024, in accordance to particulars shared by a tipster. Apple’s high-end spatial laptop helps each augmented actuality (AR) and VR content material and runs on a devoted working system known as visionOS, whereas permitting customers to work together with the machine utilizing their eyes, finger-based gestures, and through a digital keyboard.
X (previously often called Twitter) person Mochamad Farido Fanani shared particulars of Huawei’s rumoured VR headset in a publish that states the Chinese tech conglomerate’s machine shall be powered by a “flagship processor”. However, it’s price viewing these claims with some scepticism, as the person doesn’t have a confirmed observe report of reliably leaking info.
While there is not any phrase on which chip will energy Huawei’s headset, Apple’s first combined actuality headset is powered by two processors — Apple’s M2 chip for normal operations and a new devoted R1 chip to course of spatial enter from the digital camera, microphones, and sensors.
According to Fanani, the purported VR glasses from Huawei shall be geared up with an inside fan-driven warmth dissipation system for thermal administration, whereas the machine would run on exterior batteries. This sounds comparable to Apple’s method with the first-generation Vision Pro headset, which additionally runs on exterior batteries.
Huawei is not alone in its efforts to develop a VR headset, Fanani says — former Huawei sub model Honor can also be engaged on a system for a digital actuality headset. However, the tipster has not shared any particulars associated to the machine’s {hardware}. Samsung can also be reportedly engaged on its ‘Infinite’ prolonged actuality (XR) headset that might arrive in the second half of 2024.
Months earlier than Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro combined actuality headset at WWDC 2023, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi unveiled its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition at MWC 2023, a headset powered by the Snapdragon XR 2 Gen 1 chip from Qualcomm. The sensible glasses assist each AR and VR content material. The headset sports activities superior “retina-level” shows and helps Xiaomi’s AR gesture controls.
Last yr, Oppo launched its second “assisted reality” headset known as the Oppo Air Glass 2 at the firm’s annual Oppo Inno Day in China. The machine helps voice to textual content options and may translate conversations in actual time, place cellphone calls, and show location-based navigation directions. The wearable machine weighs 38g, in accordance to the firm.
