New 6,000 Dollar Varjo VR-1 Headset Delivers Human-Eye Resolution VR With Realtime Eye-Tracking

#1

The first retina-resolution professional VR headset with foveated rendering delivers razor-sharp Stereo 3D without any kind of screendoor-effect. Even small text at long distances can be read perfectly with this VR headset. Unity, UnrealEngine and other VR authoring engines are supported:

Prototype review by RoadToVR:

This thing is not aimed at consumers - it costs 6,000 Dollars plus 1,000 Dollars annual subscription.

Its for professional engineering/CAD, archviz, pilot training and other professional VR headset uses.

#2

For that price it’s not really practical even for enterprise

#3

How is 6,000 Dollars too much for companies that do architecture, automotive, product design, engineering and so forth?

People working at these companies earn 100K + a year and work on 20K CAD workstations. How does a 6K VR headset blow the budget of these companies?

Also, if you are trying to sell a 20 Million Dollar architectural development to a client, is letting them walk around it in a 6K VR headset really too much?

Would you strap a cheap consumer Rift or Vive on a big client’s head, or a VR-1 that provides ultra-crisp 3D VR?

Of course - in the near future - these types of displays will come down to 1K to 3K.

They are not for consumers - they are for people who need ultra-high-definition VR today, not 5 years from now.

#4

At the place I work we have several very big clients, they’re very interested in VR and AR solutions but for example the Hololens at $3,000 is too much for them. With a headset like this, having it tied to a computer is also a very big problem. I know right now many companies are much more interested in the Oculus Quest because at $400 it’s much more reasonable and it’s entirely self-contained.

#5

Everything is awesome until you vomit in it.

#6

There are plenty of enterprise use cases where a $400 Quest is totally adequate, but if you’re trying to get investors to sign off on a $500 million dollar skyscraper, or simulating surgery where noticing tiny details is critical, six thousand dollars is very easy to justify.