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Varjo Reveals XR-4 Headset, Claiming Mixed Realty Visuals “indistinguishable from natural sight”

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Only the more expensive variant—the ‘Focal Edition’, priced at $10,000—will reach that peak visual quality thanks to an eye-tracked auto-focus system which adjusts the cameras to keep the world in sharp focus wherever you’re looking around the scene. These are priced even higher, at $8,000 and $14,000 respectively.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.04.08): Meta’s upcoming smartglasses may cost $1400, the worries for US tariffs, and more!

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This year Razer made one of my favorite sketches, announcing the release of the Razer Skibidi, the headset that is able to translate what you say to the language of Gen Z and vice versa. If these people succeed in their intent, PSVR 2 could become the cheapest headset featuring eye tracking.

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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

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Tracking has been switched to inside-out , and Varjo now provides a set of controllers, manufactured by Razer, together with the headset. The tiny dots that you see are the LEDs for eye tracking The FOV was larger than usual (e.g. XR-4 also includes integrated audio for the first time for a Varjo headset.

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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 3: Vive Pro Eye hands on, meeting with iStaging, Lyra VR and Women in XR!

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When I visited HTC’s Headquarters in Taipei, I didn’t only get some exclusive info on the Vive Cosmos , but I have also been able to try the Vive Pro Eye. The Vive Pro Eye is the latest enterprise product by HTC, that is a Vive Pro with embedded the eye tracking by Tobii. Even them worked very well.

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All you need to know about the leaked Valve VR headset: is Half-Life 3/2 coming?

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This will be something similar to what happens with current Razer Hypersense headphones, for instance (kudos to /u/fourierspacetroll for this idea). Razer Hypersense is a technology to deliver haptic feedback to your ears based on audio cues of the game you’re playing. There are no signs of eye tracking in this headset.

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Somnium VR1 Hands-on: Enthusiast Level PC VR at a Difficult Price Point

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Somnium’s cheapest ‘Classic Edition’ comes in at €1,900 (~$2,060 USD), which only includes VR and not passthrough mixed reality, eye-tracking or hand-tracking. Spring for the Ultimate Edition, which is the focus of the hands-on, and you’re looking at somewhere north of €3,500 (~$3,820 USD).

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

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It is also the most interesting because it introduces features like eye tracking, hand tracking, and especially a 2280×2280 per-eye resolution display that makes it compelling for professional use. According to the creators, it should let you use VR while feeling less strain and less motion sickness.

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