Sony announces the first competitor to the Apple Vision Pro

 He does not currently have a name.




Since the start of 2024, the subject of mixed reality headsets has been on the rise. While until now, Apple had accustomed us to being the only company to raise the subject, other brands now seem to want to offer one.

The Apple company recently announced an official release date for its mixed reality headset . It was planned that its first competitor would be revealed on Monday January 8 , and it is now done. It was Said Bakadir , the boss of Qualcomm , who revealed that this announcement would be made on January 8, but he did not specify which brand it was. We now know why he withheld the name of the company.

Sony announces its new headset

At CES 2024, Sony announced its very first mixed reality headset. Here are its features: “In addition to video transparency and spatial recognition functionality with six cameras and sensors in total, the system includes a ring controller that allows users to intuitively manipulate objects in virtual space, as well as a pointing controller that enables precise pointing, allowing creators to create in a virtual space with controllers and keyboards, while wearing the head-mounted display . The Japanese company also adds that "creators will not only be able to view full-scale 3D models in an extended reality (XR) environment with the high-definition display, but also create and edit 3D models there. " Sony has not yet given a name to its headset.

We know why the boss of Qualcomm did not cite Sony

As said above, when Said Bakadir , the boss of Qualcomm , mentioned the Vision Pro's first competitor, he did not mention Sony . And for good reason, it is quite simply its competitor. His comment was that the announcement was going to be made by “an unknown brand”.

The reason is that Qualcomm recently presented its Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip , which is intended to equip Vision Pro competitors, and it cited 4 brands with which it has partnered in order to achieve this goal. Among them, Samsung , HTC VIVE , Immersed and Play For Dream but not Sony, because the latter does not use the Qualcomm chip, but has partnered with Siemens Xcelerator

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