2024 VR Innovations: Sony's New Headset, Qualcomm's Processor, Apple's Vision Pro

TLDR; 2024 brings new VR headsets, a powerful Qualcomm chip, Apple's Vision Pro, and 10,000 games with VR support to the market.

⚡️ Sony's new headset

Sony announced a standalone VR headset with 4K micro OLED displays and Qualcomm's new processor.

The headset is designed for 3D content creation and mixed reality, featuring unique controllers with asymmetrical design for CAD software and hand tracking.

It's expected to be used for more than just 3D design, possibly running on Android and supporting open XR.

The new Sony headset is not likely to be a consumer headset due to its focus on 3D content creation.

The price is anticipated to be significant, making it more suitable for professional use.

However, the innovation in design and functionality makes it a noteworthy addition to the VR space.

⚙️ Qualcomm's new processor

Qualcomm's xr2 plus Gen 2 chip is set to power Sony's new VR headset and other upcoming devices.

It offers significant upgrades over the previous version, including increased clock speeds for the GPU and CPU, higher supported resolution, and more camera streams.

This positions it as a powerful spatial computing chipset, competing with Apple's upcoming headset and attracting interest from other manufacturers like Google and Samsung.

🍎 Apple's Vision Pro

Apple's Vision Pro, priced at $3,500, is set to launch soon, offering compatibility with iPhone and iPad apps, serving as a display extension for a Mac, and providing access to 3D movies and over 250 games.

However, concerns arise regarding the lack of native VR content, with only a few VR native titles available at launch.

Apple's directive to refer to apps on the Vision Pro as spatial computing apps rather than AR, VR, or XR has sparked conversation and debate.

🎮 10,000 plus games come to VR

The Universal Unreal Engine injector now provides VR support to over 10,000 games built on Unreal Engine 4 or 5.

This free tool enables basic stereo rendering to full motion controller support, offering a new way to experience games in VR.

However, the injector has sparked controversy due to concerns about the quality of VR experience and potential motion sickness in games not originally intended for VR.

🔌 New Tiny VR Headset

Shiftall announced three new pieces of hardware, including a revamped Mew talk microphone system, an improved haror X Wireless full body tracking setup, and the Mega a x super light PC VR headset.

The latter, featuring micro OLED displays and Base Station tracking, aims to compete in the PC VR market, offering a small form factor and high resolution.