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(Pocket-lint) - Panasonic has been moving connected VR glasses for a while. Originally revealing its aboriginal offerings backmost successful 2020. Now we person a due instrumentality successful the signifier of the MeganeX.
At this year's CES, the institution has shown disconnected a tiny brace of compact VR goggles designed to enactment with SteamVR. These VR goggles usage MicroOLED exertion susceptible of delivering 2,560x2,560 pixels per oculus with a 120Hz refresh complaint and 10-bit HDR.
MeganeX promises to beryllium ultra-compact and ultra-lightweight, coming successful astatine conscionable 250g. It's built with Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR1 chipset but isn't designed to beryllium a standalone headset. Instead, the goggles request to beryllium tethered to a gaming PC successful bid to run.
Plug MeganeX into a PC with a USB capable and you'll beryllium capable to play SteamVR games and apps without fuss. MeganeX supports 6DoF caput tracking and is designed to enactment with "almost all" SteamVR applications. Though nary controller has been revealed astatine this point.
Shiftall, the part of Panasonic liable for this VR venture, has said it's besides moving on a "personal aerial conditioner" to spell on with the goggles that volition vigor and chill you truthful you tin acquisition blistery and acold successful the metaverse.
Other details are bladed astatine the moment, though Shiftall says MeganeX volition merchantability for "less than $900" erstwhile it launches successful outpouring 2022.
Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 5 January 2022.
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