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Aoxue announces new VR headset 'Snow Kylin' all-in-one financing for west 2023 expansion and release. 5K, XR2, Standalone

https://www-vrtuoluo-cn.translate.g...sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
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5K -level screen, Fast-LCD highest resolution
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Snow Kylin's binocular resolution reaches 4560 × 2280 , adopts the industry's highest specification Fast-LCD screen, 1512 PPI , 5K -level image quality, and the clarity is significantly improved. Convenient diopter adjustment, 0~800 degree myopia users do not need to wear glasses. Bring users the industry's top visual enjoyment.
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Snow Kylin is equipped with Qualcomm XR2 chip, which has top computing power and powerful performance. Not only can it perfectly run VR game masterpieces, but it can also stream steamVR wirelessly and enjoy massive game resources. In addition to being able to experience major video and media platforms and enjoy 5K- level IMAX giant screens, 3D , and 360 -degree videos, Snow kylin will also create a unique ecology and community, and the future content and applications will become more and more abundant .
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Screen projection PC , linked world
Snow Kylin can not only easily use mobile phones to cast screens to experience multiple entertainment enjoyments, but will also be transformed into PC VR and connected to computers in the future to meet the multiple needs of different users. Ultra-thin and ultra-light design, whether it is mobile VR or PC- level VR , you can enter the Metaverse world very comfortably.
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VR is more than games, and it's not just virtual

At the press conference, Pan Rui, the founder of Aoxue, not only introduced Snow kylin , but also mentioned his different views on VR technology. Fan Rui believes that consumer-level VR experience is not just about gaming experience and video experience, and VR is not just about games and virtual reality. VR is like history, it is four-dimensional, and it is the combination of time and space. For the innovation of VR or metaverse, there should be more thinking about time and space. Taking the famous quotes from "Book of Tang" and Zihou's famous article "Jiang Xue" as examples, Fan Rui expounded his views on VR : VR and metaverse need endless imagination and creativity. The application and experience are equally important, and the fast-paced and slow-paced experience are equally critical. Only by breaking the limitations, lowering the threshold, and making VR applications no longer have group boundaries, can we truly promote the popularization of hardware and accelerate the development of the Metaverse.

That's quite a speech.

They also have stylish headplates you can by converted to $20-30 each with color choices so you can stylize your headset instead of showing the standard land design to your friends and public. They will let you have designs on them at some point too.

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Aoxue has said they were expecting to have the funds to launch global in 2023, and from the article it seems they have indeed gotten the funding to do so just recently. They have a XR2 5k headset, with a light form factor. More details to come. They will launch in Asia shortly (or already have) and will be releasing in other places not long from now.

We should be seeing more info on spec and controllers later. They said in the past they would compete with Quest on price, I'm assuming they are talking about what they expect Quest 3 to be given the specs revealed so far. Will be interesting to see what they will launch at.
 
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Holy crap China has no chill to bullshit like that

Anyway. It's the beginning of the China copycats of the Chinese headsets, pancake lenses again i guess like Pico 4?

Inevitable that all western headsets are pancake next. YES

There's already multiple devices with pancake, industry has been going in that direction since last year, not really copying as much as that's how you get price down and lighter weight generally.
 

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There's already multiple devices with pancake, industry has been going in that direction since last year, not really copying as much as that's how you get price down and lighter weight generally.
Think it is the size and lack of distortion more than anything. Pancake lenses seem to allow the headset to stick out a much shorter distance.
 
Think it is the size and lack of distortion more than anything. Pancake lenses seem to allow the headset to stick out a much shorter distance.

Many of these company bring up weight and comfort regarding the headset because of Pancake lens too. Seems to be the solution for now, on weighty bricks on your forehead.
 

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Many of these company bring up weight and comfort regarding the headset because of Pancake lens too. Seems to be the solution for now, on weighty bricks on your forehead.
Well the further it sticks out the more you feel the weight it's why some people actually add extra weight to the back of headset straps to increase comfort.
 

good to see the classic marketing at work here

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It's missing the "simulated effect don't sue" disclaimer though

And I'm guessing this is yet another 4560 × 2280 pancake lens thing. I mean, they're pretty nice, especially if you have adequate PC hardware to crank the res up
 
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Still coming in 2023 but no release date yet.

However, it will launch in US at $2999 Yuan which is in USD $435. So I wouldn't be surprised if the official sales price ends up being $450. Which is still a pretty good price for this headsets specs and features.

Company expects people to use this anywhere including their bed,
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I will say the heavy marketing involving mostly women (with some men) may actually be a good idea if they make the headset seem stylish, like a fashion item that can also watch movies, play games, and chat with friends. It may expand the demographics by making the headset seem more approachable than some of the other headsets, especially at the expected price point. It's also slim and light weight.

They also touted it's durability,
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Though there might be some hyperbole here, I don't think the headset will still be intact if it's struck by a meteor but ok. lol.
 
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