Meta’s client VR headsets are already among the best you will get for his or her value factors, however at a convention subsequent week, the corporate is exhibiting off some impressive-sounding analysis prototypes that could possibly be a peek at what its headsets may be able to sooner or later.
One headset, referred to as “Tiramisu,” brings a “new milestone for realism in VR,” Meta says in a blog post. Tiramisu has “excessive distinction — roughly 3x that of Meta Quest 3 — mixed with an angular decision of 90 pixels per diploma (PPD) — 3.6x that of Quest 3 — and brightness as much as 1,400 nits — 14x that of Quest 3.” There are apparently some trade-offs, together with that it’s “bulkier and heavier” than client headsets obtainable right this moment and has a restricted area of view (FOV), but it surely’s “the closest we’ve come to a visible expertise that passes the visible Turing check but.”
Two different headsets, the “Boba 3” and the “Boba 3 VR,” as an alternative have a really vast FOV. Whereas the Quest 3 has a horizontal FOV of 110 levels and a vertical FOV of 96 levels, the Boba 3 headsets have a horizontal FOV of 180 levels and vertical FOV of 120 levels. That horizontal FOV brings the headsets a lot nearer to the FOV of the human visible system, which Meta says is “roughly” 200 levels.
The Boba 3 headsets, which leverage “shows in mass manufacturing and comparable lens applied sciences to these present in Quest 3,” have a show decision per eye of 4K by 4K. That’s greater than the 3K by 3K show decision per eye of final yr’s Boba 2 prototype and the 2K by 1K show decision per eye of the earlier Boba 1 prototype.
The prototype headsets might be proven at subsequent week’s SIGGRAPH 2025 convention, and I like to recommend testing Meta’s weblog publish to see movies of them in motion. Whereas Meta says they’re “purely analysis prototypes, with novel applied sciences which will by no means make their manner right into a client product,” you’ll be able to see how they could finally result in headsets that may provide far more immersive VR experiences.