Huawei Shows Off The VR 2 Virtual Reality Headset At CES 2022

Having announced the VR ii virtual reality headset at the launch of the Mate 10 phablet last October, Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched the device at the CES 2018 every bit its first-ever IMAX-certified VR headset with dual 90Hz displays that are i,660 past i,440 pixels in resolution. The device will also apparently be accompanied by a custom controller, only details most that are yet hard to come past.

The Huawei VR 2 looks not-too-different to well-nigh of the VR headsets out there, and is built out of white polymer with black accents. Huawei says information technology volition work with IMAX and DTS to create immersive IMAX 3D experiences for its latest VR offer that is being launched as a successor to the first-gen VR 3D headset the company had launched back in 2016. Unlike its predecessor, though, the VR 2 tin be hooked up to non just smartphones, just as well laptops, desktops and tablets thanks to USB Type-C connectivity.

Huawei Shows Off The VR 2 Virtual Reality Headset At CES 2018

While the Huawei VR 2 was launched terminal year in Red china for 1,999 Yuan (just over $300), it is only now that the device is coming to the U.Due south. market. Sadly, though, we still don't have an ETA for its availability outside of Communist china, nor practise nosotros know if the company will maintain its Chinese toll-tag for other regions.

With VR, AR and MR condign e'er more pop amidst gamers and tech enthuisiasts, a number of loftier-profile announcements in the sector were made at the ongoing tech show in Las Vegas. While one of them is the Vive Pro headset that was unveiled a niggling while earlier past HTC, the other one is the standalone VR headset Oculus Go, which was developed in association with famed Chinese tech company Xiaomi.