The resolution of 2448x2448 is promising. This is the upper end of headsets we should expect to see in the next 12 months or so. That said it takes a lot to make a good headset. I am most excited for a potential headset release from Valve, which has been rumored and featured in various small leaks for the last few years (Valve "Deckard"). The youtube channel "Sadly its Bradley" has a lot of great content about stuff like this.
Hah, never expected to see a Bradley shoutout on HN. Seconding the recommendation; he’s a diamond in a sea of mostly garbage clickbait that we call the VR YouTube niche.
And yeah, I think we might actually see an HMD this year with optics and a panel that can finally be useful for desktop usage[1]. My since-returned Quest Pro was maddening close: the optics are absolutely spectacular but the display resolution just doesn’t get there.
[1] Not counting the Apple HMD here. If it does get released this year and has the rumored display resolution it’ll leapfrog the entire industry by an even larger margin than the first retina devices. $3k is a helluva price tag though.
Ooh yeah, I’ve not actually seen the rumored specs of the apple HMD. I would love to see a leapfrog happen here. I assumed 2500x2500 was all we would see for a while.
