5 Amazing New Products awarded in CES 2018 VR (Virtual Reality) Category

CES 2018 announced its list of best innovation and techs and in the vr virtual reality category, about 10 products were mentioned. We are talking about 5 new ones and some of them you probably have not heard of. Meta 2, Insta360 Pro, Insta360 ONE, Tobii VR4 for Vive Kit and DeepFrame. CES is known for appreciating innovation and creative way of problem solving problems, usage and development of new technologies. VR was one of the most important parts of the selections even in other categories there were many products that were designed to support VR and VR technologies like the new two Gaming laptops from Gigabyte and ASUS that won the gaming category awards. Here we try to introduce the main VR category and the ones you have not heard about. Of course Oculus also was among the awards winners but we selected the startups and new creative members of the VR family that were honored.

The Meta 2 | Meta and frog worked together to design its first AR headset, equipped with cutting-edge features separating it from competitors: It contains the widest field of view and no use of mirrors or reflecting lenses, allowing for people to look directly at the user’s eyes without refraction. The Meta 2 arrives devs to start building. Meta 2 apps are made with Unity SDK, and interact with Workspace and it can be customized to build your own AR experiences. The current price tag on this product is: $1,495 for pre-orders.

Meta 2 ces 2018

Meta 2 ces 2018

Insta360 PRO | The Insta360 Pro is the VR creator’s Swiss Army Knife, a 360 camera offering a high-performance feature set for fast workloads. It is to create stereoscopic (3D) 360 stills and video in up to 8K, the Pro’s onboard image stitching makes VR creation simpler than before. It is currently available to purchase for $3500. Capture slow-mo with 120fps high-speed shooting mode. Lasting power of 5000 mAh removable battery, Shoots and charges simultaneously, Connectivity to the Pro via cable or Wi-Fi, Records with four built-in microphones or an external microphone.

Insta360-pro

Insta360-pro

Insta360 ONE | The Insta360 ONE is a versatile 360 camera. Compact and intuitive and of course in consumer level. it offers standalone use, remote control via Bluetooth, and direct connection to a phone for 360 live-streaming. It also capture a 360 experience as a traditional video. Photo resolution: 24 MP (6912*3456) Video resolution: 3840*1920@30fps, 2560*1280@60fps, 2048*512@120fps(bullet time), Exposure modes: Auto, Manual(Shutter 1/4000s-60s, ISO 100-3200), Shutter Priority(1/4000s-2s), ISO Priority(100-3200). It costs you about $300 now.

Insta360-ONE

Insta360-ONE

Tobii AB  |  Tobii’s VR4 for Vive Kit is a retrofit service to the HTC Vive business edition, providing high quality and accurate eye tracking. It features Tobii VR4 reference eye tracking for HMDs, Tobii software development kit (SDK) and example applications. Eye-tracking in VR has a lot of uses not only many concepts are being developed based on Eye-tracking controlling and interaction systems but also for research on what the users are focusing while watching anything in their VR headset. So those data could be used in developing the new apps.

Tobii eye tracking in virtual reality

Tobii eye tracking in virtual reality

DeepFrame  |  DeepFrame is the largest display of its kind to convincingly mix physical reality with lifelike digital 3D animations completely without the use of glasses providing viewers with effects that realistically interact with the environment seen through the lens. It is called mixed-reality display, that sets new standards by merging the real and virtual world, to produce visualizations where physical and digital elements blend in real-time.

RealFiction-DeepFrame

RealFiction-DeepFrame

Tags: Meta 2, Insta360 Pro, Insta360 ONE, Tobii VR4, Vive Kit,  DeepFrame, technology, ces, award, vr, virtual reality

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