CES 2020 coming towards an end, but day three still has a lot in store. The first two days of the show we saw some of the bigger names in VR reveal some of their biggest projects. We haven’t seen much activity from the biggest names in VR yet. That likely won’t change as day 3 is riddled with smaller VR companies trying to make a difference.
Each day, CES brings new and exciting ideas to the biggest and best tech minds in the world. Keeping up with the announcements can be tough, so we have compiled this list of AR and VR releases that are worth reading about. CES day 3 is now underway, so check back here at VRGear.com for continued updates on what is happening in Las Vegas this week.
VRLEO Arcade Kiosk
VRLEO is a VR arcade kiosk company that is looking to change the way people use virtual reality outside their homes. Unlike many other companies with this same idea, VRLEO is looking to be a complete self-service machine. That means there will be no paying employees to watch people play VR and clean the machines.
The Windows VR headset from Lenovo is the headset VRLEO runs on. It can be sterilized completely in less than 30 seconds from the machine, and is cleverly adapted to a one-size-fits-all head strap. You can buy the kiosk for $28,800 for one machine. If you’re looking for more than one, prices could drop all the way down to $18,000 each.
TEGway Thermal Haptics
TEGway, a Korean-based company, has been trying to get in the VR haptic world for a while. At CES this year, they introduced a new VR dev kit that they are hoping people take advantage of. This new prototype consists of two gloves, two sleeves for your forearm, and a forehead-mounted plate to bring temperature changes to your face.
The new tech is all powered by integrated batteries now, rather than being connected by cables like previous models. This new hardware is also capable of sending haptics through your arms and hands, although this is much more tame than other VR haptic options. This is far from being a high-end consumer product, and the need for this in the industry is still in question.
CREAL Brings Light-field to AR and VR
CREAL is developing a light-field display that could possibly fit into some virtual and augmented reality headsets. A light-field display is nothing like anything we have in VR today. To understand why this would be a big deal, you’ll need to understand what a LFD is.
If LFD’s were brought to virtual reality, the way we would perceive what is in front of us would change. Right now, we simply have a screen in front of our eyes. instead, we could have individual light representations of everything we are seeing. This would add to the realism of virtual reality tremendously. It is like foveated rendering without any eye tracking or hardware changes.
