wraggster
February 15th, 2015, 22:50
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/5f95ca2ba3155c15ce31ed474d1ee995/201552895/panasonicheadsetjt13-13.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/panasonics-vr-headset/)Panasonic is the latest company to throw its real hat into the virtual reality fray, after showing off a prototype headset that will compete with rival products from Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/17/samsung-gear-vr-review/)and LG (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/09/lg-google-cardboard-vr-headset-g3/). The goggles were shown at a press event in Japan this week, and house an OLED display with a 90-degree viewing angle, capable of video unto 75 frames per second. The glasses use ear-hooks to support themselves, and were demonstrated alongside an omnidirectional camera, similar to Samsung's Project Beyond (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/samsung-project-beyond/). Of course, this doesn't rule out gaming use (which is mostly where Oculus (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/07/oculus-vr-ces-2015/) and Sony (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/11/the-future-of-sony-virtual-reality-e3-morpheus/) are duking it out), but given Panasonic's heritage in displays (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/05/panasonic-4k-tvs-with-firefox-os/) and image capture (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/panasonic-lx100-compact-fixed-lens/), it's not hard to imagine that immersive content (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/24/the-godmother-of-virtual-reality-nonny-de-la-pena/) will be the primary use case (no word on what inputs there are etc.). The company reportedly said that the camera-part is being built with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mind. While that's still a few years away, we're hoping all the signs (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/04/nasa-iss-3d-videos/) are suggesting we won't have to wait quite so long for more details on the when this headset might become reality.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/panasonics-vr-headset/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/panasonics-vr-headset/