Frontwards-looking: Virtual reality headsets accept seen considerable advances in recent years, with improved resolutions, refresh rates, and features. Only the prototype device Sony recently showed off looks like a existent next-gen VR solution, thanks to its amazing 8K brandish.

The device was revealed in a video equally part of the Sony Applied science Day. Sony R&D engineers Yasuko Ishihara and Kei Kimura demonstrated the headset, which, as you can meet, is all the same very much in the prototype phase. The flagship feature is that information technology uses a 4K OLED microdisplay for each eye, allowing wearers to enjoy 8K resolutions.

The headset as well boasts lower latency thanks to a processing time of 0.01 seconds or 10ms, helping make the action smoother and avoiding the nausea that can come from a filibuster between head movement and what the eyes see. Additionally, the use of microdisplays has reduced its overall weight.

Nosotros encounter in the demo how the headset's high resolution is able to show fine detail in the car, from the texture on the leather to the numbers on the dials.

The headset will have applications in the fields of applied science design, medical, and amusement. In that location'southward also mention of information technology creating spaces for people to interact over a network—possibly a metaverse reference.

The next-generation PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset for the PS5 is expected to arrive quondam during the 2022 holiday season. And while it'south rumored to employ OLED and low-latency technology, don't expect an 8K resolution. Every bit for when Sony's image will get an actual, purchasable product, that mean solar day is even further away.