Huawei Virtual Reality Headset Tipped to Debut Next Year 185z3g May Compete With Apple Vision Pro

Former Huawei sub brand Honor is also tipped to be working on technology related to a mixed reality headset. 6c4k1q

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 30 November 2023 16:49 IST

Huawei Virtual Reality Headset Tipped to Debut Next Year, May Compete With Apple Vision Pro

Huawei's VR headset is tipped to run on an external battery like the Apple Vision Pro 3l1n1t

Highlights

Huawei is tipped to be working on an advanced virtual reality headset
The VR headset could feature high end specs like the Apple Vision Pro
Huawei might equip the rumoured VR headset with an external battery pack

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Apple's high-end spatial computer s both augmented reality (AR) and VR content and runs on a dedicated operating system called visionOS, while allowing s to interact with the device using their eyes, finger-based gestures, and via a virtual keyboard.

X (formerly known as Twitter) Mochamad Farido Fanani shared details of Huawei's rumoured VR headset in a post that states the Chinese tech conglomerate's device will be powered by a "flagship processor". However, it is worth viewing these claims with some scepticism, as the does not have a proven track record of reliably leaking information.

While there's no word on which chip will power Huawei's headset, Apple's first mixed reality headset is powered by two processors — Apple's M2 chip for standard operations and a new dedicated R1 chip to process spatial input from the camera, microphones, and sensors.

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According to Fanani, the purported VR glasses from Huawei will be equipped with an internal fan-driven heat dissipation system for thermal management, while the device would run on external batteries. This sounds similar to Apple's approach with the first-generation Vision Pro headset, which also runs on external batteries.

Huawei isn't alone in its efforts to develop a VR headset, Fanani says — former Huawei sub brand 'Infinite' extended reality (XR) headset that could arrive in the second half of 2024.

Months before Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023, Chinese smartphone maker Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition at MWC 2023, a headset powered by the Snapdragon XR 2 Gen 1 chip from Qualcomm. The smart glasses both AR and VR content. The headset sports advanced "retina-level" displays and s Xiaomi's AR gesture controls.

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Last year, Oppo Air Glass 2 at the company's annual Oppo Inno Day in China. The device s voice to text features and can translate conversations in real time, place phone calls, and display location-based navigation instructions. The wearable device weighs 38g, according to the company.

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