Finland's Varjo has introduced its latest mixed-reality headset, the XR-4 series, targeting enterprise and military applications, promising experiences "practically indistinguishable from natural sight."
Varjo, an industrial VR/XR hardware manufacturer, claims that its immersive technology is utilized by more than a quarter of Fortune's top 100 companies, contributing to astronaut and pilot training, expediting automotive production, facilitating medical advancements, and producing 3D visualizations for architects and designers.
All About the XR-4 Series of Finland's Varjo
Varjo's XR-4 series, which includes the XR-4, XR-4 Focal Edition, and XR-4 Secure Edition, aims to push the boundaries of visual fidelity and performance in VR/XR experiences for industrial users.
The headsets integrate high-resolution displays, foveated capture streams, advanced LiDAR depth sensing, and camera sensors, mimicking the functions of the human eye to provide virtual and mixed reality experiences that closely resemble natural sight.
Fueled by NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA Omniverse, the XR-4 series empowers developers and industrial users to create lifelike scenes and activate ray tracing in mixed reality. Varjo underscores that this combination of technologies exceeds the computational capabilities of mobile chips.
Backing the XR-4 series is a Varjo-ready software ecosystem featuring more than 100 third-party PC applications and 3D engines, such as Unreal Engine and Unity. This ecosystem caters to various industries, including training and simulation, design and engineering, and healthcare.
Patrick Wyatt, Chief Product Officer of Varjo, expressed the company's commitment to driving industry progress by closing the gap between human vision and computer vision with the XR-4 series.
"As we enter a period of rapid expansion in mixed reality adoption, we're proud to drive the industry forward by bridging the gap between human vision and computer vision with our new XR-4 series," Wyatt said in a statement.
"For the past five years, Varjo customers have demonstrated that true innovation happens when the most advanced computing power meets the highest-immersion XR in the hands of industrial users, and we can't wait to see the applications unlocked by the XR-4 series' technological breakthroughs," he added.
Varjo Introduces Mixed Reality Pass-Through Feature
Varjo introduces the gaze-directed autofocus mixed reality pass-through feature, a first in the VR/XR industry. Autofocus cameras emulate human eye behavior, aligning with the insight needed for mission-critical tasks.
The XR-4 series incorporates several key features, including dual 4K x 4K displays, a wider field of view, increased display brightness, dual 20 Mpx cameras for high-fidelity real-time video pass-through mixed reality, ambient light sensors, and improved LiDAR resolution.
It also includes DTS 3D spatial audio with noise-canceling mics, integrated speakers, inside-out tracking, and Varjo Controllers powered by Razer. Both the XR-4 and XR-4 Focal Edition iterations of the headsets can operate offline, adhere to TAA compliance standards, and include non-RF features.
Varjo's recently established manufacturing facility in Espoo, Finland, is set to facilitate the production of the XR-4 Secure Edition, which is scheduled to begin operations in December.
