As others have pointed out, this is confusing and probably an error. It takes four 4K displays to total 8K resolution, not two.
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Apple's AR/VR Headset Display Specs: 5000+ Nits Brightness for HDR, 1.41-Inch Diagonal Display and More
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i think its microOled...since microLed is very very very hard to shrink down so many pixels
thats the question,,,are we talking about 2 displays? or just 1 from one end to another...and some rumors said there are 3 or 4 displays
I guess we will find out in less than a week
I’ve been to a convention before. Trust me, you don’t want to see anything “down there” in 4K.
A VR headset takes up more of your field of view than a TV, so higher brightness is more useful compared to a TV used in the dark.
For those who aren’t aware, VR uses low persistence displays—otherwise the image would smear when you move your head. That means the display is only on for a fraction of the frame time. So if you had a 90Hz display, and 1ms frame time, the screen is on for less than 10% of the time, which means the perceived brightness is less than 10%. And the lenses lead to losses in efficiency as well.
Valve index has a 0.530ms frame time at 90Hz.
To be fair, the writers of the article don’t understand how panel brightness is related to the brightness of the image when it reaches the viewer’s eyes.
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I've never seen anything to suggest that is the plan. Where do you get your info? Did Apple suddenly pivot this week, realizing it's just not ready for prime time, and is changing the "rumors?"
Can’t wait for lawsuits to start popping up about the display burning people eyes and caseing people to not to be able to see anymore with 5,000 brightness yikes
I guess you're kidding, but I'd switch to a 2" iPhone in a nanosecond, and I'm not kidding at all.
I don't expect them to charge more than $1,999. The $3,000 price is being "leaked" as a rumor so when the real price is announced people will think it's cheaper than they thought. They did that with the original iPad which was rumored to cost $1000 but started at $499.
Every price rumor for the last three years has mentioned this. Obviously nobody knows until the event but noone believes a $3K display is for the casual vr gamer.
Um you guys try it first. If I don't hear from you I'll know it's too bright.
This article should be retracted. Comparing the panel brightness of the Apple headset with the final brightness of the Quest Pro/2 (there is no headset called the Quest Pro 2) and the PS VR2 after low persistence and lens inefficiency gives a wrong impression of what to expect.
ok. not necessarily doubting you, but gaslighting defines the modern world. i guess i need to go back to reading school. or something. 🤔
Yes, but it features Safari… so the web will supply! 👍🏻
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Cars have been around for 100 years so we've developed so many standards and sub categories for comparison. VR/AR is still new so the only comparison you get is between the latest and the coming soon models.
Consume sports or to play sports? Imagine fantasy baseball leagues where fans are actually hitting against MLB pitchers.
Nits and contrast ratio numbers do not correlate that way. And the 1,000,000:1 ratios are all marketing nonsense.
No one in the position to verify this has been left with the ability to communicate due to recent blindness.
Don't you also use a jet engine to churn ice cream?
But at least you can't see that you have no legs.
There was just a display trade show that showed 4K microOLED panels of similar brightness, so it’s at least plausible.
But the brightness will be well under 500 nits once it actually reaches the eye—probably closer to a 100-200 nit range for max brightness.
But these would be square displays, so two 4000*4000 pixel displays would be roughly equivalent to the number of pixels in an 8K television.
imagin a software buck blazing the full 5000 nits in white color into your retina. RIP