Pico 4 (Image credit: ByteDance)
While the Apple Vision Pro has actually ended up being the most popular Meta Quest competitor, using an ultra-premium option to the economical Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 VR headsets, there are a couple of other Quest options out there– and based upon leakages it seems like one Quest 2 rival, the Pico 4, will get a next-gen reboot.
The so-called Pico four– or Pico 4 Ultra as it will obviously be employed some areas– might appear like the streamlined initial (per images shared by Android Headlines), however a South Korean accreditation and Geekbench rating dripped in June tease some significant enhancements (per UploadVR). It'll apparently load a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset, 12GB of RAM, and 2 brand-new video cameras on the front face that need to enhance its mixed-reality passthrough quality.
Today, I likewise have a set of 12 high-resolution press renders of #ByteDance's upcoming blended truth headset which I presume will be marketed as #PICO four or #PICO 4Ultra depending upon the area … On behalf of @Androidheadline https://t.co/uZXFkYXBVS pic.twitter.com/hOO0C87cALAugust 9, 2024
Dripped images likewise reveal that its controllers may have lost the renowned curved tracking rings, rather copying the Quest 3's tracking ring-less style. Remarkably, the Pico four is obviously likewise getting 2 wrist straps with detachable sensing units that appear like they'll help hand tracking– or they might possibly be utilized for foot tracking, though we'll need to wait and see.
2 essential information we're missing out on are pricing and a release date. While the Pico four might share a suffix with Meta's dripped Quest three I anticipate it'll be costlier than the three and Pico 4, can be found in at someplace closer to $499.99/ ₤ 479.99/ AU$ 799.99, provided the reported enhanced specifications. When it comes to when we'll get it in our hands, provided the variety of leakages we've seen I ‘d anticipate the Pico four to appear either late this year or early in 2025, however your guess is as great as mine up until we hear more.
Forget specifications, inform me about the software application
Can Pico beat Meta's Quest 3? (Image credit: Meta)
If these leakages are proper– keep in mind, till Pico states anything we need to take these informal information with a pinch of salt– the Pico four might be a remarkable Quest 3 competitor.
That Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset is the very same one that powers the Quest 3, though with 12GB of RAM the Pico Four would be more effective than Meta's headset, which loads just 8GB. And while we will not understand what the four's passthrough will resemble up until we check it out, the Pico 4's passthrough was really strong– clear, albeit a bit too fish-eye-like, making it confusing sometimes– so extra sensing units would just reinforce a currently strong element of the Pico 4.
None of that will matter if Pico does not provide one location plenty of attention: software application.
