Apparently Interesting
If you were not convinced that the Metaverse is ‘real’ in its ability to attract both attention and capital, look at Hong Kong based Arpara (pvt), a relatively new company that released the industry’s first micro-OLED High resolution VR headset and provides ‘arparaland’, a virtual social platform. What makes this unusual, aside from the micro-OLED display, is the fact that on 12/14/21 the company began a kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 in 60 days to begin mass production (and get pre-orders) for a March 2022 shipping date. As of today the campaign (1 day) has raised $421,351 from 714 ‘backers’, who as a reward, get a discount on the “Basic” VR headset, from its $700 list to a $400 reward price or a discount on the ‘All-in-One” VR headset from its $1,100 list to a $600 reward price. The $50,000 goal was met within minutes of the campaign’s start.
Aside from the interest, the Arpara VR headsets are 2560 x 2560 resolution (each eye), higher than the Oculus Quest 2 (FB) the most popular of the VR headsets (2020) resolution of 1832 x 1920, with one model being tethered to a PC and the other wireless. And far more expensive, even at the discounted price (Oculus Quest 2 starts at $300), but the promise of higher resolution and the high contrast of OLED seem to have done the trick. Arpara is just one of many small companies that have or are producing VR headsets, all of whom compete with much larger CE companies with vast resources, so the support lifetimes of some of the devices has been rather short.
We are not commenting on the specs or how the Arpara headsets compare on a technical basis, which would be a more technical note, but on the excitement generated by anything VR, AR, or Metaversey. While there will be many new products released by CE companies at CES 2022 in January, we expect ‘Meta-verse’ to be one of the most common search words relating to CE products in 2022. While that doesn’t mean there will be an real understanding of the space, but rather infinitely more eyeballs looking for information as to what it is, how it works, and whether it is real or just another CE hype. Hopefully we can sort out the details in our notes, giving some understanding of how the Meta-verse might work and who is really involved.
Here’s a list of those companies that have released a 2021 or 2020 VR/AR model, giving a better understanding of the type of companies involved in the space that have ‘recent’ products..
Aside from the interest, the Arpara VR headsets are 2560 x 2560 resolution (each eye), higher than the Oculus Quest 2 (FB) the most popular of the VR headsets (2020) resolution of 1832 x 1920, with one model being tethered to a PC and the other wireless. And far more expensive, even at the discounted price (Oculus Quest 2 starts at $300), but the promise of higher resolution and the high contrast of OLED seem to have done the trick. Arpara is just one of many small companies that have or are producing VR headsets, all of whom compete with much larger CE companies with vast resources, so the support lifetimes of some of the devices has been rather short.
We are not commenting on the specs or how the Arpara headsets compare on a technical basis, which would be a more technical note, but on the excitement generated by anything VR, AR, or Metaversey. While there will be many new products released by CE companies at CES 2022 in January, we expect ‘Meta-verse’ to be one of the most common search words relating to CE products in 2022. While that doesn’t mean there will be an real understanding of the space, but rather infinitely more eyeballs looking for information as to what it is, how it works, and whether it is real or just another CE hype. Hopefully we can sort out the details in our notes, giving some understanding of how the Meta-verse might work and who is really involved.
Here’s a list of those companies that have released a 2021 or 2020 VR/AR model, giving a better understanding of the type of companies involved in the space that have ‘recent’ products..
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