The American company "HP", in partnership with my company: "Microsoft" for computer technologies and "Valve" for developing computer games, revealed a new virtual reality headset, saying that it achieves the highest degree of clarity and accuracy in the world, as well as achieve a vision completely free from the phenomenon of " Miura »optical disturbance, which removes the feeling of looking at a virtual image, and makes the vision through the glasses correspond to looking at the actual reality, a feature that makes it pave the way for unprecedented industrial, medical and entertainment applications.
Riverb G2
The new glasses bears the name "Riverb G2", and it was unveiled at a press conference on the evening of May 28, with the pre-booking process for its purchase open, and confirmation that it will be on the market before the end of this year.
Introducing the new glasses, HP Product Manager John Ludwig emphasized that the glasses combine the best technologies available with HP, Valve and Microsoft, and they work with the latest generation of lenses that were designed by « Valve, which is equipped with chips working with LCD technology, also depends on the Windows operating system for mixed reality, in control and operation, as well as the best hardware and components «HP» in building glasses, which makes it achieve a level of accuracy of up to 2.5 Double what is available from any of the virtual reality glasses available on the market today.
New specification
He added that the control unit in the new glasses has been completely changed, to suit working with the Windows operating system for mixed reality, and it has become operational with buttons, and provides six different levels of control, instead of the previous trackpad.
HP transferred the sound systems working with the high-definition Valve Index glasses to the new glasses, and now they have speakers that support surround sound, and put them 10 millimeters from the ear, which makes them achieve more comfort.
Get rid of «Miura»
One of the most prominent developments brought about by the new glasses is that it achieves the highest level of accuracy and clarity available in the screens and lenses used, along with the total elimination of the phenomenon known as "Miura".
"Miura" means that when virtual images are displayed on the screen, and looking at them with the naked eye, a certain amount of visual disturbance occurs, as a result of refractions and light changes that make a difference between the natural and virtual scenes on the glasses screen, which makes the eye always feel the difference, and that it looks at a scene Hypothetical and not natural, which reduces the sense of realism in use, and the loss of some degree of purity, clarity and fine detail of the scene. However, with the new improvements made to the glasses, the phenomenon of “Miura” was overcome and the glasses were made free of them, which is an amazing development in the performance of the glasses, paving the way towards unprecedented industrial, medical and recreational applications.
Great development
Analysts at computerworld.com said that this step removes the great obstacle that stood in the way of Windows for mixed reality, which depends on a technique that mixes or mixes simultaneously between the natural scene and the virtual scene, and makes the industry smooth In front of the system to provide its best applications and fields of use, for electronic game professionals, production engineers and designs within factories and production lines, and doctors working in providing remote health care services, as well as training programs in microsurgery.
Sound improvements
The new glasses have many other improvements related to sound settings, input ports and connection cables. HP and Valve have worked to improve the accuracy of the angles of the displayed image, and to add a mechanical adjustment under the glasses, helps to center the lens in front of the eyes exactly, as was done Add a new pillow for the face mask, or the area on which the glasses rest on the face. The new cushion allows the earphone to be held in place and better secured to the wearer's face, whether in a stationary position or in motion.
It was also provided with the feature of fluctuating in the position, up to 90 degrees, and by using this feature, the eyeglasses user can lift it up toward the head, away from the eyes, to peek at the real world around it, then lower it in front of the eyes again, all of which is fixed around his head .
Individual power cable
The new glasses have been dispensed with the dual cable, and the dependence on the individual cable, to connect the power through the «USBC» port, as the cables were separated and connected directly to the glasses, to be more comfortable during use, and the external finishing of the glasses has also been modified, both in terms of Design or materials used, to facilitate cleaning.