California based AR manufacturer, Meta has started shipping a new AR headset, Meta 2 Development Kit, that lets you interact with holograms so that you can touch, grab, create, and share the digital content. The new Meta 2 Development Kit is a clear competition to Microsoft’s Hololens but the company claims that it is capable of performing the things that no other AR device is capable of, till date.
“Meta 2 offers numerous capabilities for AR that are only available with the Meta platform, including the widest field of view (FOV) of any augmented reality product on the market, the most intuitive access to digital information, and support for direct hand interaction with digital content and holograms.”
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The company has started shipping the first batch of Meta 2 to select individuals and enterprise developers who, the company believes, will help explore the headset's the most amazing capabilities in every dimension and various verticals, including architecture and design, education sector, medicine, and manufacturing. The key features of the system include -
- Widest field of view among all AR devices available so far
- High-resolution display
- Intuitive access to digital information via 3D modeling and Multi-monitor view
- Direct hand interaction with holograms
- Mobile, as it starts working just by plugging into a laptop
The other specifications, as per the official site, include -
“ a see-through AR headset that displays digital content (or holograms) with a 90-degree field of view and a 2550x1440 high-resolution display. Designed for comfort, the headset allows the user’s view of everything below the eyebrows to be unobstructed so they can easily make eye contact with other people or wear eyeglasses comfortably. The kit also includes a 720p front-facing camera, four speaker near-ear audio system, brightness and volume control, and sensor array for hand interactions and positional tracking. There is also a 9-foot cable for video (HDMI 1.4b), data, and power.
The headset is combined with a software development kit that is based on Unity – the most popular 3D engine in the world – enabling developers to create holographic apps quickly and easily with Unity. Meta 2 offers support for many Windows-based applications, including Microsoft Office.”
The device is available for $ 949 and the company has started taking pre-orders. You can have a look on the device in the following official video.
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