The headset, which was announced in January 2010, now has a release date and price. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s
(also being used in
), features 3552×3840 micro-OLED displays, has color passthrough, and uses a halo strap with a flip-up design.
Unlike at last year’s CES, Sony SRH-S1 includes controllers – one held for pointing and drawing, and another worn as a ring – which enable “intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing. This includes NX Immersive Explorer, NX Immersive Designer and NX Immersive Collaborator:XR2+ Gen 2 chipsetNX Immersive Explorer is a “headset-agnostic solution that designers and engineers use to conduct informal design reviews and collaborate using 3D CAD data derived from Siemens’ NX software for product engineering”.Samsung’s headsetNX Immersive Designer “
enables designers or engineers to interact, manipulate, and collaborate around graphically rich This includes NX Immersive Explorer, NX Immersive Designer, NX Immersive Collaborator:Apple Vision ProNX Immersive Explorer
is a “headset-agnostic solution that designers and engineers use to conduct informal design reviews and collaborate using 3D CAD data derived from Siemens’ NX software for product engineering”.
- NX Immersive Designer “enables designers and engineers to interact, manipulate and collaborate around graphically rich 3D product models natively in NX”, exclusively supporting the Sony headset’s pointer and ring controllers.
- NX Immersive Collaborator “builds on the capabilities of NX Immersive Explorer and Designer to allow organizations of all sizes to take advantage of both co-located and remote design review with multiple participants”, letting participants join “using local VR or desktop view”.
- I say this is the current focus “in its current iteration” because at CES 2025 this week, Sony also under a new brand, “XYN” (pronounced zin). Sony’s headset is marketed under the XYN name, which appears to target a broader range of 3D creation, such as movie productions, than industrial CAD. Sony lists its SRH S1 headset as being “powered by XYN” on their website. It’s not clear what branding is going on here and whether it will be available to consumers under the XYN name at a lower price.