Based on a Chinese language VR information outlet, Meta’s subsequent headset will use 2560×2560 micro-OLED shows.
The report from VRcoast claims that SeeYA Know-how plans to clear its current manufacturing traces to dedicate its full capability to producing the show for Meta’s subsequent headset.
SeeYA is the supplier of the micro-OLED shows in Bigscreen’s Past headsets, each generations, that are additionally 2560×2560.
It is unclear whether or not, if the report’s claims are true, the dedication of SeeYA’s manufacturing traces would have an effect on Bigscreen’s provide availability. We have reached out to Bigscreen to ask concerning the report’s claims and we’ll replace this text if we get a response.
If the report is correct, this shall be Meta’s first ever headset to make use of micro-OLED, and its first non-LCD headset for the reason that unique Oculus Quest in 2019.
Graphics Depicting Meta’s Subsequent Headset Discovered In Quest Firmware
Graphics depicting Meta’s upcoming ultralight headset with a tethered compute puck, codenamed Phoenix, have been present in Quest firmware.
If you have not been following alongside: a number of reviews and sources point out that Meta’s subsequent headset, codenamed Phoenix, shall be an ultralight system with an open periphery design and tethered puck that offloads each compute and the battery.
Phoenix shall be strongly centered on digital screens for productiveness and leisure, and different seated blended actuality and VR use instances.
In June final yr, The Wall Avenue Journal reported that Meta was focusing on a worth beneath $1000, although with the worldwide reminiscence scarcity this plan may need modified since then. That very same month, UploadVR reported that the compute puck will run the identical Horizon OS as Quest headsets, and that Meta had mentioned names that included, however weren’t restricted to, ‘Meta Quest Air’.
In December, leaked inner Meta memos revealed that the corporate is focusing on the primary half of 2027 for the launch, a pushback from earlier plans of late 2026.
Final month, low decision graphics depicting Phoenix have been found within the Quest firmware, giving us our first actual indication of what the headset may appear to be.
