In accordance with video found in Pico’s public SDK, it seems the corporate’s subsequent flagship headset has simply been leaked.
Trusted knowledge miner and serial leaker Luna was despatched what seems to be plenty of tutorial movies for Challenge Swan, which have been buried in Pico’s public SDK.
Luna, who additionally leaked a number of units up to now together with Meta Ray-Ban Show, moreover confirmed the movies seen under are certainly genuine.
What it reveals: a headset very a lot impressed by Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional and Samsung Galaxy XR, because it seems to incorporate a separate battery unit and woven headstrap à la Imaginative and prescient Professional, and a physique much like Galaxy XR.
Earlier this week Qualcomm seemingly teased its next-gen Snapdragon XR chipset focused at standalone headsets, one thing the corporate says we’ll study extra about “quickly.”
Notably, Pico stated again in March that Challenge Swan will comprise a co-processor that mixes customized XR silicon and a separate flagship SoC with “greater than 2× CPU and GPU efficiency vs XR2 Gen 2,” one thing the corporate says will launch globally in late 2026.
Whereas presumably a coincidence, the timing does increase an eyebrow at whether or not Pico would be the first to incorporate Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon XR chip.
That stated, we’re nonetheless ready to listen to much more about Challenge Swan, together with its pricing, official naming scheme and (to not point out) full spec sheet.
To this point, Pico has revealed it is going to weight in at 270g (presumably simply the headset and never battery) and embody microOLED panels with 4,000 pixels per inch (PPI). The headset’s optics are additionally stated to supply a median ~40 pixels per diploma (PPD) and a middle candy spot exceeding 45 PPD.
