Bigscreen Past is so small you may match it inside a VRChat-themed storage can.
Launched final yr, Bigscreen Past is a PC VR headset powered by SteamVR monitoring and a PC. Customized-fitted for a single particular person and weighing round 127 grams, Bigscreen’s first VR headset rapidly stood out attributable to its small dimension.
Now, in collaboration with VRChat, you may get your very personal $39 storage can for the tiny $1,000 headset.
VR… in a CAN!
Order your restricted version Bigscreen Past × VRChat storage can whereas provides final!
That includes an unique VRChat design! ⚡️
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When you pop off the lid of this vitality drink-themed can, the inside features a foam liming designed to guard it from scratches. Bigscreen notes that it’s meant for ornamental storage in your shelf and “just isn’t appropriate for liquids, and isn’t a field for delivery/transportation because the lid might open unintentionally.”
We had optimistic impressions in our Bigscreen Past review-in-progress, although we’re withholding our remaining judgment till we are able to take a look at with extra {hardware}. Praising the light-weight design, we believed that Bigscreen Past’s existence “supplies a tantalizing tease of the longer term,” although we famous some buzzing noises and distracting distortions throughout movie-watching.
Bigscreen’s founder Darshan Shankar tells us the corporate is at present working to enhance order lead occasions from a pair months to some weeks, whereas additionally constructing direct connections with consumers on Discord. Every headset is custom-built in Los Angeles with a labor-intensive course of, they usually’ve been working to fine-tune manufacturing.
“I’m assured in saying we’ve simply constructed one of the best VRChat headset. If you wish to spend 20 hours in VR, you’ll be happier in a Past,” Shankar advised UploadVR, when requested about Imaginative and prescient Professional and Apple’s SharePlay know-how proving out Bigscreen’s areas of focus. “Every part Apple is doing is whole validation for what we’ve been engaged on for a decade. And whereas we’re extraordinarily tiny, we’re proud to be punching with the giants. We are able to’t do every little thing they do, however we discover our areas of focus and simply attempt to nail that extraordinarily effectively.”
The Bigscreen Past x VRChat storage can is offered to order now for $39.
Bigscreen Past Evaluate: Distinctive Consolation With Tradeoffs
Bigscreen Past options distinctive consolation with main tradeoffs. Our in-progress headset evaluation:
