Shiftall is a Panasonic firm devoted to constructing tools to plunge individuals deeper into their digital worlds. That contains the Mutalk (pictured), a mouth-worn Bluetooth microphone designed to forestall your speech from being heard by individuals in the identical room. Here at CES, nevertheless, the corporate has unveiled two new variations of its VR headset in addition to some devices designed to enhance your immersion within the digital world.

First up, a brand new model of the MeganeX VR headset, a SteamVR-compatible unit with a 2,560 x 2,560 micro-OLED show. The firm says that the screens, mixed with Panasonic-branded pancake lenses, supply the “highest level of viewing experience.” In addition, the body is light-weight, and affords six levels of freedom, in addition to sufficient consolation to make sure it may be worn with out fatigue for hours at a time. But you’ll additionally have to cough up if you wish to use one, because it’ll value you $1,699 when it launches sooner or later between March and April.

In addition, the corporate is exhibiting off two new equipment that’ll supply nice advantages for the VTubers amongst you. The first is Haritora X Wireless, a full physique monitoring answer for SteamVR that lets you have totally controllable torso and legs in a digital house. The setup makes use of 4 bands, one round your chest, hips, knees and ankles, which give your digital avatar the flexibility to bop and excessive kick their means round. This is much like Sony’s Mocopi motion-tracking setup which add bands to your wrists, ankles and again and head. 

The different new innovation is Flip VR, a hand controller for SteamVR which makes use of lighthouse monitoring to observe the place of your arms. But, in contrast to most conventional hand controllers, these are held to the hand by a strap throughout the palm, reasonably than being gripped. The high plate, the place you’ll discover the joystick and motion buttons, might be flipped out of the way in which to free your hand up for different issues. In the demo, a consumer can cease enjoying, flip the joystick over to the opposite aspect of their hand and drink from a can with out having to take away their VR gear, or put it down on the ground.

As for pricing, Haritoria X Wireless will set you again $350, though there’s no phrase but on when it’ll be out there both in Japan or Stateside. As for FlipVR, we’re ready to listen to again on how a lot it’ll value, and after we can anticipate to have the ability to drink, whereas in character as a VTuber, with out having to drop our controller and smash the phantasm.