{"id":8222,"date":"2024-08-22T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/?p=8222"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:43:45","slug":"pico-4-ultra-vr-headset-launched-in-china-to-challenge-meta-quest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/?p=8222","title":{"rendered":"Pico 4 Ultra VR Headset Launched In China To Challenge Meta Quest 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pico 4 Ultra enhances the Pico 4 with an upgraded chipset, increased RAM, enhanced passthrough cameras, an advanced sensor suite, a larger battery, improved Wi-Fi, and updated controllers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, launched the Pico 4 VR (virtual reality) headset back in October 2022 to challenge the more popular VR headset at that time, the Meta Quest 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta released the Quest 3 in October 2023, and only now has ByteDance introduced a VR headset that rivals it once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/pico-4-ultra-china-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pico 4 Ultra<\/a> uses the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset found in the Meta Quest 3. However, while the Quest 3 is equipped with 8GB of RAM, the Pico 4 Ultra boasts 12GB and 256GB of storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techminit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Review-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(credit: Pico)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Pico 4 Ultra features two 2.56-inch displays with a resolution of 2,160 x 2,160 pixels per eye, a refresh rate of 90Hz, a field of view of 105\u00b0 by 105\u00b0, and 20.6 pixels per degree (PPD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techminit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Review-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(credit: Pico)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The device also includes a 21.9Wh (5,700mAh) battery supporting 45 W charging, stereo speakers, and four microphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the headset operates on an Android-based OS, enabling it to mirror both a smartphone and a PC at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also utilises dual 32 MP cameras for full-colour passthrough and can record 3D videos at 2,048 x 1,536 pixels and 60Hz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picoxr.com\/global\/products\/pico4-ultra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pico 4 Ultra<\/a> is available exclusively in China, priced at CNY4,299 (~RM2,638). The original Pico 4 can be purchased in Malaysia for <a href=\"https:\/\/shopee.com.my\/-VR-STARTER-PACK-PICO-4-VR-Headset-All-in-One-1-game-1-Year-Warranty-Free-Shipping-i.840108085.15893281606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RM1,699 (128GB) or RM1,899 (256GB)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pico 4 Ultra enhances the Pico 4 with an upgraded chipset, increased RAM, enhanced passthrough cameras, an advanced sensor suite, a larger battery, improved Wi-Fi, and updated controllers. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, launched the Pico 4 VR (virtual reality) headset back in October 2022 to challenge the more popular VR headset at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1288,1840,1960,1901],"tags":[1961,1962],"class_list":["post-8222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadget","category-gaming","category-pico","category-vr-gaming","tag-pico-4-ultra-vr-headset","tag-pico-4-ultra-vr-headset-launched-in-china-to-challenge-meta-quest-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Review-9.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8224,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222\/revisions\/8224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klhappenings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}