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Varjo is Moving Some Advanced Headset Features Behind a $2,500 Annual Paywall

March 18, 2025 3 Min Read
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Varjo, the Finland-based maker of high-end XR headsets, introduced they’re releasing a brand new paid licensing construction subsequent month which is able to embrace a few of XR-4’s beforehand free software program options.

Lots of Varjo’s headsets over time have required a subscription of some type, equivalent to its fleet of enterprise-focused XR-3 headsets launched in 2020. The corporate’s newest line of XR-4 headsets launched in late 2023 with out the necessity for a subscription nevertheless.

Now, Varjo says it’s introducing a brand new subscription affecting all new XR-4 and XR-4 Focal Version headsets bought after March twenty fifth, which is able to kick off with two new tiers: ‘Varjo Base’ and the ‘Varjo Base Professional’ paid subscription.

Varjo Base is the free software program suite, which incorporates core digital actuality and monitoring options. Varjo Base Professional then again is a paid subscription priced at $2,500 yearly, or $5,000 for perpetual use.

Varjo Base Professional is packages to incorporate extra superior blended actuality capabilities, equivalent to chroma key, 3D reconstruction, and video post-processing, together with expanded monitoring assist, programmatic controls, and multi-app performance. Notably, all XR-4 Safe Version headsets bought after March twenty fifth will embrace a Professional license.

Granted, at $5,990 and $9,990 respectively, each XR-4 and XR-4 Focal Version actually solely enchantment to the highest-end PC VR prosumers and enterprise clients—which makes the value restructuring rather less of a blunt power trauma. Anybody who already owns the headset doesn’t have to pay for superior options, with the ‘Professional’ value hike primarily solely affecting deep pocketed enterprise customers shifting ahead.

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Right here’s a breakdown, courtesy Varjo:

Varjo Base (free)
Digital actuality

Digital actuality rendering

Blended actuality– Video pass-through with Alpha masks
– Depth occlusion
Built-in microphone and audio system with DTS spatial audio
– Autofocus cameras (with Focal Version)

– Chroma key
– Mix-control masks
– Video pass-through information stream
– Video post-process shader
– Atmosphere cubemap for HDR lightning
– 3D reconstruction
– Programmatic management for digital camera settings

Monitoring applied sciences– Varjo inside-out monitoring
– SteamVR Monitoring (relying on model)
– Varjo Controller monitoring
– Varjo Markers
– Eye monitoring for foveated rendering
– Automated IPD adjustment
– Varjo Hand monitoring

– Help for third celebration monitoring plugins
– Help for movement platforms
– Eye monitoring for analytics and analysis
– Programmatic management for IPD adjustment

Productiveness– Varjo Base desktop software
– Varjo Workspace

– Disable Varjo UIs and branding

Compatibility– OpenVR, OpenXR, Microsoft DirectX 11, DirectX 12, OpenGL, Vulkan

 

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