Play For Dream Initiates Kickstarter Campaign to Introduce Its Apple Vision Pro and Quest Pro Hybrid to Western Markets - UploadVR
Play For Dream Launches Kickstarter To Bring Its Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover To The West
Chinese company Play for Dream has launched a Kickstarter to introduce its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 headset to the western market, including the U.S. Initially announced in June and confirmed for release in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Japan, the company now plans to make it available "anywhere in the world" through this crowdfunding campaign. Formerly known as YVR, Play for Dream is a well-established headset manufacturer in China.
The Kickstarter campaign aims to raise around $5000, seemingly using the platform as a marketing and sales channel rather than for development funding. The headset will retail at $2000 for the 512GB model and $2300 for the 1TB model, with early backers receiving discounts that lower the price to as little as $1200. It’s important to note that Kickstarter pledges are not preorders; the company has no legal obligation to deliver the product.
Shipping of the first global units is expected to begin in December 2024, with all headsets shipped within the first weeks of 2025. The headset's design is notably similar to Apple's Vision Pro but features higher specs, including Qualcomm's XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 1TB of UFS 3.1 storage. It boasts dual 3840×3552 micro-OLED displays, 103° field of view through pancake lenses, and numerous advanced tracking features.
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