What is Varjo XR-3 VR/MR Headset & Its Specifications?

Recently updated on June 19th, 2023 at 09:16 pm

In the world of virtual reality, another brand that is also popular and gaining popularity among VR die-hard fans is Varjo. Varjo company or its full name, Varjo Technologies Oy, is a manufacturer of VR, AR and MR headsets that comes from Finland. In this article we will share with you more about one of its latest headset which is Varjo XR-3 together with its specifications and price. Hope you can get some benefit from it…

What is Varjo XR-3?

Varjo XR-3 is a mixed reality (MR) headset from Varjo. It was first launched in December 2020 and started its shipping in first quarter 2021. Varjo positioned this headset as the true mixed reality headset.

The main USP (Unique Selling Proposition) of this headset are the human eye resolution, photorealistic visual fidelity and the very wide FOV (Field of View). Perhaps this video below can help you to imagine how this VR headset looks like and its usage in industries…

What is the Display Resolution of Varjo XR-3?

The focus strength of this headset is on its great display with human eye resolution. Varjo XR-3 has high resolution specs which is over 70 PPD (Pixels-Per-Degree). Furthermore, it also has a very wide 115-degree FOV (Field of View).

To produce realistic scenes, the color gamut matches 99% with sRGB and 93% with DCI-P3 color space. It also has 12-megapixel video pass-through or video stream.

With LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) feature and stereo RGB video feed, this headset able to achieve depth awareness for the pixel-perfect real-time occlusion. This can help a lot during 3D world reconstruction for example building the realistic environments of your surroundings.

This headset also has automatic IPD and 90 Hz frame rate. It also uses crystal clear non-Fresnel lenses. This can help you to work longer in virtual environment without having eye strain or simulator sickness.

Below is the specification of the display and resolution for easier reading and understanding:

1. Full Frame Bionic Display with human-eye resolution.
2. FOV: 115-degree horizontal
3. Focus area (27° x 27°) at 70 PPD uOLED, 1920 x 1920 px per eye
4. Peripheral area at over 30 PPD LCD, 2880 x 2720 px per eye
5. Refresh Rate: 90 Hz
6. Colors: 99% sRGB, 93% DCI-P3

What is the Weight of Varjo XR-3?

The weight of Varjo XR-3 is nearly one kilogram or 0.98 kg where the headset is 594 grams and the headband is 386 grams.

What is the Dimensions of Varjo XR-3?

Below is the dimensions of this VR headset:

1. Width is 200 mm,
2. Length is 300 mm and
3. Height is 170 mm.

How About Its Sensor & Tracking?

Varjo XR-3 has integrated Ultraleap hand tracking where they use the Ultraleap Gemini version 5 (v5). It also has an ultra-low latency which is less than 20 ms.

On the Eye Tracking, this headset is using the integrated 200 Hz eye tracking system with sub-degree accuracy plus 1-dot calibration for foveated rendering. To simplify, the headset will show what the user is directly looking at in full resolution.

That is quite similar how the human eye works. Wonderful, isn’t it? With this kind of capability, the eye tracking data can be used for more sophisticated training analysis or research purposes.

For the Positional Tracking, you can use SteamVR 2.0 or 1.0 tracking system. It is recommended to use the 2.0 version. Hence, if you choose this, then you need the 2.0 base stations.

To make things more excited, this headset also comes together with Inside-Out tracking feature (beta) which will make the deployments become much easier without the need for base stations.

With all these kind of capabilities and feature, this headset can help users to produce more natural interactions.

Is Varjo XR-3 a Stand-Alone VR Headset?

This is a PC VR headset system. Meaning to say, you must have a Varjo-Ready Computers or PC to make it works with the headset. Just to add, this headset is compatible with the Windows 10 and 11 desktop computers.

Since it is not a standalone VR headset, the strength of the processors, CPU, GPU, RAM and storage is dependent on the PC VR specification. The minimum requirement or specs of the PC that you should have are:

1. Processor with 8-core CPU
2. Memory of 32 GB
3. Storage space of 2 GB
4. Windows 10 (64-bit) Operating System
5. GPU either NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000.

How About Its Audio Quality?

This headset comes equipped with 3.5mm audio jack with microphone support.

What is Varjo XR-3 Focal Edition?

This is a special variant of Varjo XR-3 where the focus is for advanced MR use cases which can be considered as mission-critical. It offers better visual precision when the need arises for close up view such as to visualize small text and illustrations on physical instruments. It will be beneficial for places such as plane cockpits, car dashboards, cell phones, kneeboards, crucial dials, knobs and many more.

This mixed reality camera system in Focal Edition has been calibrated to provide enhanced and improved image clarity than the standard XR-3. The improved image clarity is in the 30 cm to 80 cm range.

Furthermore, Varjo XR-3 Focal Edition also put a lot of emphasize on the security and privacy aspect as well. This will be very useful in the highly classified environments such as military, defense, intelligence, national service and critical infrastructure. So, that’s also the reason this version is fully TAA/BAA-compliant (the Trade Agreements Act and the Buy America Act).

What Else with Varjo XR-3?

This Varjo headset are compatible with professional 3D platforms and software such as Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenXR 1.0, Autodesk VRED, PREPAR3D and VBS Blue IG.

So, the professional VR/AR/MR developers and users should not have much worry to use this headset to produce VR solutions in their workplace.

What is the Price of Varjo XR-3?

As of 18^th June 2023, the Varjo XR-3 price stands at $6,495.00. Due to the high price of it, this headset is more affordable to be use in business and industry sectors. Or for those who is a really, really hardcore VR fans. You can check more details of it at their official store.

Lastly…

We thinks that’s all for now that we would like to share about this Varjo XR-3 VR/MR headset. Based from the specs and price, it looks like this headset is targeted to be use by big companies and industries.

Some of the giant companies that already embarked on this VR platforms are Lockheed Martin, Kia Motors, Aechelon Technology Inc, Bohemia Interactive Simulation and FlightSafety International. For more info, you can read it at:

1. The official website of Varjo XR-3.

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