CJ 2016 This company claims to be made 3 months experience near Vive products

Hypereal founder Huang Chaiming

"Why startups? "

"Because I don't want to find a job. "

This is a small series of dialogues with Hypereal founder Huang Chaiming, hearing the answers make an awkward smile.

During this year's MWC in Shanghai, I heard that a domestic venture companies do a VR Head, team of luxury, first-class products, so attracted to visits, experiences and found really quite close to Vive (make himself Vive users).

Hoang Hypereal split the Chinese name of the company name is clearly derived from the founder's name. Huang Chaiming speaks bluntly, made no secret of his talent and teams confidence, conversation shrugged off the current VR Head Sanda. In fact, it's no wonder, he said that their team a 3-month period, invested a total of 10 people, had made his HYPEREAL Pano (HyPano for short) this product, comes with its own research and development of space positioning system and handles, base station called HyBeacon, the handle called HyFeel.

This product is officially unveiled at the ChinaJoy 2016, at first glance, the entire product like HTC Vive helmet with Lighthouse base station and Oculus Touch handles.

Parameters it also snap and Vive and Rift, official parameters are:

2 k OLED screen;

110 degree field of view; 

11-millisecond delay;

90Hz refresh rate;

Location and space could be extended.

HyPano support Open VR compatible with VR games on Steam, but also has its own SDK. Huang Chaiming stressed that this product's hardware and software are developed. Though its spatial location and Lighthouse are the same, but he said before the Lighthouse have many related research in this area, and they are based on these studies, the HyBeacon, is not faux-Vive products. Cath Kidston iPhone 6 cases

HiBeacon base station

Small series of two experienced HyPano think of this experience has been approaching Vive, did not reach the level of Vive, because the two case experience, position jitter. In this connection, an interview with Huang Chaiming later explained that it was because base stations with motor problems, later switched to a HTC Vive's motor supplier's products, will be able to solve this problem.

This announcement and did not disclose key information such as cost and time to market, and later of Lei Feng Huang Chaiming network, products by the end of this year (November, December) look to buy, prices would be relatively high level, but many were not disclosed.

User experience, handle or are development versions

Hardware is not focused

Hypereal as a company was founded only last year, employs more than 100 people, startups, in VR products, hardware, software, and content. But hardware is not the focus of 10 human inputs (5 people do spatial orientation) to illustrate this point, in addition to Huang Chaiming said they do not do mass production HyPano, but doing a few of the high-end products (prices are high) and will be licensed to other manufacturers to produce VR head. In addition, small team also found that VR peripherals has played Hypereal space positioning system. Cath Kidston iPhone

Then the company as much as the rest of us are doing? He said studying technology in graphic images, say a little too generic. Lei feng's network (search for "Lei feng's network", public interest) under questioning, he revealed that company's products under development include a professional graphics design software, will be around December this year coupled with first launched; there are also image processing chip and can be used for fields such as video compression, transmission, but these studies are still in the early stages.

The company's team has a number of experts in graphics technology, including Chief Scientist Xu Dong, Zhejiang University PhD in graphic, former AUTODECK software development supervisor, responsible for AUTOCAD graphics; graphics technical director Chen Lu, also in Zhejiang University PhD in graphic.

Hypereal in CJ also launched two own game, one is of the Zombies Never Die, is a first-person zombie Tower Defense game; there is also one of the HyBuilder, it can make you like stacking wood in the virtual world to create a whole block.

Whether it is the game or application, the company does not intend to put their own platform, but will make cross-platform products.

Importance of content is more than hardware

After experiencing the HyPano, small and VR industry insiders talking about this product. Someone said that VR hardware, the threshold is not high, actually quite a lot of such companies, but their channels are not too wide.

He said, making a set of products similar to HTC Vive is not difficult, including Lighthouse. But that HTC sure is one of the strongest of the supply chain, domestic manufacturers can do a similar experience, but to true mass production requires a lot of investment to burn.

"In fact, VR technology barrier is not high, now none of the VR device is marked black technology, have the potential to cross. "He went on. He believed that these manufacturers will not have a particularly large impact on industry, supply chain, content marketing, the sale of these big companies advantage is clear.

But people in the industry believe that now have no need to pay much attention to VR hardware, hardware structure has been formed, is the focus of attention, no hardware is useless.

In small's view, if the future supply chain maturity, resulting in decreased quality VR equipment prices, could be most affected HTC Vive such high-end VR Head producer. But HTC is also trying to develop ecological and avoid the risks of hardware only.

Hypereal, this hardware product has proven its strength is more important in the future is to look at his house graphic design software and image products.