Somnium House, the Czechia-based social platform creator, has raised costs on its enthusiast-grade PC VR headset, Somnium VR1, one thing the corporate says was performed to “preserve the highest high quality requirements.”
The corporate introduced final month it was paring down the variety of beforehand provided configurations of Somnium VR1 alongside the information that, after January sixteenth, 2025, it was going to boost costs on its three remaining variants—however not by how a lot.
Now, the corporate has launched that up to date pricing data (excluding native taxes), which quantities to a €500 – €700 enhance over earlier costs:
| Version | Options | Earlier Value (EUR excl. taxes) | USD | New Value (EUR excl. taxes) | USD |
| Visionary Version | VR, eye-tracking | €2,499 | ~$2,600 | €2,999 | ~$3,090 |
| Titan Version | VR, eye-tracking, hand-tracking | €2,899 | ~$3,020 | €3,399 | ~$3,500 |
| Final Version | VR, eye-tracking, hand-tracking, MR passthrough | €3,499 | ~$3,659 | €4,299 | ~$4,425 |
The corporate says in a blogpost that the worth hike is because of further manufacturing prices:
These adjustments replicate the advanced manufacturing processes and our unwavering dedication to delivering the perfect PCVR expertise potential. Excessive-quality supplies, intricate designs, and rigorous high quality management end in further manufacturing prices, together with the inevitable scrap of some costly elements to satisfy our requirements. Our dedication to uncompromising high quality ensures that every VR1 headset is a masterpiece, designed to exceed your expectations.
Initially provided in seven completely different client variants, the corporate has since discontinued its Traditional Version, Striker Version, Specter Version, and Translucent Version—additionally probably performed to slim down manufacturing prices.
Beforehand, Somnium House’s entry degree providing was its Traditional Version, which as its ‘barebones’ PC VR headset, didn’t embrace eye-tracking. That was priced at €1,900 (~$1,980 USD), which (just like the desk seen above) doesn’t account for native taxes.
Moreover, the corporate says it’s now adjusting its supply timeline for brand new orders of Somnium VR1, with the up to date supply window slated for March–April 2025. Somnium House maintains it’s working to cut back the supply window to “simply two weeks from order to cargo by mid-2025,” which incorporates most of Europe, the UK and US as supported transport areas.
Should you’re seeking to be taught extra about Somnium VR1, be certain that to take a look at our hands-on from the corporate’s annual Somnium Join occasion final July.
Somnium VR1 Specs
- Show: QLED Mini-Led Quick LCD – 2,880 × 2,880 per-eye
- Area of view: 130° horizontal, 105° vertical. The VR1 can render as much as 140° horizontally, although the precise FOV could fluctuate barely relying on face and eye form.
- Refresh fee: 72 Hz, 90 Hz, upgradeable to 120 and 144 Hz (experimental)
- Native dimming zones: 576 per eye
- Eye monitoring: 120 Hz, with an open-sourced algorithm that can be utilized and modified for any use case
- Connectivity: USB-C, DisplayPort 1.4, 3.5mm audio jack
- IPD Vary: 57 to 76 mm
