Working on a 2D screen for 3D design work has always had its limitations, and in recent years virtual-reality and mixed-reality headsets have promised users greater immersion in the models they are building. But sometimes you just want to use your usual design software within the immersive simulation, and working in MR or VR generally means you can’t use a keyboard or mouse easily.
That’s where the Varjo XR-1 headset comes in. With forward facing cameras to pass a high-definition view of the user’s surroundings into the headset, the XR-1 allows for projected images to be anchored in the surrounding area, at a higher resolution than many current headsets are capable of displaying.