South Korea’s Nationwide Radio Analysis Company (RRA) licensed a brand new Pico standalone headset.
The RRA is South Korea’s regulatory company with duty over wi-fi frequency use, equal to the US FCC. As with the FCC, the RRA’s approval is critical to promote a tool with sure technical capabilities in that market. Its certification normally comes a couple of months earlier than a product launches, and typically only a few weeks.
The mannequin variety of the headset within the certification is A9210, the identical headset that just lately confirmed up on GeekBench with the identical Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset as Quest 3 however paired with 12GB RAM.
The submitting, shared by XR fanatic Brad Lynch, exhibits the headset having 6GHz Wi-Fi help, that means it options Wi-Fi 6E and even Wi-Fi 7.
Pico 4S Trademarked And References Discovered In Pico Software program
ByteDance has trademarked Pico 4S, and icons depicting its controllers have been discovered within the Pico software program.
ByteDance-owned Pico has but to announce a successor to Pico 4, nevertheless it trademarked “Pico 4S” again in March.
Icons of ringless “4S” controllers have been additionally discovered within the Pico Join PC VR streaming software program. Again in September photos leaked on Chinese language social media displaying ringless Pico controllers, which seem to have the identical design because the icons discovered within the software program.
The Info reported in December that Pico 5 was canceled as a result of Pico 4 gross sales “fell far in need of ByteDance’s expectations”. That very same report stated ByteDance does plan to launch a refreshed model of Pico 4, however did not give any element of what modifications it is going to deliver.
Pico 5 Controllers Pictures Leak On Chinese language Social Media
Pictures showing to indicate new ringless Pico controllers have been shared on Chinese language social media.
In abstract, the leaks to date recommend Pico 4S will embody an improve to the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset utilized in Quest 3, a 6GHz Wi-Fi antenna, and ringless controllers.
As for what different modifications Pico 4S could have, it is going to rely on ByteDance’s priorities. Given it was reportedly upset with Pico 4 gross sales, it might wish to reduce prices to compete with the upcoming Meta Quest 3S. Alternatively, it might wish to give attention to convincing present Pico 4 homeowners to improve.
We’ll hold an in depth eye on Pico within the weeks and months forward because the Pico 4S launch approaches.
