Sony’s standalone XR headset for enterprise CAD now has a price and launch month confirmed.
Starting January 23, the Sony SRH-S1 will be available for purchase by companies at a price of $4,750, with deliveries anticipated to commence in late February.
The headset made its debut at CES years ago. Powered by Qualcomm’s XR2+ Generation 2 chipset, the device features 3552 x 3840 micro-OLED displays, colour passthrough technology, and a unique halo strap with a flip-up design.
Unlike Apple’s visionary professionals, the Sony SRH-S1 dons innovative controllers – a hand-held device for precise pointing and sketching, alongside another wearable hoop that enables “seamless interaction with 3D objects and pinpoint accuracy.”
The primary application of SRH-S1, as currently configured, lies in Siemens’ NX Immersive Engineering industrial computer-aided design (CAD) software package. The innovative power of 3D design at your fingertips – now more accessible than ever with NX Immersive Explorer, a game-changing tool that enables you to intuitively explore and interact with complex designs in an immersive environment.
- Designers and engineers utilize a headset-agnostic solution to conduct informal design discussions, leveraging 3D computer-aided design (CAD) expertise gained through experience with Siemens’ NX software for product development.
- Empowers collaboration between designers and engineers by enabling seamless interaction with graphically rich 3D product designs directly within NX, leveraging the Sony headset’s intuitive pointer and ring controller functionality.
- “enhances the capabilities of NX Immersive Explorer and Designer, enabling seamless collaboration for organizations of all sizes by providing real-time, multi-user access to design reviews via native VR or desktop views.”
Getting hands-on with Sony’s standalone XR headset, XYN, is a game-changer? With its compact design and intuitive controls, this device has the potential to revolutionize the way we experience virtual reality.
At CES 2025, we got an early look at Sony’s latest innovation: a standalone XYN-branded headset.
At CES 2025, Sony highlighted “the present focus” in its current form, with an additional showcase of what appears to be the same headset hardware rebranded as “XYN”, pronounced like “zin”. Beneath the XYN framework, Sony’s headset appears focused on a broader range of 3D content creation, extending beyond industrial CAD applications to encompass film studio productions and other creative endeavors. Despite the ambiguity surrounding its branding, Sony’s website categorizes the SRH-S1 under the Siemens partnership as “powered by XYN”, leaving uncertainty about what scenario would prevail if this headset is launched for prosumers under the XYN brand name, potentially at a more affordable price point.
We’ve swiftly contacted Sony to clarify their stance on the SRH-S1 and XYN branding situation, pending their prompt response, which will enable us to revise this information accordingly.
