{"id":308733,"date":"2025-10-16T18:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/308733\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:43:17","slug":"shiftall-announces-next-thin-light-meganex-pc-vr-headset-shipping-in-december-for-1900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/308733\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiftall Announces Next Thin &#038; Light &#8216;MeganeX&#8217; PC VR Headset, Shipping in December for $1,900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shiftall unveiled its next PC VR headset, the MeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark II, which is slated to ship in December for $1,900.<\/p>\n<p>The News<\/p>\n<p>Japan-based Shiftall announced\u00a0MeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark II, the follow-up to its thin and light PC VR headset originally launched late last year, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/shiftall-meganex-superlight-8k-release-date-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MeganeX superlight \u201c8K\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new version is essentially a hardware refresh with only a few notable changes, which mostly aim to improve comfort, durability, and system internals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shiftall-meganex-8k-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden size-full wp-image-125300\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shiftall-meganex-8k-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/a>Shiftall MeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark 2 | Image courtesy Shiftall<\/p>\n<p>The headset contains the same 3,552 \u00d7 3,840 per-eye micro-OLEDs, supporting up to 90 Hz refresh, and the same SteamVR tracking standard, which requires the user to buy SteamVR 1.0\/2.0 base stations separately.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of all of the changes announced by Shiftall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New chip<\/strong>:\u00a0The CPU and operating system (OS) have been upgraded, and the firmware has been newly developed, reducing the startup time to less than one-fifth of the previous model. Connection stability with PCs and SteamVR has been improved, and the firmware update process has been improved for greater reliability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Pancake lenses<\/strong>: Shiftall says they\u2019re newly designed by Panasonic Group.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Redesigned USB-C cable connection<\/strong>: previously located on the top of the headset, the USB-C port has been moved to the front and structurally reinforced for improved durability. A specially developed intermediate USB cable enhances connection stability and prevents issues caused by wear or accidental disconnection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Refined nose gap<\/strong>: Sharp plastic edges no longer come into contact with \u2018Western\u2019 nose shapes. The material and shape around the nose area have been improved for greater comfort.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Strap material<\/strong>: A new strap material has been adopted, and includes better durability of the hook-and-loop fastener.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estimated to start shipping in late December, MeganeX Mark II is<a href=\"https:\/\/en.shiftall.net\/products\/meganex8kmk2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> now available for pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The headset (SteamVR base stations not included) is priced at $1,900 in the US (excluding import duty), \u20ac1,900 in Europe (VAT included), \u00a31,600 in the UK (VAT included), and \u20a92,499,000 in South Korea (VAT included).<\/p>\n<p>Specs<\/p>\n<tr>\nFeature<br \/>\nMeganeX Superlight \u201c8K\u201d<br \/>\nMeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark II<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Display<\/td>\n<td>3,552 \u00d7 3,840 (micro-OLED, 10-bit HDR)<\/td>\n<td>3,552 \u00d7 3,840 (micro-OLED, 10-bit HDR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Refresh rates<\/td>\n<td>90 Hz (support for 75 Hz \/ 72 Hz)<\/td>\n<td>90 Hz (support for 75 Hz \/ 72 Hz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lens type<\/td>\n<td>Pancake lenses (Panasonic group)<\/td>\n<td>Pancake lenses (newly designed from Panasonic)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight (main body)<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>179 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IPD &amp; focus adjustment<\/td>\n<td>Electric IPD 58\u201372 mm; diopter adjust 0D to \u20137D<\/td>\n<td>Electric IPD 58\u201372 mm; diopter adjust 0D to \u20137D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Connectivity \/ tracking ecosystem<\/td>\n<td>DisplayPort + USB 2.0, SteamVR tracking (base stations required)<\/td>\n<td>DisplayPort + USB 2.0, SteamVR tracking (base stations required)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>My Take<\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed I\u2019ve put \u201c8K\u201d in quotes throughout this announcement. That\u2019s to indicate that headset doesn\u2019t actually provide 8K per-eye displays.<\/p>\n<p>While companies like Shiftall and Pimax typically err on the side of the biggest number, I see this as more of a marketing device than a true reflection of what the end user actually sees. Because it\u2019s using dual 3,552 \u00d7 3,840 micro-OLEDs, the user doesn\u2019t actually perceive an 8K image. By that maxim, Quest 3 could be labeled with \u201c4K\u201d, owing to its dual\u00a02,064 \u00d7 2,208 displays, and Oculus Rift CV1 could be labeled \u201c2K\u201d according to its dual 1,080 \u00d7 1,200 displays. Impressive sounding, but a bit misleading.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Shiftall thinks resolution is a better catch-all for VR headsets, which I disagree with since its target audience will probably understand the nuances of displays and optics anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have decided against publishing official FOV and PPD numbers,\u201d Shiftall says, referring to the original MeganeX superlight \u201c8K\u201d. \u201cIf an industry-standard measurement method were established, such as the method used to calculate fuel consumption for automobiles, we would disclose our figures, but this is not the case in the current VR industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, I suspect potential enterprise and prosumers looking to shell out $1,900 for a single headset\u2014no controllers or base stations included\u2014are already familiar with pixels per degree (PPD) and binocular overlap, which are more useful, albeit less flashy metrics. On that front, MeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark II is impressive. Its pancake lenses provide a reported ~100-degree horizontal FOV, which seems to deliver a near 100 percent binocular overlap.<\/p>\n<p>Using the formula to get PPD (Horizontal\u00a0Pixel\u00a0Count \u00f7 Horizontal\u00a0Field\u00a0of\u00a0View), it also tops the competition, coming out to around 35.5 PPD: larger\u00a0than Pimax Dream Air ($2,000) at 35 PPD, and Bigscreen Beyond 2 ($1,020) at 32 PPD.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, I think its time to retire these sorts of resolution claims championed outside of the spec sheet, if only to lend more credibility to the company in question. And the same goes for the questionable Photoshop jobs too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shiftall unveiled its next PC VR headset, the MeganeX \u201c8K\u201d Mark II, which is slated to ship in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":308734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-308733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115385323717257179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}