UltraGear Logo Exposure LG SteamVR Headset or To Be Released

As early as March of this year at the US Game Developers Conference GDC, LG announced its cooperation with Valve and launched a head-up display device based on SteamVR technology. However, the product has been in the prototype stage, and there is no clear timeline for listing. Today's foreign media exposure of the product may have the latest developments.

According to the EUIPO database, LG submitted a registration application for the trademark "UltraGear" to the EUIPO on October 17, 2017. The description of the trademark provides a list of product categories that can use the name, including virtual reality head-mounted, head-mounted video displays. And head-mounted holographic display. It is speculated that the "UltraGear" trademark may be VR's SteamVR-based VR head-up, and LG is actively preparing for the final consumer version, or is expected to be available during the 2018 US Consumer Electronics Show CES.

The LG has a clamshell design with a resolution of 2880 x 1280 (a single eye resolution of 1440 x 1280), a refresh rate of 90 Hz, and a field of view of 110 degrees. In addition, it is believed that LG Headset may adopt Valve's latest Knukles motion controller and a more efficient and lower-cost SteamVR locator.