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Starbreeze Reveals Its Own Virtual Reality Headset

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Starbreeze Studios, parent company of Overkill, is developing a head-mounted virtual reality device called the StarVR headset through the acquisition of French VR hardware developer InfinitEye.



Starbreeze StarVR claims that its head-mounted display (HMD) prototype features the widest horizontal field-of-view in the world with 210 degrees and offers panoramic definition of 5120x1440 pixels with dual 5.5" Quad HD panels. According to the announcement, the new device features position tracking through the combination of gyroscopes, accelerometers and magnetometers real-time data with an optical tracking system.



“The landscape of entertainment is rapidly transforming. Experiences are moving from linear to user-determined, pushing storytelling to responsive and inclusive formats,” Starbreeze CEO Bo Andersson Klint said in a prepared statement. “The virtual reality setting allows us to completely immerse our players in our games. Starbreeze is on the frontier of VR development and we see it as a new platform ready for AAA experiences in games such as OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead.”


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