1.1. Table of Content

1.2. Introduction to the XR Lab

1.2.1. Services Offered

  • procurement of test devices and test environments
  • feedback to Certain VR products if tested by us
    • this includes hardware e.g. VR Headsets and different use cases from non VR devices (Tablets, Phones, Workstations)
    • collaboration Software that can provide a virtual meeting and or lecture room
  • creating documentation/tutorial for the setup of hardware
  • support for the setup of hardware

1.3. Room 

Location: room L.U.13 (L-Building), Bildungscampus 9, 74076, Heilbronn

Size: 80m²

Furniture: Various seating options (cubes, sofa, chairs), mobile whiteboards, lockable (with campus card) cabinets

Technical equipment: projector, mobile screens, PC workstation (login with TUM ID)

Impressions:

1.4. Equipment (public)

Important: The devices can be used on-site. For a longer use or projects, we recommend borrowing the devices. Please send an email to it-support.hn@tum.de with your request for borrowing and the corresponding serial number. Thank you!

1.4.1. Headsets

Device name Product type Amount Product photos
Meta Quest 3 (128/512 GB) VR/MR headset 45

Zubehör Meta Quest 3 Headstrap incl. battery 3

Meta Quest Pro (256 GB) VR/MR headset 9

Pico 4 VR headset 1

Oculus Go (64 GB) VR headset 16

                            
Oculus Quest (128 GB) VR headset 3

Oculus Quest 2 (64 GB) VR headset 13


Pico G2 4K VR headset 1

Pico Neo 2 (Tutorial)

 VR headset 98

Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye

 VR headset 1

HTC Vive Focus Plus VR headset 1

HTC Vive Flow VR glass 1


HP Reverb G2 VR headset 1

HTC Vive Pro (Full Kit) VR headset 1


Microsoft HoloLens 2 MR headset 7

Magic Leap One MR headset 1


Nreal Light MR glass 1

VR Cardboard (TUM branding/Give away) VR cardboard ~100

1.4.1.1. Comparative headset overview


 Meta Quest 3 Pico G2 4K Pico Neo 2 Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye Pico 4 Meta Quest Pro Oculus Quest Oculus Quest 2 Oculus Go HP Reverb G2 HTC Vive Focus HTC Vive Flow Cardboard HoloLens 2 Magic Leap 1 Nreal Light
Manufacturer Meta Pico Pico Pico Pico Meta Oculus Oculus Oculus HP HTC HTC several  Microsoft Magic Leap Nreal
Device Type (AR, MR, VR) VR/MR VR VR VR VR VR/MR VR VR VR PC-VR VR VR VR MR/AR MR/AR MR/AR
Standalone use yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no (a powerful PC is required) yes no; (Android-smartphone is required for mirroring content or used as a controller)

no (smartphone

required)

 yes yes no (Android-smartphone required)
Platforms/Shops

Oculus Store

Pico Store; Viveport

 Pico Store; Viveport Pico Store Pico Store

Oculus Store

Oculus Home;

SteamVR

Oculus Home;

SteamVR

 Oculus Home SteamVR; Windows Mixed Reality

Viveport;

SteamVR

Viveport
Windows Mixed Reality Magic Leap  World Nebula
Release year 2023 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2019 2020 2018 2020 2019 2021 since  2014 2019 2018 2020
Retail price 499 USD 399 USD 699 USD 899 USD 430 USD 1499 USD 399 USD 299 USD 199 USD 599 USD 799 USD 499 USD 5 USD 3.500 USD 2.300 USD 499 USD
Resolution (per eye) 2064x2208  2048x2160 2048x2160 1832x1920 2160x2160 1800x1920 1440x1600 1832x1920 1280x1440 2160x2160 1440x1600 1600x1600

depends on

smartphone

 2048x1808 1280x960 1920x1080
Display type LCD LCD LCD LCD LCD LCD OLED LCD LCD LCD AMOLED LCD

depends on

smartphone

mix of waveguides

and light projectors

 Six-layer waveguides OLED
Refresh Rate (Hz) 120 75 75 90 90 72/90 72 90 60 90 75 75 no 60 120 60
Field of View (FoV) horizontal 110° 92° 101° 98° 104° 106° 94° 89° 89° 98° 110° 100° no 52° 50° 52°
Interpupillary Distance range (IPD) 58-71 mm 54-71mm 54-71mm 58-69mm; not supported with this eye tracking edition (Pro Eye) 62-72mm 55-75 mm 58-72mm 58-68mm 63,5mm (fixed) 60-68 mm 60,5-74mm no fixed


Weight

515g

470g

 670g 620g 586g 722g 571g 503g 468g 498g 702g 189g 65g + smartphone 566g 316g 106g/143g with cables
Degrees of Freedom (DoF) 6 (4 inside out cameras) 3 (non-positional)

6 (2 inside-out

cameras)

6 (4 inside-out cameras)

6 (inside-out cameras)

6 (5 inside out-cameras)

6DoF (4 inside-out

cameras)

6DoF (4 inside-out

cameras)

3DoF

(non-positional)

 6DoF

6DoF (inside-out

cameras)

6DoF (inside-out cameras)

 3DoF (non-positional)

6DoF World-scale

positional tracking
6DoF (inside-out cameras)
Number of controllers 2  (6DoF) 1 (3DoF) 2 (6DoF) 2 (6 DoF) 2 (6DoF) 2 (6DoF) 2 (6DoF) 2 (6DoF) 1 2 (6DoF) 2 (6DoF) 1 smartphone (3DoF) no; bluetooth controller optional no 1 (6DoF) 1 smartphone (3DoF)
Weight Controller




164g 135g 126g 72g 186g
depends on Smartphone no  no 150g
Controller batteries AA
rechargeable (USB-C) AA 2xAA rechargeable AA AA AA 2xAA AA - no  no rechargeable (USB-C)
Finger/hand tracking yes no
no yes yes yes yes no no no - no handtracking, eyetracking no

Speakers

 yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (off ear) yes yes

depends on

smartphone

 yes yes yes

Meta Quest 3 Pico G2 4K Pico Neo 2 Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye Pico 4 Meta Quest Pro Oculus Quest Oculus Quest 2 Oculus Go HP Reverb G2 HTC Vive Focus HTC Vive Flow Cardboard HoloLens 2 Magic Leap 1 Nreal Light
Microphone yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes depends on smartphone yes yes, voice input yes
3.5mm Audio Jack yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes no yes no; external speakers via bluetooth depends on smartphone
yes
Ports USB-C USB-C USB-C USB-C USB-C USB-C USB-C USB-C Micro-USB
USB-C 3.1 USB-C depends on smartphone USB-C USB-C USB-C
Wifi yes, WIFI 6e yes yes WiFi 6 Wifi 6 Wifi 6E
WiFi 6 WiFi 5
WiFi 5 yes depends on smartphone WiFi WiFi
Bluetooth yes yes yes Bluetooth 5.1 Bluetooth 5.1

yes

yes,

Bluetooth 5.0LE

 yes, Bluetooth 5.0LE yes, Bluetooth 3.0

yes Bluetooth 5.0 depends on smartphone yes, Bluetooth 5.0LE yes, Bluetooth 4.2
Streaming Oculus Cast Miracast SteamVR, Miracast Pico Streaming
Wifi Streaming; Airlink Oculus Cast Oculus Cast

Miracast
depends on smartphone


System Android Android 8.1 Android Android 10 Pico OS 5.0 (Android) Android Android Android Android
Vive Enterprise Android 9.0 (Pie) and higher depends on smartphone Windows 10 Holographic Lumin OS
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845  Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 depends on smartphone Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU Octa-core Kryo (1 x 3.19 GHz, 4 x 2.8 GHz, 3 x 2.0 GHz) Octa-core Kryo 280 Octa-Core Kryo 385 Octa-Core Kryo 585 Octa-Core Kryo 585 Octacore-Kryo 585 Octa-Core Kryo 280 Octa-Core Kryo 585 Quad-Core Kryo
Octa-Core Kryo 280
depends on smartphone Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 2 Denver 2.0+4 aRM Cortex
GPU Adreno 740 Adreno 540 Adreno 630 Adreno 650 Adreno 650 Adreno 650 Adreno 540 Adreno 650 Adreno 530
Adreno 450
depends on smartphone Adreno 630 Nvidia Pascal
Memory (RAM) 8 GB 4 GB 6 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 5 GB 6 GB 3G B
4 GB 4 GB depends on smartphone 4GB 8GB
Storage 128 GB 32 GB 128 GB 256 GB 128 GB 256 GB 128 GB 64 GB 32 GB
32 GB 64 GB depends on smartphone 64GB 128GB
SD Card slot no yes (up to 256GB) yes (up to 256GB) no no no no no no
no no depends on smartphone no
no
Battery capacity
3500 mAh 5000 mAh 5300 mAh 5300 mAh
3648mAh 3640mAh 2600mAh
4000mAh
depends on smartphone


Battery life (max.)

*according to manufacturer

 2 hrs. 3hrs 3hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 2hrs 2hrs 2,5 hrs 3hrs
3hrs Requires external battery pack depends on smartphone 3hrs 3,5hrs 2hrs MR-mode
Special features Dual 18 PPD color passthrough cameras

Eye tracking
pancake lenses; colour passthrough; foveated rendering;
using the PC via Link cable





Developer Edition
Pros Dual 18 PPD color passthrough cameras very light;

Android; Sideloading APK;

comfortable to wear (counterweight design)

Eye tracking;

Android; Sideloading APK;

Display Port Outport;

comfortable to wear (counterweight design)

ergonomic controllers

pancake lense

 pancake lense




very light;


 cheap; light ergonomic; 

very light;
Cons Batteries 3DoF; 1 Controller; controller does not work accurately controllers not ergonomic

duration of battery; heavy; Oculus Account necessary; Facebook-Account will be nescessary in the future; smartphone is necessary for the initial setup mandatory Facebook account required; Oculus Account necessary; smartphone is necessary for the initial setup 3DoF; 1 Controller; Oculus Account necessary; smartphone is necessary for the initial setup
expensive; heavy

requires (Android-) smartphone;

iOS not supported;


 smartphone needed; no comfort (headstrap, controller)

works only with specific smartphone "Oppo Find X3 Pro"
Use Cases
360°-Videos; virtual meetings; viewing/creating 3d models 360°-Videos; virtual meetings; viewing/creating 3d models


360°-Videos; virtual meetings; viewing/creating 3d models 360°-Videos; virtual meetings; viewing/creating 3d models 360°-Videos;
360°-Videos; virtual meetings; viewing/creating 3d models media consumption; short 360°-Videos only for a first impression


Software (recommended)        

EngageVR SteamVR; Pico Streaming Assistant

Engage VR, Spatial, YouTubeVR 
YouTubeVR






1.4.2. Cameras

Device name + features Amount Product photos

Insta360 Pro2

  • incl. Farsight (remote control)
  • 8K VR/360 Camera
  • 6 lenses
  • 360° Livestreaming
  • 360° Audio
  • GPS
  • 1550g
  • Video formats: MP4
  • Picture formats: jpeg; DNG

1

Insta360 Farsight

  • remote control for the Insta360 Pro2

1


Insta360 X3

  • Blende: f/1,9
  • Fotoauflösung: 72MP (11968x5984)/18MP (5952x2976)
  • Fotomodi:    Standard, HDR, Serie, Intervall, Starlapse
  • Videoauflösung: 360°; 5,7k (5760x2880)@ 30/25/24 fps/4k (2840x1920)@ 60/30 fps
  • Videomodi: Standard, Active HDR, Zeitraffer, Timeshift, Bullet-Time, Loop
  • Laufzeit:    81 Min.
  • Gyro:        6-Achsen-Gyro
  • Akku-Kapazität: 1800mAh
  • Lademethode: USB Typ-C

1

Insta360 One RS (1-inch 360 edition)

co-engineered with Leica

  • Blende: f/2.2
  • Fotoauflösung: 6528x3264 (2:1)
  • Fotomodi: Standard, HDR, Serie, Intervall, Starlapse, PureShot
  • Videoauflösung: 5888x2944 @30fps/6144x3072 @25/24 fps
  • Videomodi:    Standard, Zeitraffer, Timeshift, Loop
  • Laufzeit:    62 Min.
  • Gyro:        6-Achsen-Gyro
  • Akku-Kapazität: 1350 mAh
  • Lademethode: USB Typ-C

1

Insta360 One X

  • 5,7K Video
  • 18K Picture
  • 2 lenses
  • Video formats: MP4; insv; LOG
  • Picture formats: insp; jpeg; RAW (dng)
  • 90g
  • 1 micro-SD Card (max. 256 GB)
 1

Logitech Meetup

  • Conference camera
  • 4K
  • 120° Field of View
  • 5x Zoom
 2

1.4.3. Workstation Computer

OS Windows 11 (Education)
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10940X CPU @ 3.30GHz
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
RAM 128 GB
Storage 11 TB
Display/s

2xFujitsu Monitor P27-8 TS, 27 Zoll, 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 Pixel, 5 ms, 60 Hz
Additional features Webcam Logitech C920


1.4.4. Teleprompter

Device name Product photos

Teleprompter set consisting of:

1.4.5. 3D Scanner

Device name Features Amount Product photos

Shining3d - EinScan-SP

Quick start guide
  • 3D scanner with turntable
  • shot accuracy: <0,05mm
  • camera resolution: 1.3 mp
  • maximum scan size: 1200mmx1200mmx1200mm
  • minimum scan size: 30mmx30mmx30mm
  • scanmodes: turntable, coded turntables; markers; tripod for bigger objects
  • formats: .obj; .stl; .asc; .ply
  • Software: ExScan (installed on XR-PC)
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1.4.6. 3D printer

Important: Please note the local information regarding operation and safety. If you have any questions, please contact it-support.hn@tum.de. Thank you!
Device name Features Amount Product photos
Raise 3d Pro 2

Dual extruders

layer height: 0.01mm

Camera

7" touch screen

HEPA air filtration

build volume: 305x305x300 mm



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1.4.7. iPads

Device Name Amount Notes
iPad Air (3rd gen.) 6 2 iPads currently used for Shure microphone control
iPad Pencil (1st gen) 4/6

1.4.8. Miscellaneous equipment

Device Name + features Amount Product photo

Samsung Flip 55"

  • digital flipboard
  • Screenshare
 2

Harman/Kardon Go+Play

  • portable bluetooth speaker
 1

Zoom H3-VR 360° Handy Audio Recorder

  • spatial audio recorder
 1

Honeywell Voyager XP 1472G (Code scanner)

  • barcode+QR
  • wireless
 1

Stream Deck XL

  • stream control
  • 32 keys
 1

Loupedeck CreativLoupedeck Creative toole tool

  • editing tool

1



1.5. Virtual Meeting Rooms

1.5.1. Spatial

https://app.spatial.io/rooms/5fb23d7cfa7f11662b4775da?share=6317155852271512380

Note: You can register using a Microsoft Account so the TUMSOM or Die TUM Campus Heilbronn gGmbH Microsoft 365 can be used.



1.6. Licensed Software

1.6.1. VR Store/Applications (from Meta Oculus Store)



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