Citing Growth Amid 5G and Wi-Fi 6, UL Seeks Input on VR Safety Standard
Underwriters Labs seeks industry participation on a “technical panel” for augmented-, virtual- and mixed-reality devices. A safety standard will address “areas of key concern,” including neck strain, optical radiation, eye heat exposure and headset “motion-to-photon latency,” it said Monday: Developing…
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UL 8400 “is concurrent with and in response to predicted AR/VR/MR market growth.” Advances including in 5G and Wi-Fi 6 have “made this area ripe for growth,” it said. Forecasts are consumers will use more than 100 million AR/VR/MR headsets and smart glasses by 2023.