AntVR will debut $500 Mix AR headset in May on Kickstarter, rivaling HoloLens

Chinese virtual reality headset maker AntVR told VentureBeat today that it will debut Mix, its first augmented reality headset, through a Kickstarter campaign in May. The company will start pricing at $500, and pitch Mix as a superior yet less expensive alternative to Microsoft’s $3,000 HoloLens.

Unlike virtual reality headsets, augmented reality headsets overlap translucent screens upon the real world, enabling you to see a combined view of actual and digital objects, at least partially synchronized. Whereas HoloLens only offers an extremely narrow 35-degree field of view for its augmented screen — and plans a second-generation version with a wider 70-degree display — the Mix headset promises a 96-degree FoV, among the widest in any consumer AR headset.