PICO (ByteDance) · 2022 · VR — standalone
PICO G3
A 3DoF kiosk headset that does one job well — and it is not our kind of training.
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PICO G3 is the enterprise headset for rooms where nobody walks around: a 3DoF device that tracks where your head is pointing but not where it is. The panel is the same 1832 x 1920 per eye at 72 or 90 Hz used across PICO's 2021 line, behind Fresnel lenses with a 98-degree field of view, driven by a Snapdragon XR2 with 6 GB of memory and 128 GB of storage. It weighs 604 g as worn, adjusts interpupillary distance between three fixed positions, has a removable PU foam pad and is explicitly designed to be worn over glasses. One 3DoF controller comes in the box, and the specification lists no cameras at all.
Everything good about this device is operational rather than technical. PICO Business Suite gives it kiosk mode, remote deployment and the Business Store, so a room of them can be locked to one piece of content and handed to a queue of visitors — which is exactly what 360-degree onboarding films, museum stations and large-group briefings need. The limitation is the interaction model, not the silicon. Our scenarios ask a trainee to reach out and put a hand on a valve, a fire extinguisher, a lever; 3DoF tracks rotation only, so the hand can point at things but never reach them. That is why this row says our courses do not run on it.
Buy PICO G3 if what you actually need is a managed, cleanable, glasses-friendly player for 360-degree video in front of many people in one day. Do not buy it expecting hands-on safety practice: no amount of software fixes a headset that cannot tell whether the wearer stepped forward. If both jobs are on your list, the honest answer is two device types, or one 6DoF fleet doing both.
Full specification
Overview
- ManufacturerWho makes it — and who you buy support from.
- PICO (ByteDance)
- CategoryWhich kind of product this is. It decides which rows below make sense at all.
- VR — standalone
- Device typeWhere the computing happens, and therefore what you need to run it.
- Standalone VR
- ReleasedYear the model went on sale. Older is not automatically worse in this category.
- 2022
- AvailabilityWhether you can still order it new today.
- On sale
- Support endsThe date the manufacturer stops supporting it. Decisive for a fleet you are about to buy.
- Support ends: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
Company rollout
- Runs Skillsive appsOur own statement about whether Skillsive training applications run on it today.
- No
- Suitable for trainingOur judgement on whether it survives real deployment: comfort, hygiene, fleet management.
- No
- Kiosk mode / MDMVendor tooling to enrol devices, push an app and lock the headset to it. Practically required above ten devices.
- Yes
- Business tierAn official business tier, so devices belong to the company rather than to employees’ personal accounts.
- Yes
- Swappable facial interfaceRemovable, wipeable face padding. A consumable, and the difference between shared use and complaints.
- Yes
- CertificationsIndustrial certifications stated on the manufacturer's own page. Empty means unconfirmed, never "probably fine".
- Certifications: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
Platform and performance
- PerformanceHow much the headset can run — sharper scenes, more objects, smoother mixed reality. Higher is better.
- Basic
- ProcessorThe processor and memory inside. This is what the performance grade above is derived from.
- Snapdragon XR2
- MemoryRAM on the device. Together with the chipset it sets how complex a scene can be.
- 6 GB
- PlatformThe platform an application is built against — and what an MDM has to speak.
- PICO OS
- StorageOn-board space for downloaded courses. More matters for an offline library in several languages.
- 128 GB
- BatteryRuntime as the manufacturer states it. A hot-swappable pack matters more than the figure.
- Battery: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Hot-swap batteryWhether a charged battery can replace the empty one without ending the session. This is what decides if a headset can hold an all-day training station.
- No
Display and optics
- PanelThe screen type. micro-OLED gives deeper blacks and higher contrast; LCD is brighter and cheaper.
- LCD
- OpticsThe lenses in front of the panel. Pancake stays sharp closer to the edges than older Fresnel, which decides how much a trainee has to aim their head to read something.
- Fresnel lenses
- Eyes coveredOne eye or both. Over a full shift this is a real difference in fatigue.
- Eyes covered: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Resolution per eyePixels delivered to each eye. Higher means small text and labels stay readable.
- 1832x1920
- Refresh rateImages per second. Higher feels smoother and helps people prone to motion discomfort.
- 72/90 Hz
- Field of viewHow much of your view the image covers. Bigger is more immersive, not automatically better for work.
- 98° horizontal
- Pixel densityPixels per degree of view — the honest way to compare sharpness between a headset and a pair of glasses. Higher is sharper. Only shown where somebody published it; we never compute it ourselves.
- Pixel density: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- BrightnessIn a plant or outdoors, brightness decides legibility more than resolution does.
- Brightness: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- WeightThe device alone. Anything above roughly 150 g is felt within an hour.
- 604 g
Tracking and input
- TrackingWhether content stays put in the room (6DoF), follows head rotation (3DoF) or is simply fixed.
- 3DoF (rotation only)
- Hand trackingWhether bare hands can operate the interface, without a controller or the phone.
- No
- Eye trackingThe headset knows where the trainee is looking. Enables sharper rendering where they look, and attention analytics.
- No
- Controllers includedWhether motion controllers come in the box, or are bought separately — or the device is hands-only.
- Yes
- Controller tracking6DoF controllers track position and rotation, so a hand reaches in space; 3DoF only point. “None” means hands only.
- 3DoF
Fit and comfort
- IPD adjustmentMatching lens spacing to the eyes. Motorised is fastest when one headset passes between people.
- Manual
- IPD rangeHow far the lenses travel to match eye spacing. A narrow range excludes part of any group of adults, which matters when one headset is shared.
- 58–69 mm
- Works with glassesWhether people who wear glasses can use it — fits over them, or takes prescription lens inserts.
- Yes
- Colour passthroughShows the real room in colour through the cameras — the prerequisite for any mixed-reality exercise.
- No
Connectivity and audio
- ConnectivityHow it connects to a phone, a PC or a network.
- Connectivity: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- AudioBuilt-in sound. Matters most where somebody has to hear a remote expert while working.
- Audio: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- MicrophoneBuilt-in microphone — the other half of talking to a remote expert.
- Microphone: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
Price
- Price bandThe band it sits in, rather than a price that goes stale.
- Enterprise
- Launch priceThe manufacturer's launch price. Fixed history, so it never goes stale.
- Launch price: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Price todayApproximate current net price in USD — a general figure, since these barely differ between regions once tax is stripped out. A snapshot from the date shown, not an offer.
- Price today: Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
Rated from reviews
- Comfort (from reviews)How it wears over a full session. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers, not from our own testing.
- Comfort (from reviews): Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Edge clarity (from reviews)Sharpness away from the centre of the lens. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Edge clarity (from reviews): Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Tracking reliability (from reviews)How tracking holds up in poor light and fast movement. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Tracking reliability (from reviews): Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
- Hand tracking quality (from reviews)How usable controller-free hand tracking is in a training scenario. Scored from agreement between reviewers.
- Hand tracking quality (from reviews): Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30.
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Specifications checked against the manufacturer's page on 2026-07-30. Manufacturer's specification
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