Skyworth Pancake 1 Pro — specification and verdict
The Pancake 1 Pro pairs 2280x2280 per eye behind pancake lenses with a mini-LED backlight, 90 Hz and a 95-degree diagonal field of view, so text panels in a training scene are legible but the visible world stays narrow. The visor itself is 189 g and the counterweighted retractable halo strap brings the whole thing to 450 g, which is why a trainee can keep it on through a long module. Interpupillary distance adjusts mechanically between 60 and 68 mm and each eye has its own 0-5 dioptre dial, so most short-sighted trainees can leave their glasses off. Four cameras handle inside-out 6DoF and also provide the passthrough, which VRcompare records as greyscale rather than colour. Eye tracking is present; articulated hand tracking is not documented, so both hands stay on the 6DoF controllers.
There is nothing to deploy: the device runs SkyOS on the Skyworth VR Assistant runtime, and Skyworth's site now lists only Pancake 1, Pancake 1C, three 3DoF models and the A1 glasses. No fleet-management or kiosk product is offered to a new customer, and no enterprise licensing programme is published. Skyworth has never published a price for the Pro, and it has no distributor presence in Poland or Germany, so a fleet would have to be imported unit by unit with no warranty path. Storage is fixed at 128 GB with no card slot, and the fabric facial interface is not sold as a swappable hygiene part.
Do not buy it for training. It was an interesting piece of 2022 hardware, but it is off Skyworth's own product page, our Android courses have no store or sideload path on the Skyworth VR Assistant runtime, and there is no fleet tooling behind it. If the 189 g pancake form factor is what attracts you, buy a current standalone headset with a published enterprise programme instead.
How it compares within its class
The axis runs from the lowest to the highest published figure among the VR — standalone devices in this catalogue. The grey tick is the median of that class.
Median for this class: 395 g, from 17 models that publish the figure.
Full specification
An em dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure.
- ManufacturerWho makes it — and who you buy support from.
- Skyworth
- 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
- AnnouncedThe day it was shown, which is not the day it shipped.
- 2022-07-25
- ReleasedYear the model went on sale. Older is not automatically worse in this category.
- 2022
- AvailabilityWhether you can still order it new today.
- Discontinued
- Support endsThe date the manufacturer stops supporting it. Decisive for a fleet you are about to buy.
- Support ends: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- Pancake lenses
- Eyes coveredOne eye or both. Over a full shift this is a real difference in fatigue.
- Both eyes
- Resolution per eyePixels delivered to each eye. Higher means small text and labels stay readable.
- ≈2280x2280*VRcompare specification table
- Refresh rateImages per second. Higher feels smoother and helps people prone to motion discomfort.
- 90 Hz
- Field of viewHow much of your view the image covers. Bigger is more immersive, not automatically better for work.
- ≈95° diagonal*VRcompare estimate
- 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: not published by the manufacturer
- BrightnessIn a plant or outdoors, brightness decides legibility more than resolution does.
- Brightness: not published by the manufacturer
- WeightThe device alone. Anything above roughly 150 g is felt within an hour.
- 189 g
- Visible field of viewWhat the eye actually sees through the optics, by axis.
- Visible field of view: not published by the manufacturer
- Rendered field of viewWhat the device draws. Never smaller than what you see.
- Rendered field of view: not published by the manufacturer
- Binocular overlapWhere both eyes see the same thing — this is where depth happens.
- Binocular overlap: not published by the manufacturer
- Average pixel densityPixels per degree across the image. More is sharper.
- Average pixel density: not published by the manufacturer
- Peak pixel densityThe sharpest point, usually the centre of the lens.
- Peak pixel density: not published by the manufacturer
- Subpixel layoutHow the coloured dots sit in a pixel. A stripe looks cleaner on text than PenTile.
- RGB stripe · 3 subpixels per pixel
- Foveated renderingWhether detail is dropped outside where you look, to save performance.
- Foveated rendering: not published by the manufacturer
- PassthroughWhat the front cameras give you: colour, grayscale, or nothing.
- ≈Grayscale*VRcompare specification table
- Passthrough camerasResolution, density and frame rate of that camera feed.
- Passthrough cameras: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- 60–68 mm
- Works with glassesWhether people who wear glasses can use it — fits over them, or takes prescription lens inserts.
- Yes
- Vision correctionHow somebody who wears glasses uses it, and in what dioptre range.
- Built-in dioptre dial · 0 to 5 D
- DimensionsWidth, height and depth of the device itself.
- 155 × 69 × 35 mm
- Weight with strapWith the strap it ships with — the weight you actually wear.
- ≈450 g*VRcompare specification table
- Head strapSoft band or a rigid one. Decides how the weight sits over an hour.
- Rigid strap with a dial
- MaterialsShell and facial interface, in the vendor’s words.
- plastic · fabric facial interface
- ColoursColours the manufacturer sells it in.
- Black · White · Blue
- Haptics in the headsetVibration in the headset itself, not in the controllers.
- Haptics in the headset: not published by the manufacturer
- TrackingWhether content stays put in the room (6DoF), follows head rotation (3DoF) or is simply fixed.
- inside-out 6DoF
- Base stationsWhether boxes have to be mounted on the walls before it works.
- Not needed
- Tracking camerasHow many cameras it uses to know where it is.
- 4
- Tracking rateHow often position is recalculated. Higher is steadier.
- Tracking rate: not published by the manufacturer
- Depth sensorA dedicated sensor for distance, on top of the cameras.
- Depth sensor: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- Yes
- Face trackingTracks facial expression — for avatars, not for training scenarios.
- Face tracking: not published by the manufacturer
- Body trackingHow much of the body the device knows about. Estimated legs are not tracked legs.
- Body tracking: not published by the manufacturer
- Controllers includedWhether motion controllers come in the box, or are bought separately — or the device is hands-only.
- Yes
- Controller modelThe manufacturer's own name for the controller.
- Skyworth Pancake 1 Controller
- Controller tracking6DoF controllers track position and rotation, so a hand reaches in space; 3DoF only point. “None” means hands only.
- 6DoF
- Finger tracking on the controllerWhether the controller senses individual fingers, and how.
- Finger tracking on the controller: not published by the manufacturer
- Controller inputsButtons, sticks and triggers the controller offers.
- face buttons · joystick · index trigger · middle finger trigger
- Controller hapticsVibration feedback in the hand.
- Controller haptics: not published by the manufacturer
- Controller powerDisposable cells or a built-in rechargeable — a fleet question.
- Controller power: not published by the manufacturer
- Controller weightOne controller, as the vendor weighs it.
- Controller weight: not published by the manufacturer
- Other input methodsWays in beyond controllers and bare hands.
- Other input methods: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2
- CPUCores and clocks, where the manufacturer publishes them.
- Octa-core Kryo 585 (1 x 2.84 GHz, 3 x 2.42 GHz, 4 x 1.8 GHz)
- GPUThe graphics part of the chip.
- Adreno 650
- 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.
- SkyOS (Android)
- StorageOn-board space for downloaded courses. More matters for an offline library in several languages.
- 128 GB
- SD card slotWhether storage can be added with a card.
- SD card slot: not published by the manufacturer
- BatteryRuntime as the manufacturer states it. A hot-swappable pack matters more than the figure.
- Battery: not published by the manufacturer
- Battery capacity (Wh)Energy in the cell. Bigger is longer, given the same power draw.
- Battery capacity (Wh): not published by the manufacturer
- Battery capacity (mAh)The same fact in the other unit vendors use. We never convert between the two.
- 5500 mAh
- Charge timeFrom empty to full. Rarely stated by the manufacturer, so it usually comes from whoever timed it.
- Charge time: not published by the manufacturer
- ChargerPower of the supplied charger — it decides the charge time above.
- Charger: not published by the manufacturer
- External batteryBattery on a cable or a puck instead of on the head.
- External battery: not published by the manufacturer
- Charging caseExtra runtime carried in the case the glasses ship with.
- Charging case: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- Hot-swap battery: not published by the manufacturer
- 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.
- No
- Business tierAn official business tier, so devices belong to the company rather than to employees’ personal accounts.
- No
- Swappable facial interfaceRemovable, wipeable face padding. A consumable, and the difference between shared use and complaints.
- Swappable facial interface: not published by the manufacturer
- CertificationsIndustrial certifications stated on the manufacturer's own page. Empty means unconfirmed, never "probably fine".
- Certifications: not published by the manufacturer
- PortsPhysical sockets and charging contacts.
- USB Type-C
- Wi-FiThe Wi-Fi generation — it decides how well wireless streaming holds up.
- Wi-Fi 6
- BluetoothFor controllers, headphones and accessories.
- Bluetooth 5.0 LE
- Video from a computerWhether a computer can drive it, over a cable or wirelessly.
- Video from a computer: not published by the manufacturer
- AudioBuilt-in sound. Matters most where somebody has to hear a remote expert while working.
- Built-in speakers
- MicrophoneBuilt-in microphone — the other half of talking to a remote expert.
- Yes
- MicrophonesHow many. An array picks a voice out of a noisy hall; one does not.
- Microphones: not published by the manufacturer
- Price bandThe band it sits in, rather than a price that goes stale.
- Mid range
- Launch priceThe manufacturer's launch price. Fixed history, so it never goes stale.
- Launch price: not published by the manufacturer
- Price by configurationWhat each configuration cost at launch.
- Price by configuration: not published by the manufacturer
- 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: not published by the manufacturer
- Comfort (from reviews)How it wears over a full session. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers, not from our own testing.
- Comfort (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- Edge clarity (from reviews)Sharpness away from the centre of the lens. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Edge clarity (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- Tracking reliability (from reviews)How tracking holds up in poor light and fast movement. Scored from agreement between independent reviewers.
- Tracking reliability (from reviews): not published by the manufacturer
- 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): not published by the manufacturer
Who this device is for
Nobody running a training programme today. The record is here for buyers who found a Pancake 1 Pro in an old procurement list or a grey-market listing and need to know that the model is gone from Skyworth's line-up, that no price was ever published, and that its 6 GB Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 platform is two generations behind.
What is missing, and what the manufacturer does not publish
The manufacturer page in our source (skyworthxr.com/hardware.html?id=5) now returns 404, so not one figure here could be raised to a first-party source. Two disagreements stand: VRcompare's structured field calls the passthrough greyscale while its own description and XR Daily News describe full colour from two added RGB cameras, and strapped weight is given as 450 g by VRcompare and 436 g by XR Daily News. Skyworth published no price, no battery runtime for the 5500 mAh cell, no certifications, and no discontinuation or support-end date, so those fields are empty rather than guessed. VRcompare flags hand tracking as an estimate, so we record it as absent.
Skyworth Pancake 1 Pro — frequently asked questions
- Is the Skyworth Pancake 1 Pro still sold?
- No. Skyworth's own site now lists Pancake 1 and Pancake 1C on the 6DoF side, plus three 3DoF models and the A1 AR glasses, and the Pro is not among them; the product page our source recorded for it returns 404. Skyworth has published neither a discontinuation date nor an end-of-support date, so anything you find on sale is old stock with no defined support window.
- Can Skillsive VR training courses run on the Pancake 1 Pro's SkyOS?
- No. SkyOS is Android-based, but the device ships against the Skyworth VR Assistant runtime and Skyworth offers no enterprise distribution, MDM or kiosk mode that would let us push a course build to a fleet. With no supported sideload path and no vendor tooling, we treat it as outdated hardware and recommend a current standalone headset instead.
- What does the Pancake 1 Pro's eye tracking actually do?
- Skyworth's stated use for the eye cameras was iris recognition for unlocking the headset, account login and payments, reported by XR Daily News alongside the two added mixed-reality cameras. Nothing in our sources claims eye-tracked foveated rendering or gaze interaction, so we record eye tracking as present but leave foveated rendering unset rather than assume it.
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