ByteDance will unveil the "Pico Project Swan" AR headset with next-generation micro‑OLED displays in 2026.

Pico— a subsidiary of ByteDance— announced details of its new augmented reality headset, code‑named “Project Swan.” It is slated for release at the end of this year.

Technical specifications
The display uses micro‑OLED panels with a density of 4000 PPI and two chips. The threshold resolution is 40 PPD, peak is 45 PPD, surpassing Apple Vision Pro’s figures and allowing clear text on virtual monitors.

Processor
The main chip is twice as fast as Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 (used in Pico 4 Ultra and Meta Quest 3). It is likely the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 3, though no official confirmation yet.

Sub‑processor
A specialized chip for computer vision and image processing with a latency of about 12 ms—the same as the R1 in Vision Pro.

Operating system
Pico OS 6— a new XR‑OS version designed to manage the Project Swan headset.

* Spatial Engine – an in‑house system that allows simultaneous running of 2D and 3D applications in virtual or real environments. Unlike Horizon OS (Meta) and Android XR (Google), which support only one 3D app at a time.
* UI SDK – developers can create interfaces that adapt to lighting and integrate with the OS via Spatial Engine. Support for Android Studio and Kotlin simplifies app development.
* Full OpenXR compatibility guarantees that all Pico 4 Ultra apps will automatically work on Project Swan.

Developer tools
Pico introduced WebSpatial— an open WebXR framework. It is a minimal extension for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that lets web developers quickly build AR applications without deep low‑level code knowledge.

Application process
The company opened applications for closed beta access to Pico OS 6 and Project Swan testing, inviting interested developers to participate in the early development stage.