I know we have been hearing this too many times, but are the ORQA FPV.ONE Goggles going to be the Fatshark killer? The FPV.ONE is a premium goggles with OLED screens and even more superior specs than the mighty Fatshark HDO.

Learn more about FPV Goggles.

Who Is ORQA?

ORQA is located in Croatia, a new company in the FPV scene.

Started as an engineering service provider, the guys at ORQA got into FPV as a hobby and later decided to make the world’s best FPV Goggles.

Fun fact: ORQA, sounds like “Orca” which is one of the few animals in the ocean that can kill sharks (hint, Fatshark). Not sure if that’s a coincidence :)

Basic Specifications

Most of the specs have been confirmed by ORQA, but there might be small changes in the production version.

These goggles will have 1280×960 resolution with massive 44° FOV and glass optics. While that of FatShark’s HDO goggles is only 960×720 with 37° FOV. They are using 0.5″ Sony OLED display panels while HDO is only using 0.39″ ones according to ORQA.

How big is that FOV? Check this goggles FOV comparison tool

ORQA is also hoping to use their goggles for DJI drones and take advantages of the higher definition displays in the smallest possible form factor.

Since the native resolution is 1280×960, the FPV.ONE has 4:3 aspect ratio by default. However it can be switched to 16:9 “letterbox”, which basically removes the top and bottom of the screen, resulting in a resolution of 1280×720 in 16:9 mode.

The IPD (Interpupillary Distance) is 56mm to 74mm, the widest range in all FPV goggles, meaning it will fit a much wider range of customer too.

They plan to put a DVR module in these goggles, which they claim to be “HD DVR” capable of recording at 1080p.

They also planned to have adjustable eye-relief feature, but it was later taken out in the design for simplicity sake.

Weight is about 250-270 grams.

Video Receiver Options

The FPV.One will have a module bay for the video receiver. It will be compatible with standard Fatshark receiver modules. The only confirmed module so far is the ImmersionRC Rapidfire.

They will also release their own receiver for the goggles, which can be optionally purchased with the goggles as a bundle along with their own patch antennas.

Diopters

You can’t wear your glasses and wear these goggles at the same time. But it has slots and takes standard Fatshark diopters.

Power Features

There are on/off power button and “anti-fog” fan button.

It also has a light sensor that detects if the user is wearing the goggles and can automatically turn off the OLED screens in order to save power, and reduce the chance of “burn in”.

Integrated Head-Tracker

There is built-in head-tracker (gyro and accelerometer), RC plane guys will love it. Also they are developing a feature which reminds the user if they have turn the head too far down. This is a common problem when we are flying, with our head down, the antennas on the goggles are also pointing down which is not good for the signal reception. So this would be a cool feature to remind us to adjust our head position.

Outputs and Inputs Connectors

AV in and AV out.

Micro HDMI for video in.

Stereo audio output (3.5mm jack)

Head tracker output

Battery Input (5.5mm barrel connector)

Battery Life

It comes with a (2S?) 2000mAh battery, lasts about 2 and a half hours.

Color

Only in black at the moment, but they will consider other colors after the first batch.

Release Date

After March 2019. It might or might not be delayed depending on production.

They are not taking pre-orders either. (Good on them!)

Price?

They didn’t really reveal the price yet, but you get a rough idea from their replies: “it’s a premium product, and it’s not going to be cheap… it’s going to be more expensive than the most expensive goggles on the market right now”.

My prediction is that the FPV.ONE is going to be even more expensive than the HDO ($500), given the more superior spec we’ve been told so far, maybe $700 or above? Just a guess here.

They mentioned the main cost contributor is the large OLED panels. Fatshark talked about it in one of their past interview, if they were to use larger panels like the 0.5″ the cost would go up considerably that’s why they didn’t want to do it.

A Cheaper Version

ORQA plans to develop a cheaper, lower spec FPV goggles after the FPV.ONE, named “FPV.TWO”. Hopefully with OLED displays too, just smaller and cost less to make.

More Info?

I will update the post once I hear more :) For now you can go visit their website for more info. Here is Joshua’s interview with the ORQA team.