Oculus mobile SDK support will also be added to the Mi VR standalone and so Oculus developers can easily share their content to Mi
VR standalone platform too.
Not exact matches
It's a
standalone headset that runs on HTC's own
VR platform, the also brand new Vive Wave and has access to the Viveport content store for downloading apps and games.
Roto
VR also built support for mobile HMDs, such as the Google Daydream
platform, and HTC's upcoming
standalone Vive Focus headset.
It all comes down to preferences and what you want out of your
VR experience, but it might serve the Daydream
platform better if
standalone headsets for the Daydream
platform were released sooner rather than later.
Facebook - owned Oculus has announced a partnership with Xiaomi and will launch a new
standalone Mi
VR headset powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 mobile
VR platform.
The headset is different from Google's Daydream
VR platform, as that is said to be merely the stepping stone into the bigger hardware push presented by the
standalone headset.
Google, which has spent more than a year quietly improving its
VR platform, Daydream, is now the first company to cross the
standalone finish line.
Qualcomm has worked with Google to produce a reference design for Daydream
standalone headsets, based on Qualcomm's own Snapdragon 835
VR platform.
It's not surprising to expect Cardboard to gradually morph into something more reminiscent of Gear
VR, but a
standalone headset (and software
platform) could be one of the conference's most interesting reveals.
HTC Vive has seen a few add - ons over the years, such as the HTC Vive Tracker, and though there were plans to create a
standalone HTC headset that ran Google's Daydream
VR platform, those plans fell through.
Later this year, HTC will be one of several
VR headset makers to release a
standalone headset that runs on Google's Daydream
platform and won't require a phone, PC or any other hardware to run.
Details are scant on the Vive
Standalone VR headset — no hardware specs of any sort, save for the fact that it uses the new Snapdragon 835 mobile
VR platform — and the only timeline we have for this PC-less rig is «later this year.»
Touted at Google IO 2017 as being one of the first
standalone Google Daydream headsets that doesn't rely on a phone for power, Google
VR's Clay Bavor has confirmed that the Vive Focus won't be coming to the
platform, but instead will run on its own software.
HTC may have bailed on its plans to launch a
standalone virtual reality (
VR) headset using the Google Daydream
platform, but the company did end up launching a wire - free headset in China late last year.
Just as big: Google has announced its Daydream
VR platform is coming to
standalone headsets, no cable, PC or phone required.
This is a great
platform for developers, as it unifies the development experience for
standalone and mobile
VR devices as well as Viveport.
The Mirage Solo signals Google's desire to push its own
VR platform by making
standalone VR headsets that don't require an Android smartphone to work.
After revealing Oculus Go, the company's first
standalone VR headset, Oculus also gave us a look at the latest updates to Project Santa Cruz: a fully wireless PC
VR platform.