The company scrapped its plans to develop a standalone Google Daydream headset, and although it announced
a standalone headset called the Vive Focus, it's only being released in China so far.
Not exact matches
Microsoft has HoloLens, a prototype for an augmented reality
headset that's still in development, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer
calls HoloLens an «untethered» experience, telling TIME last summer that «it's a
standalone device that all of the computing power is in the head - mounted display.»
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Google said it has solved key problems with both augmented reality and its cousin, virtual reality, with a new
standalone virtual reality
headset and a way to navigate indoors using visual reference points as a sort of indoor GPS,
called VPS.
Google's platform,
called Daydream
Standalone, allows multiple manufacturers to build
headsets free from using your phone as a brain.
The self - contained Oculus Go
headset is actually manufactured by Xiaomi, as announced at CES 2018, and a China - exclusive equivalent
called Mi VR
Standalone is also in the pipeline.
HTC has announced a new
standalone virtual reality
headset called the HTC Vive Focus.
There's also a much more robust
standalone headset in development,
called Project Santa Cruz.
With the
headset, Microsoft says, everything from gaming, through streaming media in apps like Netflix, to productivity apps, Skype video
calling, or even creating virtual 3D objects in the new HoloStudio app - think Paint for the 21st century - are possible in a full
standalone wearable computer.
The
standalone Daydream virtual reality (VR)
headset from Lenovo
called Mirage Solo and the company's Mirage VR180 camera are now available for pre-orders from the B&H.
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Oculus is announcing a new
standalone VR
headset that will sit in the middle of its lineup between the mobile Gear VR and high - end Oculus Rift,
called Oculus Go.
One of the key innovations of the
standalone headset is a feature Google is
calling WorldSense.
Facebook is reportedly all set to introduce a
standalone version of its virtual reality (VR)
headset called the Oculus Go at the upcoming f8 developer conference scheduled to occur on May 1.
There is another VR
headset called Mi VR
Standalone exclusively for the Chinese market.
We also learned at CES that Xiaomi is Oculus» official hardware partner for the Go
headset, and will indeed be producing a rebadged device for the Chinese market
called the Xiaomi Mi VR
Standalone.