The company is rumored to unveil a $ 200
standalone headset later this year.
Not exact matches
During Facebook's F8 developer conference today, human CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the availability of the Oculus Go, the company's
latest VR
headset and its first
standalone device for virtual reality that doesn't require a PC or smartphone.
GameFace Labs, one of the earliest companies to begin development of a
standalone VR
headset, is back with the
latest version of their prototype...
At I / O 2017, it finally arrived, in the form of a
standalone headset that's supposed to ship
later this year.
Aside from their own booth, the company's partners were showing off the
latest and greatest hardware, and that included Lenovo with the world's first
standalone Daydream VR
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.
Google is also partnering with HTC and Lenovo to develop the first
standalone Daydream VR
headsets, and those will be available
later this year.
Now Qualcomm is following suit, announcing its
latest VR development kit, boasting of the
latest VR technologies you can find in a
standalone headset.
You Galaxy S8 users will probably be pleased to hear that Daydream support is coming to Samsung's
latest pair of flagships
later this summer, while Google also introduced a new
standalone VR
headset.
Xiaomi is also rolling out a
standalone VR headset of its own — dubbed the Mi VR Standalone — that will be launching exclusively in China later
standalone VR
headset of its own — dubbed the Mi VR
Standalone — that will be launching exclusively in China later
Standalone — that will be launching exclusively in China
later this year.
This description is once again used for the
standalone headset in Engadget's
latest report on the device, with Google said to be advancing its efforts in the project.
On the hardware front, you have the
standalone headsets that Google's partnering with Qualcomm, Lenovo and HTC that will be debuting
later this year.
The companies also announced the Oculus Go in
late 2017, a cheaper
standalone headset that doesn't require a smartphone or tethered PC to run.
With X Labs apparently losing steam on VR, the
latest report notes that Google is still focused on a
standalone VR
headset — it's just not married to a proprietary or different operating system.
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.»
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.
However, the
latest Daydream
headset had largely been overshadowed in 2017 by news of
standalone headsets from various companies, including Google.
According to recent reports, the Mountain View - based firm is planning to unveil its first
standalone VR
headset at Google I / O 2017, the
latest iteration of its annual developer conference that's scheduled to start
later today.
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.