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OCULUS UNVEILED A new prototype of its virtual reality headset. However, the VR company still isn’t ready to release a consumer edition.
The hew headset intended for creators of VR experiences is nicknamed Crescent Bay and features a higher resolution and refresh rate, integrated headphones and 360-degree head tracking.
“That was not easy,” Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe told the audience Saturday at the company’s first-ever developers conference. “It’s still not perfect. None of this is perfect yet, but it’s much, much better.”
Oculus’ headset covers a user’s eyes and can create immersive worlds that react to head movement.
The original prototype of the Oculus Rift headset was unveiled in 2012 and has received considerable attention from film and video game makers. Oculus released a second prototype headset to developers earlier this year. Iribe said 100,000 development kits have been shipped to 130 countries.
“I never expected it go this quickly,” Iribe said. “None of us did.”
The Irvine, California-based Oculus VR was acquired by Facebook earlier this year for $2 billion. Iribe said Oculus’ staff has doubled in the six months since the acquisition.
“We’re really spiriting toward the consumer version,” he said.
Oculus recently teamed up with Samsung to introduce Gear VR, a $200 headset with a slot for using the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone as a VR display.
As part of its strategy, it’s pursuing both mobile and desktop VR with Iribe saying that both will “converge, overlap, but not replace one another.” The company plans to have VR app stores on the three major OS platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Phone and a specific one for Samsung’s Gear VR, as well as a web browser experience.
Over the past two years, Oculus’ technology has been demonstrated at events like San Diego Comic-Con and the Electronic Entertainment Expo with interactive experiences that recreate scenes from the “X-Men” and “Pacific Rim” films and thrust users into an intergalactic dogfight in the game “EVE: Valkyrie.”
Iribe reiterated several times during his talk at the Oculus Connect conference that creating a sense of presence would be integral for the widespread adoption of VR technology, which continues to leave some users feeling queasy despite Oculus’ strides in creating lower latency and more realistic imagery inside the goggles.
“You should believe you’re there and feel great, even if you’re super-sensitive like me,” Iribe said.
(Additional reporting from Quinton O’Reilly)
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The only Royles I care about are Jim and Barbera
@Kieran Cronin: Bit unfair on Denise and Anthony Kieran, what did they do wrong?
@Kieran Cronin: Get that will ya Barb !!
@Seamus Kelly: my ar*e
@Seamus Kelly: my ars*
@Seamus Kelly: BarBeara….. Please!!!!!
To be fair Harry seems like the kind of fella you would go for a pint with and have the crack ,but she has him running, she’s calling the shots. It’s all about her and she is the victim.
@Conor Noonan: you haven’t been paying attention then
@Conor Noonan: did you watch it or do you just believe what the British tabloids chose to tell you?
I think they’re great. The best kind of Mavericks. They seem like a strong unit that didn’t want to be a part of an institution that is clearly unhealthy and toxic. The British press may have just given away the only hope the royal family had of moving into the modern era.
@2thFairy: There’s a line in Withnail and I (that won’t be accepted here) that sums up their course of action. Bear in mind that this interview was given for payment and to raise a profile using the only thing they have to trade. I very much doubt that it’ll prove to be worth it.
@Alan McArdle: There was no payment!
@Alan McArdle: What line Alan? Gone on holiday by mistake? Who says it?
@Colette Kearns: ppc??
@Alan McArdle: You didn’t pay attention, there was no payment.
@Alan McArdle: there was no payment.
This media stunt by the 2 of them will backfire and they will be the losers in the long run….the English and the Welsh love their royals and the red tops will turn on Harry and Megan…. watch megan’s body language and remember she is an actor …also remember fighting with family seems to be a hobby of hers…she portrays herself as a victim always
@Kevin50: you mean the gutter red tops will continue to thrash her daily and the brain dead will lap it up and spout their rhetoric for them? She said it herself, she left her house while pregnant twice in four months yet there was daily stories in the rags painting her in a negative light.
Two irrelevant dots on the landscape.
As an actress she should have watched Blackadder.
The truth which will be buried by the institution.
@Liam Dempsey: always has been and always will be. Unfortunately. Diana Francis Spencer RIP.
@Paul Gorry: “Frances “
The most thing that I took from the Oprah interview, is what a completely toxic institution the British Royal family is. It’s not the individual members that are toxic but the firm they work for. They dare not set a foot wrong, say a wrong word, for fear of the tabloid media who have the power to destroy them. It would be healthier for all of them if they did what Harry did, but they all appear to be trapped, afraid to move for fear of upsetting the goose that is laying the golden egg. I think we are witnessing the slow disintegration of a dysfunctional family and institution. The British Royal family should start retraining for new careers before the liquidators move in.
Only watched this because the Mrs had it on
Seriously
1 If any harm comes to Harry, Megan or their children by a terrorist the Royal family will never live down withdrawing their security.
Jokingly
2 Now that they are outside the Royal circle, Crossmaglen would probably be the safest place for them to settle down.
@Michael Flanagan: The best gag there was you were only watching it because your Mrs had it on.
She’s some mover! We want privacy but air your dirty linen on international tv!!!
@JongaFe: There is a massive difference between the constant intrusion and harassment of the paparazzi and giving an interview on your own terms. A bit like the difference in being force fed and eating your own food.
The part of the documentary that stuck with me most was Oprah’s inability to pronounce Meghan Markle’s name. Unbelievably grating. MAAAAYGAN.
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