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Nah, the VR race is just getting started. Vive won this round, in my opinion, because it exclusively had controllers for nearly a year and has a better tracking
by carlosdp 10y ago
Nah, the VR race is just getting started. Vive won this round, in my opinion, because it exclusively had controllers for nearly a year and has a better tracking solution. But the real test is going to be who develops an inside-out tracked, fully self-contained headset. That's the device that will really break through the mainstream.
In that respect, Oculus has shown off the Santa Cruz prototype and Intel showed of their self-contained headset at CES, while HTC hasn't shown anything in that space.
- nilkn 10y agoKeep in mind that Oculus had been showing off prototypes for years when the Vive almost came out of nowhere and completely leapfrogged them on room-scale VR and tracked controllers. Oculus has a track record so far of actually getting to market very slowly. Granted, their recent troubles and the success of the Vive might be pushing them to change that practice.
- carlosdp 10y agoWell it didn't really come out of nowhere. Valve and Oculus worked very closely together before the FB acquisition. Valve had been working on its prototype alongside Oculus, and only decided to bring it to market when Oculus sold to FB as they knew FB would want to control the software, which Valve wanted to do.