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I wonder what we'll see when the newer Microsoft sponsored vR headsets start to hit the shelves. I think Acer will be one of the first ones. They're not as adv

I wonder what we'll see when the newer Microsoft sponsored vR headsets start to hit the shelves. I think Acer will be one of the first ones. They're not as advanced as a Oculus/Vive, but they can function without needing to setup an entire room.

tigershark 9y ago
Those are not VR headset, they are AR headset with a front camera as the "mixed reality" in the product name implies. MS would never invest in VR given all the heavy investments in AR. And I think that it is indeed the correct choice.
- yodon 9y ago
  As someone who owns both of these devices you are incorrect. They are fundamentally VR goggles with cameras in the goggles allowing them to be self tracking. Microsoft's MR branding is confusing but it is a mistake to think of these goggles as AR.
  - tigershark 9y ago
    I guess that you are not using them correctly then: "Where mixed reality wants to make a point of differentiation is in offering a system of front-mounted cameras that can give you either real world objects in your virtual world, or virtual objects in the real world." http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/141215-windows-mixed-reality-what-is-it-what-headsets-are-available-and-when-can-you-get-it http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/141215-windows-mixed-reality...
    - yodon 9y ago
      There is at present no way to get imagery or spatial data about the room from the low cost MR headsets. The HoloLens can do it but not the low cost headsets. The video in the article you linked does support these points, as all it discusses making available about the room in VR is a "subtle boundary grid" which is not room scan or visual photo of the room, it's the boundary region traced out manually by moving the headset when initially turning on the headset in a new physical room. I do understand that's a surprising answer and not the answer you want or think should be correct, but these are best thought of as VR headsets with MR branding.
T-A 9y ago
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-windows-mixed-reality-headset-developer-edition/91thzqtvgspf/lpmq https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-windows-mixed-rea... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/acer-windows-mixed-reality-headset-developer-edition/8pb4twx13m2n/7zt9 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/acer-windows-mixed-r...

tigershark 9y ago

Those are not VR headset, they are AR headset with a front camera as the "mixed reality" in the product name implies. MS would never invest in VR given all the heavy investments in AR. And I think that it is indeed the correct choice.

yodon 9y ago
As someone who owns both of these devices you are incorrect. They are fundamentally VR goggles with cameras in the goggles allowing them to be self tracking. Microsoft's MR branding is confusing but it is a mistake to think of these goggles as AR.
- tigershark 9y ago
  I guess that you are not using them correctly then: "Where mixed reality wants to make a point of differentiation is in offering a system of front-mounted cameras that can give you either real world objects in your virtual world, or virtual objects in the real world." http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/141215-windows-mixed-reality-what-is-it-what-headsets-are-available-and-when-can-you-get-it http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/141215-windows-mixed-reality...
  - yodon 9y ago
    There is at present no way to get imagery or spatial data about the room from the low cost MR headsets. The HoloLens can do it but not the low cost headsets. The video in the article you linked does support these points, as all it discusses making available about the room in VR is a "subtle boundary grid" which is not room scan or visual photo of the room, it's the boundary region traced out manually by moving the headset when initially turning on the headset in a new physical room. I do understand that's a surprising answer and not the answer you want or think should be correct, but these are best thought of as VR headsets with MR branding.

T-A 9y ago

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-windows-mixed-reality-headset-developer-edition/91thzqtvgspf/lpmq https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-windows-mixed-rea... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/acer-windows-mixed-reality-headset-developer-edition/8pb4twx13m2n/7zt9 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/acer-windows-mixed-r...