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"Today, we showed the next phase of Santa Cruz development, delivering hand presence with two positionally tracked controllers. This is an important, industry-f

• RubenSandwich 9y ago
  I’m guessing because it doesn’t require the Lighthouse ‘tracking tower’, but they are not quite clear on what they mean.
  • zylent 9y ago
    That makes sense, I guess I'm just being pedantic
    • RubenSandwich 9y ago
      In my darkest days I feel like my job as a Software Engineer is to be pedantic to new ideas, because my work has trained me to be incurability micro oriented.
• vertoc 9y ago
  This is a stand-alone headset I believe - it doesn’t need a seperate computer to run
  • shmed 9y ago
    More importantly, it doesnt require external sensors (to the opposite of the vive controllers and headset which require the 2 lighthouse sensors)
  • rdslw 9y ago
    It does require a separate graphics card, though requiring separate PC or console. There need to be a place to dissipate that 200W+ of power current GTX cards are using, and this is not possible to fit it in kind of binoculars. Thats marketing gimmick Oculus is doing: it does not require phone (as daydream does) but it does require graphics powerhouse to generate all the virtual reality (unless you don't want the world to be as in current AAA games which DO REQUIRE GTX kind of power).
    • meheleventyone 9y ago
      No it's fully standalone probably using mobile graphics hardware which as noted by the Daydream etc. is already fine. It won't have the fidelity of the tethered versions but not being attached to anything is a tremendous win in terms of making the technology usable by anyone.
      • rdslw 9y ago
        I don't agree. Because this (not requiring PC to show VR) either means: 1) Oculus is standalone (not requiring nvidias/amd 200W+ 200USD powershouses) with comparable quality/features to what other (with PC) sets are doing currently OR 2) it is not standalone UNLESS you have much (and here I mean much!) worse quality ad1: this would mean that Oculus did a great breakthrough (rendering price of nvidia stock overvalued tenfold - which we don't see) while also solving heat dissipation issue (look at your typical GTX card and cooling they require and POWER they require). ad2: currently, AAA games do require powerhouse in graphics department, and they still have a lot space to improve (from visual perspective). For VR you need 90fps lowlatency dual(sic!) rendered graphics - this brings you either subpar quality (A LOT OF SUBPAR) - hence I concluded this "no pc required) marketing gimmick of Oculus. Yep, it may work, but not at the level (not even close) to other solutions.
• fra 9y ago
  Santa Cruz is a standalone headset. The content, headset tracking, and controller tracking all run on hardware that fits inside the headset. This stands in contrast to current PC VR hardware which requires PC, cable, and sensors (whether lighthouse beacons or rift cameras).
  • angryasian 9y ago
    Santa Cruz is just the controllers and encompasses the tracking.
    • sp332 9y ago
      Santa Cruz includes the headset, because the headset does inside-out tracking of the controllers.
• shmed 9y ago
  It's different from the vive controller due to not having external sensors, but its very similar to what Microsoft showcased with all their new touch controllers and inside out third party headset for Windows Holographic