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It's supposed to have a 1440p screen according to polygon. God only knows what "stand alone" means but the price doesn't seem totally insane. It simplifies it
by hwillis 9y ago
It's supposed to have a 1440p screen according to polygon. God only knows what "stand alone" means but the price doesn't seem totally insane. It simplifies it a great deal to take out the design constraints of a phone and the screens and processors (for basic streaming video over wifi) have been around for a few years now.
Still, it is surprising that the price would jump so far down from the price of a cellphone. I don't think it's a loss leader but I really doubt they have much of a profit margin. If that's the case this may be a bit of a gamble on VR being as massive as everyone (including myself) hopes it will be.
- mekpro 9y agoSince their mentioned that Gear VR and Oculus Go apps are binary compatible, I guess their definition of standalone is this one is work like GearVR + Samsung Galaxy Phone Built-in. https://www.oculus.com/blog/pioneering-the-frontier-of-vr-introducing-oculus-go-plus-santa-cruz-updates/ https://www.oculus.com/blog/pioneering-the-frontier-of-vr-in...