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What you're seeing: a Meta headset tethered to a laptop over WiFi running Immersed. What you're not seeing: a standalone VR headset running a VR Desktop OS nat
by georgewsinger 4y ago
What you're seeing: a Meta headset tethered to a laptop over WiFi running Immersed.
What you're not seeing: a standalone VR headset running a VR Desktop OS natively with bleeding edge pixel density (i.e., like the Simula One).
We understand that Meta has some cool tools in its app store which can be used to get a feel for VR computing. But analogously, you could also purchase word processors for early gaming consoles too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtariWriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtariWriter
Our view is that dedicated VR computing devices are what the market actually needs.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoapple would agree
- spiffytech 4y agoDoes Simula's tethered option affect this calculus?
- georgewsinger 4y agoA bit, but not much. Our tethered option is for people who want to connect to beefier hosts because they need the extra GPU power (or want to use our headset's high pixel density for gaming purposes). We've sold very few of them though. Our primary offering is our standalone unit.
- ynx 4y agoIf that image is showing what I think it is (because I might have written a part of it if it is), that's not actually tethered.
- goosedragons 4y agoIs it really fair to call 8 bit Atari computer line (on which AtariWriter runs) gaming consoles? They had built-in keyboards, had built-in BASIC, would let you attach peripherals like a disc drive or a printer and let you program in assembly. And could be expanded with RAM expansions and 80 column cards. Of course the later XEGS blurred the line but it's also a bit like suggesting the Amiga or Macintosh were not computers because of the Commodore CD32 and Apple Pippin were a thing.
- antifa 4y ago> Our view is that dedicated VR computing devices are what the market actually needs. My view is the market needs a product that does not require an internet connection, Facebook account, Microsoft account, windows PC, or equivalent restriction-ware.