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Wow, that webpage sucks. What are the specs?

by ohf 8y ago

ansible 8y ago
Indeed. Does it do any sort of position tracking, or just orientation tracking? It is nice though that it has been designed for prescription lens inserts.
- giobox 8y ago
  There's no "6 degrees of freedom" here, just head orientation, much like the Gear VR and so on. It's significantly more basic than the Rift in that regard.
gandreani 8y ago
So much
DanAndersen 8y ago
The Oculus subreddit seems to have a decent writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g7ypb/the_answer_to_your_question_wtf_is_oculus_go/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g7ypb/the_answer_t...
- corysama 8y ago
  TLDR: "Overall, Go's performance should be on par with a Galaxy S8 or better." It's pretty much the same hardware as a GearVR with an S8. The big difference is that it is physically larger, so the thermals are greatly improved. Thermal throttling may be the largest bottleneck in mobile VR.
wkx 8y ago
you can find the specs on bestbuy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-go-stand-alone-virtual-reality-headset/6212949.p?skuId=6212949 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-go-stand-alone-virtual-r...
chrischen 8y ago
Here's the important info from a review > Unlike the Oculus Santa Cruz, the Oculus Go doesn’t include full motion controllers or futuristic inside-out tracking technology, which lets users walk around rooms with no external cameras. It allows you to rotate your head, but not lean or walk around. You can move its small controller like a laser pointer, but not fully mimic a virtual hand. It’s got basically the same features as Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR, but as a dedicated piece of hardware, not a combination of smartphone and plastic shell. So basically it's another one of those "turn your smartphone into VR" without needing the smartphone.
- outworlder 8y ago
  So basically the most interesting experiences (eg. The Lab's Longbow game) are not available. This is a very limited and transitional device then.
- andybak 8y ago
  > futuristic inside-out tracking technology, which lets users walk around rooms with no external cameras. Perpetuating the myth that 6DOF head tracking is for "walking around the room". It's not. Even small head movements reveal parallax and without that VR isn't anywhere near as convincing an illusion. 6DOF is pretty much a base requirement for immersive VR.
  - jayd16 8y ago
    Daydream, and I assume Gear but I don't know for sure, has that slight parallax by using a neck approximation and head pitch and roll.
    - Tuxer 8y ago
      Gear does have a head model, you can tell really easily in pretty much every Gear/Go game by looking at parallax differences between near and far objects.

Wow, that webpage sucks. What are the specs?

by ohf 8y ago

Wow, that webpage sucks. What are the specs?

Indeed. Does it do any sort of position tracking, or just orientation tracking? It is nice though that it has been designed for prescription lens inserts.

giobox 8y ago
There's no "6 degrees of freedom" here, just head orientation, much like the Gear VR and so on. It's significantly more basic than the Rift in that regard.

gandreani 8y ago

So much

DanAndersen 8y ago

The Oculus subreddit seems to have a decent writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g7ypb/the_answer_to_your_question_wtf_is_oculus_go/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/8g7ypb/the_answer_t...

corysama 8y ago
TLDR: "Overall, Go's performance should be on par with a Galaxy S8 or better." It's pretty much the same hardware as a GearVR with an S8. The big difference is that it is physically larger, so the thermals are greatly improved. Thermal throttling may be the largest bottleneck in mobile VR.

wkx 8y ago

you can find the specs on bestbuy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-go-stand-alone-virtual-reality-headset/6212949.p?skuId=6212949 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-go-stand-alone-virtual-r...

chrischen 8y ago

Here's the important info from a review > Unlike the Oculus Santa Cruz, the Oculus Go doesn’t include full motion controllers or futuristic inside-out tracking technology, which lets users walk around rooms with no external cameras. It allows you to rotate your head, but not lean or walk around. You can move its small controller like a laser pointer, but not fully mimic a virtual hand. It’s got basically the same features as Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR, but as a dedicated piece of hardware, not a combination of smartphone and plastic shell. So basically it's another one of those "turn your smartphone into VR" without needing the smartphone.

outworlder 8y ago
So basically the most interesting experiences (eg. The Lab's Longbow game) are not available. This is a very limited and transitional device then.
andybak 8y ago
> futuristic inside-out tracking technology, which lets users walk around rooms with no external cameras. Perpetuating the myth that 6DOF head tracking is for "walking around the room". It's not. Even small head movements reveal parallax and without that VR isn't anywhere near as convincing an illusion. 6DOF is pretty much a base requirement for immersive VR.
- jayd16 8y ago
  Daydream, and I assume Gear but I don't know for sure, has that slight parallax by using a neck approximation and head pitch and roll.
  - Tuxer 8y ago
    Gear does have a head model, you can tell really easily in pretty much every Gear/Go game by looking at parallax differences between near and far objects.