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Not interested since I learned that Quest uses last year's smartphone CPU. I expect something new and custom.
by Pop2019 7y ago
Not interested since I learned that Quest uses last year's smartphone CPU. I expect something new and custom.
- MikusR 7y agoIt's a two year old CPU, but it has active cooling.
- ClassyJacket 7y agoDesigning custom silicon is an insanely huge job. The cost and time to make the device would've been far higher. Existing SoCs are pretty appropriate for this, tho it is perhaps a shame they couldn't use perhaps a more powerful Tegra or something.
- baby 7y agoYou design something, you build it, by the time all of that is done you are not using the most recent hardware. This is not a problem only for VR headsets, a year is nothing, look at what you get with playstation or xbox.
- gibolt 7y agoWhen you design knowing your limitations, you can build a much more refined experience. A strict focus on optimizations can extract a lot of otherwise wasted power. Look at every Nintendo console ever