07-10-2018 10:09 AM
I'm a fan of Sony's VR efforts. I love that they launch both long-term exclusives (Resident Evil) and short-term timed exclusives (Robinsons, Moss). I also love that they partake in bringing the times exclusives to PCVR. I enjoyed spending over 12 hours in Robinsons, and I look forward to Moss - all in my Rift.
I'm still a bit sad to see that Microsoft hasn't done much yet. I have no real interest in their WMR Headsets for Entertainment purposes. I'm only looking forward to their potential to reshape the workplace (true CommercialVR) through their Office Suite approach (PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, Word, etc).
Overall though, it seems that the race between now and 2021 comes down to Facebook-Oculus and Sony. With HTC's ongoing financial troubles (although it is more of a "crisis" at this point), everyone else will be battling for third place in the global market. Personally, I have been impressed with some of the information about "mind reading" from HTC (controlling VR interaction with human thought). So I'd like to see them come out of their financial ruin. No one else seems to be openly thinking the way of mind-control for VR. Sony is all Entertainment, and Facebook is balancing Entertainment with Social Media. All noteworthy efforts, but I do want to reach The Matrix, na' mean?
For us consumers though, this level of competition is grand! And if you're an entrepreneur: Now is the time to start pitching your VR business concepts. Go get that startup capital!
07-10-2018 04:57 PM
07-11-2018 04:51 AM
LZoltowski said:
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Until then HTC is in trouble, and other Kickstarter manufacturers are going to go into the enterprise market first to even hope to be sustainable and have any hope at making the money back spent on R&D to investors.
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This fully supports the theory that Oculus/Facbook is the only company at the moment with any real advantage
07-11-2018 05:18 AM
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07-11-2018 08:29 AM
I have to say that the panels in the GO which is a budget product are very impressive. They may not be true blacks but after a while, the eyes adjust and you don't really notice anything. This could be improved with dynamic backlighting zones etc.
snowdog said:
BOE manufacture the display in the Go and are likely to manufacture the displays in the CV2.
Yes, the likes of Samsung, BOE and Qualcomm manufacture parts of the Rift and Go but that isn't going to stop Oculus from dominating the industry. After all, the same can be said for all other headsets too.
The Oculus Go and the Santa Cruz are going to help with the early stages of VR being adopted by mainstream consumers.
07-11-2018 08:48 AM
Atmos73 said:
The OPs article is a little naive.
For starters the article fails to mention the biggest player in the VR space and thats Qualcomm of which Oculus is their customer. Every GO sold has a Qualcomm chip inside. Oculus can’t release a headset without Qualcomm and Qualcomm are not exclusive to Oculus infact Qualcomm have manufactured their own HMD the XR1 for any manufacturer to copy.
Secondly Oculus don’t manufacture their own display panels. They buy them from third parties suppliers like Samsung. Samsung are not exclusive to Oculus either so Oculus once again are limited to the displays other rival manufacturers have access too like Vive Focus.
So when you add the sum of the parts Oculus can’t possibly dominate the VR space at all. Android will see off Oculus and Apple will pat Android on the back. Then business as usual.
07-11-2018 08:51 AM
Atmos73 said:
The OPs article is a little naive.
Atmos73 said:
For starters the article fails to mention the biggest player in the VR space and thats Qualcomm of
Atmos73 said:
Secondly Oculus don’t manufacture their own display panels.
Atmos73 said:
Oculus don’t even dominate PCVR after 2 years of Facebook billions holding only 46%.
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