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Oculus Quest! Coming in Spring, $399

Zenbane
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Just confirmed at OC5, Santa Cruz has the official name of Oculus Quest.

$399 is a great price!
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Anonymous
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You can't really compare the 835 in the Oculus Quest with the 835 in the Vive Focus because (unless Oculus haven't dealt with heat the same way as they've done with the Oculus Go) you'll get better performance. It's basically an overclocked 835.

Anonymous
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snowdog said:

You can't really compare the 835 in the Oculus Quest with the 835 in the Vive Focus because (unless Oculus haven't dealt with heat the same way as they've done with the Oculus Go) you'll get better performance. It's basically an overclocked 835.


Yes, and this was already talk about and a link was posted... You are upgrading and gen2 I3 to gen3 I3 - there isn't that much of a differences in thermals so you end up about the same thermals but with 50% more performance. So yes we can compare. Remember the 845 is already a year old so many people have already have the scale of performance and power usage down. It's not like we're talking about an 855 or an 865.

Here is a site that compare a bunch of different things already.
https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-845-hands-on-benchmarks-first-impressions/
https://wccftech.com/snapdragon-855-geekbench-alleged-impressive-single-core/

Anonymous
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And as I've said before, those benchmarks probably aren't valid at all. This most likely is an overclocked 835 and will have a superior performance than the stock 835. Oculus did the exact same thing with the 821 in the Oculus Go.

True, they could have done the same thing with the 845, and overclocked that but then would we have an Oculus Quest under 400 dollars? Probably not. On paper it may be only 100 dollars difference but if the Quest was $499 instead of $399 they would probably sell a lot less of the things.

LZoltowski
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Here is Hands on from Tested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAngb0wRZJM


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kevinw729
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Agree @snowdog - its all subjective. We have an operator using the HTC Vive Focus for an DOE project and they seem okay, and they are being stretched on performance. Knowing the smarts of the OVR dev team I am sure they have managed to even surpass that. My main issue is the build quality, and the suitability for DOE application. They have issues in the field, and just hope they can be addressed before the BE version hits the streets!

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Zenbane
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snowdog said:

And as I've said before, those benchmarks probably aren't valid at all. This most likely is an overclocked 835 and will have a superior performance than the stock 835. Oculus did the exact same thing with the 821 in the Oculus Go.

True, they could have done the same thing with the 845, and overclocked that but then would we have an Oculus Quest under 400 dollars? Probably not. On paper it may be only 100 dollars difference but if the Quest was $499 instead of $399 they would probably sell a lot less of the things.




SkScotchegg
Expert Trustee
Did they show a longer Star Wars video to people at the press conference then what we got to see? It's just all I see is a short teaser trailer, I can't wait for Star Wars in VR, they need to make loads of Star Wars games for VR!!

Will this come to Rift eventually too or is it just exclusive to Quest?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07yPOyLtsQ
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bigmike20vt
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Is it me or was that a v poor Vader voice imitation?
(It will prolly turn out it was J E Jones actually doing it now I said that!)
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Zenbane
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So now that the same team who created a top experience for The Void (facility based VR)... I wonder how feasible any type of Facility/Arena/Arcade VR will be worthwhile, since we can use the Inside-Out tracking of Quest to make any location function the same.

In fact, I recently came across an article about how Sea World is abandoning VR in their Attractions:

SeaWorld has ditched the experiment that made it the first major ride in Florida to incorporate virtual reality.

"We are always evaluating new attraction opportunities for SeaWorld but we have no immediate plans to bring VR back to the park."

CrashFu
Consultant

kevinw729 said:

If I show SuperHotVR on our Rift, and then hand one of our investors the OQ version - they will see the difference and ask questions. 



SuperHot might be a bad example, since I'm pretty sure the minimalist, low-poly graphics will port pretty damn well to Quest. :tongue:  (There are already Oculus Go games that are waaaaay more visually impressive than SuperHot, after all.)    I imagine that popular existing titles with simple or cartoony graphics like SuperHot and Job Simulator will be hits all over again with the new audience the Quest brings in.

Now, titles with high-detail graphics like Robo Recall and Chronos might be another story... I've never actually tried playing them on minimal graphics settings myself, so I wonder how many of such games would need to have their art assets actually redone to look good at a lower rendering cost?
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