1/ Here's why Oculus Quest is the "iPhone of VR" and why it matters so much
2/ Today, VR headsets SUCK. They each have bad tradeoffs that lead to an unpleasant user experience. The future of VR are Standalone headsets:
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A VR headset must have positional tracked heads & hand controllers ("6DOF")
It must be standalone ("untethered") without a clunky Windows PC or plug-in smartphone.
It must be frictionless and take seconds to get into VR.
It must be affordable, not $1500 (remember 2016?)
A VR headset must have positional tracked heads & hand controllers ("6DOF")
It must be standalone ("untethered") without a clunky Windows PC or plug-in smartphone.
It must be frictionless and take seconds to get into VR.
It must be affordable, not $1500 (remember 2016?)
Oculus Quest delivers all of that, at an affordable price: $399. It is the iPhone of VR
But don't forget: the original iPhone did not go mainstream immediately.
It had a great featureset, sold a few million units, but it took a couple versions before the iPhone 4 sold tens and hundreds of millions:
It had a great featureset, sold a few million units, but it took a couple versions before the iPhone 4 sold tens and hundreds of millions:
