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HTC's independent VR headphone name is OK!
At ChinaJoy, HTC has demonstrated a VR all-in-one that can run independently. Recently, foreign media discovered two documents named "VIVE FOCUS" submitted by HTC. Therefore, it is almost certain that the name of this independent VR headset is VIVE FOCUS. This stand-alone VR headset will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 platform, with a 6DOF position tracking capability and a 3DOF motion controller, similar to Google's Daydream.
HTC's stand-alone VR Headset will also run on Google's Daydream mobile VR platform, allowing access to all content already in Daydream. Its biggest difference with Google Daydream is tracking technology. Position tracking will be achieved through WorldSense without any external equipment. The specific price information is still unknown.
Dell MR Hybrid Reality Head Visor Book Open
This year Microsoft introduced a number of mixed-use MR heads. Now, Dell's own head - Visor has started pre-sales. The price of a stand alone headline is $350 (approximately RMB 2,287), and a bundle with a controller is $450 (approximately RMB 2,948). Visor's resolution is 1440 x 1440 for monoculars, and uses a dual 2.89-inch LCD panel with a field of view and refresh rate of 110 degrees and 90 Hz, respectively. Visor will be officially launched in October, and interested users can purchase it from Microsoft Store and Dell.
Google Chrome team announces: WebVR is under reconstruction!
For many users who want to experience VR but cannot achieve it due to "high threshold", they are still paying attention to the situation of WebVR. At the beginning of this year, Google released a stable browser supporting WebVR for Daydream mobile phones and headsets. . Although not popularized, it also shows that the API is in an active development stage.
The Google Chrome team recently conducted an AMA event on Reddit and mentioned progress on WebVR. They stated that the WebVR API has been refactored. Designed a new API. For developers, the new API will be easier to use and support more types of devices for better performance.
Microsoft's inspection tools help you see if your device is VR
Now more and more people want to experience games or scenes under virtual reality. However, the hardware requirements for VR content and devices are not low. How can one know if their PC can perform VR experience? Microsoft has introduced a detection tool for users, the Windows MR PC Check, which can be used to see if its equipment is inadequate.
The software can now be downloaded from the Windows Store. It can quickly scan computer information, detect hardware performance such as processors and graphics cards, and can also refine the USB type and interface to see if your computer meets the VR head-up standard.
Unity CEO: Virtual Reality will cut prices in two years!
A few days ago, a series of virtual reality devices such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive cut prices one after another. For VR enthusiasts, despite the price cuts, current VR devices are still very expensive, and they also need a powerful computer to drive them. , so it takes a long time to get popular, but Unity's CEO is still very optimistic about the future of virtual reality.
In an interview with foreign media, Unity CEO John Riccitiello stated that although the VR industry has developed rapidly, but it has started slowly among consumers, mainly due to price issues, he has long made predictions that this problem will be in 2018-2019. solve. At the same time, he is more optimistic about the development of AR, Apple's ARKit, Google's ARCore, these are more conducive to the promotion of AR technology.
The fun content is the key! Nintendo is not yet ready to enter VR
Nintendo’s US District Director of Operations recently spoke about the company’s plans for VR content at the Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit. He said that this is Nintendo's technology that has been a concern for 10 years, but there is not much real fun content yet, Nintendo still has There is no idea of ​​entering this field. In other words, we will still not see VR content on Nintendo's products for some time in the future.
Nintendo is very cautious about VR technology. They want to achieve long-term head game entertainment and can also be with family or friends, but in VR, it is still difficult to achieve this.
VR version of "CS:GO" Do you want to try?
The mention of CS can be said to be the belief of shooting game players. The official sequel of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is officially open beta for CS, and it will surely set off an upsurge of CS. But when you look at the flat content on your monitor, are you feeling that you haven’t got it? Try VR version now.
"Pavlov VR" is a virtual reality first-person shooter game. It has added 5 map modules to CSGO. It can be said to be the VR version of CSGO because it restores the contents of CSGO quite realistically. If you are loyal to CS and want to play in a novel way, this "Pavlov VR" is worth a play.
Apple phone can be used as an AR controller?
Since the launch of Apple's ARKit platform, there have been a lot of novel AR applications, so that Apple's mobile phones can not only be used as a single phone. Emergent, a VR studio, combined HoloLens with an iPhone, turned the phone into a motion tracking handle, and 6DOF (degrees of freedom).
This kind of laser gun is quite cool, but in the actual demonstration, there is a very serious delay phenomenon, the accuracy is not high, but this application fully shows the future potential of mobile phones, especially more and more accurate movement Once tracking devices are integrated into mobile phones, they can be used more flexibly in future AR or VR.
The above is the current issue of VR Fresh News. If you have any interesting and interesting ideas, please feel free to comment below. â–
This article is edited by: Jingjing Jing
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