While Oculus has pioneered the modern consumer VR industry with the Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR, it’s been working hard on a truly wireless VR solution as well. Last year, Oculus teased that it was planning on a standalone VR headset called “Project Santa Cruz,” and earlier this year, there was news that Oculus was working on yet another tether-free headset codenamed “Pacific.” Now, the company is finally ready to unveil its first standalone headset. This is the Oculus Go.
Unlike the Oculus Rift, which needs to be tethered to a PC, or Samsung’s Gear VR, which requires a phone, the new Oculus Go is entirely self-contained. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says this is the “most accessible VR headset ever.” It has cameras on the headset and uses computer vision tech to figure out positional tracking. It will sell for $ 199 and will ship early next year.
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