{"id":61158,"date":"2018-03-22T08:02:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T08:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=61158"},"modified":"2018-03-22T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T08:02:28","slug":"first-impressions-of-the-199-oculus-go-vr-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/first-impressions-of-the-199-oculus-go-vr-headset.html","title":{"rendered":"First impressions of the $199 Oculus Go VR headset"},"content":{"rendered":"

First impressions of the $199 Oculus Go VR headset<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Virtual reality seems to have become a very tired topic to consumers, products are still getting made though because big tech companies are convinced of its eventual ubiquity. The challenge now becomes attracting attention from people whose attention spans for what you\u2019re selling has perhaps already timed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oculus Go is the latest VR hardware to hit the market from ole Facebook.com and it seems to be a pretty thoughtful move with hardware that makes some solid improvements to existing products in a package that doesn\u2019t push performance but drives down costs and complexity. I had a chance to demo the headset this afternoon and had largely positive first impressions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oculus Go turns on when you press the power button and it works from there. For all the good things I\u2019ve had to say about the Rift or Gear VR, a straightforward setup every time I want to use the headset has never been one of them. By owning the hardware completely, Oculus isn\u2019t beholden to what updates need to be installed or what app you have to click, it\u2019s all very simple and feels remarkably less labor-intensive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The headset manages to feel more high quality than the Rift in a lot of ways. Comfort-wise, I would say the Oculus Go bests even the first-gen Google Daydream View headset which pretty much felt like a tight sweater on your face \u2014 in a good way. The Oculus Go fabric \u201cfacial interface\u201d is spongey and breathable and actually fit around my glasses which is a first for headsets from Oculus.<\/span><\/p>\n

The display is sharp and the lenses appear to be the best that Oculus has built yet. I\u2019ll need to spend a bit more time with the screen to get a full impression on this front, but assuredly this feels like far less of a toy than the Gear VR does.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to judge the device\u2019s sound quality because the Game Developers\u2019 Conference kept a low roar even when demoing in private rooms, but I will say that the stereo speakers next to your ears seem to be more of a fallback option to headphones, delivering audio that is neither particularly loud nor crisp. That being said, I\u2019m happy they were included given how many high-end headsets don\u2019t have any integrated audio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other notes, the controller is fine and is about as good as it is going to get for non-tracked input. The headset itself also didn\u2019t feel too heavy, the straps balanced things out well on my head. Ultimately, I was happy with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can say that this probably won\u2019t be the company\u2019s breakthrough VR product, but it does showcase how steadily the company\u2019s VR ambitions are starting to align. As someone who has spent a lot of time with the company\u2019s hardware, I have often reluctantly found the games I\u2019ve tried as moments to examine what is possible and what it groundbreaking rather than whether what I\u2019m seeing is going to be something people want to buy as is.<\/span><\/p>\n

My 30 minutes or so today demoing the Oculus Go was one of the first glimpses I\u2019ve had of a product from Oculus that is nearly ready to be purchased by normal people. I think a mass-market product is going to still need to have tracked controllers and a tracked headset, but that will happen in due time. The company\u2019s \u201cSanta Cruz\u201d headset will likely be emerging next year and while it most definitely won\u2019t arrive at the Go\u2019s price point, eventually all of these features will drift down to the entry-level.<\/span><\/p>\n

VR probably could\u2019ve benefitted from playing a bit more of its early years in the shadows, but very few projects of Facebook keep a low profile. Things are finally shaping up a bit more though, and I think Oculus Go finally represents a product that feels more well put together than it doesn\u2019t. My first impression is that it\u2019s probably still a product for people who want to \u201ctry VR\u201d rather than people who just want to get their moneys worth out of a gadget that they\u2019ll use on a daily basis, but for $199, I think Oculus can still make a pretty convincing sell for this when it goes on sale sometime in the next few months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/03\/21\/first-impressions-of-the-199-oculus-go-vr-headset\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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