“No Phone. No PC. Standalone VR.”
This is the tagline accompanying the shadowy image of a brand new virtual reality headset that was unveiled today from the manufacturers of the popular Vive VR system: HTC.
At Google IO, Google’s VP of VR Clay Bavor announced that the Silicon Valley Juggernaut will be partnering with a myriad of different OEM partners to create a new line of “standalone” VR headsets. One of these partners is HTC.
Details of the new headset are very bare bones right now. What we do know is that the new headset will use a new inside-out positional tracking technology known as Worldsense. Worldsense combines a lot of Google’s machine learning, computer vision and SLAM research into a new form of tracking that uses finely tuned reference points to determine your position in 3D space.
The new headset will be releasing from HTC “later this year.”
According to a blog post published today, “more information on Vive’s standalone VR headset will be made available soon, but rest assured it will be simple, easy-to-use and with no cables to connect. Just pick it up, put it on and be fully immersed in your new reality.”
We will update this post as more information becomes apparent.
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