Facebook Announces $199 Oculus Go Standalone VR Headset
Facebook is going to ship a standalone VR headset called Oculus Go next year. The headset, which won’t require a PC or phone to run, will be available early next year for $199.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially announced the new product during his keynote speech at Facebook’s fourth Oculus Connect virtual reality (VR) developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Wednesday, where he framed the device as an important step towards bringing VR to the masses.
“We want to get a billion people in virtual reality,” Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg didn’t share any technical details about Oculus Go, but the headset will likely mirror the capabilities of mobile VR headsets like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. It won’t have any positional tracking, which means that high-end VR apps available on the Oculus Rift headset won’t run on the device.
On that front, Oculus is also continuing its work on a high-end standalone headset. Zuckerberg showed off a first prototype of the wireless headset at last year’s Oculus Connect conference. The headset was then known under the code name “Santa Cruz.”
On Wednesday, Zuckerberg said that the company will be shipping developer versions of this high-end standalone headset some time next year. This likely means that it won’t be available to consumers until 2019.
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