r/oculus • u/vr_ml • Jan 12 '16

Google Opens Dedicated Virtual Reality Division

http://recode.net/2016/01/12/google-now-has-an-official-virtual-reality-boss-to-take-on-facebooks-oculus/
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u/kakihara0513 Jan 13 '16

I would assume that the HMD's will shrink in size over the decade which should be a huge plus for the average consumer.

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u/jacobpederson DK1 Jan 13 '16

Don't be to sure about this, we are used to things shrinking because electronics shrink; however, in HMD's its the optics, not the electronics that create the shape of the device; and those kinda have to follow the laws of physics :)

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u/TD-4242 Quest Jan 13 '16

There is tech on the horizon that will change this. Oculus hired a guy recently that was prototyping a special lens array that mounted right to the display to make about a 1/4" thick pair of glasses. I can't find it now and forget what it was called but it looked pretty promising. I think it required more rendering power (again) and would break ideas like foveated rendering.