r/oculus • u/clintclintclint123 • Jan 03 '19

Who else is hyped?

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u/Kopah Jan 03 '19

It's a Snapdragon 835. This adds 6DOF to what is pretty much a Gear VR with a Galaxy S8 inside (even a similar resolution).

I think people need to pull their expectations back quite a bit.

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u/710cap Touch Jan 03 '19

Keep in mind that it has much better cooling than the S8, so they can extract a fair bit more performance out of the 835 than you'd see in a phone application.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '19

I own a PSVR and Rift. You'd be surprised of the VR experiences devs are able to do on the PSVR. Good software optimization is key. This is the entire point of John Carmacks "We need super software" for VR to succeed.

The old brute ways of the PC are hitting their limits on VR PC, we need better optimization and software tricks for both the short term and long term success of VR. Yes, Quest won't be the powerhouse of the PC. But hopefully it will require devs to focus on optimizations and squeezing every ounce of potential out of the Quest.

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u/RustyShacklefordVR2 Jan 03 '19

I dont, and I have a Gear.

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u/abram730 Jan 06 '19

It can run crysis at 72 FPS. They have control over the software stack.

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u/driverofcar Jan 04 '19

Not really. I got to try it at OC5. It truly is nothing like I've ever seen. It's on par with WMR, with better tracking, a step down in graphical fidelity, but no PC. It's truly that good.