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Puppyroach on 07 January 2018
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Errorist76 said:
Puppyroach said:

Microsoft has gone under the radar here but are doing something pretty smart IMO. In the fall creators update for Windows 10,they included software for VR capabilities. Several hardware developers like Samsung, Lenovo, Dell and so on is then licensed to create VR headsets according to basic specs provided from Microsoft. The smart approach with these headsets is that you get access to windows in VR (you can wqatch movies, play Xbox One through PC. It´s not a complete experience yet but it´s getting there) and the headsets has cameras built in which means you don´t need an external setup to use them. Microsoft calls this "Mixed Reality" which is only PR talk, but they have a really intereting approach to this.

The headsets themselves are quite affordable aswell.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-mixed-reality

Problem is all of those headsets suck. Read some reviews. They are having mediocre screens, tracking problems and the lenses are garbage.

That is not a correct statement. The base resolution of the screens is higher than HTC Vive, PSVR and Oculus rift, and by a wide margin when it comes to Samsungs HMD odyssey. The quality of the lenses depend on manufacturer, once again the Samsung HMD odyssey has very high quality lenses and uses OLED displays with 1440*1600p resolution per eye at 90Hz, while the low spec . There hasn´t been any problem with the tracking in itself, just the range of it. Since they have inside-out tracking and don´t depend on external sensors, they are dependent on where those sensors sit on the headsets. The range is lacking right now but this is the first hardware iteration and it will ofcourse improve in coming generations.