Another AMD VR SOC deal? [Rumor for now]

[Elixer]

http://vr.pconline.com.cn/805/8052764.html
Obviously, can't verify anything yet...

(Terrible(?) translation follows)

Remember the childhood that "Ah-ha! bully fun!" Power on sound effects, this is the bully machine above, Cassidy and launched a mobile last year and had no news. VR big, bully nuggets recently formally signed a cooperation agreement with AMD, the two sides will jointly invest more than 400 million Yuan by custom a Soc chip AMD exclusive license, enter the VR education. It is said that this chip integrated ultra PS4 twice!

Cooperation projects identified, bully bully, Zhongshan, established cultural industries Ltd, registered capital of 100 million Yuan, to be reintegrated bully brand and assets, bully in the Triangle Park 5 branches together. At present, the Cassidy company has invested more than 60 million dollars, and completes the financing of more than 700 million Yuan, has launched a global recruitment, planning, team building, and strive to achieve the goal of up to 5 billion yuan output value after 5 years.

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Thought I posted this in the AMD section... mods, feel free to move it.

 

[R0H1T]

(Terrible(?) translation follows)


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Thought I posted this in the AMD section... mods, feel free to move it.

Terrible would be a massive understatement, anyway were there any other VR deals before this, confirmed by AMD, in the SoC (mobile?) space?

 

[Elixer]

Yeah... http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/vr/sulon

Sulon Q
http://sulon.com/blog/sulon-q-sneak-peek

 

[Qwertilot]

If they can get tether free (or light backpack) stuff working for even just VR social networking/tourism etc, there's a big market for it.

Not sure if the grunt (esp per watt) is quite there yet. Not that battery life is crucial - indeed a shortish battery life is going to be almost a benefit as it'll naturally limit the sessions. We'll see