Razer announces new $399.99 OSVR headset.

[Bacon1]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10412...adset-and-5-million-developer-fund-at-e3-2016

Looks like a good bundle for Polaris. VR ready for under $700

 

[sm625]

That puts the entire package pricetag under $1000. Could it be under $800 in 6 months?

 

[xthetenth]

That's enough to let someone who was looking at it and had it priced out look at that and a Polaris and see hundreds of dollars less. It might just be enough to take it out of price inelastic territory down to where AMD's got a compelling product.

 

[Headfoot]

I don't have high hopes for tertiary players arriving after Vive / Oculus since the games on both are nowhere near as open as they like to claim it is. The walled garden is fairly real for Vive / Oculus and I don't know how a 3rd party is going to overcome this without unreliable user made hacks and shims, or a bucket of cash. Razer may have a small chance with their literal "pile of cash" approach

 

[Stormflux]

$400 VR Headset, $230 8GB RX480. ~$650 (taxes) for a Seated Sim setup sounds very appealing.

 

[Maverick177]

I'd avoid anything labeled Razer.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I don't have high hopes for tertiary players arriving after Vive / Oculus since the games on both are nowhere near as open as they like to claim it is. The walled garden is fairly real for Vive / Oculus and I don't know how a 3rd party is going to overcome this without unreliable user made hacks and shims, or a bucket of cash. Razer may have a small chance with their literal "pile of cash" approach

Exactly.

If anything VR really needs one of the two out there to die to build a standard, not for new competitor standard to emerge.

GD Facebook just needs to buy HTC (HAS TO BE CHEAP RIGHT?) and own the VR market.

 

[Dice144]

I'd avoid anything labeled Razer.

Sadly agree. My Razor mouse is already falling apart.

 

[Thala]

I don't have high hopes for tertiary players arriving after Vive / Oculus since the games on both are nowhere near as open as they like to claim it is. The walled garden is fairly real for Vive / Oculus and I don't know how a 3rd party is going to overcome this without unreliable user made hacks and shims, or a bucket of cash.

The only walled garden is Oculus. OSVR headsets running fine with SteamVR (e.g. games made for Vive) as long as they do not require a motion controller.

If anything VR really needs one of the two out there to die to build a standard, not for new competitor standard to emerge.

SteamVR/Vive is already the de facto standard. OSVR headset will work with that. Even 3rd party motion controller like Razer Hydra (aka Ghetto Vive) work with SteamVR.
In addition even Oculus exclusives run with SteamVR/Vive using the Revive Injector.

GD Facebook just needs to buy HTC (HAS TO BE CHEAP RIGHT?) and own the VR market.

Better not. Who wants to sell his soul to Facebook for VR?

 

[Bacon1]

Exactly.

If anything VR really needs one of the two out there to die to build a standard, not for new competitor standard to emerge.

GD Facebook just needs to buy HTC (HAS TO BE CHEAP RIGHT?) and own the VR market.

Are you serious or kidding? Because that would be awful

 

[krumme]

I think bf1 will be the last game for my pc.
Played some fantastic game on my samsung gear vr today. Its a freakshow what a phone can do.
Vr is the thing.
This is great news. Perhaps we are at 300usd with controller this winter at a ok quality.

 

[cytg111]

Excellent news

 

[DDH]

I think bf1 will be the last game for my pc.
Played some fantastic game on my samsung gear vr today. Its a freakshow what a phone can do.
Vr is the thing.
This is great news. Perhaps we are at 300usd with controller this winter at a ok quality.

I have the gearvr and it is impressive what can be accomplished with just a smartphone.


Having used the gearvr I have decided to skip this generation of PC vr headsets. Until they get a ridiculous dpi (900+) and a much better fov(150+) I wont be spending $1000 on a headset that has limited use.

If I could crank up some doom, bf4 or current games in the headset now that would be a show stopper. But as it is it feels more like a novelty experience than a must have evolution of media consumption.