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Yeah I get it. Zuckerberg promoting Quest, and saying it’s better than Apple’s Mixed Reality headset, was more than a bit self-serving.
What’s sad though, it’s refreshing to see a CEO step up and make a case for their company’s product directly. I think many of us in the tech scene have forgotten that occasionally leaders need to lead. Continue reading “Comparing Meta Quest to Apple Vision Pro: Zuckerberg Did It Right…”
TCL RayNeo is sponsoring this video to clear the air on the technology YOU need to know about XR Glasses!
There are different ways that we can strap displays to our face, and you don’t always have to spend a lot to get a great experience. Here’s what YOU need to know about AR, VR, and XR glasses! Continue reading “Apple Doesn’t Own Augmented Reality! What You Need to Know About XR Glasses!”
Got a comment from DZ
I’m kinda disgusted by the hucksters pushing these as “AR Glasses”. Anyone buying these simple video glasses expecting AR capabilities is going to be pretty angry at the company and the social media accounts pushing them. I can only assume that this company is trying to grab as much money as possible before the bottom drops out and they disappear with the cash.
Hey DZ,
It’s dicey right?
Taking a quick look at an awesome Doctor Who VR TARDIS, asking some creepy questions about Facebook scraping your data, and the Orwellian present of Sinclair Media and local news. Happy day after Easter!
Download this week’s podcast – SGGQA 033
Stories this week:
TARDIS VR simulator! https://youtu.be/WaBLT_osVE8
Zuckerberg in 2006 talking about not selling user data https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/97…
Sinclair Media’s Orwellian mission statement to local news https://www.reddit.com/r/television/c…
Dr. Alison Grimes interview, smartphones and hearing loss https://somegadgetguy.com/2018/03/27/s…
Google Daydream VR has been out for some time and earlier this year Google announced that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ would get support for Daydream VR and we did get that this summer. Today I have for you the review of the Galaxy Note 8 with Daydream VR.
I compare it to the gear VR 2017 edition with Remote as well for you and finish with my thoughts on the experience. Continue reading “Galaxy Note 8 With Google Daydream VR Review (Works on S8 and S8+ As Well) – TK Bay”
The Brand New Gear VR is here and we finally get a controller now. The 2017 model improves on last year’s headset by adding a controller similar to the Daydream VR controller from Google. Let’s take a closer look!
We’ve seen plenty of phone based Virtual Reality gear. We’ve seen some great demos of phone based Augmented Reality, but no one device that claims to be both VR and AR ready. Until now. Asus took the wraps off the ZenFone AR, a phone supporting both Google Tango AR and Google Daydream VR. Here’s out first look!
Back in October of 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey responded to rumors that Rift would cost $350. To help mitigate any potential pricing backlash, Luckey told reporters that their VR headset would cost more than $350, but would be roughly in that ballpark.
Now that Rift is available for pre-order we know what that ballpark is. It’s $599 before taxes, shipping, and it includes and XBOX controller, but not the Touch tracking controller. We can be fairly certain that most people weren’t expecting this price point when we were told that $350 was too low but in the ballpark, and the Reddit Oculus and VR subreddits are awash with angry members decrying the headset as too expensive.
Sticker Shock
I’ve never much been a fan of how gadgets are valued online. I find the discussion pretty toxic when geeks try and grade something as being “worth it”. The second that phrase pops up, you can almost always find a radical justification for why someone isn’t going to buy a product.
I would buy this bleeding edge piece of technology if it instantly came with one hundred games, did my dishes, had month long battery life, and only cost $17 and a half a ham sandwich. Then it would be worth it for the monies.
While the above is an exaggeration, the tone of this kind of commentary often lands just shy of “a company failed me by making a product too expensive for me, so I will punish them by not buying said product”. I think it’s a defense mechanism. It’s not that the individual is cheap, or they can’t afford it, they would totally buy the thing IF it were worth it. Totally…
Continue reading “What a $600 Oculus Rift Means for the Future of Virtual Reality”