2/ A Gear VR costs $99 and an unlocked Galaxy S6 costs $450. Total cost: $549 for untethered VR.
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3/ Meanwhile, the Oculus Rift is going to cost “more than $350” and require a $1000-desktop to power it.
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5/ Obviously, the Rift is going to be much more impressive than the Gear VR. That extra money will make a huge quality difference.
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6/ But will most people care? I don’t know many people who would pay $1400+ for VR right now.
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7/ I know lots of people who might drop $500 on an integrated, standalone, untethered experience.
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8/ My guess is that Oculus has decided that people’s first experience with VR needs to be mind-blowing, or they will fail.
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9/ I don’t think that’s true, but maybe they do.
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@elidourado Presumably a lot of their target market already has that gaming PC.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@paulbaumgart True. Even so, lack of low-end standalone (integrated) product is puzzling.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@elidourado It can't be far off: economies of scale + Moore's Law are a powerful combination :)
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@paulbaumgart Agreed, but I want it now now now… :-)0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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