Oculus Go Standalone Virtual Reality Headset - 32GB

Product Information

The headset is outfitted with a fast-switching 5.5-inch LCD display with a 2560x1440 (1280×1440 pixels per eye) resolution in an RGB-stripe subpixel arrangement. [17] [42] The headset has a field of view of about 101 degrees, [3] which gives it a horizontal pixel density of 12.67 pixels per degree. [a] The headset uses Fresnel lenses that are improved over those used in the Oculus Rift and according to Oculus, were the best lenses the company had produced at the time of the Go's release. [42] [51] [52] The headset doesn't feature physical interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment and has a fixed lens distance of 63.5mm, which according to Oculus best accommodates users with an IPD between 61.5and 65.5mm. [42] [53]

Robertson, Ari (20 September 2018). "Walmart is putting 17,000 VR headsets in its US stores for training". The Verge . Retrieved 4 June 2019. It’s games like Coaster Combat where the Oculus Go controller shines because it goes beyond simply selecting things and becomes a part of the virtual world you’re seeing before your eyes. a b c Takahashi, Dean (1 May 2018). "Oculus Go review — Mobility makes it a powerful experience". VentureBeat . Retrieved 1 February 2020. In May 2018, Andreas Hronopoulos, CEO of adult entertainment company Naughty America, described the Go as "a game changer" and said that the company had seen an increase in sales of VR content since the Oculus Go went on sale earlier that month. Xavi Clos, head of production at BaDoinkVR, expected the device to act as a major gateway to the company's content and described the Oculus Go as "the perfect porn device." [69] Sales [ edit ] Bluetooth connectivity and dual-band Wi-Fi make the grade, too, and there are options for either 32GB and 64GB built in storage. Sadly, though, you can’t increase that via expandable storage.

Hardware

For Oculus Go, Oculus and Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi have taken plenty of cues from the Oculus Rift for Oculus Go’s design. Gone is the fabric-wrapped shell of the Rift, replaced by a matte plastic casting that feels classier than you’d expect. Compared to the Samsung Gear VR, the Oculus Go feels like a much more upmarket device. If your headset is losing battery life while you are using it, that's simply because you're watching something or playing a game that is taking a lot of processor power, and the battery is going to drain. There's literally no magic solution for this. In January 2019, TPCast announced TPCAST Air for the Oculus Go, a wireless solution that allows VR content to be streamed to the headset from a PC using Wi-Fi. [59] [60] The Air is aimed for architecture, engineering, and construction industries as well as interior design and education, and is shipped together with an Oculus Go headset. [60] [61] a b Kuchera, Ben (1 May 2018). "Oculus Go review". Polygon. Vox Media, Inc . Retrieved 30 August 2019.

Incao, Jane (20 September 2018). "How VR is Transforming the Way We Train Associates". Walmart Today. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018 . Retrieved 4 June 2019. Yin-Poole, Wesley (23 June 2020). "Oculus ditches Go headset to focus on Quest". Eurogamer. Gamer Network Limited. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020 . Retrieved 24 June 2020. The headset was officially announced under the name Oculus Go on October 11, 2017 at the Oculus Connect developer conference and was slated to ship in early 2018. [20] Facebook Technologies introduced the device as its first entry into the at-the-time new product category it called "standalone", a class of virtual reality headsets that don't require an external computing device like a smartphone or a personal computer to function. [20] [21] Oculus's partnerships with Qualcomm and Xiaomi, as well as Xiaomi's version of the headset called the Mi VR Standalone, were revealed in January at CES 2018. [22] [23] The Go was officially released on May 1, 2018. [3] Xiaomi released the Mi VR Standalone on May 31, 2018. [24]a b c d Robertson, Adi (May 1, 2018). "The Oculus Go improves mobile VR, but there's still a long way to go". The Verge . Retrieved 2018-09-06.