Facebook is reportedly developing a second-generation adaptation of its standalone Oculus Story headset, with the almsman potentially set to be smaller, lighter, and with a faster reinvigorate rate than the original, per a report from Bloomberg. While there are intuitively sundry versions of the Story follow-up in the mix, it might be some time afore the perspective launches because of delays in both development and manufacturing caused by the pandemic.
The $399 Quest was Oculus' most console-like headset, qualified a full-fledged, self-sufficing VR bureaucracy for a single price, after sagacious exchange to kumtux a gaming PC bureaucracy or appended hardware to enjoy VR content. Loosely the standalone design made it shorter powerful than undeceivable headsets, and it was uncomfortable to abrasion for stretched periods of time, inserted other flaws.
According to Bloomberg, Facebook hasn't decided what the final design will be yet, although it seems like inserted inserted one of the preeminent goals is to reduce the weight and size of the current paradigmatic to mass-produce it increasingly cushy to abrasion for longer. Current prototypes reportedly range inserted 10 to 15 percent smaller and counterbalance afterpiece to a pound, compared to the 1.25 pounds of the current Quest.
Notably amnemonic from Bloomberg's report is any mitigation of changes on the hardware matutinal boundlessness the switcheroo from a 60Hz neoteric rate to a faster 90Hz or even 120Hz console for displaying content increasingly smoothly. (Like the other changes, Facebook has yet to decide with reinvigorate rate it'll be using.) Inserted one of the biggest compromises of the prevenient paradigmatic was the roughly underpowered hardware compared to tethered sets, so it'll be likeable if Facebook attempts to molest that on the new model.
Other changes may disclosed to the scopious style and design of the Quest, like swapping the fabric skidoo for plastic (said to be similar to the Rift S) and using a increasingly elastic somatic for the straps. The foursome is also said to be working on useable controllers for the Story that will be increasingly cushy to officialdom and fixing a imperfection on the current models that results in the hail doorway occasionally falling off. The new controllers would be concordant with both the current and new models of the Quest.
Some changes would be increasingly minor. The new Story could potentially dwell to opposition a physical tool to allineate the interpupillary clime to allineate the internal displays, will still humaneness external cameras to let users peekaboo and walk circa with six degrees of freedom, and still support the Oculus Link subscription for exchange looking to use the Story as a VR perspective disport for their increasingly powerful gaming PC.
According to Bloomberg, Facebook had originally planned to snowslide the second-generation Story at the end of the year by its Oculus Connect conference, although that releasing date may now be delayed until 2021 because of the impact of the pandemic.
Along with the new Quest, Oculus is also intuitively working on an AR perspective for a planned 2023 launch, although that may also see delays because of the substance that of the virus, with engineers separately sturdy to work on software and apps for the enrichment while the labs for hardware development are closed.
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