VR/MR Hardware Review

VR: Oculus Rift

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The Oculus Rift is a head-mounted display, that can be synced with Oculus Touch controllers. I really like the Oculus because I’ve played with it before and enjoy a lot of the games available on it such as EchoCombat. Another nice part about Occulus Rift is that it is one of the flagship VR devices with 6 DOF and 110 degree field of view, but is cheaper than its main competitors the HTC Vive. Overall, the experience is quite seamless. The visuals are excellent, the controls feel very nice, and I really like the haptic feedback built into the system.

MR: Microsoft HoloLens 

The Microsoft HoloLens is a pair of MR glasses that contains a holographic computer built in, running the Windows Mixed Reality platform through Windows 10. There are a lot of nice features to this like voice and gesture control and there are a lo t of interesting opportunities for developers in creating software for this device, especially considering how new it is. Seems to have plenty of potential use cases. It also feels very nice, not too heavy and quite ergonomic in design with a comfortable head cushion. One drawback is that the device is quite expensive around $3000, as I suspect a large sum of money goes into R&D in addition to hardware manufacturing costs. Although as time goes by and the technology becomes more advanced, these costs can be minimized, I would wait to buy one!

 

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