ShinNL
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More at source: https://www.oculus.com/blog/an-update-on-the-evolution-of-the-oculus-platform-/
It was the first of it's kind as a complete package at a low price and I love my Oculus Go. It's kind of expected but it's still a sad moment. It's use-case felt like when tablets launched. No one really knew what to do with it. Then years passed and everyone found their own use. My tablet became my manga reader and as for my Oculus Go, it became my personal home theater. To this day, it's still awesome to just put on the headset and sit in a big room all for yourself with a giant screen in front of you. It handles streaming over network out of the box, so with a free Plex setup (an app that installs on my PC) I could just stream anything from my PC with no hassle.
Of course, initially like many I've tried several apps and games, but in the end just watching movies and shows is 99% what I use it for nowadays. I could get a $2000 home theater setup or just get a $250 Oculus Go, so the choice was simple for me (I had it since launch). They stated they'll be forgoing 3DOF in favor of 6DOF. I personally think there's room for media VR devices, so I hope any company is gonna try this in the future again (keeping mass appeal in mind, for the casual audience, not specifically gamers).
Back in the day I had Myvu Crystal glasses for the iPod and the Oculus Go felt like another great step has been made into media glasses.
Here's hoping to a new future of media glasses, hopefully more compact until it becomes really easy to put on & off like it's second nature.
Pico has an interesting prototype shown at CES 2020
Source: https://www.roadtovr.com/ces-2020-pico-vr-glasses-prototype-vr-viewer-hands-on/
