Oculus reportedly projected Rift S, a small PC VR upgrade that is not a Rift 2

Last week, when Brendan Iribe, co-founder of Oculus, announced the company's departure, the Facebook-owned VR headset manufacturer quickly stated that his departure had not affected the "future Rift version" projects, its PC VR platform. Now that the dust has settled, the situation seems to be clear: the company plans to publish a modest Rift Tracking, known as "Rift S", which aims to simplify rather than multiply the experience previous Rift.

According to a TechCrunch report, Facebook has chosen to move from Iribe's completely redesigned "Rift 2" concept "Caspar" to a design that could be called Rift S, mimicking Apple's use of the designation " S "for an iterative iPhone update rather than roughly. . In addition to making Rift "more accessible" to computer users and not using the latest hardware, the Rift S should include "minor upgrades" of the Rift display resolution and eliminate the external monitoring for the integrated camera "inside-out" tracking system developed for Oculus Quest.

Moving to a camera system indoors will likely reduce the accuracy of Rift S tracking over the Rift, but will increase mobility. This modification would allow Rift S to work with handheld computers, instead of being connected to fixed external sensors used in the current Rift Constellation system. This would also explain some of Iribe's concern about Oculus's leadership, which would have focused on solutions at the lowest common denominator rather than the most advanced technologies to advance virtual reality.

Oculus has publicly shown a number of potential Rift enhancements that could make it a Rift 2 helmet, including a significantly wider field of view, a new lens system with variable focus capabilities and many innovations. software. It is unclear if any of these features will appear in Rift S, which is scheduled for release in 2019.