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by Matt_Mickiewicz 3404 days ago
Yeah, the HoloLens form factor currently is great. Had a chance to try it a few weeks ago.... When it becomes available to consumers, I'd definitely pick it over Vive or Oculus for gaming applications.

The wires on the current VR setups are a nightmare, as is the requirement for a $2K PC setup.
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ehsanu1 3404 days ago
You can probably get away with a $1k PC build these days, and the HoloLens itself is pretty expensive now as a devkit ($3k IIRC).

The HoloLens is great, but it doesn't really seem to be designed for gaming. Games are cool to demo in AR, but less practical I feel, given the requirement of meshing with the real world. Meanwhile, gaming in VR is taking off decently, and the FOV in the current generation of VR devices is much better than what the HoloLens has, and that's a pretty big deal for gaming.

Also, wireless is almost here for VR headsets: http://www.roadtovr.com/tpcast-wireless-vr-htc-vive-relased-...

The wires are annoying I agree, but not really a "nightmare".

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soylentcola 3403 days ago
Also, as far as the $1k-2k PC thing goes, I think that a lot of people (especially early adopters) will already have a decent PC so the cost of a nice GPU instead of a more modest one is a lot less than the cost of a whole computer.

That was my experience when messing with the Rift dev unit I got a couple years ago. It was more an excuse to buy a new video card than a need for a whole new computer.

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