We might have lastly seen what the brand new VR headset that may change the Oculus Quest 2 seems like. Convincing-looking leaked tutorial movies are displaying off an all-new Oculus headset design for the Oculus Quest 2 Professional or Oculus Quest 3 we’ve been ready for – and it is likely to be at Fb Join in only a few days.
A Twitter thread reveals off a number of clips that declare to be educational movies discovered within the “Seacliff firmware” – with Seacliff being the codename of a supposed new Oculus VR headset.
Within the movies, we see a brand new VR headset that appears to be wi-fi just like the Oculus Quest 2 however has a a lot much less cumbersome entrance visor, with the load as a substitute distributed throughout the entrance and with a pack on the again.
The most important change of all although seems to be the design of the controllers. The brand new controllers (that are proven to be charged up through a dock alongside the brand new headset) additionally lack the Quest 2’s monitoring rings.
This doubtless signifies that the controllers are capable of handle their very own inside-out monitoring reasonably than counting on the headset. Nonetheless it’s not 100% clear from what’s proven if that is so.
We now have to recollect to take these movies with a pinch of salt although, as there’s no assure that these are reputable. Nonetheless if they’re the true deal they recommend that the following Oculus Quest headset could possibly be practically accomplished and that makes it a shoe-in to look later this week at Fb Join.
Quest Professional / Seacliff [thread]discovered by Samulia within the Seacliff firmware pic.twitter.com/0pGODx2HCpOctober 24, 2021
Evaluation: The Oculus Quest 2 Professional or Oculus Quest 3?
Again in April, it was instructed that we’d be getting the Oculus Quest 2 Pro before the next proper upgrade to the Oculus Quest line of headsets – the Oculus Quest 3 – however now we’re much less sure of that primarily based on what we’ve seen.
The system proven off within the educational movies seems like extra than simply an incremental improve. We are able to’t inform what the internals are from the video, but when Oculus goes to create a headset and controllers that look vastly completely different to what’s come earlier than it might be good to make this headset a extra significant improve than simply an ‘Oculus Quest 2 Professional’.
Working example, have a look at what Sony did with the PS4 Pro vs the PS5. The Professional seems practically an identical to the PS4 – albeit turning the double-stacked console right into a triple stack to spotlight the ability increase. In the meantime, the PS5 seems nothing like its predecessor telling gamers that this isn’t only a minor improve however a full-blown next-gen machine.
Based mostly on what we’ve seen the brand new Oculus Quest headset can be greater than able to supporting beefier parts to amp up its inner energy. With what seems to be higher warmth and weight distribution it may very simply be geared up with extra highly effective processors, extra RAM and shows with larger definition than what the Oculus Quest 2 at present makes use of.
Oculus will need to watch out with how a lot additional juice it pumps in for now. The Oculus Quest 2 has bought so nicely as a result of it’s a really inexpensive entry into VR – this all-new headset may neglect that and blow previous many extra informal customers’ budgets.
For now, we’ll have to attend for Fb Join on Thursday to know for positive what Fb and Oculus have in retailer for us. Based mostly on what we’ve seen although, the day can’t come quickly sufficient.